Tsutomu Shibayama

Tsutomu Shibayama (芝山努, Shibayama Tsutomu; born 9 March 1941) is a Japanese anime director of film and television. He started as a manga artist under the name Hajime Sanjō and later became known for directing many Doraemon TV anime episodes (1984-2005) and feature films (1983–2004). He was born in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo.

In 2012 he received the Agency for Cultural Affair Award for his work in animation.^[1]

Works

• Doraemon: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur: Layout Artist
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaurs: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Parallel "Journey to the West": Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita in Dorabian Nights: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and Tin-Plate Labyrinth: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and Fantastic Three Musketeers: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Genesis Diary: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and Galactic Express: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's Adventure in Clockwork City: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita's South Sea Adventure: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard: Director
• Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey: Director
• Lupin the Third: Pilot Film: Character Designer and Animator
• Makoto-chan: Director
• Nintama Rantaro: Director
• Ranma ½: Director (Season 1)
• Mighty Cat Masked Niyandar: Director

Books

• Tsutomu Shibayama and movie Doraemon world of "Nobita and the Robot Kingdom" (芝山努と映画ドラえもん『のび太とロボット王国(キングダム)』の世界). Shogakukan, 2002. ISBN 978-4091015594
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard Storyboard Collection (映画ドラえもん『のび太とふしぎ風使い』絵コンテ集). Shogakukan, 2003. ISBN 978-4092902749