is a Japanese animator and character designer. Nishio began his career as an inbetweener for the TV series ''

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'' (1988). He worked for

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on ''

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'' (1995-1996). Since he was hired to work on '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' (1999), he has worked for Production I.G., having previously done freelance work. '' Minipato'' came about because Nishio made some promotional character illustrations which ''

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'' series creator Oshii liked. Nishio has been described as a member of director

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's "core team". Nishio headed the animation team for ''

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'' (2008) in addition to creating the character designs for that film. He was the key animator for ''Jin-Roh'', ''

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'' (2001), and ''

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'' (2002). He won the

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for best character design at the

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for his work on ''The Sky Crawlers'' in 2009. Nishio is particularly noted for his designs of older men.

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requested that Tetsuya Nishio oversee the character designs of ''

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'' when the manga was adapted into an anime series. An artbook has been released of his works, called ''The Art of Tetsuya Nishio: Full Spectrum''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishio, Tetsuya 1968 births Living people Anime character designers Japanese animators People from Aichi Prefecture