Person
Taichi Ishidate
Directing · Born 1979-12-20 · Japan
Biography
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
InuYasha
Key Animation
Clannad
Storyboard Artist
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Opening/Ending Animation
K-ON!
Director
Sound! Euphonium
Key Animation
Full Metal Panic!
Director
Violet Evergarden
Series Director
Lucky Star
Director
Free!
Opening/Ending Animation
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Lead Animator
Filmography
- 2026Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1Storyboard Artist
- 2025CITY THE ANIMATIONSeries Director
- 2022Tsurune the Movie: The First ShotKey Animation
- 2022Free! the Final Stroke the Second VolumeKey Animation
- 2021Violet Evergarden: RecollectionsDirector
- 2021Free! the Final Stroke the First VolumeKey Animation
- 2020Violet Evergarden: The MovieStoryboard Artist
- 2018TsuruneStoryboard Artist
- 2018Violet EvergardenSeries Director
- 2017Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!Second Unit Director
- 2017Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidOpening/Ending Animation
- 2016A Silent Voice: The MovieLead Animator
- 2016Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert BandKey Animation
- 2016Myriad Colors Phantom WorldDirector
- 2015High☆Speed!: Free! Starting DaysSecond Unit Director
- 2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – FutureKey Animation
- 2015Sound! EuphoniumKey Animation
- 2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – PastSecond Unit Director
- 2014Amagi Brilliant ParkOpening/Ending Animation
- 2014Tamako Love StoryKey Animation
- 2013Beyond the BoundaryDirector
- 2013Free!Opening/Ending Animation
- 2013Tamako MarketDirector
- 2012Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!Storyboard Artist
- 2012HyoukaStoryboard Artist
- 2011K-ON! The MovieKey Animation
- 2011Nichijou: My Ordinary LifeAssistant Director
- 2011Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0Director
- 2010The Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaKey Animation
- 2009K-ON!Director
- 2007ClannadStoryboard Artist
- 2007Lucky StarDirector
- 2006KanonDirector
- 2006The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaDirector
- 2005Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of TimeKey Animation
- 2005AirKey Animation
- 2003MuntoKey Animation
- 2002Full Metal Panic!Director
- 2000InuYashaKey Animation
- —Credits Roll Into the SeaDirector
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