Atsuko Ishizuka (いしずかあつこ, Ishizuka Atsuko, born September 3, 1981) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist and director. She began her animation career after joining Madhouse in 2004.
Ishizuka's journey to becoming an animator was rather unusual by industry standards in Japan. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she did not grow up watching anime on television, but rather developed an interest in music and graphic arts. Upon graduating high school, she decided to focus on graphic design and entered the Aichi Prefecture University of the Arts. While there, she was prompted to do an arts project and chose to do an animated video because it would allow her to combine her two areas of interest. In this way, she entered the animation world not attempting to secure a career, but to make art for art's sake.
During her education at the art school, Ishizuka made a number of short animated films for her own enjoyment, often set to music. One of these films, Gravitation, which was later featured at the 2005 Tehran International Short Film Festival,[1] caught the attention of both the Japanese broadcasting giant NHK and Madhouse. NHK quickly contacted Atsuko with an offer to have her animate a music video segment for the popular and long running short film program Minna no Uta (Everyone's Songs), which was designed to highlight upcoming independent animators and musicians. However, by this time Ishizuka had already been hired by Madhouse as a production assistant, and feeling that it would not be right to accept freelance work outside of the studio, she turned them down. However, the Minna no Uta staff was unwilling to give up, and they requested that Madhouse take on the music video project with Ishizuka as director. The studio agreed, and in 2004, Atsuko rose through the ranks for her first professional film, Tsuki no Waltz (The Moon Waltz).[2]
Since then, Ishizuka has continued to work on Madhouse projects as a staff animator (including the television series Monster), and has directed an additional short film for Minna no Uta entitled Sen no Hana Sen no Sora (A Thousand Flowers of a Thousand Skies). After this, she moved up to assistant director on Nana. Her art was featured at the 2007 Tokyo International Anime Fair, and Madhouse started to promote her talents publicly, leading some within the industry to speculate she would become the first female series staff director at the studio.[3] Shortly thereafter, it was announced she would again be filling the role of assistant director of the upcoming anime adaptation of the popular Koreanonline gameMapleStory. Her continued rise in prominence at the studio was further confirmed when she was identified (along with Satoshi Kon) by studio head Masao Maruyama as one of the company's talents.[4] She lists Masayuki Kojima and Morio Asaka as the two people at Madhouse she respects most.[5] Ishizuka was finally chosen to direct a television series (along with four others, including Morio Asaka) with the October 2009 release of Aoi Bungaku Series, an adaptation of six Japanese literary classics.[6] She co-directed Supernatural: The Animation alongside Shigeyuki Miya.[7]
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Atsuko Ishizuka いしずかあつこ Ishizuka Atsuko born September 3 1981 is a Japanese animator storyboard artist and director She began her animation career after joining Madhouse in 2004 Atsuko IshizukaいしずかあつこBorn 1981 09 03 September 3 1981 age 41 Okazaki Aichi JapanOccupation s Animator storyboard artist directorYears active2004 present Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 2 1 TV series 2 2 OVA 2 3 Films 2 4 Video games 2 5 Music videos 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditIshizuka s journey to becoming an animator was rather unusual by industry standards in Japan Unlike many of her contemporaries she did not grow up watching anime on television but rather developed an interest in music and graphic arts Upon graduating high school she decided to focus on graphic design and entered the Aichi Prefecture University of the Arts While there she was prompted to do an arts project and chose to do an animated video because it would allow her to combine her two areas of interest In this way she entered the animation world not attempting to secure a career but to make art for art s sake During her education at the art school Ishizuka made a number of short animated films for her own enjoyment often set to music One of these films Gravitation which was later featured at the 2005 Tehran International Short Film Festival 1 caught the attention of both the Japanese broadcasting giant NHK and Madhouse NHK quickly contacted Atsuko with an offer to have her animate a music video segment for the popular and long running short film program Minna no Uta Everyone s Songs which was designed to highlight upcoming independent animators and musicians However by this time Ishizuka had already