Noboru Ishiguro

Noboru Ishiguro (石黒昇,, Ishiguro Noboru, 24 August 1938 – 20 March 2012) was a Japanese animator best known for directing the anime series Space Battleship Yamato II, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Century Orguss, Humanoid Monster Bem, Megazone 23, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and Tytania.

For the Japanese Olympic athlete, see Noboru Ishiguro (athlete).
Noboru Ishiguro
石黒昇
Ishiguro at Otakon 2009
Born(1938-08-24)24 August 1938
Tokyo, Japan
Died20 March 2012(2012-03-20) (aged 73)
Saiwai, Kawasaki, Japan
OccupationDirector, producer, screenwriter, editor
Years active1958–2012
Spouse(s)Yumi Ishiguro

He was in a Hawaiian style music band in his youth. Therefore, he was known as an animation director who could actually read musical scores and had made the best use of his previous experience for works such as The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

Death

Ishiguro died on 20 March 2012 in Kawasaki City Hospital of a lung infection which was the result of a follow-up surgery procedure to the aneurysm surgery he underwent two years prior.[1][2]

Works

As director
Year Title Studio
1968–1969 Humanoid Monster Bem Dai-ichi Dōga
1970 Chippo the Mischievous Angel
1974–1975 My Neighbor Tamageta Studio Zero
1977 Glacier Warrior Gaislugger TMS Entertainment
1977–1978 Manga Nihon Emaki World Productions
1978 Arrivederci Yamato Academy Productions & Group TAC
1978–1979 Space Battleship Yamato II Academy Productions & Group TAC
1980–1981 Astro Boy Tezuka Productions
1982–1983 Super Dimension Fortress Macross Studio Nue, Artland & Tatsunoko
1983–1984 Super Dimension Century Orguss Studio Nue, Artland & TMS Entertainment
1984 Macross: Do You Remember Love? Studio Nue, Artland & Topcraft
1985 Megazone 23 Part I AIC, Artland & Tatsunoko
1988–1997 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Kitty Film Mitaka Studio
1988 Topo Gigio Nippon Animation & Trans Arts
1989 Star Cat Fullhouse Artland
1989 Locke the Superman: Lord Leon Nippon Animation
1990 Koiko's Daily Life Artland
1991 Locke the Superman: New World Command Nippon Animation
1992–1993 Mikan's Picture Diary Nippon Animation
1998 LotGH: A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights Magic Bus, Shaft, Artland, & Mushi Production
1999–2001 LotGH: Spiral Labyrinth Magic Bus & Artland
1999–2002 Ten Tokyo Warriors Zexcs
2008–2009 Tytania Artland
2008 Pattenrai!! Mushi Productions

References
  1. "Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Passes Away". Anime News Network. March 21, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  2. "アニメ監督の石黒昇さん死去". The Asahi Shimbun Digital. March 21, 2012. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2014.


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