Tsutomu Shibayama

Director

Born: March 9, 1941 (84 years old)

Died: March 6, 2026

Place of birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Tsutomu Shibayama was a Japanese anime director of film and television, best known for directing the 1979 and 2005 Doraemon series. He was born in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo. In 2012 he won Agency for Cultural Affair Award.

Filmography (30)

• Ranma ½ (1989, ★ 8.6)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000, ★ 7)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996, ★ 7.5)
• Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999, ★ 6.6)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003, ★ 7.2)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998, ★ 6.5)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989, ★ 6.7)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992, ★ 7.1)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997, ★ 6.8)
• Lupin the Third: Pilot Film (1969, ★ 6.7)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991, ★ 7)
• Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West (1988, ★ 7.1)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983, ★ 7.1)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World (1995, ★ 7.2)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990, ★ 6.8)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993, ★ 7.1)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of Magic (1984, ★ 6.8)
• Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978, ★ 7)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002, ★ 6.6)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986, ★ 6.6)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987, ★ 6.8)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994, ★ 7.3)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001, ★ 7.2)
• Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Doraemon (1979, ★ 7.7)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980, ★ 6.7)
• Perman (1967, ★ 7.1)
• Ninja Boy Rantaro (1993, ★ 6.5)
• Nintama Rantaro the Movie (1996, ★ 5.5)