Nobuo Tomizawa
Known for: Directing
Born: December 26, 1951
Place of birth: —
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.
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Filmography
18 movies · 25 TV shows, newest first
7.9
Digimon Beatbreak
2025
7.6
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
2025
7.9
Blue Box
2024
6.5
Astro Note
2024
8.1
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
2023
7.3
LUPIN ZERO
2022
7.3
Shenmue the Animation
2022
8.2
To Your Eternity
2021
7.2
We Rent Tsukumogami
2018
6.4
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas
2017
7.5
Orange: Future
2016
6.4
Trickster
2016
8.0
Orange
2016
6.5
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
2016NR
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
2015
6.7
Aikatsu!
2012
7.1
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky
2010
8.4
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
2009
7.4
At the Mercy of the Sky
2009
8.7
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009
3.6
The Daughter of Twenty Faces
2008
7.1
The Piano Forest
2007
7.3
Ramen Fighter Miki
2006
6.0
Futakoi
2004
6.6
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
2002
6.7
The Tigger Movie
2000
7.5
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
1999
6.8
Cybersix
1999
7.2
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998
7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
6.5
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus
1995
6.6
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
7.2
Pom Poko
1994
NR
Uncle Remodelling Course
1990
6.9
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
7.1
Sherlock Hound
1984
6.3
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
1984
6.8
Chie the Brat
1981
7.2
The New Adventures of Gigantor
1980
7.5
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979
7.5
Anne of Green Gables
1979
8.4
Future Boy Conan
1978
8.0
Lupin the 3rd
1971