Kazuchika Kise

is a Japanese director, animator, and character designer. He started working in the anime industry in 1989 with '. In 2015, he made his directorial debut with '.

Biography

Kazuchika Kise was born in Osaka on March 6, 1965. After graduating from High School, he joined AnimeR and studied under . Later, he joined Production I.G and was involved in his first project, '. Following the film's release, Kise continued to work with Production I.G and started directing series with ' in 2013.

In 2013, Kise did the character designs with Clamp for Blood-C, which won the Reaper Award for best animation that year. 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.

Works

TV series

• Blue Seed (1994–1998) (character designer)
• Otogi Zoshi (2004–2005) (character designer)
• xxxHolic (2006–2008) (character designer)
• Blood-C (2011) (character designer with Clamp)
• ' (2013–2015) (director)
• Made in Abyss (2017–present) (character designer)
• Platinum End (2021–2022) (second part director)

• ' (2000) (animation director)
• ' (2011) (character designer with Clamp)
• ' (2015) (character designer)
• Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot (2020–2021) (character designer)

Original video animation

• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991) (animation director)
• Combustible Campus Guardress (1994) (character designer)

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