Sayo Yamamoto
| Sayo Yamamoto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 13, 1977 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Director |
Sayo Yamamoto (山本 沙代 Yamamoto Sayo; born April 13, 1977) is a Japanese anime director. She is known for directing the anime series Michiko & Hatchin and Yuri on Ice and the critically acclaimed anime series Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. After graduating from the College of Art and Design in Tokyo, she began work at Studio Madhouse, where she had her directing debut at age 25.
Fujiko Mine was awarded the "New Face" award from the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012.
During her time at the College of Art and Design, Yamamoto focused her attention on animation, as she felt less interested in the other things she was being taught. Her student project was an animation about samurai using actor, and frequent Akira Kurosawa collaborator, Toshiro Mifune as an inspiration. While in the process of looking for a job after graduation, she showed this work to director Satoshi Kon. Enthusiastic about her potential, Kon intended to hire her to work on his second feature Millennium Actress, but studio politics eventually caused her to leave the project.
She had her debut at Studio Madhouse working as storyborder on the X television series headed by Madhouse director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Soon after, she would have her first collaboration with directors Takeshi Koike and Katsuhito Ishii on the original video animation Trava: Fist Planet. Yamamoto had her directing debut in three episodes of the series Dragon Drive. It was during her time at Madhouse that she began her work on anime opening and ending animations, which she would go on to direct for many other projects.
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