is a Japanese director, animator, and character designer. He started working in the

anime industry is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

in 1989 with '' Patlabor: The Movie''. In 2015, he made his directorial debut with '' Ghost in the Shell: Arise''.

Biography

Kazuchika Kise was born in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

on March 6, 1965. After graduating from High School, he joined AnimeR and studied under . Later, he joined

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and was involved in his first project, '' Patlabor: The Movie''. Following the film's release, Kise continued to work with Production I.G and started directing series with '' Ghost in the Shell: Arise'' in 2013. In 2013, Kise did the character designs with Clamp for ''

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'', which won the Reaper Award for best animation that year. In 2018, Kise designed the characters for ''

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'', which won anime of the year at the

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in the same year.

Works

TV series

* ''

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'' (1994–1998) (character designer) * ''

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'' (2004–2005) (character designer) * '' xxxHolic'' (2006–2008) (character designer) * ''

'' (2011) (character designer with Clamp) * '' Ghost in the Shell: Arise'' (2013–2015) (director) * ''

'' (2017–present) (character designer) * ''

Platinum End is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Jump Square'' monthly magazine from November 2015 to January 2021, with its chapters collected in 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

'' (2021–2022) (second part director)

Films

* '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000) (animation director) * '' Blood-C: The Last Dark'' (2011) (character designer with Clamp) * '' Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie'' (2015) (character designer) * '' Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot'' (2020–2021) (character designer)

Original video animation

* ''

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'' (1991) (animation director) * '' Combustible Campus Guardress'' (1994) (character designer)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kise, Kazuchika 1965 births Anime character designers Anime directors Japanese animators Japanese television directors Living people People from Osaka