Naoko Yamada

山田尚子

DirectorStoryboard Artist

[Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%B0%9A%E5%AD%90) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoko_Yamada) Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator and director. She worked at [Kyoto Animation](https://anilist.co/studio/2/) from 2004 to 2020 and is currently affiliated with Science SARU. Yamada enjoyed drawing as a child and would copy images from the [Patlabor](https://anilist.co/anime/324/) and [Dragon Ball](https://anilist.co/anime/223/) series. She joined the volleyball club in primary school and the tennis and photography clubs in high school. At the Kyoto University of Art and Design, she studied oil painting and was a member of the special effects club. She intended to work in film after university, but instead decided to join Kyoto Animation after seeing an advertisement. Her first assignment at the studio was drawing in between frames for [Inuyasha](https://anilist.co/anime/249/), which Kyoto Animation helped produce. She was eventually promoted to a key animator for [Air](https://anilist.co/anime/101/). After working as an episode director of [Clannad](https://anilist.co/anime/2167/), she was asked to make her chief directorial debut with [K-

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