was a Japanese animation color designer who worked for

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Early life

Ishida was born to parents involved in Japan's traditional crafts industry; her father worked as a master cloth dyer for kimono, while her mother was a weaver of

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obi. She took an interest in arts and crafts at an early age, and became a fan of ''

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'' while in junior high school, drawing fan art from the series. After graduating from Kyoto Prefectural Rakusui High School, she began working at a hospital as a nurse, but quit her job to attend a vocational school to study animation, despite opposition from people around her.

Career

Ishida joined Kyoto Animation at age 22 in 1992, shortly after completing her schooling. Her initial work included color checking and

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painting for series on which Kyoto Animation was a subcontractor, including '' Inuyasha''. As the studio began creating original works, Ishida became central to the studio's color department. Among the studio's early works as the primary animation producer, her credits included ''

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'' as a digital paint artist for three episodes, and for ''

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'' as a color checker and setting creator for two episodes. As the studio produced further works, Ishida's responsibilities grew, eventually leading her to become one of the studio's two main color designers. Productions on which she served as color designer included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' A Silent Voice'', and ''

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''. While Ishida regularly worked at Kyoto Animation's Studio 2, she was present at Studio 1 on the day of the

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which targeted the building, and was killed alongside 35 others. Ishida was the first victim to be identified as deceased by her parents. Ishida had worked at Kyoto Animation for 26 years. She was found dead on second floor of Studio 1, and the police determined that she died at approximately 10:40 a.m. from

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. The police handed Ishida's body over to her parents on 23 July, and the funeral was held on 26 July. At the funeral, Ishida's mother dressed her daughter in a

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which had been prepared for her marriage, and her friends and colleagues attended the funeral. In the aftermath of the arson attack, Ishida's mother advocated for the creation of a public memorial on the former site of the studio.

Works

Ishida worked on over 50 film and television productions in various capacities. Her works as a color designer include: *''

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'' (2006) - Color Designer, Color Settings (episodes 2, 7, 13, 14) *'' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Second Season'' (2009) - Color Designer, Color Checker (episodes 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17) *''

'' (2010) - Color Designer *''

'' (2012) - Color Designer *''

'' (2014) - Color Designer *'' A Silent Voice'' (2016) - Color Designer, Color Settings *''

'' (2018) - Color Designer, Color Checker *''

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'' (2018) - Assistant Color Designer (episodes 3, 7, 11, 14)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishida, Naomi 1969 births 2019 deaths Kyoto Animation people Japanese murder victims Place of birth missing Japanese animators Japanese graphic designers Japanese women graphic designers Japanese women animators Victims of the Kyoto Animation arson attack 21st-century Japanese women artists 21st-century Japanese artists Deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning