Yuki Yase 八瀬 祐樹 | |
Birth Place: | Japan |
Occupation: | Director, storyboard artist |
Employer: | Satelight (2005–2009) Shaft (2010–2018) |
Years Active: | 2005–present |
is a Japanese director and storyboard artist. He joined Satelight in 2005 as a production manager. In 2010, Yase joined Shaft as an episode director, and made his series directorial debut with Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb.
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. 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.
Highlights roles with series directorial duties.
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio | Roles | Ref(s) | |
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Kazuki Akane | Satelight | align=left | Assistant production manager | [1] | ||
2008–2009 | Shugo Chara!! Doki— | Kenji Yasuda | Satelight | align=left | Episode director | [2] |
2009 | White Album | Akira Yoshimura | Seven Arcs | align=left | Episode director Storyboard artist | [3] |
Shugo Chara! Party! | Kenji Yasuda Tatsufumi Itō | Satelight | align=left | Episode director | [4] | |
2010 | Durarara!! | Takahiro Omori | Brain's Base | align=left | Episode director | [5] |
And Yet the Town Moves | Akiyuki Shinbo | Shaft | align=left | Episode director | [6] [7] | |
2011 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | align=left | Episode director | [8] [9] |
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | align=left | Episode director | [10] | |
2012 | Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb | Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase | Shaft | Series director Episode director Storyboard artist | [11] [12] [13] | |
Nisemonogatari | Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura | Shaft | align=left | Episode director Storyboard artist | [14] [15] | |
2013 | Monogatari Series Second Season | Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura Yuki Yase (#14–17) | Shaft | Series director Storyboard artist Episode director | [16] [17] [18] | |
2014 | Mekakucity Actors | Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase | Shaft | Director Storyboard artist Episode director | [19] [20] [21] | |
2015 | Yurikuma Arashi | Kunihiko Ikuhara | Silver Link | align=left | Episode director | [22] |
Gourmet Girl Graffiti | Akiyuki Shinbo Naoyuki Tatsuwa | Shaft | align=left | Storyboard artist Ending credits director | [23] [24] | |
Nisekoi | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | align=left | Episode director Storyboard artist | [25] | |
2018 | Fate/Extra: Last Encore | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | align=left | Unit director | [26] |
2019 | Fire Force | Yuki Yase | David Production | Director Storyboard artist Episode director | [27] [28] [29] [30] | |
2021 | Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - The Eve of Awakening | Doroinu Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | Storyboard artist | [31] | |
2022 | Akebi's Sailor Uniform | Miyuki Kuroki | CloverWorks | Storyboard artist | [32] | |
Toshimasa Suzuki | Shaft | Storyboard artist | [33] | |||
2023 | Undead Unluck | Yuki Yase | David Production | Director Episode director Storyboard artist | [34] |
Highlights roles with series directorial duties.
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio | Roles | Ref(s) | |
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2013 | Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc | Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase | Shaft | Director Episode director Storyboard artist | [35] [36] [37] | |
2016 | Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft | align=left | Storyboard artist Episode director | [38] [39] |
The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer | Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase | Shaft | Director Storyboard artist Episode director | [40] [41] [42] | ||