Taichi Ishidate
Directing · Key Animation · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist
Born Dec 20, 1979 · Japan
Active 2000–present
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.
Filmography
CITY THE ANIMATION (2025) — Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Director · Opening/Ending AnimationSound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1 (2026) — Storyboard Artist · Second Unit DirectorA Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) — Second Unit Director · Lead Animator · Key AnimationInuYasha (2000) — Key AnimationViolet Evergarden (2018) — Series Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Director · Storyboard ArtistMiss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017) — Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationViolet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Second Unit DirectorClannad (2007) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorHyouka (2012) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorBeyond the Boundary (2013) — Director · Series Director · Key Animation · Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard ArtistFree! (2013) — Opening/Ending Animation · Key Animation · Director · Storyboard ArtistThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) — Key AnimationThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationNichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011) — Assistant Director · Writer · Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard ArtistK-ON! (2009) — Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistViolet Evergarden: Recollections (2021) — DirectorTamako Love Story (2014) — Key AnimationMyriad Colors Phantom World (2016) — Director · Storyboard ArtistK-ON! The Movie (2011) — Key AnimationSound! Euphonium (2015) — Key Animation · Director · Storyboard ArtistFull Metal Panic! (2002) — DirectorAmagi Brilliant Park (2014) — Opening/Ending Animation · Key AnimationBeyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future (2015) — Second Unit Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Director