Submission + - Yamato, Macross director Noburo Ishiguro passes away. (animenewsnetwork.com) 1
Kyusaku Natsume writes: Anime News Network informs that Studio Nue co-founder Haruka Takachiho reported on Wednesday that Noboru Ishiguro, the veteran director of such works as Space Battleship Yamato, the first color Astro Boy anime series (1980), The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, has passed away. He was 73.
Ishiguro directed some of the most highly regarded anime classics of the last five decades, including those listed above as well as Megazone 23, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? film, and Ykai Ningen Bem. He also worked in classics like Doraemon, Ashita no Joe, Vicke Viking and many, many others.
Ishiguro directed some of the most highly regarded anime classics of the last five decades, including those listed above as well as Megazone 23, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? film, and Ykai Ningen Bem. He also worked in classics like Doraemon, Ashita no Joe, Vicke Viking and many, many others.