TV-Series
Description
Hirokazu Takezaki founded and produces the Super Material Theater, aiming to offer hope and entertainment during global recovery after the "Disappearance of Simultaneous Cities" catastrophe destroyed major urban centers five years earlier. His driving ambition to create the ultimate entertainment leads him to relentlessly pursue the advanced "Theatrical Material System" technology, specifically targeting the TMS machine owned by rival troupe Alice in Theater. This obsession pits him against Kaworu Sakakibara, Alice in Theater's director, combining professional rivalry with his technological imperative.
He maintains a polished appearance with neatly combed brown hair, brown eyes, and consistent attire of a tan suit with brown shoes. His personality is cold, calculating, and manipulative, deploying any necessary means—including ethically dubious tactics—to secure the TMS machine. This reflects his prioritization of his grand vision over moral boundaries or personal connections.
His motivations trace back to personal tragedy: years prior, Miki Schteinberg saved him from a terrorist attack, sustaining fatal injuries. Takezaki attempted to transport her to a hospital, but she died en route. Unidentified individuals then took her body and altered his memories of the event. This trauma forged profound frustration and powerlessness, fueling his obsession with the Grand Material System—a reality-altering device requiring human sacrifice.
During the Grand Material System's climax, Takezaki discovers Kaworu Sakakibara is actually Miki Schteinberg. He momentarily shifts toward redemption by shielding her from an attack by Doll, an Actidol android. Forced by Doll to relive his suppressed memories of Miki's death and memory alteration, he achieves emotional clarity and shares a reconciliatory embrace with Kaworu. Yet his ambition overrides this awakening. Despite Kaworu's pleas, he activates the system, unleashing a global catastrophe echoing the earlier disaster. This choice finalizes his tragic arc from grief-stricken survivor to ambition-blinded catalyst of worldwide peril.
He maintains a polished appearance with neatly combed brown hair, brown eyes, and consistent attire of a tan suit with brown shoes. His personality is cold, calculating, and manipulative, deploying any necessary means—including ethically dubious tactics—to secure the TMS machine. This reflects his prioritization of his grand vision over moral boundaries or personal connections.
His motivations trace back to personal tragedy: years prior, Miki Schteinberg saved him from a terrorist attack, sustaining fatal injuries. Takezaki attempted to transport her to a hospital, but she died en route. Unidentified individuals then took her body and altered his memories of the event. This trauma forged profound frustration and powerlessness, fueling his obsession with the Grand Material System—a reality-altering device requiring human sacrifice.
During the Grand Material System's climax, Takezaki discovers Kaworu Sakakibara is actually Miki Schteinberg. He momentarily shifts toward redemption by shielding her from an attack by Doll, an Actidol android. Forced by Doll to relive his suppressed memories of Miki's death and memory alteration, he achieves emotional clarity and shares a reconciliatory embrace with Kaworu. Yet his ambition overrides this awakening. Despite Kaworu's pleas, he activates the system, unleashing a global catastrophe echoing the earlier disaster. This choice finalizes his tragic arc from grief-stricken survivor to ambition-blinded catalyst of worldwide peril.