Directing
Taichi Ishidate
Dec 20, 1979 (46 years) Japan
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
8.4
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Lead Animator, Second Unit Director, Key Animation
8.6
InuYasha
Key Animation
8.3
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
8.5
Violet Evergarden
Series Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
8.3
Clannad
Storyboard Artist, Director
8.1
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
Storyboard Artist, Director
8.1
Hyouka
Storyboard Artist, Director
8.2
Free!
Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
8.3
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Storyboard Artist, Director, Second Unit Director
8.0
K-ON!
Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
7.8
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
8.0
Sound! Euphonium
Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
8.1
Beyond the Boundary
Series Director, Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
7.1
Full Metal Panic!
Director
8.4
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Assistant Director, Writer, Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist
Filmography
7.4
Sparks of Tomorrow
2026 · Director
8.0
Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1
2026 · Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director
8.4
CITY THE ANIMATION
2025 · Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Opening/Ending Animation
6.1
Free! the Final Stroke the Second Volume
2022 · Key Animation
7.0
Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot
2022 · Key Animation
8.4
Violet Evergarden: Recollections
2021 · Director
6.6
Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume
2021 · Key Animation
8.3
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Storyboard Artist, Director, Second Unit Director
8.5
Violet Evergarden
2018 · Series Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
7.1
Tsurune
2018 · Storyboard Artist, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation
8.3
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017 · Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
7.2
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017 · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
8.4
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · Lead Animator, Second Unit Director, Key Animation
7.6
Myriad Colors Phantom World
2016 · Storyboard Artist, Director
5.9
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016 · Key Animation
8.0
Sound! Euphonium
2015 · Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
7.4
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015 · Second Unit Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Director
6.9
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past
2015 · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
6.9
High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
2015 · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
7.2
Amagi Brilliant Park
2014 · Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation
7.2
Tamako Love Story
2014 · Key Animation
8.2
Free!
2013 · Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist
8.1
Beyond the Boundary
2013 · Series Director, Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
7.3
Tamako Market
2013 · Director, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
8.1
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
2012 · Storyboard Artist, Director
8.1
Hyouka
2012 · Storyboard Artist, Director
8.4
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011 · Assistant Director, Writer, Director, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist
7.9
K-ON! The Movie
2011 · Key Animation
8.5
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0
2011 · Director
7.9
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010 · Key Animation