Namiko Ishidate

Namiko Ishidate (石舘 波子 Ishidate Namiko, born September 15, 1990) is an animator from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University in 2013. Her 2D animation “Tayutaum" addresses the themes of oppression and liberation and was selected by the department as an outstanding graduation work and won the 3rd Newcomer Animator Grand Prize. With an aim to immerse herself in the tradition of Japanese animation, she worked at P.A. Works and Studio Colorido as a character designer, animation director and key animator on projects including the McDonald’s campaign “My Future” (未来のワタシ, Mirai no Watashi). In 2018, she embarked on her M.A. in the Department of Animation at Tokyo University of the Arts to create personal works that explore her experiences with facing and overcoming emotional trauma. After completing graduate school, she joined Netflix and became the first creator of the newly established Netflix Anime Creators' Base in 2021, where she created designs and concept arts for various projects. Since April 2022, she has been expanding her activities as a freelance animation artist.

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  Snow White with the Red Hair

  Key Animation

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  A Whisker Away

  Animation Director

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  Ghost Cat Anzu

  Animation Director

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  Fourth Period Swimming Class

  Girl 3

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  Lu Over the Wall

  Key Animation

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  Drifting Home

  Key Animation

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  Penguin Highway

  Animation Director

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  Fastening Days 3

  Key Animation

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  tayutaum

  Director

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  Genocidal Organ

  Key Animation

• 2025I Just Wanted To Say...Director
• 2024Ghost Cat AnzuAnimation Director
• 2023Nana's Secret GardenDirector
• 2022Drifting HomeKey Animation
• 2022Fourth Period Swimming ClassGirl 3
• 2021Our Little PondMyon (voice)
• 2020A Whisker AwayAnimation Director
• 2019PupaDirector
• 2018Penguin HighwayAnimation Director
• 2017Fastening Days 3Key Animation
• 2017Lu Over the WallKey Animation
• 2017Genocidal OrganKey Animation
• 2016Fastening Days 2Animation
• 2015Snow White with the Red HairKey Animation
• 2015Typhoon NorudaAnimation Director
• 2013tayutaumDirector