{{short description|American television writer, showrunner, and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Shion Takeuchi | image = Shion Takeuchi 2018.png | image_size = | caption = Takeuchi in 2018 | birth_name = Shion Takeuchi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|5}} | birth_place = Northborough, Massachusetts, U.S. | education = California Institute of the Arts (BFA) | occupation = {{flatlist| * Writer * animator * storyboard artist * producer }} | years_active = 2009–present | agent = | known_for = ''Inside Job'' }}
'''Shion Takeuchi'''{{efn|{{langx|ja|竹内 紫苑|Takeuchi Shion}}}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|iː|oʊ|n|_|ˌ|t|ɑː|k|eɪ|ˈ|uː|tʃ|iː}} {{respell|SHEE|ohn|_|TAH|kay|OO|chee}}; born September 5, 1988) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, producer and showrunner. She is the creator of the Netflix television series ''Inside Job'' and has written and produced for shows such as ''Regular Show'', ''Gravity Falls'', ''Disenchantment'' and others.<ref name="andreeva2018">{{cite web | last = Andreeva | first = Nellie | date = 18 September 2018 | title = Netflix Inks Overall Deal With Writer Shion Takeuchi | website = Deadline | url = https://deadline.com/2018/09/netflix-overall-deal-writer-shion-takeuchi-1202467350/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> She was nominated twice for an Annie Award in "Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production," in 2016 and 2017, for her work on ''Gravity Falls''.<ref name="giardina2016">{{cite web | last = Giardina | first = Carolyn | website = The Hollywood Reporter | title = 2016 Annie Awards: The Complete Winners List | date = 6 February 2016 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-annie-award-winners-862117/best-animated-feature-4/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="chitwood2016">{{cite web | last = Chitwood | first = Adam | title = 'Zootopia' and 'Kubo' Lead Annie Awards Nominations; 'Game of Thrones' and 'Civil War' Land Nods | website = Collider | date = 28 November 2016 | url = https://collider.com/annie-awards-nominations-2016-full-list/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Takeuchi was born on September 5, 1988,<ref name="animationMag2020">{{cite magazine | title = Shion Takeuchi | magazine = Animation Magazine | url = https://www.pressreader.com/usa/animation-magazine/20200401/page/23/ | page = 23 | date = 1 April 2020 | last = Zahed | first = Ramin}}</ref><ref name="birthdaytweet">{{cite tweet | user = shhhhhionn | number = 905141960695996416 | title = It is my birthday. I am an adult. I know because I'm cleaning for the cleaning lady. | date = 5 September 2017}}</ref> and raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, where her parents were a technology company executive and former translator.<ref name="bloom2021">{{cite web | title = Netflix's 'Inside Job' Plumbs The Deep State One Joke At A Time | last = Bloom | first = David | website = Forbes | date = 14 October 2021 | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2021/10/14/netflixs-inside-job-plumbs-the-deep-state-one-joke-at-a-time/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> She attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), graduating in 2010 with a BFA in animation.<ref name="bloom2021" /><ref name="sloan2015">{{cite web | title = Screenwriter Interview: Shion Takeuchi | date = 20 February 2015 | last = Sloan | first = Justin | website = Creative Writing Career | url = https://creativewritingcareer.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/shiontakeuchi/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="liang2021">{{cite web | last = Liang | first = Elizabeth | date = 15 October 2021 | title = Lizard People are Real in Shion Takeuchi's New Netflix Series ''Inside Job'' | website = 24700 | url = https://blog.calarts.edu/2021/10/15/lizard-people-are-real-in-shion-takeuchis-new-netflix-series-inside-job/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> Her thesis film was titled ''When the Time is Ripe'', a coming-of-age story about a Jewish pear.<ref name="sloan2015" /><ref name="Takeuchi2010">{{cite web | last = Takeuchi | first = Shion | date = 2010 | title = ''When the Time is Ripe'' | website = Vimeo | url = https://vimeo.com/channels/calartscharanimfilms2010/11790948 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2021-11-12 | archive-date = 2021-11-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211112210816/https://vimeo.com/channels/calartscharanimfilms2010/11790948 }}</ref><ref name="ziemba2010">{{cite web | last = Ziemba | first = Christine N. | date = 23 September 2010 | title = Animation from CalArts' Graphic Design and Animation Grads at Frame by Frame Showcase on Saturday | website = 24700 | url = https://blog.calarts.edu/2010/09/23/animation-from-calarts%E2%80%99-graphic-design-and-animation-grads-at-frame-by-frame-showcase-on-saturday/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Takeuchi worked as an intern on the animated series ''Adventure Time'' during the first season of its development before joining animator J. G. Quintel to work as a writer and storyboard artist on his Cartoon Network series ''Regular Show''.<ref name="sloan2015" /> She was then hired to work in the story department at Pixar where she was involved in the production of the films ''Monsters University'' (2013) and ''Inside Out'' (2015).<ref name="sloan2015" /><ref name="steiner2021">{{cite web | last = Steiner | first = Chelsea | date = 19 October 2021 | title = INTERVIEW: Showrunner Shion Takeuchi on Her New Netflix Series 'Inside Job' | website = The Mary Sue | url = https://www.themarysue.com/interview-showrunner-shion-takeuchi-on-her-new-netflix-series-inside-job/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> She later left Pixar to work as a writer on the Disney animated series ''Gravity Falls'' where she stayed until the show's conclusion in 2016.