Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 26, 1951
Credits
44 titles
Nobuo Tomizawa
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
Astro Note
Storyboard Artist
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
Storyboard Artist
LUPIN ZERO
Director
Shenmue the Animation
Director
To Your Eternity
Key Animation
We Rent Tsukumogami
Storyboard Artist
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas
Key Animation
Orange: Future
Key Animation
Trickster
Storyboard Artist
Orange
Director
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
Storyboard Artist
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
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Layout Supervisor
The Daughter of Twenty Faces
Series Director
The Piano Forest
Storyboard Artist
Ramen Fighter Miki
Storyboard Artist
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
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
Lupin the 3rd
Storyboard Artist