Naoko Yamada
November 28, 1984 · 41 years old
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…
Known For
4 titles
A Silent Voice: The Movie
A deaf girl, Shoko, is bullied by the popular Shoya. As Shoya continues to bully Shoko, the class turns its back on him. Shoko transfers and Shoya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shoya finds Shoko to mak...
Tamako Love Story
Tamako's life changes when her best friend, Mochizou, suddenly confesses his love for her.
Liz and the Blue Bird
Best friends in their last year of high school realise there is no such thing as being together forever.
The Colors Within
A girl who can see colors in people's hearts joins a band with two other people.