Tetsuya Nishio
Biography
Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也, Nishio Tetsuya, born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. He began his career in 1988 at Studio Pierrot as an in-between animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun, and remained at Pierrot until 1999 where he'd then join Production I.G at the behest of Hiroyuki Okiura, who previously invited him to work in a leading capacity on his film adapation of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, and where he remains in an official capacity. Prior to the final decisions regarding Naruto's anime adapation, mangaka Masashi Kishimoto (being a fan of his prior work on Ninku) approached Nishio in person about becoming the character designer for Naruto, for which Nishio obliged. Nishio has since remained the franchise's lead character designer and overall senior staff for over two decades, despite belonging to a different studio. He is considered one of the "Three Gods of IG" along with Hiroyuki Okiura and Kazuchika Kise and was rewarded the Best Character Design Award at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards in 2009 for his outstanding work on Sky Crawlers, where he designed the characters and was key animation supervisor.
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Movies (31)
Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto
Supervising Animation Director (Visual Effects)
2022
The Deer King
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2021
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2021
Napping Princess
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2017
Phantom of the Kill: Zero's Rebellion
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2016
Dou kyu sei – Classmates
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2016
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2015
Miss Hokusai
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2015
The Last: Naruto the Movie
Supervising Animation Director (Visual Effects)
2014
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2014
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2014
Giovanni's Island
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2014
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2013
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
2013
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2012
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2012
Blood-C: The Last Dark
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2012
A Letter to Momo
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2012
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2011
Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru!
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2011
Legend of the Millennium Dragon
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2011
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2011
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2010
Naruto OVA 7: Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It!
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2010
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2009
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Opening/Ending Animation (Visual Effects)
2009
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2009
Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality
2008
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2008
The Sky Crawlers
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2008
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Storyboard Artist (Art)
2007
TV Shows (19)
Kaiju No. 8
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2024
Play It Cool, Guys
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2022
Vampire in the Garden
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2022
Star Wars: Visions
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2021
B: The Beginning
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2018
Magical Circle Guruguru
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2017
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Character Designer (Visual Effects)
2017
Sand Whale and Me
Title Graphics (Crew)
2017
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2015
Maria the Virgin Witch
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
2015
Haikyu!!
Opening/Ending Animation (Visual Effects)
2014
Usagi Drop
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2011
Penguindrum
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2011
BLOOD-C
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2011
You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2011
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2009
Eden of the East
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2009
Michiko & Hatchin
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2008
Real Drive
Key Animation (Visual Effects)
2008