Portrait of Noboru Ishiguro

Directing

Noboru Ishiguro

Career

Active from 1967 to 2008, with a break from 1994 to 2007, busiest in 1989 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Noboru Ishiguro Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Space Opera 4
  • Classic Sci-Fi Anime 3
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Epic Space Opera 2
  • Sci-Fi Romance 2
  • Classic Anime 2
  • Military Sci-Fi 2
  • Strategic Warfare 2
  • Epic Scope 2
  • 80s Anime Aesthetic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari
Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari (2008)

Director, Storyboard Artist

1990s

5 titles ยท average score 80
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993)
GoodWatch score 80

Production Manager, Director

Hard & Loose
Hard & Loose (1992)

Director, Screenplay

Tottoi
Tottoi (1992)

Animation Supervisor

Drifter Kings On the Border
Drifter Kings On the Border (1991)

Director

Heavy
Heavy (1990)

Director, Storyboard Artist

1980s

15 titles ยท average score 67
Blue Flames
Blue Flames (1989)

Director, Storyboard Artist

Locke the Superman: Lord Leon
Locke the Superman: Lord Leon (1989)

Director

Koiko no Mainichi
Koiko no Mainichi (1989)

Director

Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve
Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve (1989)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Concept, Original Story

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (1987)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Robotech: The Movie
Robotech: The Movie (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Megazone 23 II
Megazone 23 II (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Story

Megazone 23
Megazone 23 (1985)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Story, Storyboard Artist

Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

Queen Millennia
Queen Millennia (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

Key Animation

Phoenix 2772
Phoenix 2772 (1980)
GoodWatch score 63

Key Animation, Animation Director