Before leaving Kyoto Animation, Yamamoto most notably served as the series production director on the first season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime.
He has also directed the Fractale series, and directed and supervised the Wake Up, Girls! idol series and films.
Anime director Yutaka Yamamoto on Saturday to announce his new anime film project in the program’s second half.
A new Wake Up, Girls! TV anime has been green-lit for this year, but Yamamoto and Ordet are no longer working on the new project.