Interview with Takuya Imahori

Takuya ImahoriImahori, Takuya is a composer, orchestra director, and pianist. ImahoriImahori, Takuya studied compositioncomposition first in Japan, then also in FranceFrance. The value of this interview is in that he is not only a composer and music director, but also a music practitioner with a profound knowledge of and passion for Japanese animations and the musical aspects of it; in his years in France and Italy, he also grew interested in the historical-cultural relationship between anime (and their musics and songs) and the audiences and local contexts in western Europe. This convergence was worthy of exploration for this Handbook.