Kazuchika Kise

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/i/user/1522114648098619397) He grew up admiring anime such as [Space Battleship Yamato](https://anilist.co/anime/1650/) an during highschool he started animating with his friends. He enrolled into a professional animation school after graduating but quit quickly due to being disappointed in how the lessons were conducted. He joined Anime R and later its subsidiary Studio Muu. His first work was as an in-betweener on [Psycho Armor Govarian](https://anilist.co/anime/6428/) while his debut as a key animator was on [Captain Tsubasa](https://anilist.co/anime/2116/). After working on [Mamoru Oshii](https://anilist.co/staff/99097/)'s [Patlabor](https://anilist.co/anime/1095/) he permanently joined Production I.G. becoming known, together with [Hiroyuki Okiura](https://anilist.co/staff/103502/) and [Tetsuya Nishio](https://anilist.co/staff/103725/), as "The Three Gods of I.G." He's is one of the most prominent animators of the realist school, with emphasis on solid shapes and weighty character animation.