been hired by Madhouse as a production assistant and feeling that it would not be right to accept freelance work outside of the studio she turned them down However the Minna no Uta staff was unwilling to give up and they requested that Madhouse take on the music video project with Ishizuka as director The studio agreed and in 2004 Atsuko rose through the ranks for her first professional film Tsuki no Waltz The Moon Waltz 2 Since then Ishizuka has continued to work on Madhouse projects as a staff animator including the television series Monster and has directed an additional short film for Minna no Uta entitled Sen no Hana Sen no Sora A Thousand Flowers of a Thousand Skies After this she moved up to assistant director on Nana Her art was featured at the 2007 Tokyo International Anime Fair and Madhouse started to promote her talents publicly leading some within the industry to speculate she would become the first female series staff director at the studio 3 Shortly thereafter it was announced she would again be filling the role of assistant director of the upcoming anime adaptation of the popular Korean online game MapleStory Her continued rise in prominence at the studio was further confirmed when she was identified along with Satoshi Kon by studio head Masao Maruyama as one of the company s talents 4 She lists Masayuki Kojima and Morio Asaka as the two people at Madhouse she respects most 5 Ishizuka was finally chosen to direct a television series along with four others including Morio Asaka with the October 2009 release of Aoi Bungaku Series an adaptation of six Japanese literary classics 6 She co directed Supernatural The Animation alongside Shigeyuki Miya 7 Filmography EditTV series Edit Monster 2004 2005 Design production storyboard ep 74 Nana series 2006 2007 Assistant director storyboard ep 14 40 episode director ep 4 17 18 22 28 31 32 39 40 45 key animation ep 4 5 10 MapleStory series 2007 2008 Assistant director storyboard amp episode director 6 25 storyboard ep 16 21 Top Secret The Revelation 2008 Storyboard amp episode director ep 16 25 Kurozuka 2008 ED storyboard amp direction Mōryō no Hako 2008 Episode director ep 13 Chi s Sweet Home New Address 2009 Storyboard ep 13 16 Aoi Bungaku The Spider s Thread Hell Screen 2009 Director screenplay storyboard Chihayafuru 2011 2012 Storyboard ep 2 16 episode director amp key animation ep 20 Btooom 2012 Storyboard ED The Pet Girl of Sakurasou 2012 2013 Director storyboard amp episode director ep 1 6 ED2 storyboard ep 8 23 episode director ED1 ep 24 No Game No Life 2014 Director storyboard amp episode director ep 1 storyboard ep 12 Hanayamata 2014 Director OP storyboard amp direction storyboard ep 8 episode director ep 1 12 Prince of Stride Alternative 2016 Director storyboard amp episode director OP ep 1 storyboard ep 2 3 A Place Further than the Universe 2018 Director 8 storyboard amp episode director OP ep 1 13 storyboard ep 2 3 12 OVA Edit Supernatural The Animation series 2011 Director ep 2 3 6 7 9 10 11 15 16 18 20 storyboard amp episode director ep 20 storyboard ep 2 7 episode director ep 1 Films Edit Forest of Piano 2007 Unit director No Game No Life Zero 2017 Director Goodbye Don Glees 2022 Director screenplay 9 Video games Edit Persona 4 Golden 2012 Opening animation director Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena 2012 Animation movie directorMusic videos Edit Tsuki no Waltz 2004 Director Sen no Hana Sen no Sora 2005 Director LUCY 2007 DirectorReferences Edit Tehran International Shortfilm Festival IYCS shortfilmfest ir Archived from the original on July 18 2009 Retrieved March 12 2015 Ettinger Benjamin April 24 2005 Atsuko Ishizuka AniPages Daily Retrieved December 10 2008 Morgan Jonah April 25 2007 TAF2007 Exclusive Report Atsuko Ishizuka Madhouse s Next Top Director Anime News Service Archived from the original on July 24 2008 Retrieved December 10 2008 Press Release Masao Maruyama to Appear at Otakon c 2008 Otakon April 25 2008 Retrieved June 7 2009 Madhouse People File Atsuko Ishizuka Madhouse in Japanese Archived from the original on November 25 2010 Retrieved June 11 2009 Madhouse s Aoi Bungaku Posts Staff Cast Lineup Anime News Network September 22 2009 Retrieved September 22 2009 Madhouse Makes Anime Series for Warners Supernatural TV Show Update 2 Anime News Network Retrieved March 12 2015 Kadokawa Announces Girls Last Tour Anime amp Original Anime Project Anime News Network July 2 2017 Retrieved July 2 2017 Madhouse Unveils Original Anime Film Goodbye Don Glees Set in Iceland Anime News Network July 2 2021 Retrieved July 2 2021 External links EditAtsuko Ishizuka s Homepage in Japanese Atsuko Ishizuka at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Anime News Service TAF2007 Exclusive Report Atsuko Ishizuka Madhouse s Next Top Director Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Atsuko Ishizuka amp oldid 1110256790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
