Nobuo Tomizawa
- Directing
- December 26, 1951
Biography
Nobuo Tomizawa (富沢 信雄, Tomizawa Nobuo, born December 26, 1951) is a Japanese anime animator and director. He is a member and director of Telecom Animation Film. He is a member of Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). Around 1974, he began working as an illustrator on works for Nippon Animation, where he met Hayao Miyazaki, Yasuo Otsuka, Isao Takahata, and others. His work on “Future Boy Conan” led him to work on “Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro”, and he joined Telecom Animation Film in 1979. After that, he worked as an animator on “Lupin the Third” (second TV series) and “Chie the Brat” at Telecom, and then studied directing with Hayao Miyazaki on “Sherlock Hound.” Even after Miyazaki left Telecom, he continued to be a central figure at Telecom, directing many of the company's productions. Currently, in addition to his main job, he also works as a manager, serving as the director of Telecom Animation Film.
Known for
Filmography
- Digimon Beatbreak · Storyboard Artist
- LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline · Assistant Director
- Blue Box · Assistant Director, Key Animation
- Astro Note · Storyboard Artist, Director
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse · Storyboard Artist, Director
- LUPIN ZERO · Director
- Shenmue the Animation · Director, Key Animation
- To Your Eternity · Key Animation
- We Rent Tsukumogami · Storyboard Artist
- Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas · Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
- Orange: Future · Key Animation
- Trickster · Storyboard Artist
- Orange · Director
- Lupin the Third: Italian Game · Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka · Self
- Aikatsu! · Director
- Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky · Key Animation
- From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke · Key Animation
- At the Mercy of the Sky · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · Layout Supervisor
- The Daughter of Twenty Faces · Series Director
- The Piano Forest · Storyboard Artist
- Ramen Fighter Miki · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Futakoi · Series Director
- Patlabor WXIII the Movie · Key Animation
- The Tigger Movie · Animation
- Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish · Key Animation
- Cybersix · Director
- Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target · Key Animation
- Superman: The Animated Series · Director
- Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus · Director
- Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers · Key Animation
- Pom Poko · Key Animation
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation · Key Animation
- Uncle Remodelling Course · Key Animation
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland · Animation Director, Storyboard Artist
- Sherlock Hound · Key Animation
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 · Key Animation
- Chie the Brat · Key Animation
- The New Adventures of Gigantor · Director
- The Castle of Cagliostro · Key Animation
- Anne of Green Gables · Animation
- Future Boy Conan · Key Animation, Animation
- Lupin the 3rd · Storyboard Artist, Director