Visual Effects
Namiko Ishidate
Born 1990-09-15 · 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). 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.
Acting credits
NRI'm the only one who can't live without an oxygen tank in the underwater world. No matter how suffocated I feel, I preserve peace and harmony by pretending the selfish girl and my friends with complicated family backgrounds don't bother me.
Our Little Pond
2021
NRThe fourth-grade protagonist is going through physical and emotional changes and feels awkward as she can't help but compare herself to her friends. One day, she is blown away by her classmate Aya's swimming and realizes that she has feelings for her.
Fourth Period Swimming Class
2022
Behind the camera
NRI'm the only one who can't live without an oxygen tank in the underwater world. No matter how suffocated I feel, I preserve peace and harmony by pretending the selfish girl and my friends with complicated family backgrounds don't bother me.
Our Little Pond
2021
NRI'm the only one who can't live without an oxygen tank in the underwater world. No matter how suffocated I feel, I preserve peace and harmony by pretending the selfish girl and my friends with complicated family backgrounds don't bother me.
Our Little Pond
2021
NRThis is a dream of a girl who is imagining to be a bird. The title "tayutaum" is a combination of the words "揺蕩う夢: tayutau yume (floating dream)", "白昼夢: hakuchuumu (daydream)", and "aquarium". I want the audience to feel the physical sensation of flying in the sky or floating in the water.
tayutaum
2013
NRShort animated film adapting the picture book by Yumi Shimokawara.
I Just Wanted To Say...
2025
8.0How long has it been since she lost control of her body? She is completely tapped out and finds herself wishing that she could just shed her body.
Pupa
2019
8.0A short anime directed by Namiko Ishidate in collaboration with music by Ryokuoushoku Shakai. A part of the "TOHO animation: Music Films" project, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of TOHO animation.
Nana's Secret Garden
2023
8.0A short anime directed by Namiko Ishidate in collaboration with music by Ryokuoushoku Shakai. A part of the "TOHO animation: Music Films" project, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of TOHO animation.
Nana's Secret Garden
2023