Naoko Yamada
Biography
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 …
Known For
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Director
Violet Evergarden
Storyboard Artist
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Opening/Ending Animation
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Director
Clannad
Assistant Director
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Second Unit Director
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
Storyboard Artist
Hyouka
Director
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Filmography
Acting (1)
Movies (1)
Crew (79)
Movies (32)
The Colors Within
2024Director
The Colors Within
2024Second Unit Director
The Colors Within
2024Storyboard Artist
Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song
2022Director
Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song
2022Storyboard
Garden of Remembrance
2022Director
Garden of Remembrance
2022Screenplay
Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day
2019Key Animation
Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day
2019Second Unit Director
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
2019Second Unit Director
Liz and the Blue Bird
2018Director
Liz and the Blue Bird
2018Second Unit Director
Liz and the Blue Bird
2018Storyboard Artist
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017Second Unit Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017Series Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
2017Storyboard Artist
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016Director
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016Storyboard Artist
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016Second Unit Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016Series Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
2016Storyboard Artist
Tamako Love Story
2014Director
Tamako Love Story
2014Original Story
Tamako Love Story
2014Second Unit Director
Tamako Love Story
2014Storyboard Artist
K-ON! The Movie
2011Director
K-ON! The Movie
2011Second Unit Director
K-ON! The Movie
2011Storyboard Artist
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010Key Animation
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010Second Unit Director
The Last War of the Heavenliods and Akutoliods
2009Key Animation
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time
2005Animation
Television (47)
The Heike Story
2022Director
The Heike Story
2022Opening/Ending Animation
The Heike Story
2022Series Director
The Heike Story
2022Storyboard Artist
Modern Love Tokyo
2022Director
Modern Love Tokyo
2022Storyboard Artist
Visual Prison
2021Opening/Ending Animation
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
2019Opening/Ending Animation
Tsurune
2018Director
Tsurune
2018Storyboard Artist
Violet Evergarden
2018Storyboard Artist
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017Director
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017Storyboard Artist
Myriad Colors Phantom World
2016Storyboard Artist
Sound! Euphonium
2015Director
Sound! Euphonium
2015Series Director
Sound! Euphonium
2015Storyboard Artist
Free!
2013Director
Free!
2013Opening/Ending Animation
Free!
2013Storyboard Artist
Beyond the Boundary
2013Director
Beyond the Boundary
2013Opening/Ending Animation
Beyond the Boundary
2013Storyboard Artist
Tamako Market
2013Director
Tamako Market
2013Series Director
Tamako Market
2013Storyboard Artist
Hyouka
2012Director
Hyouka
2012Storyboard Artist
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
2012Storyboard Artist
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011Director
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011Opening/Ending Animation
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011Storyboard Artist
K-ON!
2009Director
K-ON!
2009Key Animation
K-ON!
2009Opening/Ending Animation
K-ON!
2009Series Director
K-ON!
2009Storyboard Artist
Clannad
2007Assistant Director
Clannad
2007Director
Clannad
2007Key Animation
Clannad
2007Storyboard Artist
Lucky Star
2007Key Animation
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2006Director
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2006Storyboard Artist
Kanon
2006Key Animation
Full Metal Panic!
2002Key Animation
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
Other
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