Naoko Yamada

Naoko Yamada Movies and TV Shows

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, she directed Tamako Market, and followed it with the film Tamako Love Story in 2014. For Tamako Love Story, she was awarded the New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. She storyboarded the entire film herself, and also wrote the lyrics for the opening theme song, Everybody Loves Somebody. Yamada's next project was the feature film A Silent Voice, an adaptation of the manga of the same name, that reflected on elements of bullying and physical impairment in Japan. The film opened at #2 in the Japanese Box Office and grossed a total of ¥2.3 billion, the 19th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2016. The film also received multiple award nominations, including Best Animation Film in the Mainichi Film Awards and the Excellent Animation of the Year in the Japan Academy Prize. For Yamada, the most important part of being a director is to observe people. She describes herself as a "method" director, emphasizing the minds of the characters. On July 18, 2019, a man started a fire at the main studio of Kyoto Animation, killing 36 of Yamada's colleagues and wounding 33 others. Yamada was reported not to have been hurt in the fire. In 2020, Yamada left KyoAni to join Science SARU, where she directed 2021's The Heike Story. Source: Wikipedia

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 11/28/1984 (39 years old)
  • Place of birth: Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • twitter: Naoko_kyoani
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Liz and the Blue Bird
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Director & 2 more
2018

Animation

Drama

Music

7.1
71%
2017

Animation

Comedy

7.7
84%
A Silent Voice: The Movie
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 84%
role:
Storyboard Artist & 1 more
2016

Animation

Drama

Romance

8.1
84%
Myriad Colors Phantom World
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 82%
role:
Storyboard Artist
2016

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
82%
Tamako Love Story
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Director & 2 more
Not available
2014

Animation

Comedy

Romance

7.0
68%
Not available
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Beyond the Boundary
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 86%
role:
Opening/Ending Animation
2013

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
86%
Tamako Market
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Series Director & 1 more
2013

Animation

Comedy

6.9
68%
K-ON! The Movie
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 80%
role:
Director & 2 more
2011

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

7.7
80%
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 86%
role:
Opening/Ending Animation
2011

Animation

Comedy

8.3
86%
Lucky Star
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Key Animation
2007

Animation

Comedy

7.4
73%
Kanon
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Key Animation
2006

Animation

Comedy

Drama

7.5
74%
2006

Animation

Comedy

7.8
80%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Naoko Yamada are, for example, Liz and the Blue Bird, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid and A Silent Voice: The Movie.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Amazon, CrunchyRoll and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (8.5), A Silent Voice: The Movie (8.3) and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (8.1).
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