was a Japanese

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best known for directing the

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'', '' Megazone 23 - Part I'', ''

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''. He was in a Hawaiian folk music band in his youth. Therefore, he was known as an animation director who could actually read musical scores and had made the best use of his previous experience for works such as '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' and ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes''.

Death

Ishiguro died on 20 March 2012 in

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Hospital of a lung infection which was the result of a follow-up surgery procedure to the aneurysm surgery he underwent two years prior.

Works

As director

References

External links

"Bonus – Interview with Noboru Ishiguro"
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