Nobuo Tomizawa

Director · Born December 26, 1951 (74)

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: December 26, 1951 (74)
Works as: Director
Titles: 30 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 50% in 30 days

What are Nobuo Tomizawa's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

48%

Self

39%

Morality

13%

Purpose3 Family bonds3 Loyalty2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

Tense

Joyful

Melancholic

Warm

How their films linger

Rousing3 Fun2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nobuo Tomizawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (10).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE2 titles, show their 2 titles on HIDIVE
BritBox1 title, show their title on BritBox
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Nobuo Tomizawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Digimon Beatbreak(2025)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Lupin the IIIrd: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline(2025)
Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Blue Box(2024)
Show 2 episodes · Assistant Director · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Astro Note(2024)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse(2023)
Show 5 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Lupin Zero(2022)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Shenmue(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation · Other · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
To Your Eternity(2021)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Tsukumogami Kashimasu(2018)
Show 4 episodes · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas(2016)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Orange: Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Key Animation
Trickster(2016)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Orange(2016)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Lupin III: The Italian Game(2016)
Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Aikatsu! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 5 episodes · Director
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky(2010)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You(2009)
Show 1 episode · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
At the Mercy of the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood(2009)
Show 2 episodes · Layout Supervisor
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Daughter of Twenty Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 22 episodes · Series Director
The Piano Forest(2007)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Ramen Fighter Miki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Futakoi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 13 episodes · Series Director
WXIII: Patlabor(2001)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Tigger Movie(2000)
Animation
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish(1999)
Animation
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Cybersix(1999)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target(1998)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Superman: The Animated Series(1996)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus(1995)
Director
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Key Animation
Pom Poko(1994)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Uncle Remodelling Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Key Animation
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland(1989)
Animation Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sherlock Hound(1984)
Show 1 episode · Director · Key Animation
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Key Animation
Chie the Brat(1981)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The New Adventures of Gigantor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Show 1 episode · Director
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro(1979)
Key Animation
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Anne of Green Gables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Show 6 episodes · Animation
Future Boy Conan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Show 19 episodes · Animation · Key Animation
Lupin the Third Part 1(1971)
Show 3 episodes · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 42 titles from 1971 to 2025.

Highest rated

Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)

Midcredits 78^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing13 of 42 · 70^thOther crew35 of 42 · 82^nd

42 titles, 6 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1970s4 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Nobuo Tomizawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nobuo Tomizawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kôji Takeuchi shares the most, 3.