Namiko Ishidate Movies

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back...

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from...

Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost...

How 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.

As an unexpected typhoon bears down on a small tropical island, a group of students trapped at school find themselves forced to put aside their...

I'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...

In the previous story, Yoji and Kei rescued Anna, their adoptive mother. Now, they are once again using the Fastening Machine with Oscar, the bear...

A short anime directed by Namiko Ishidate in collaboration with music by Ryokuoushoku Shakai. A part of the "TOHO animation: Music Films" project, in...

Short animated film adapting the picture book by Yumi Shimokawara.

The fourth-grade protagonist is going through physical and emotional changes and feels awkward as she can't help but compare herself to her friends....

This 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:...