Norio Shioyama


Norio Shioyama was an animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He is most well known for his work as character designer on the anime television series Armored Trooper Votoms. Shioyama, along with Kōichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Kōshin Yonekawa, was one of the founding members of the animation studio Oh! Production.

Profile

In 1961, Shioyama moved to Tokyo. In 1966, he joined Hatena Pro under the direction of Bonjin Nagaki. After helping to found Oh! Production in 1970, Shioyama left to become a freelancer, doing work for Tatsunoko Pro and working on many projects for Sunrise as an animation director.
Shioyama's first project as a character designer was for Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3, which anime director Ryōsuke Takahashi praised. Shioyama then worked on such shows as Fang of the Sun Dougram as animation production chief, and Armored Trooper Votoms, Panzer World Galient, and Ronin Warriors as both character designer and animation production chief. Together with Takahashi, he and his designs epitomized Sunrise's work in the 1980s.
On April 13, 2017, a fire occurred at 1:00 AM, destroying his eighth-floor apartment in the 14-floor Misato Danchi apartment complex in Misato, Saitama Prefecture. Shioyama and his wife Tokiko were both found dead, he was 77 years old.

Awards

Shioyama has received multiple awards and recognition throughout his career. Those listed here are chronological, with the oldest at the top.
Listed alphabetically in chronological order.

TV

  • Star of the Giants
  • Attack No. 1
  • Tiger Mask
  • Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
  • Casshan
  • Brave Raideen
  • '
  • Combattler V
  • Voltes V
  • Daimos
  • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
  • Daltanius
  • Trider G7
  • '
  • Fang of the Sun Dougram
  • Armored Trooper Votoms
  • Panzer World Galient
  • The Centurions
  • Metal Armor Dragonar
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, chief animation director for opening and ending animation )
  • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
  • Yamiyo no Jidaigeki Rō no Saka
  • Jūsenshi Gulkeeva
  • The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
  • Infinite Ryvius
  • InuYasha
  • Onmyō Taisenki
  • Yakitate!! Japan

    Video games

  • Armored Troopers Votoms: The Battling Road
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Lightning Slash
  • Sunrise Eiyūtan
  • Sunrise Eiyūtan R
  • Sunrise Eiyūtan 2

    Internet broadcast

  • Kengō Retsuden #01: Hiken Tsubame Kaeshi

OVA

  • Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder
  • Armored Troopers Votoms Vol.I: Stories of the A.T.Votoms
  • Armored Troopers Votoms Vol.II: Highlights of the A.T.Votoms
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Big Battle
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Kumen
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Udo
  • Panzer World Galient Part I: Earth Chapter
  • Panzer World Galient Part II: Sky Chapter
  • Panzer World Galient Part III: Iron Crest
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Kuento
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Sansa
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Gaiden
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Legend of Kikoutei
  • Eiyū Gaiden Mosaica
  • Samurai Troopers in Message
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: Shining Heresy
  • Yamiyo no Jidaigeki: Bakumatsu Rakuchū Kawaraban
  • The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final

  • Film

  • Tiger Mask: Fukumen League-sen
  • Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram, animation director, new footage key animation )
  • Japan Sunrise Anime Festival
  • Neo Heroic Fantasia Arion
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Legend of Kikoutei
  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91
  • '
  • '
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Illustration works

Listed alphabetically in chronological order.

Novels

  • Fang of the Sun Dougram 1, by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
  • Fang of the Sun Dougram 2, by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: The First Red Shoulder, by Sōji Yoshikawa
  • Armored Troopers Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder, by Sōji Yoshikawa
  • Seijūshi Glint vol.1-3, by Yoshitake Suzuki
  • Ake-Ō Hōkōden 1: Gekishin no Hatō, by Masanori Hama
  • Mosaica, by Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Kōkoku no Shugosha vol.1-7, by Daisuke Satō
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Eikonhen, by Yoshie Kawahara
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Kankonhen, by Yoshie Kawahara
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Kikōtei Densetsu, by Mamoru Hamatsu
  • Armored Troopers Votoms I: Udo-hen, by Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Armored Troopers Votoms II: Kumen-hen, by Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Armored Troopers Votoms III: Sansa-hen, by Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Armored Troopers Votoms IV: Kuento-hen, by Ryōsuke Takahashi

    CD drama

  • Armored Troopers Votoms, by Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Memorials Deluxe, includes illustration book and video
  • CD Drama Collections: Sangokushi vol.1-8
  • CD Drama Collections: Sangokushi: Highlights #1
  • CD Drama Collections: Sangokushi: Zhuge Liang Seiranden vol.1-4
  • Armored Troopers Votoms Digital Memorials 1
  • CD Drama Collections: Sangokushi DX
  • Onmyō Taisenki OP "Kimi to nara" ED "Sora Kakeagaru" Special Limited Edition

Manga

  • Shin Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, created by Hajime Yatate and Izumi Nikaidō, written by Yūji Hosoi, armor design by Hideo Okamoto

    Collections

  • Shioyama Norio no Sekai: Odyssey
  • Shioyama Norio Gashū
  • Eikyū Hozonban: Shioyama Norio Artwork Kessakusen

    Silk screen artwork

These silk screen prints are available through the Eagle Gallery and Art Collection House KK.
From Armored Troopers Votoms and published in 2001 :
  • Shuttatsu
  • Shijima
  • Senmu
  • Kizuna
  • Ketsuzen
  • Sōei

    Original works gallery showings

; Shioyama Norio Gengaten ~The World of Armored Trooper Votoms~