Namiko Ishidate

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Female

Birthday 1990-09-15 (34 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As 石舘 波子

Namiko Ishidate

Biography

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.

Known For

Visual Effects

2024
Ghost Cat Anzu

as Animation Director

2023
2022
Drifting Home

as Key Animation

2021
Our Little Pond

as Animation

2019
Pupa

as Animation

2018
Penguin Highway

as Animation Director

2018
Penguin Highway

as Key Animation

2017
Lu Over the Wall

as Key Animation

2017
Fastening Days 3

as Key Animation

2016
Fastening Days 2

as Animation

2015
Typhoon Noruda

as Animation Director

2015
Typhoon Noruda

as Key Animation

2013
tayutaum

as Animation

Director

2023
2021
Our Little Pond

as Director

2019
Pupa

as Director

2013
tayutaum

as Director

Editor

2023
2021
Our Little Pond

as Editor

2019
Pupa

as Editor

Art

2018
Penguin Highway

as Art Designer

2018
Penguin Highway

as Prop Designer

Writer

2023
Nana's Secret Garden

as Screenplay

2021
Our Little Pond

as Screenplay

Actor

2021
Our Little Pond

as Myon (voice)