Yoshiji Kigami
Directing · Key Animation · Director · Second Unit Director
Born Dec 28, 1957 · Osaka, Japan
Active 1981–2019
Yoshiji Kigami was a Japanese animator, director and storyboarder. He started working at Shin-Ei Animation, later became part of Animaruya and then he became affiliated with Kyoto Animation.
Filmography
Violet Evergarden (2018) - Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistLiz and the Blue Bird (2018) - Key AnimationLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018) - Key AnimationMiss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017) - Director · Storyboard ArtistA Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) - Storyboard Artist · Key AnimationMyriad Colors Phantom World (2016) - Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Key AnimationSound! Euphonium (2015) - Director · Storyboard ArtistBeyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future (2015) - Second Unit Director · Key AnimationTamako Love Story (2014) - Key AnimationAmagi Brilliant Park (2014) - Key AnimationBeyond the Boundary (2013) - Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistFree! (2013) - Key Animation · Director · Opening/Ending AnimationLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012) - Director · Storyboard ArtistHyouka (2012) - Storyboard Artist · DirectorNichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011) - Director · Storyboard ArtistK-ON! The Movie (2011) - Layout Supervisor · Key AnimationThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) - Layout Supervisor · Key AnimationK-ON! (2009) - Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistClannad (2007) - Storyboard Artist · DirectorThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) - Director · Storyboard ArtistFull Metal Panic! (2002) - DirectorGrave of the Fireflies (1988) - Key AnimationAkira (1988) - Key AnimationMacross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) - Key Animation