Black Rock Shooter
His next project was "Black Rock Shooter", an OVA released in July 2010. Yamamoto was the supervising director for the project, Ordet's first solo production as the main animation studio, while Shinobu Yoshioka, another former Kyoto Animation member, directed it. Yamamoto attended the American anime convention Otakon in 2009. In early 2011, Yamamoto directed the anime Fractale with production by A-1 Pictures and Ordet. He directed three films and a television series for "Wake Up, Girls!", but was removed as director for the sequel series. Yamamoto was fired by Ordet on March 25, 2016. On February 25, 2017, he announced his next work would be an original anime film titled "Hakubo", to be financed via crowdfunding. Yamamoto served as writer and director on the film, which was released in 2019. On March 4, 2019, the Tokyo District Court commenced bankruptcy proceedings against Yamamoto. His lawyer stated that this would not affect his "Hakubo" film project.