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Taichi Ishidate

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Taichi Ishidate

Born December 20, 1979 in Japan6 films

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.

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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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The best way into Taichi Ishidate's work
Violet Evergarden: Recollections posterFirst watchViolet Evergarden: Recollections20218.4An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Violet Evergarden: The Movie poster8.3Violet Evergarden: The Movie2020Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future poster7.4Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past poster6.9Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past2015

Filmography

6 films as director
  1. TBACredits Roll Into the SeaDirector
  2. 2021Violet Evergarden: RecollectionsDirector
  3. 2020Violet Evergarden: The MovieDirector
  4. 2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – FutureDirector
  5. 2015Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – PastDirector
  6. 2011Nichijou: My Ordinary Life Episode 0Director