About
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).
Filmography
I Just Wanted To Say...2025 · Director
Ghost Cat Anzu2024 · Animation Director
Nana's Secret Garden2023 · Director, Editor, Animation, Screenplay
Drifting Home2022 · Key Animation
Our Little Pond2021 · Screenplay, Director, Animation, Editor
A Whisker Away2020 · Animation Director
Pupa2019 · Director, Animation, Editor
Penguin Highway2018 · Animation Director, Art Designer, Prop Designer, Key Animation
Lu Over the Wall2017 · Key Animation
Genocidal Organ2017 · Key Animation
Fastening Days 22016 · Animation
Typhoon Noruda2015 · Animation Director, Key Animation
tayutaum2013 · Director, Animation