Seiji Kishi is an individual from Shiga Prefecture, Japan who has a background in film and comic arts. At a young age, Kishi developed an interest in these fields and won several prizes for a picture he drew during second grade at elementary school. His aspiration was to become an animation director. After completing high school, Kishi pursued his studies at Yoyogi Animation Gakuin and later worked as an animator for Asia-Do. He then became a freelancer before joining Logistics where he contributed to the software development section, specifically in terms of animation work and tool development for games. During this time, Kishi founded Team Till Dawn in 2002 which marked the beginning of his career as an anime director.