Norio Shioyama

Perhaps most well known for his work as a character designer on the anime television series Armored Trooper Votomshttps://anilist.co/anime/2582/. He was also one of the founding members of Oh Productionhttps://anilist.co/studio/234/ together with Kouichi Muratahttps://anilist.co/staff/191548/ Kazuo Komatsubarahttps://anilist.co/staff/129558/ and Koushin Yonekawa. In 1966 Shioyama joined Hatena Pro under the direction of Bonjin Nagakihttps://anilist.co/staff/117141/. Shioyama later became a freelancer doing work for Tatsunoko Prohttps://anilist.co/studio/103/ and working on many projects for Sunrisehttps://anilist.co/studio/14/ as an animation director. Shioyamas first project as a character designer was for Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3https://anilist.co/anime/3305/ which anime director Ryousuke Takahashihttps://anilist.co/staff/100957/ praised. He then worked on such shows as Fang of the Sun Dougramhttps://anilist.co/anime/2257/ Panzer World Galienthttps://anilist.co/anime/5153/ and Ronin Warriorshttps://anilist.co/anime/1264/ as both character designer and animation director. His and Takahashis designs epitomized Sunrises work in the 80s. On April 13 2017 a fire occurred at Shioyamas apartment in Misato sadly killing both him and his wife.