Tatsuya Oishi

Oishi worked at Studio Junio at the beginning of his career, and soon after joined [Gainax](https://anilist.co/studio/6/). There he debuted as a key animator on [Mobile Suit Victory Gundam](https://anilist.co/anime/89/) in 1993. [Hideyuki Morioka](https://anilist.co/staff/101526/) and [You Yoshinari](https://anilist.co/staff/102998/) were among his co-workers at the studio. In 1994, Oishi got involved on [Yu Yu Hakusho](https://anilist.co/anime/392/) as a key animator and during its production he met [Akiyuki Shinbou](https://anilist.co/staff/100089/), a prolific episode director on the series and a to be long-time colleague and friend of his. Oishi continued working as a freelance animator through the '90s. In 2001, he made his directorial debut with the 46th episode of [Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier](https://anilist.co/anime/1678/). Soon after this he started getting involved in studio [Shaft](https://anilist.co/studio/44/)'s works with aforementioned Shinbou. In 2009, Shinbou and him directed [Bakemonogatari](https://anilist.co/anime/5081/) together, with Oishi serving as the chief director. In 2016, he directed the movie trilogy [Kizumonogatari](https://anilist.co/anime/9260/), which is considered to be his magnum-opus. Oishi usually draws his works' storyboards himself, and is known for taking a long time finishing them. Kizumonogatari's storyboards took him several years to complete. [Naoyuki Tatsuwa](https://anilist.co/staff/103584/), who has also been involved in many of Shaft's projects, called him the "[Togashi](https://anilist.co/staff/96893/) of Shaft."