Sidu

Sidu (しづ Shidu) is a Japanese illustrator, animator, and director who created various MVs and provides illustrations to various producers, including Jin. She created most of the MVs for Kagerou Project. Sidu often provides 'dark' illustrations; thus the notable works being Abstract Nonsense and Tokyo Teddy Bear by Neru. She is also the creator of the mixed-media project, Spinoid.

Until March 2015, Sidu was known under the name Shidu, but renamed herself in an official statement about the name change on her blog, where she explained that the change happened because she personally liked the sound of it. The English releases of the manga and light novels use her new spelling.

Background

 * Jin met Sidu through Twitter after searching for himself on the website: Sidu first listened to Jinzou Enemy on Daily Vocaloid Ranking. Since she thought it was a good song, she tweeted it on Twitter ("Jin's song is really cool!") and immediately got followed by Jin. The latter said it was because there were very few people (about 80 followers) who had listened to his song at that time. When he saw Sidu said she liked it, he immediately followed her. At first, all they talked about was some kind of game, while Jin did not know that Sidu was an illustrator.


 * When drawing a MV, Sidu usually listens to the song first, to get a general image. After having Jin explain the song to her, Sidu draws the continuity and shows it to him. If Jin approves of the continuity, Sidu begins to add other details to make the full video. She normally spends two to three weeks to make a MV.


 * Sidu thinks the hardest Kagerou Project MV she made was Losstime Memory. At that time, she had to ask Jin to help them with that MV. However, Jin thought that the toughest of all was Children Record. Two of Sidu's tablets broke and they burnt her hands while making the Children Record, Losstime Memory, and Yobanashi Deceive MVs.


 * Sidu and Jin get along extremely well with each other and have never really had any kind of conflicts before. Jin also mentioned that he took a lot of Sidu's ideas into the project. Furthermore, she was the influence for Shintaro's jersey outfit, because during the process of designing the character, Sidu saw the red jersey Jin was wearing and thought that it would fit him as well. Jin thought he was being included in the series when receiving the design and was afraid people would think he was cosplaying when attending events. Therefore, he said he had come to hate Shintaro a little bit at that time.


 * When designing characters for the series, Sidu would start to decide on their colors. Because Shintaro's color is red, his sister Momo received a color related to red, orange. Since the main colors of Kagerou Daze are blue and red, Hibiya's color became blue and Hiyori's pink. Momo was first intended to have an "annoyingly attractive character" design. Konoha was first designed as a girl. However, there were too many girls in Kagerou Project at that time, so she was changed into a boy. Sidu, however, still really likes female Konoha.

Anime

 * Mekakucity Actors (Original Character Designer, Opening Song Animation Director, Ending Song Illustrator and Animator) (April 12th, 2014 - June 28th, 2014)
 * Kagerou Daze -in a day's- (Writer, Character Designer, Animation Director) (November 4th, 2016)
 * Spinoid (Writer, Illustrator, Animator) (April 25th, 2019 - Ongoing)

Kagerou Project Songs

 * Mekakushi Code by Jin Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (May 29th, 2011)
 * Kagerou Daze by Jin Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (September 30th, 2011)
 * Headphone Actor by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (December 15th, 2011)
 * Konoha no Sekai Jijou by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (March 30th, 2012)
 * Children Record by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (July 21st, 2012)
 * Yobanashi Deceive by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (February 17, 2013)
 * Losstime Memory by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (March 29th, 2013)
 * Ayano no Koufuku Riron by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (April 22nd, 2013)
 * Yuukei Yesterday by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (August 04th, 2013)
 * Outer Science by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (August 31st, 2013)
 * Summertime Record by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Animation Director) (September 02nd, 2013)
 * Shounen Brave by Jin Feat. IA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (December 25th, 2013)
 * daze by Jin Feat. MARiA (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (April 29th, 2014)
 * days by Jin Feat. Lia (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (June 13th, 2014)
 * Shissou Word by Jin Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (December 29th, 2017)
 * Additional Memory by Jin Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (September 14th, 2018)

