Tetsuya Nishio

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-06-23 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Aichi, Japan

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 as an inbetween animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun. He was affiliated with Studio Pierrot before joining Production I.G. 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.

Production

1994

Ninku: Tomb of Knives

as Animation Director

1994

Ninku: Tomb of Knives

as Character Designer

1995

Ninku the Movie

as Animation Director

2004

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

as Supervising Animator

2007

Naruto Shippuden the Movie

as Production Illustrator

2021

The Deer King

as Key Animation

1999

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

as Character Designer

2015

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

as Key Animation

2015

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

as Animation Director

2015

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

as Supervising Animation Director

2015

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

as Character Designer

2014

The Last: Naruto the Movie

as Animation Director

2008

2014

The Last: Naruto the Movie

as Supervising Animation Director

2014

The Last: Naruto the Movie

as Character Designer

2009

2004

Steamboy

as Key Animation

2014

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Key Animation

2015

Miss Hokusai

as Key Animation

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Character Designer

2010

2012

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

as Character Designer

2007

Naruto Shippuden the Movie

as Character Designer

2001

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

as Opening/Ending Animation

2022

Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto

as Supervising Animation Director

2002

Millennium Actress

as Key Animation

2000

Blood: The Last Vampire

as Key Animation

2016

2006

Tales from Earthsea

as Key Animation

2014

Giovanni's Island

as Key Animation

2011

2012

Blood-C: The Last Dark

as Key Animation

2011

Legend of the Millennium Dragon

as Character Designer

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Animation Director

1999

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

as Animation Director

1999

1996

2005

Space Station No.9

as Key Animation

2017

Napping Princess

as Key Animation

2002

The Cat Returns

as Key Animation

2012

A Letter to Momo

as Key Animation

2004

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

as Character Designer

2005

Oval x Over

as Key Animation

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