Taichi Ishidate

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.

Directed

1. Violet Evergarden (2018) — Director
2. Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) — Director
3. Clannad (2007) — Director
4. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012) — Director
5. Hyouka (2012) — Director
6. Beyond the Boundary (2013) — Director
7. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) — Director
8. Free! (2013) — Director
9. K-ON! (2009) — Director
10. Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011) — Director
11. Full Metal Panic! (2002) — Director
12. Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016) — Director
13. Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021) — Director
14. Sound! Euphonium (2015) — Director
15. Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future (2015) — Director
16. Lucky Star (2007) — Director
17. Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past (2015) — Director
18. Tamako Market (2013) — Director
19. Kanon (2006) — Director
20. CITY THE ANIMATION (2025) — Director
21. Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0 (2011) — Director
22. Credits Roll Into the Sea — Director