2026Winner
Best Writing
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
Hiroyasu Ishida
Director · Producer · Writer
Mihama, Aichi, Japan
July 3, 1988
Biography
Goes by the pseudonym "Tete." Ishida Hiroyasu was a student at Kyoto Seika University. He independently produced various animated shorts and posted them on the internet. In 2009, his two-and-a-half-minute short titled "Fumiko no Kokuhaku" (Fumiko's Confession) garnered him attention internationally across the internet. He won the Japanese YouTube Video Award for his video which he produced at 21 years of age. He has been praised by director Hosoda Mamoru (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and his work has been featured in Newtype magazine. Tete uploaded most of his shorts directly to the internet on popular streaming sites.
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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2020Winner
Career Highlight
A Whisker Away
2018Nominee
Career Highlight
MFKZ
Career Highlights
2018Highlight
Best Writing
Penguin Highway
2022Highlight
Best Director
Drifting Home
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
A Whisker Away
MFKZ