Takayuki Inagaki (稲垣 隆行, Inagaki Takayuki ) is a Japanese animator, anime director, and storyboard writer born in Gunma prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Animation School (Tōkyō Animeta Gakuin). Formerly working for Azeta Pictures, he directed Desert Punk (Sunabouzu) in 2004. In the director's work, Hiroshi Yamaguchi (山口宏), Ritsuko Hayasaka (早坂律子), and Yuko Kakihara (柿原優子) are often appointed as screenwriters.