In 2002, Ishihira was put in charge of directing an anime for the first time with Ichi the Killer: Episode 0.
Since then, some of the series he has directed include Fairy Tail and Log Horizon.
[1] In 2002, Ishihira was put in charge of directing an anime series for the first time with Ichi the Killer: Episode 0.
[2] In 2007, he was put in charge of directing for his first TV series, Tokyo Majin.
[3] In 2009, Ishihira directed the anime adaptation of Fairy Tail, which garnered a positive response from critics.