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Tatsuya Ishihara

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Additional Crew
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Tatsuya Ishihara was born on 31 July 1966 in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. He is a director, known for Full Metal Panic! (2002), The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) and Yamato Takeru: After War (1995).
BornJuly 31, 1966
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    Known for

    Full Metal Panic! (2002)
    Full Metal Panic!
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Yamato Takeru: After War (1995)
    Yamato Takeru: After War
    TV Series
    • Director
    New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (1996)
    New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Director

    • Daisuke Ono, Emiri Kato, Mutsumi Tamura, Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, Shiori Sugiura, and Yûki Takada in Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryu (2025)
      Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryu
      8.5
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
      Sound! Euphonium
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2024
    • Tokubetsuhen Hibike! Euphonium ~Ensemble Contest~ (2023)
      Tokubetsuhen Hibike! Euphonium ~Ensemble Contest~
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Tsurune (2018)
      Tsurune
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2023
    • Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
      Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2022
    • Shimba Tsuchiya, Chika Anzai, Yuri Yamaoka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Misaki Kuno, Sora Amamiya, Moe Toyota, Ayaka Asai, Ayaka Nanase, and Konomi Fujimura in Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
      Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Free! (2013)
      Free!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me (2018)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Tomoyo Kurosawa in Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
      Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
      7.1
      • Director (chief)
      • 2017
    • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
      Myriad Colors Phantom World
      6.2
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2016
    • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
      Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)
      Amagi Brilliant Park
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2014
    • Dera-chan of the Southern Island (2014)
      Dera-chan of the Southern Island
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Tamako Market (2013)
      Tamako Market
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013

    Art Department

    • Maria Naganawa, Yûki Kuwahara, Minami Takahashi, and Yûki Takada in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
      Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
      7.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening animation
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017–2021
    • Shimba Tsuchiya, Chika Anzai, Yuri Yamaoka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Misaki Kuno, Sora Amamiya, Moe Toyota, Ayaka Asai, Ayaka Nanase, and Konomi Fujimura in Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
      Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
      7.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me (2018)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me
      7.4
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Tomoyo Kurosawa in Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
      Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
      7.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
      Sound! Euphonium
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: opening animation
      • 2015–2016
    • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
      Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
      6.8
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
      Myriad Colors Phantom World
      6.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)
      Amagi Brilliant Park
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening animation
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012–2014
    • Free! (2013)
      Free!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Dera-chan of the Southern Island (2014)
      Dera-chan of the Southern Island
      6.5
      Short
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Tamako Love Story (2014)
      Tamako Love Story
      7.0
      • storyboard artist: "Dera-chan of the South Island"
      • 2014
    • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
      Beyond the Boundary
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision (2013)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision
      6.4
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: bonus video
      • 2013
    • Tamako Market (2013)
      Tamako Market
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • Daisuke Namikawa and Yui Ishikawa in Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
      Violet Evergarden: The Movie
      8.3
      • support staff
      • 2020
    • Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)
      Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
      7.5
      • support staff
      • 2019
    • Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
      Liz and the Blue Bird
      7.2
      • supervisor
      • 2018
    • High Speed! Free! Starting Summer (2015)
      High Speed! Free! Starting Summer
      7.1
      • production committee: Kyoto Animation
      • 2015
    • K-On! The Movie (2011)
      K-On! The Movie
      7.7
      • supervisor
      • 2011
    • Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, Cristina Valenzuela, and Lili Troncale in K-On! (2009)
      K-On!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • advisor
      • 2009–2010
    • Eiga! Tamagotchi: Uchû ichi happy na monogatari!? (2008)
      Eiga! Tamagotchi: Uchû ichi happy na monogatari!?
      8.3
      • advertising producer
      • 2008
    • Tamagotchi the Movie (2007)
      Tamagotchi the Movie
      7.3
      • advertising producer
      • 2007
    • Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo: The Movie 2 UFO - Shûrai! Torunêdo daisakusen!! (2003)
      Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo: The Movie 2 UFO - Shûrai! Torunêdo daisakusen!!
      7.6
      • advertising
      • 2003
    • New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (1996)
      New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
      7.4
      • unit director
      • 1996

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • July 31, 1966
      • Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan

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