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Actor
Taichi Ishidate
Directing1979Japan
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.
Credits
40- 2026
Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1Storyboard Artist · Second Unit DirectorMovie - 2025
CITY THE ANIMATIONSeries Director · 13 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodes · Director · 2 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 11 episodesTV show - 2022
Tsurune the Movie: The First ShotKey AnimationMovie - 2022
Free! the Final Stroke the Second VolumeKey AnimationMovie - 2021
Violet Evergarden: RecollectionsDirectorMovie - 2021
Free! the Final Stroke the First VolumeKey AnimationMovie - 2020
Violet Evergarden: The MovieStoryboard Artist · Director · Second Unit DirectorMovie - 2018
TsuruneStoryboard Artist · 2 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 13 episodes · Key Animation · 4 episodesTV show - 2018
Violet EvergardenSeries Director · 13 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 13 episodes · Director · 2 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodesTV show - 2017
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!Second Unit Director · Storyboard ArtistMovie - 2017
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidOpening/Ending Animation · 12 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 1 episodes · Key Animation · 1 episodesTV show - 2016
A Silent Voice: The MovieLead Animator · Second Unit Director · Key AnimationMovie
