Taichi Ishidate

Known for directing · Born 20 December 1979 · 46 · Japan

41 credits

Taichi Ishidate (石立太一, Ishidate Taichi) was born in 1979. He is a Kyoto Animation animator and one of the teachers of the studio's animation school. One of the best action animators of the studio with notable use of effects, with equal skill with character animation. Learned a lot from Yoshiji Kigami while working under him on multiple projects. In the last few years, Ishidate focused more on directing rather than animating, directing some of the studio's main projects such as Violet Evergarden.

Known for

A Silent Voice: The Movie

2016

Violet Evergarden

2018

Clannad

2007

Beyond the Boundary

2013

Hyouka

2012

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2006

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

2020

K-ON!

2009

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!

2012

Free!

2013

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

2017

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

2011

Art (7)

2026Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1Storyboard Artist, Second Unit DirectorFilm

2020Violet Evergarden: The MovieStoryboard Artist, Director, Second Unit DirectorFilm

2018TsuruneStoryboard Artist, Opening/Ending Animation, Key AnimationSeries

2016Myriad Colors Phantom WorldStoryboard Artist, DirectorSeries

2012Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!Storyboard Artist, DirectorSeries

2012HyoukaStoryboard Artist, DirectorSeries

2007ClannadStoryboard Artist, DirectorSeries

Directing (17)

2026Sparks of TomorrowDirectorSeries

2025CITY THE ANIMATIONSeries Director, Storyboard Artist, Opening/Ending AnimationSeries

2021Violet Evergarden: RecollectionsDirectorFilm

2018Violet EvergardenSeries Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2017Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!Second Unit Director, Storyboard ArtistFilm

2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – PastSecond Unit Director, Storyboard ArtistFilm

2015High☆Speed!: Free! Starting DaysSecond Unit Director, Storyboard ArtistFilm

2013Beyond the BoundarySeries Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2013Tamako MarketDirector, Key Animation, Opening/Ending AnimationSeries

2011Nichijou: My Ordinary LifeAssistant Director, Writer, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2011Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0DirectorFilm

2009K-ON!Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2007Lucky StarDirector, Storyboard Artist, Key AnimationSeries

2006The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaDirector, Storyboard Artist, Key AnimationSeries

2006KanonDirectorSeries

2002Full Metal Panic!DirectorSeries

—Credits Roll Into the SeaDirectorFilm

Visual Effects (17)

2022Free! the Final Stroke the Second VolumeKey AnimationFilm

2022Tsurune the Movie: The First ShotKey AnimationFilm

2021Free! the Final Stroke the First VolumeKey AnimationFilm

2017Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidOpening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist, Key AnimationSeries

2016A Silent Voice: The MovieLead Animator, Second Unit Director, Key AnimationFilm

2016Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert BandKey AnimationFilm

2015Sound! EuphoniumKey Animation, Director, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – FutureKey Animation, Second Unit Director, Storyboard ArtistFilm

2014Tamako Love StoryKey AnimationFilm

2014Amagi Brilliant ParkOpening/Ending Animation, Key AnimationSeries

2013Free!Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Director, Storyboard ArtistSeries

2011K-ON! The MovieKey AnimationFilm

2010The Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaKey AnimationFilm

2005AirKey AnimationSeries

2005Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of TimeKey AnimationFilm

2003MuntoKey AnimationFilm

2000InuYashaKey AnimationSeries