Person: Shibayama Tsutomu
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Shibayama Tsutomu was born March 9, 1941 in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. He is an animator, animation supervisor and director. He was one of the founders of animation studio Ajia-Dou and became the representative director of its newly established subsidiary Ajia-Dou Contents (亜細亜堂コンテンツ) in January 2002.
Shibayama graduated from Kasukabe High School and entered the Department of Literature at Meiji University afterwards. Having finished his study he applied to Toei's CM division aspiring to become a director but was rejected, prompting him to join Toei Douga which he was given an employment test instead. In 1963 he was accepted and debuted on Wan Wan Chuushingura as animator after having undergone a training course. When working on Ookami Shounen Ken he was studying under Hayashi Seiichi (林静一) who was a major influence to Shibayama especially in terms of design. During the time he also became good friends with Kobayashi Osamu, who joined Toei as animator at the same time.
Shibayama debuted as animation supervisor on episodes in Hustle Punch and King Kong but left Toei shortly after because of its scaling down long tv animation productions. He joined A Production (later Shin-Ei Animation) together with Kobayashi Osamu in 1966, there they worked on productions like Moomin.
In 1978, two years after A Production became Shin-Ei he left the studio together with Kobayashi Osamu and Yamada Michishiro and they established their own studio, Ajia-Dou. In 1979 he became the chief animation supervisor in a film for the popular tv series Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!.
In 1982 he made his debut as series director, albeit having experience as film director before, on the popular Tokimeki Tonight manga adaption. In 1984 he became the director of Doraemon, which restarted its production. But his involvement with Doraemon was even before that, as he was chosen to be director for the 1983 film. The Doraemon series is to date the title which he is known best for and his name stands synonymously for the epic animated franchise.
Shibayama was the chief director of the Doraemon tv series between 1984 and 2005 and also helmed each film starting with the fourth in 1983 to the 25th in 2004, altogether 22 films. In 2005 his involvement with the work ended when Doraemon rebooted its production as a digital series, replacing the whole staff and cast.
His involvement with animation in the 2000s was limited after he became the representative director of Ajia-Dou's newly established subsidiary Ajia-Dou Contents (亜細亜堂コンテンツ) in January 2002.
Shibayama graduated from Kasukabe High School and entered the Department of Literature at Meiji University afterwards. Having finished his study he applied to Toei's CM division aspiring to become a director but was rejected, prompting him to join Toei Douga which he was given an employment test instead. In 1963 he was accepted and debuted on Wan Wan Chuushingura as animator after having undergone a training course. When working on Ookami Shounen Ken he was studying under Hayashi Seiichi (林静一) who was a major influence to Shibayama especially in terms of design. During the time he also became good friends with Kobayashi Osamu, who joined Toei as animator at the same time.
Shibayama debuted as animation supervisor on episodes in Hustle Punch and King Kong but left Toei shortly after because of its scaling down long tv animation productions. He joined A Production (later Shin-Ei Animation) together with Kobayashi Osamu in 1966, there they worked on productions like Moomin.
In 1978, two years after A Production became Shin-Ei he left the studio together with Kobayashi Osamu and Yamada Michishiro and they established their own studio, Ajia-Dou. In 1979 he became the chief animation supervisor in a film for the popular tv series Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!.
In 1982 he made his debut as series director, albeit having experience as film director before, on the popular Tokimeki Tonight manga adaption. In 1984 he became the director of Doraemon, which restarted its production. But his involvement with Doraemon was even before that, as he was chosen to be director for the 1983 film. The Doraemon series is to date the title which he is known best for and his name stands synonymously for the epic animated franchise.
Shibayama was the chief director of the Doraemon tv series between 1984 and 2005 and also helmed each film starting with the fourth in 1983 to the 25th in 2004, altogether 22 films. In 2005 his involvement with the work ended when Doraemon rebooted its production as a digital series, replacing the whole staff and cast.
His involvement with animation in the 2000s was limited after he became the representative director of Ajia-Dou's newly established subsidiary Ajia-Dou Contents (亜細亜堂コンテンツ) in January 2002.
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