Naoko Yamada
Known for
Directing
Born
November 28, 1984 (age 41)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
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 director of Clannad, she was asked to make her chief directorial debut with K-On!, an adaptation of a slice-of-life manga. The series was very successful, spurring a second season and a film. In 2013,...
Best known work
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016
Violet Evergarden
2018
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
2019
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2017
Clannad
2007
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
2019
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
2012
Hyouka
2012
Beyond the Boundary
2013
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2006Filmography
2026
2024
The Colors WithinDirector, Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director
2022
Garden of RemembranceDirector, Screenplay
2022
2022
Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our SongDirector, Storyboard
2022
2021
2019
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory DollSecond Unit Director
2019
Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New DayKey Animation, Second Unit Director
2019
2018
2018
Liz and the Blue BirdSecond Unit Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
2018
2017
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!Series Director, Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
2017
2016
A Silent Voice: The MovieStoryboard Artist, Director
2016
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert BandSeries Director, Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
2016
2015
2014
Tamako Love StorySecond Unit Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Original Story
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012