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Kazuchika Kise

  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Kazuchika Kise was born on 6 March 1965 in Osaka, Japan. He is a director, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) and Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007).
BornMarch 6, 1965
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    • Known for

    Ghost in the Shell (1995)
    Ghost in the Shell
    7.9
    • Animation Department
    • 1995
    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
    8.1
    • Animation Department(segment "Air")
    • 1997
    Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
    Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
    7.5
    • Animation Department
    • 2007
    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
    7.7
    • Animation Department
    • 2000

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1
      • original character designer
      • Post-production
      • 2026
    • Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl (2025)
      Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl
      6.8
      Short
      • animation director
      • key animator
      • 2025
    • Miyu Irino, Hiro Shimono, Nao Toyama, Haruka Tomatsu, Minami Tanaka, Sumire Uesaka, and Yuma Uchida in Grendizer U (2024)
      Grendizer U
      6.3
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2024
    • The Fire Hunter (2023)
      The Fire Hunter
      5.9
      TV Series
      • chief animation director
      • 2023–2024
    • Heavenly Delusion (2023)
      Heavenly Delusion
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2023
    • Fafner: Behind the Line (2023)
      Fafner: Behind the Line
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2023
    • Made in Abyss (2017)
      Made in Abyss
      8.3
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • animation director
      • 2017–2022
    • The Deer King (2021)
      The Deer King
      6.4
      • assistant animation director
      • 2021
    • Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm Of The Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram (2021)
      Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm Of The Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram
      6.9
      • character designer
      • key animator
      • 2021
    • Mamoru Miyano in Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020)
      Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot
      6.3
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2020
    • Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020)
      Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2020
    • High School Fleet the Movie (2020)
      High School Fleet the Movie
      8.1
      • key animator
      • 2020
    • Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020)
      Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
      8.0
      • character designer: Production I.G
      • 2020
    • Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.3 on the Other Side of Love and Hate (2019)
      Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.3 on the Other Side of Love and Hate
      7.2
      • animation director
      • key animator
      • main animator
      • 2019
    • Weathering with You (2019)
      Weathering with You
      7.5
      • animation director
      • 2019
    • B: The Beginning (2018)
      B: The Beginning
      7.0
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • storyboard
      • 2018

    Art Department

    • Platinum End (2021)
      Platinum End
      6.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021–2022
    • Mamoru Miyano in Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020)
      Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot
      6.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • B: The Beginning (2018)
      B: The Beginning
      7.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Welcome to the Ballroom (2017)
      Welcome to the Ballroom
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Joker Game (2016)
      Joker Game
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
      Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears
      7.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)
      Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
      5.8
      Video
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Kuroko's Basketball (2012)
      Kuroko's Basketball
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening animation
      • 2012
    • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
      Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
      7.5
      • design works
      • 2007
    • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
      Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
      7.3
      • weapon designer
      • 1999
    • Revival of Evangelion (1998)
      Revival of Evangelion
      7.8
      • design works
      • setting (segments "Air", "Sincerely Yours")
      • 1998
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
      Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
      8.1
      • design works
      • setting
      • 1997
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
      Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
      7.2
      • design works
      • setting (segment "Rebirth")
      • 1997
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yûko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata, Fumihiko Tachiki, and Yuriko Yamaguchi in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
      Neon Genesis Evangelion
      8.5
      TV Series
      • assistant designer
      • 1995

    Director

    • The Fire Hunter (2023)
      The Fire Hunter
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Platinum End (2021)
      Platinum End
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Welcome to the Ballroom (2017)
      Welcome to the Ballroom
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Joker Game (2016)
      Joker Game
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture (2015)
      Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • chief director
      • 2015
    • Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
      Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
      6.6
      • chief director
      • 2015
    • Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)
      Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
      7.1
      • chief director
      • 2014
    • Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
      Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears
      7.1
      • chief director
      • 2014
    • Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers (2013)
      Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
      7.1
      • chief director
      • 2013
    • Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)
      Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
      7.0
      • chief director
      • 2013
    • Drawer Hobbs
      6.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Kazutika Kise
    • Born
      • March 6, 1965
      • Osaka, Japan

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