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Nobuo Tomizawa
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…
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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.
Filmography
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2025
Digimon Beatbreak
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2025
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
Movie Assistant Director
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2024
Blue Box
TV show Assistant Director
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2024
Astro Note
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2023
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2022
LUPIN ZERO
TV show Director
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2022
Shenmue the Animation
TV show Director
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2021
To Your Eternity
TV show Key Animation
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2018
We Rent Tsukumogami
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2017
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas
TV show Key Animation
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2016
Orange: Future
Movie Key Animation
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2016
Trickster
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2016
Orange
TV show Director
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2016
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2015
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
Movie Self
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2012
Aikatsu!
TV show Director
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2010
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Movie Key Animation
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2009
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
TV show Key Animation
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2009
At the Mercy of the Sky
TV show Director
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2009
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
TV show Layout Supervisor
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2008
The Daughter of Twenty Faces
TV show Series Director
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2007
The Piano Forest
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2006
Ramen Fighter Miki
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2004
Futakoi
TV show Series Director
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2002
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Movie Key Animation
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2000
The Tigger Movie
Movie Animation
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1999
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
Movie Key Animation
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1999
Cybersix
TV show Director
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1998
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Movie Key Animation
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1996
Superman: The Animated Series
TV show Director
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1995
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus
Movie Director
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1995
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Movie Key Animation
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1994
Pom Poko
Movie Key Animation
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1992
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Movie Key Animation
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1990
Uncle Remodelling Course
Movie Key Animation
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1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Movie Animation Director
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1984
Sherlock Hound
TV show Key Animation
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1984
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Movie Key Animation
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1981
Chie the Brat
Movie Key Animation
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1980
The New Adventures of Gigantor
TV show Director
