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Noboru Ishiguro

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Noboru Ishiguro was noteworthy for directing classic anime series like Macross, Orguss and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

He was in a Hawaiian-style music band in his youth. Therefore, he is known as an animation director who can actually read musical scores and has made the best use of his previous experience for works such as Macross: Do You Remember Love? and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. He entered Nihon University in the Department of Art and graduated in 1964. He joined Onishi Pro where he first worked as a key animator on subcontracted Astro Boy episodes. In 1978, he founded Artland(opens in a new tab) for which he served as an executive director until he passed away in 2012.

Occupation
Director
Birthday
Aug 24, 1938
Died
Mar 20, 2012
Gender
Male
Years active
1964 – 2012
Hometown
Tokyo, Japan
Language
Japanese
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Works

MUSHI-SHI
2005 · TV
Design Manager
REBORN!
2006 · TV
Supervision
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
1988 · OVA
Director · Storyboard (eps 1, 11, 16, 54, 68, 71, 74, 80, 83, 86-88, 91, 94, 97, 109) · Episode Director (eps 1, 7, 8, 20)
Tomorrow's Joe
1970 · TV
Storyboard (eps 49, 52, 55, 60) · Episode Director (eps 8, 10, 19, 24, 34, 52, 60)
We Were There
2006 · TV
Production Manager
Macross
1982 · TV
Chief Director · Episode Director (eps 14, 17, 27) · Storyboard (eps 1, 6, 14, 18, 21, 28, 33) · Script (ep 4)
Future Boy Conan
1978 · TV
Storyboard (ep 11)
Lupin the 3rd Part 2
1977 · TV
Storyboard (eps 3-5, 12, 34, 41, 43, 112, 118, 135, 142, 152) · Episode Director (eps 112, 118, 135, 142, 152)
Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
1974 · TV
Storyboard (eps 1-5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 26) · Episode Director (eps 1-26)