Other Songs

 * Jellied-Brain Sweets Baby by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (November 15th, 2010)
 * Sex and the Geek Breaker by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (November 15th, 2010)
 * Genshi Paranoia by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (December 12th, 2010)
 * Sokutouyou wa Shizuka ni Warau by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (February 23rd, 2011)
 * Danzai Outer Red by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (April 09th, 2011)
 * Love Genomics by Kimuta Feat. GUMI (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (April 26th, 2011)
 * Abstract Nonsense by Neru Feat. Rin Kagamine (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (May 06th, 2011)
 * Ohigan Fuzzy Clap by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator) (May 21st, 2011)
 * Bonkure Rock Fringe ~Homecoming Edition~ by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Remix MV Illustrator) (May 22nd, 2011)
 * Tokyo Teddy Bear by Neru Feat. Rin Kagamine (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (August 14th, 2011)
 * Yumeiro Botan ~Wandering Love Song~ by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Remix MV Illustrator) (August 28th, 2011)
 * Denpa Chuudoku by Ramune Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (November 10th, 2011)
 * NARAKA by 164 and ChouchouP Feat. GUMI (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (January 06th, 2012)
 * Crayon by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (February 03rd, 2012)
 * Astral Domination by LITCHI Feat. Rin and Len Kagamine (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (March 06th, 2012)
 * Hitsugi by Bibuko Feat. Miku Hatsune (Original MV Illustrator and Animator) (April 23rd, 2012)
 * Sai Kyouiku by Neru (September 02nd, 2012)
 * Enmei Chiryō by Neru (December 28th, 2012)
 * How-To Sekai Seifuku by Neru (March 9th, 2013)
 * Inochi no Justitia by Neru (October 06th, 2013)
 * Setsuna Drive by 9mm Parabellum Bullet (October 24th, 2013)
 * Datsugoku by Neru (May 1st, 2016)
 * Delusion Girl by Touyu (September 13th, 2017)
 * Nijimu Sabiiro by MEMAI SIREN (July 23rd, 2019)
 * Tenohira Kakumei by Threedee (April 9th, 2021)
 * SHELTER by Threedee (May 21st, 2021)
 * Cinema (Project Sekai ver) (August 17th, 2021)
 * Phony (cover) by a.k.a.s.a (December 24th, 2021)
 * A Born Coward (cover) by a.k.a.s.a (January 5th, 2022)
 * Imperial Girl (cover) by a.k.a.s.a (January 15th, 2022)
 * Charles (cover) by a.k.a.s.a (January 22nd, 2022)

Art Books

 * .dsd -Sidu Illustration Works 2011-2015- (April 24, 2015)
 * .dsd/V Sidu MV Material Works 2011-2018 (January 19, 2019)

Light Novel Illustrations

 * Kagerou Daze by Jin (May 30th, 2012 - December 29th, 2017, 8 volumes)
 * Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -UPPER- (January 23rd, 2013)
 * Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -DOWNER- (March 22nd, 2013)
 * Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -SUMMER- (July 24th, 2013)
 * Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -WINTER- (November 27th, 2013)
 * Hotaruko Bando Series by Aki Jinzai (January 09th, 2014 - January 11th, 2015, 3 volumes)
 * Fuayu by Muzina Imazi (May 27th, 2016)
 * Kagami no Kuni no Iris -SCP Foundation- 1'' by Akira (September 4th, 2018)
 * Gakuentoshi Of The Dead by Ghost Mikawa (October 3rd, 2019)

Trivia

 * She owns a pet dog.
 * Her blood type is B.
 * Her favorite character was Konoha, but has since become Seto with Takane (not as Ene) coming in second.
 * Her favorite character changes nearly every MV she makes (For example, when she drew Yobanashi Deceive, Kano was her favorite character, but when she drew Losstime Memory, Shintaro became her favorite), but Konoha remained at the top for a long time until Seto took it over.
 * She once wrote Momo's name as "Maki" and Shintaro's as "Tsuntaro".
 * Sidu has admitted that her handwriting is so dirty that only she herself can understand it.
 * Sidu's favorite scene of Mekakucity Actors is when Konoha rescued Hibiya and Hiyori in Act 05: Kaien Panzermast.
 * During the airing of the anime Sidu took a special liking to Kano, stating that she wanted to cherish and spoil him, and for him to have an easy life with a companion of some sorts, namely a girlfriend.
 * Sidu wanted to bully Konoha, and felt that it was strange that this was the case even though she loved him the most.
 * Kido, Kano and Haruka's voices were exactly how Sidu imagined them to be, in particular Kido's, which she loved.
 * Sidu thought the Snake's airtime was rather abrupt, and expressed wishes to draw him more, hoping that this would happen in the manga or an anthology comic.
 * Sidu created the design for ONE, the second installment in the "- ARIA ON THE PLANETES -" project.