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 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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  Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

  Layout Supervisor

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  Lupin the 3rd

  Storyboard Artist

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  Blue Box

  Assistant Director

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  Digimon Beatbreak

  Storyboard Artist

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  From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

  Key Animation

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  Superman: The Animated Series

  Director

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  Aikatsu!

  Director

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  To Your Eternity

  Key Animation

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  The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse

  Storyboard Artist

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  Future Boy Conan

  Key Animation

• 2025Digimon BeatbreakStoryboard Artist
• 2025LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal BloodlineAssistant Director
• 2024Blue BoxAssistant Director
• 2024Astro NoteStoryboard Artist
• 2023The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the ApocalypseStoryboard Artist
• 2022LUPIN ZERODirector
• 2022Shenmue the AnimationKey Animation
• 2021To Your EternityKey Animation
• 2018We Rent TsukumogamiStoryboard Artist
• 2017Chain Chronicle: The Light of HaecceitasStoryboard Artist
• 2016Orange: FutureKey Animation
• 2016TricksterStoryboard Artist
• 2016OrangeDirector
• 2016Lupin the Third: Italian GameStoryboard Artist
• 2015Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo OtsukaSelf
• 2012Aikatsu!Director
• 2010Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the SkyKey Animation
• 2009From Me to You: Kimi ni TodokeKey Animation
• 2009At the Mercy of the SkyDirector
• 2009Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodLayout Supervisor
• 2008The Daughter of Twenty FacesSeries Director
• 2007The Piano ForestStoryboard Artist
• 2006Ramen Fighter MikiDirector
• 2004FutakoiSeries Director
• 2002Patlabor WXIII the MovieKey Animation
• 2000The Tigger MovieAnimation
• 1999Animaniacs: Wakko's WishAnimation
• 1999CybersixDirector
• 1998Case Closed: The Fourteenth TargetKey Animation
• 1996Superman: The Animated SeriesDirector
• 1995Lupin the Third: Farewell to NostradamusDirector
• 1995Lupin the Third: Greatest CapersKey Animation
• 1994Pom PokoKey Animation
• 1990Uncle Remodelling CourseKey Animation
• 1989Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandAnimation Director
• 1984Sherlock HoundKey Animation
• 1984Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2Key Animation
• 1981Chie the BratKey Animation
• 1980The New Adventures of GigantorDirector
• 1979The Castle of CagliostroKey Animation
• 1979Anne of Green GablesAnimation
• 1978Future Boy ConanKey Animation
• 1971Lupin the 3rdStoryboard Artist