Noboru Ishiguro
Animazement is pleased to announced the first-time appearance of director, producer, screenwriter, and editor – Noboru Ishiguro. AZ attendees may know this guest best for his work with Macross, Megazone 23, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Tytania, and many others. Born in Tokyo in 1938, Ishiguro-san started making 8mm anime while he was a student at Nihon University and on his own, continued studying various techniques about anime. In 1963, he started working on his first anime, “Tetsujin 28”, as a part time job while he was still a student. In 1964, he graduated from college and started working at “Terebi Douga sha”. Starting in 1968, he went freelance and started various works as a director. In 1973, he focused primarily on “Battleship Yamato”, the first project he worked on from the very beginning. This started the first anime boom in Japan. In 1978, the OVA “Be Forever Yamato” was released, and at the same time, he founded his own studio, Artland.
