Naoko Yamada
Animation DepartmentArt DepartmentDirector
- Born
- November 28, 1984
Naoko Yamada 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 film A Silent Voice. Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime…
Director
| Tenmaku no Jâdûgaru(2026) |
| The Colors Within(2024) |
| Garden of Remembrance(2022) |
| Modern Love Tokyo(2022) |
| The Heike Story(2021) |
Writer
| Garden of Remembrance(2022) |
| Tamako Love Story(2014) |
Production Manager
Second Unit or Assistant Director
| Anne Shirley(2025) |
| The Colors Within(2024) |
| Garden of Remembrance(2022) |
| Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll(2019) |
| Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day(2019) |
Art Department
| Anne Shirley(2025) |
| The Colors Within(2024) |
| Garden of Remembrance(2022) |
| Modern Love Tokyo(2022) |
| The Heike Story(2021) |
Animation Department
| Anne Shirley(2025) |
| Do It Yourself!!(2022) |
| Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day(2019) |
| Beyond the Boundary(2013) |
| Free!(2013) |
Production Department
| High Speed! Free! Starting Summer(2015) |
Additional Crew
| Violet Evergarden: The Movie(2020) |
Soundtrack
| Liz and the Blue Bird(2018) |
| Tamako Love Story(2014) |
| Tamako Market(2013) |
Self
| Anime: Une Épopée Japonaise.(2025) |