Namiko Ishidate
Visual Effects
- Born
- September 15, 1990 (age 36) · Tokyo, Japan
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).
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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.
Known for
A Whisker Away
June 18, 2020
Drifting Home
September 9, 2022
Penguin Highway
August 17, 2018
Lu Over the Wall
May 19, 2017
Genocidal Organ
February 3, 2017
Ghost Cat Anzu
July 19, 2024
Typhoon Noruda
June 5, 2015
Fastening Days 2
August 1, 2016
Pupa
February 9, 2019
Nana's Secret Garden
March 21, 2023
tayutaum
October 2, 2013
Our Little Pond
June 28, 2021
Behind the camera13
- 2025I Just Wanted To Say... Director
- 2024Ghost Cat Anzu Animation Director
- 2023Nana's Secret Garden Director, Screenplay, Editor, Animation
- 2022Drifting Home Key Animation
- 2021Our Little Pond Screenplay, Director, Editor, Animation
- 2020A Whisker Away Animation Director
- 2019Pupa Director, Animation, Editor
- 2018Penguin Highway Animation Director, Art Designer, Prop Designer, Key Animation
- 2017Lu Over the Wall Key Animation
- 2017