Tetsuya Nishio
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- June 23, 1968
- Birthplace
- Aichi, Japan
Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也, Nishio Tetsuya, born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. Tetsuya began his career in 1988 at Studio Pierrot as an in-between animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun, he was a Pierrot employee until 1996, where he'd then begin a short stint as a freelancer. In 1999, he joined 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) requested Nishio to become 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. 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.
Filmography
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Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto 2022
Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation
The Deer King 2021
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021
Key Animation
Napping Princess 2017
Key Animation
Phantom of the Kill: Zero's Rebellion 2016
Key Animation
Dou kyu sei – Classmates 2016
Key Animation
Boruto: Naruto the Movie 2015
Key Animation, Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer, Animation Director
Miss Hokusai 2015
Key Animation
The Last: Naruto the Movie 2014
Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone 2014
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears 2014
Key Animation
Giovanni's Island 2014
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers 2013
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain 2013
Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 2012
Key Animation
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie 2012
Character Designer
Blood-C: The Last Dark 2012
Key Animation
A Letter to Momo 2012
Key Animation
Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru! 2011
Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison 2011
Character Designer
Legend of the Millennium Dragon 2011
Character Designer
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party 2011
Key Animation
Naruto OVA 7: Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It! 2010
Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower 2010
Character Designer, Opening/Ending Animation
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike 2009
Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire 2009
Opening/Ending Animation, Character Designer, Key Animation
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance 2009
Key Animation
Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality 2008
Actor
The Sky Crawlers 2008
Character Designer, Key Animation, Animation Director
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds 2008
Character Designer, Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 2007
Storyboard Artist, Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 2007
Production Illustrator, Character Designer
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom 2006
Key Animation, Character Designer
Tales from Earthsea 2006
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven 2006
Character Designer, Animation Director
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man 2005
Character Designer
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel 2005
Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
Space Station No.9 2005
Key Animation
Oval x Over 2005
Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow 2004
Key Animation, Character Designer
Steamboy 2004
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004
Key Animation, Supervising Animator, Character Designer, Animation Director
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! 2003
Character Designer
Millennium Actress 2002
Key Animation
The Cat Returns 2002
Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2001
Opening/Ending Animation
Blood: The Last Vampire 2000
Key Animation
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999
Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
Virtua Fighter: Costomize Clip 1996
Key Animation
Ninku the Movie 1995
Animation Director
Ninku: Tomb of Knives 1994
Character Designer, Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report 1994
Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal 1993
Key Animation
Credits from TMDB.