Tatsuya Ishihara

石原立也

A prominent director and a key member of Kyoto Animation. After graduating from Osaka Designers' College in the late '80s, Ishihara joined Kyoto Animation and began his career as an animator. In 1991, he made his debut as a director with Shiawasette Naani. After that, he switched his focus to directing. Back then Kyoto Animation was still a sub-contracting studio, so therefore Ishihara could only get a handful of opportunities directing. Some of the shows in which Ishihara got to direct multiple episodes were Tenchi Muyou!, Aka-chan to Boku, Hyper Police, and Inuyasha. He also storyboarded…