Kazuchika Kise
Japanese director & animator
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Kazuchika Kise (Japanese: 黄瀬和哉, Hepburn: Kise Kazuchika; born March 6, 1965) is a Japanese director, animator, and character designer. He started working in the anime industry in 1989 with Patlabor: The Movie. In 2015, he made his directorial debut with Ghost in the Shell: Arise.
Kazuchika Kise | |
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黄瀬和哉 | |
| Born | March 6, 1965 Osaka, Japan |
| Occupations | Director, animator, and character designer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Employer | Production I.G |
| Known for | |
Biography
Kazuchika Kise was born in Osaka on March 6, 1965.[1] After graduating from High School, he joined AnimeR and studied under Hiromi Muranaka. Later, he joined Production I.G and was involved in his first project, Patlabor: The Movie.[1] Following the film's release, Kise continued to work with Production I.G and started directing series with Ghost in the Shell: Arise in 2013.[1]
In 2013, Kise did the character designs with Clamp for Blood-C, which won the Reaper Award for best animation that year.[2][3] In 2018, Kise designed the characters for Made in Abyss, which won anime of the year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in the same year.[4][5]
Works
TV series
- Blue Seed (1994–1998) (character designer)[6]
- Otogi Zoshi (2004–2005) (character designer)[7]
- xxxHolic (2006–2008) (character designer)[8]
- Blood-C (2011) (character designer with Clamp)[2]
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013–2015) (director)[1]
- Made in Abyss (2017–present) (character designer)[4]
- Platinum End (2021–2022) (second part director)[9]
Films
- Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) (animation director)[2]
- Blood-C: The Last Dark (2011) (character designer with Clamp)[10]
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) (character designer)[11]
- Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020–2021) (character designer)[12]
Original video animation
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991) (animation director)[13]
- Combustible Campus Guardress (1994) (character designer)[14]