Takahiro Kishida

Takahiro Kishida
Japanese Name	岸田 隆宏
Profile
Gender
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animator Animation director Character Designer
Media
Anime Debut	Baoh (OVA) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)

Takahiro Kishida (岸田 隆宏, Kishida Takahiro) is a Japanese animator credited as the character designer for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind by David Production. He was also an animation director for Studio A.P.P.P.'s 1993 OVA series and a key animator for Studio Pierrot's OVA adaptation of Baoh the Visitor.

Graduating from the International Animation Research Institute, Kishida is a veteran of the Japanese animation industry and is well known for being the character designer for several shows. He is best known for series like Durarara!!, Haikyu!!, Btooom!, Baccano!, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Credits

• Baoh the Visitor (OVA)
  • Key Animation
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
  • Animation Director Episode 10
  • Key Animation Episode 10
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
  • Character Design
  • Eyecatch Illustration: Episode 1Episode 2Episode 7Episode 10Episode 13Episode 16Episode 25Episode 28
  • Promotional Artwork

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Key Animation (原画)

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  Correction by Kishida (OVA Episode 10)

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  OVA Correction by Kishida

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  OVA Correction by Kishida

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  OVA Correction by Kishida

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  Corrected by Shunichi Ishimoto

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Eyecatch Illustrations

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See also

• Junichi Hayama
• Hiroyuki Kitakubo
• Satoshi Kon
• Marco d'Ambrosio

Trivia

• Kishida is one of the few animators to have worked on both the 1993 OVA series and the TV Anime. His supervising in the OVA is fairly noticeable as the character designs in his episode, D'Arby the Gambler, have a closer resemblance to the manga.