Taichi Ishidate
Director · VFX Artist · Production DesignerTaichi 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR10
Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1
2026
Second Unit Director
Violet Evergarden: Recollections
2021
Director
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020
Director, Second Unit Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017
Second Unit Director
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016
Second Unit Director
High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
2015
Second Unit Director
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
2015
Second Unit Director, Director
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015
Second Unit Director, Director
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0
2011
Director
- Credits Roll Into the Sea
Credits Roll Into the Sea
Director
VISUAL EFFECTS11
Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot
2022
Key Animation
Free! the Final Stroke the Second Volume
2022
Key Animation
Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume
2021
Key Animation
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016
Key Animation
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016
Lead Animator, Key Animation
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015
Key Animation
Tamako Love Story
2014
Key Animation
K-ON! The Movie
2011
Key Animation
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010
Key Animation
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time
2005
Key Animation
Munto
2003
Key Animation
ART6
Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1
2026
Storyboard Artist
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020
Storyboard Artist
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017
Storyboard Artist
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
2015
Storyboard Artist
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015
Storyboard Artist
High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
2015
Storyboard Artist
