Nobuo Tomizawa
Directing
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
Directing17
movieLUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
2025
Assistant Director
tvBlue Box
2024
Assistant Director
tvAstro Note
2024
Director
tvLUPIN ZERO
2022
Director
tvShenmue the Animation
2022
Director, Other, Assistant Director
tvOrange
2016
Director
tvAikatsu!
2012
Director
tvAt the Mercy of the Sky
2009
Director
tvThe Daughter of Twenty Faces
2008
Series Director
tvRamen Fighter Miki
2006
Series Director, Director
tvFutakoi
2004
Series Director
tvCybersix
1999
Director
tvLupin the 3rd
1971
Director
Visual Effects24
tvShenmue the Animation
2022
Key Animation
tvTo Your Eternity
2021
Key Animation
tvChain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas
2017
Key Animation
movieOrange: Future
2016
Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Italian Game
2016
Key Animation
movieDetective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky
2010
Key Animation
tvFrom Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
2009
Key Animation
tvAt the Mercy of the Sky
2009
Key Animation
tvFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009
Layout Supervisor
moviePatlabor WXIII the Movie
2002
Key Animation
movieThe Tigger Movie
2000
Animation
movieAnimaniacs: Wakko's Wish
1999
Animation
movieCase Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998
Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Key Animation
moviePom Poko
1994
Key Animation
movieUncle Remodelling Course
1990
Key Animation
movieLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Animation Director
tvSherlock Hound
1984
Key Animation
movieChie the Brat
1981
Key Animation
movieThe Castle of Cagliostro
1979
Key Animation
tvAnne of Green Gables
1979
Animation
tvFuture Boy Conan
1978
Key Animation, Animation
tvLupin the 3rd
1971
Key Animation
Art13
tvDigimon Beatbreak
2025
Storyboard Artist
tvAstro Note
2024
Storyboard Artist
tvThe Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
2023
Storyboard Artist
tvShenmue the Animation
2022
Storyboard Artist
tvWe Rent Tsukumogami
2018
Storyboard Artist
tvChain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas
2017
Storyboard Artist
tvTrickster
2016
Storyboard Artist
movieLupin the Third: Italian Game
2016
Storyboard Artist
tvAt the Mercy of the Sky
2009
Storyboard Artist
movieThe Piano Forest
2007
Storyboard Artist
tvRamen Fighter Miki
2006
Storyboard Artist
movieLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Storyboard Artist
tvLupin the 3rd
1971
Storyboard Artist