Biography
Hiroyoshi Iida is a Japanese animator and animation director whose credited work stretches from the late 1980s to the present [1]. The bulk of his career has been spent as a key animator, contributing to hundreds of productions including Naruto Shippuden, Bleach, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, and Fairy Tail [1]. He has also taken on animation director duties on individual episodes of Blood+, Giant Killing, Durarara!!, and the 1997 Berserk television series, among others [1]. His filmography lists well over 500 credited titles, making him one of the more prolific working animators of his generation even though his name rarely appears attached to a single signature project [1].