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Naoko Yamada

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1984Born, Kyoto

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Naoko Yamada (山田尚子) is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series, and the anime films A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird. Yamada intended to work in film after university, but she decided to join Kyoto Animation after seeing an advertisement. Her first assignment at KyoAni was drawing inbetween frames for Inuyasha. She was eventually promoted to a key animator for Air. After working as an episode director of Clannad, she was asked to make her chief directorial debut with K-On!, an adaptation of a slice-of-life manga. The series was very successful, spurring a second season and a film. In…

Known for

A Silent Voice: The MovieStoryboard Artist

Violet EvergardenStoryboard Artist

Kaguya-sama: Love Is WarOpening/Ending Animation

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidDirector

ClannadDirector

Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing

2026Jaadugar: A Witch in MongoliaOther, Director · 12 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodesShow

2024The Colors WithinDirector, Second Unit Director · Storyboard ArtistMovie

2022Garden of RemembranceDirector · ScreenplayMovie

2022Modern Love TokyoStoryboard Artist · 1 episode · Director · 1 episodeShow

2022Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our SongDirector · StoryboardMovie

2022The Heike StoryStoryboard Artist · 3 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 11 episodes · Series Director, Director · 11 episodesShow

2021Visual PrisonOpening/Ending Animation · 12 episodesShow

2019Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory DollSecond Unit DirectorMovie

2019Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New DayKey Animation · Second Unit DirectorMovie

2019Kaguya-sama: Love Is WarOpening/Ending Animation · 12 episodesShow

2018TsuruneDirector · 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodesShow

2018Liz and the Blue BirdSecond Unit Director, Director · Storyboard ArtistMovie

2018Violet EvergardenStoryboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

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

2017Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidDirector · 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2016A Silent Voice: The MovieStoryboard Artist · DirectorMovie

2016Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert BandSecond Unit Director, Series Director · Storyboard ArtistMovie

2016Myriad Colors Phantom WorldStoryboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2015Sound! EuphoniumSeries Director, Director · 26 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 5 episodesShow

2014Tamako Love StorySecond Unit Director, Director · Storyboard Artist · Original StoryMovie

2013Beyond the BoundaryDirector · 1 episode · Opening/Ending Animation · 12 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2013Free!Opening/Ending Animation · 25 episodes · Director · 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 3 episodesShow

2013Tamako MarketSeries Director, Director · 12 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 4 episodesShow

2012Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!Storyboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2012HyoukaStoryboard Artist · 2 episodes · Director · 2 episodesShow

2011K-ON! The MovieDirector, Second Unit Director · Storyboard ArtistMovie

2011Nichijou: My Ordinary LifeDirector · 2 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 26 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodesShow

2010けいおん！！番外編「訪問！导演 · DirectorMovie

2010The Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaSecond Unit Director · Key AnimationMovie

2009The Last War of the Heavenliods and AkutoliodsKey AnimationMovie

2009K-ON!Series Director, Director · 36 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation · 36 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 4 episodesShow

2007ClannadDirector, Assistant Director · 5 episodes · Key Animation · 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 4 episodesShow

2007Lucky StarKey Animation · 6 episodesShow

2006KanonKey Animation · 7 episodesShow

2006The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaDirector · 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2005Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of TimeAnimationMovie

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