Norio Shioyama

塩山紀生

Perhaps most well known for his work as a character designer on the anime television series Armored Trooper Votoms. He was also one of the founding members of Oh! Production, together with Kouichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Koushin Yonekawa. In 1966, Shioyama joined Hatena Pro under the direction of Bonjin Nagaki. Shioyama later became 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 Ryousuke Takahashi praised. He then…