Yuki Yase

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese director and storyboard artist. He joined Satelight in 2005 as a production assisant. In 2010, Yase joined Shaft as an episode director, and made his series directorial debut with Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb.

Career

Yase began his career in the anime industry as a production manager with Satelight in 2005. He became an episode director with the studio and eventually left by the end of 2009. In 2010, he joined Shaft and directed two episodes of the Akiyuki Shinbo series And Yet the Town Moves. In 2012, under the chief direction of Shinbo, Yase debuted as a series director with Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, and the following year directed Onimonogatari and Koimonogatari (the final two arcs of Monogatari Series Second Season) under chief director Shinbo and director Tomoyuki Itamura. For Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, Yase was originally just placed in charge of directing the first episode and the ending animation, but was also later asked to do the opening animation as well and was eventually asked if he was interested in the role of series director. By the time he took on the role, the series' storyboards had been completed to episode 8.

In 2014, Yase was given the directorial position for the anime adaptation of JIN's mixed-media project Kagerou Daze, and in 2016/2017 would direct his final series with Shaft: Kubikiri Cycle: The Beheading Cycle and the Blue Savant. The following year, he departed from Shaft, and in 2019 he directed the first season of Fire Force with David Production. Yase has since continued to base himself out of David Productions; and while he did not return for the second season of Fire Force, he directed the studio's adaptation of Undead Unluck in 2023. During this time, he also continued to contribute storyboards to some Shaft series.

Works

Television series

Template:Color box In "Director(s)" column highlights Yase's directorial works.

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2005	Noein: To Your Other Self	Kazuki Akane	Satelight	Template:No	Template:No	Production assistant
2008	Shugo Chara!! Doki—	Kenji Yasuda	Satelight	Template:No	Template:Yes
2009	White Album	Akira Yoshimura	Seven Arcs	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Shugo Chara! Party!	Kenji Yasuda Template:Small Tatsufumi Itou	Satelight	Template:No	Template:Yes
2010	Durarara!!	Takahiro Omori	Brain's Base	Template:No	Template:Yes
	And Yet the Town Moves	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes
2011	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes
	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl	Akiyuki Shinibo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes
2012	Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Nisemonogatari	Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2013	Monogatari Series Second Season	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2014	Mekakucity Actors	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2015	Yurikuma Arashi	Kunihiko Ikuhara	Silver Link	Template:No	Template:Yes
	Gourmet Girl Graffiti	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No	Ending director
	Nisekoi:	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2018	Fate/Extra: Last Encore	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:No	Template:No	Opening director
2019	Fire Force	Template:Yes	David Production	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Opening director
2021	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - The Eve of Awakening	Doroinu Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2022	Akebi's Sailor Uniform	Miyuki Kuroki	CloverWorks	Template:Yes	Template:No
	RWBY: Ice Queendom	Toshimasa Suzuki Kenjirou Okada Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:No
2023	Undead Unluck	Template:Yes	David Production	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2013	Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2016	Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto Template:Small	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer	Template:Yes	Shaft	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Ending director and storyboard

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SBTemplate:Efn	EDTemplate:Efn	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2012	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings	Akiyuki Shinbo Template:Small Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft	Template:No	Template:Yes

Notes

Works cited

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