Noboru Ishiguro
Director / President
Artland
Japan
Biography:
Noboru Ishiguro (August 24, 1938 - March 20, 2012) was a Japanese animator who was noteworthy for directing the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, Yōkai Ningen Bem, Megazone 23, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Noozles, and the 2008 completed series Tytania.
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.
Ishiguro Noboru passed away on March 20, 2012 in Kawasaki City Hospital. He died of a lung infection which was the result of a followup surgery procedure to the aneurysm surgery he underwent two years prior.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2012
Animazement 2012 - May 24-27, 2012 in Raleigh, NCCancelled Appearance 2011- Otakon 2011 - July 29-31, 2011 in Baltimore, MD 2009
- Otakon 2009 - July 17-19, 2009 in Baltimore, MD 2007
- Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 - September 21-23, 2007 in Atlanta, GA 2006
- Anime Expo 2006 - July 1-4, 2006 in Anaheim, CA 2004
- Anime Expo Tokyo 2004 - January 16-18, 2004 in Ikebukuro, Toyko, Japan 2002
- Anime Expo New York 2002 - August 31 - September 2, 2002 in New York, NY
- Anime Expo 2002 - July 4-7, 2002 in Long Beach, CA
- Katsucon 2002 - February 15-17, 2002 in Baltimore, MD 2001
- Katsucon 2001 - February 16-18, 2001 in Arlington, VA 2000
- Anime Expo 2000 - June 30 - July 3, 2000 in Anaheim, CA 1996
- Anime Expo 1996 - June 28-30, 1996 in Anaheim, CA 1995
- Anime Expo 1995 - June 30 - July 2, 1995 in Los Angeles, CA
12 confirmed guest appearances