Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator and director. At Kyoto Animation, she directed the anime series “K-On!” (2009-2010) and “Tamako Market” (2013), and the anime films “A Silent Voice” (2016) and “Liz and the Blue Bird” (2018). In 2021, she directed the original net animation (ONA) “The Heike Story” under Science Saru. The series premiered on Japanese television in January 2022. She has won multiple awards for her work, as well as become world-renowned for her stylistic choices in anime. She was also one of the youngest people to become a director at Kyoto Animation, getting her first directing opportunity about 4 years after graduating from college and starting work at the studio.

Eiga K-ON (2012), Tamako Love Story (2014), A Silent Voice (2016), Liz and the Blue Birdv (2018)