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Naoko Yamada(I)

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Naoko Yamada
Naoko Yamada 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 film A Silent Voice.

Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime series.
BornNovember 28, 1984
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BornNovember 28, 1984
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    The Colors Within (2024)
    The Colors Within
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2024
    A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
    A Silent Voice: The Movie
    8.1
    • Director
    • 2016
    Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, Cristina Valenzuela, and Lili Troncale in K-On! (2009)
    K-On!
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(ending animation)
    Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
    Liz and the Blue Bird
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Animation Department



    • Do It Yourself!! (2022)
      Do It Yourself!!
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 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
      • key animator
      • 2019
    • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
      Beyond the Boundary
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key animator: ending animation
      • 2013
    • Free! (2013)
      Free!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • key animator: opening and ending animation
      • 2013
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision (2013)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision
      6.4
      • key animator
      • 2013
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
      7.4
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2012
    • Ikitaku Naru Omise Hen (2012)
      Ikitaku Naru Omise Hen
      6.4
      Short
      • key animator
      • 2012
    • Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
      Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
      8.3
      TV Series
      • key animator: ending sequence
      • 2011
    • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
      The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
      8.0
      • key animator
      • 2010
    • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
      The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
      7.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2006–2009
    • Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley, Cristina Valenzuela, and Lili Troncale in K-On! (2009)
      K-On!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • key animator: ending animation
      • key animator
      • 2009
    • Tenjôjin to Akutojin: Saigo no tatakai (2009)
      Tenjôjin to Akutojin: Saigo no tatakai
      6.6
      • key animator
      • 2009
    • Clannad (2007)
      Clannad
      8.2
      TV Series
      • key animator: opening animation
      • key animator
      • key animator: opening credits
      • 2007–2009
    • Kemeko Deluxe! (2008)
      Kemeko Deluxe!
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2008
    • Reborn! (2006)
      Reborn!
      7.6
      TV Series
      • key animator: ending
      • 2007

    Director



    • The Colors Within (2024)
      The Colors Within
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Garden of Remembrance (2022)
      Garden of Remembrance
      7.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
      Modern Love Tokyo
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Heike Story (2021)
      The Heike Story
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Tsurune (2018)
      Tsurune
      7.4
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2018
    • Free! (2013)
      Free!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2018
    • Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
      Liz and the Blue Bird
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • 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
      • 2017
    • A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
      A Silent Voice: The Movie
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
      Sound! Euphonium
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director (ending sequence)
      • 2015
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director (ending sequence)
      • 2012–2014
    • Tamako Love Story (2014)
      Tamako Love Story
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
      Beyond the Boundary
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Tamako Market (2013)
      Tamako Market
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Daisuke Sakaguchi, Yûichi Nakamura, Satomi Satô, and Ai Kayano in Hyouka (2012)
      Hyouka
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012

    Art Department



    • The Colors Within (2024)
      The Colors Within
      7.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 2024
    • Garden of Remembrance (2022)
      Garden of Remembrance
      7.6
      Short
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
      Modern Love Tokyo
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • The Heike Story (2021)
      The Heike Story
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: ending
      • storyboard artist: opening
      • 2021
    • Tsurune (2018)
      Tsurune
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018–2019
    • Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
      Liz and the Blue Bird
      7.2
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Violet Evergarden (2018)
      Violet Evergarden
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • 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
    • 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
      • 2017
    • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
      Sound! Euphonium
      8.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: ending animation
      • 2015–2016
    • A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
      A Silent Voice: The Movie
      8.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 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
    • Free! (2013)
      Free!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013–2014
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
      Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: ending animation
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012–2014

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Kyoto Animation
    • Born
      • November 28, 1984
      • Gunma Prefecture, Japan

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Yamada describes herself as a "method" director, emphasizing the minds of the characters.
    • Quotes
      On her trademark shots of legs: When you're nervous, you move your legs around. I think that it would be nice to express emotion like that.
    • Trademarks
        Usaully works with screenwriter, Reiko Yoshida.

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