<ref name="sloan2015" /><ref name="chitwood2016" /> Takeuchi also worked as a writer on the Netflix animated series ''Disenchantment''<ref name="thorne2019">{{cite web | last = Thorne | first = Will | title = Netflix Orders Adult Animated Comedy 'Inside Job' from Shion Takeuchi | website = Variety | date = 23 April 2019 | url = https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/netflix-adult-animated-series-inside-job-1203195544/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="brown2021">{{cite web | last = Brown | first = Tracy | title = 'Inside Job' showrunner thought a shadow government would be scary. Reality was scarier | website = Los Angeles Times | date = 23 October 2021 | url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-10-23/inside-job-netflix-shion-takeuchi-conspiracy-theories | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> and the Amazon Prime Video animated series ''Lost in Oz''.<ref name="wolfe2018">{{cite web | last = Wolfe | first = Jennifer | date = 20 September 2018 | title = 'Gravity Falls,' 'Disenchantment' Writer Shion Takeuchi Signs Overall Deal with Netflix | website = Animation World Network | url = https://www.awn.com/news/gravity-falls-disenchantment-writer-shion-takeuchi-signs-overall-deal-netflix | access-date = 13 November 2021}}</ref> In 2018, streaming platform Netflix signed a multi-year, multi-project deal with Takeuchi.<ref name="andreeva2018" /><ref name="wolfe2018" />
===''Inside Job''=== {{main|Inside Job (2021 TV series)}} In 2019, Netflix announced the production of the adult animated series ''Inside Job'', created and produced by Takeuchi.<ref name="thorne2019" /><ref name="petski2019">{{cite web | last = Petski | first = Denise | title = Netflix Orders 'Inside Job' Adult Animated Series From 'Gravity Falls' Alum | date = 23 April 2019 | website = Deadline | url = https://deadline.com/2019/04/netflix-orders-inside-job-adult-animated-series-gravity-falls-shion-takeuchi-1202600647/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="johnson2021">{{cite web | last = Johnson | first = Kevin | title = Global conspiracy comedy ''Inside Job'' sabotages its own ambitions | website = AV Club | date = 20 October 2021 | url = https://www.avclub.com/global-conspiracy-comedy-inside-job-sabotages-its-own-a-1847881576 | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> The show premiered on October 22, 2021<ref name="griffiths2021">{{cite magazine | last = Griffiths | first = Emmy | url = https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20211029125113/inside-job-netflix-season-two-details/ | title = Inside Job: will there be a season two of Netflix show? | magazine = Hello! | date = 29 October 2021 | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="radulovic2021">{{cite web | title = Gravity Falls writer Shion Takeuchi wants to stretch the adult animation definition with Inside Job | last = Radulovic | first = Petrana | date = 27 September 2021 | url = https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/22696218/inside-job-netflix-creator-shion-takeuchi-gravity-falls-interview | access-date = 12 November 2021 | website = Polygon}}</ref> and went on to become the fifth most streamed show on Netflix in the United States and eighth most streamed on the platform globally within a week of its release.<ref name="schonter2021">{{cite web | title = Netflix Conspiracy Theory Comedy Is a Quick Hit, Smashes Into the Top 10 | last = Schonter | first = Allison | date = 27 October 2021 | url = https://popculture.com/streaming/news/netflix-conspiracy-theory-comedy-inside-job-quick-hit-smashes-into-top-10/ | website = PopCulture.com | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2013 | ''Monsters University'' | Story artist | |- | 2015 | ''Inside Out'' | Story artist | |}
===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2010 | ''Adventure Time'' | Intern<ref name="sloan2015" /> | |- | 2010–2011 | ''Regular Show'' | Writer, storyboard artist | 6 episodes |- | 2014–2016 | ''Gravity Falls'' | Writer | |- | 2015 | ''Long Live the Royals'' | Story | 4 episodes, miniseries |- | 2016 | ''We Bare Bears'' | Story | 3 episodes |- | 2016–2018 | ''Lost in Oz'' | Writer | 8 episodes |- | 2018–2019 | ''Disenchantment'' | Writer, staff writer | 20 episodes, wrote 2 episodes |- | 2021–2022 | ''Inside Job'' | Creator, executive producer, writer | 20 episodes ordered, 18 released<ref name="avestruz2021">{{cite web | title = Inside Job Season 2: Everything We Know | last = Avestruz | first = Chelsea | date = 27 October 2021 | website = Screen Rant | url = https://screenrant.com/inside-job-season-2-news-updates-story-details/ | access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref> |}
==Nominations and awards==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Notes ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2016 | rowspan="1"| 43rd Annie Awards | rowspan="2"|Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Episode: S2 E11: Not What He Seems | rowspan="2" {{nom}} ! align=center|<ref name="giardina2016" /> |- | rowspan="1"| 2017 | rowspan="1" | 44th Annie Awards | Episode: S2 E20: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls ! align=center|<ref name="chitwood2016" /> |}
==See also== * ''Inside Job'' * Alex Hirsch * ''Gravity Falls''
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name | id = nm4075958 | name = Shion Takeuchi}}
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