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Daisuke Nishio

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Art Department
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Joins Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, was promoted to assistant director with "Dr. Slump" in 1982. Debuted as film director with "Dragon Ball: Secret of Dragon God" in 1986 (he directed the two first films of the series). From 1989 also directed the TV series and first films of its sequel, "Dragon Ball Z".
BornApril 1, 1959
BornApril 1, 1959
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Dragon Ball Z (1989)
Dragon Ball Z
8.8
TV Series
  • Director
Dragon Ball Z (1989)
Dragon Ball Z
8.8
TV Series
  • Director
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
7.8
  • Director
  • 2003
Dragon Ball (1986)
Dragon Ball
8.6
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Halo Legends (2010)
    Halo Legends
    • Director (segment Odd One Out)
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009)
    Dragon Ball Z Kai
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Takeshi Kusao, Junko Takeuchi, Ai Nagano, Yûko Sanpei, Mariya Ise, and Ai Maeda in Yes! Precure 5 (2007)
    Yes! Precure 5
    • episode director
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Pretty Cure (2004)
    Pretty Cure
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2004–2005
  • Air Master (2003)
    Air Master
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2003
  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
    • Director
    • 2003
  • The World of Dragon Ball Z (2000)
    The World of Dragon Ball Z
    • Director (directed by)
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Taiki Matsuno in The File of Young Kindaichi (1997)
    The File of Young Kindaichi
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1997–2000
  • Dragon Ball Z (1989)
    Dragon Ball Z
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1996–1999
  • The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murderous Deep Blue (1999)
    The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murderous Deep Blue
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Dragon Ball Z: The Greatest Rivals (1996)
    Dragon Ball Z: The Greatest Rivals
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Kindaichi Case Files Movie 1: The Opera House Murders (1996)
    Kindaichi Case Files Movie 1: The Opera House Murders
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Gegege no Kitarô (1996)
    Gegege no Kitarô
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Akira Toriyama in Dragon Ball (1995)
    Dragon Ball
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (1993)
    Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
    • episode director
    • series director (1993)
    • TV Series
    • 1993–1994

Producer

  • The File of Young Kindaichi Returns (2014)
    The File of Young Kindaichi Returns
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Tanken Driland
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Dragon Ball (1986)
    Dragon Ball
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1986

Art Department

  • Halo Legends (2010)
    Halo Legends
    • storyboard artist (segment Odd One Out)
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
    • storyboard artist
    • 2003
  • Dragon Ball Z (1989)
    Dragon Ball Z
    • storyboard artist
    • TV Series
    • 1996–1997
  • Go! Go! Ackman (1994)
    Go! Go! Ackman
    • storyboard writer
    • Video
    • 1994
  • Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might (1990)
    Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might
    • storyboard artist
    • 1990

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  • Born
    • April 1, 1959
    • Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

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