Tsutomu Shibayama

Directing

Tsutomu Shibayama

Born March 9, 1941 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Died March 6, 2026 · aged 84

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.

Known For

Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime OdysseyDoraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey · 2004
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
★ 7.42004
MovieAnimationAdventure
Nobita, believing he and Doraemon had done a good deed by saving stray cats and dogs and sending them back in time by 300 million years, discover that the usage of Doraemon's Ray of Evolution had created a cat-and-dog-person society equal to Nobita's time. When an asteroid attack is set to hit the city, Nobita and his friends must save Doraemon and ease tensions between the two sides.
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of MagicDoraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of Magic · 1984
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the World of Magic
★ 6.91984
MovieAnimationAdventure
Nobita, currently obsessed with fantasy fiction, wishes upon Doraemon's Moshimo-Box for the world to have real magic and sorcery. This doesn't go as he'd hoped, of course, and Nobita must navigate the strangely-bureaucratic magical world he'd made while also learning to conjure on his own in preparation for an attack by the underground-dwelling Demon World.
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of MamoLupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo · 1978
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
★ 7.01978
MovieAnimationAdventure
While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian NightsDoraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights · 1991
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
★ 7.01991
MovieAnimationAdventure
Shizuka ends up in the fantasy world of the 'Arabian Nights' story. However, Doraemon, Nobita, Suneo, and Jyaian must find her from the imaginary Middle East and bring her back to the real life.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of JapanDoraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan · 1989
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
★ 6.71989
MovieAnimationAdventure
Nobita, thinking of running away from home, travels back in time with Doraemon and his pals to prehistoric Japan. However, a time paradox causes prehistoric boy Kukul to land in the modern day, so it's up to Doraemon and the rest to help the boy get back to the past while also defeating the mysterious shaman king, Giga-Zombie.
Doraemon: Nobita's DinosaurDoraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur · 1980
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
★ 6.81980
MovieAnimationFamily
When Suneo does not show Nobita the fossil of a dinosaur claw, he takes up a challenge to find a dinosaur. He digs up a hillside and finds an egg, which later hatches and becomes a dinosaur.
Doraemon: Nobita and the WindmastersDoraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters · 2003
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
★ 7.22003
MovieAnimationFantasy
After a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind sprite, named Fuuko by Nobita, had brought them to her world for a reason, as her peoples' gods are battling, and Suneo might be a key player in their feud.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-expressDoraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express · 1996
Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express
★ 7.51996
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
Doraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for themselves.

Filmography

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Nintama Rantaro the MovieNintama Rantaro the Movie · 1996
Nintama Rantaro the Movie
★ 5.51996
MovieAnimationComedy
The Dokutake ninja steal a shipment of saltpeter from Shinbei's papa. They plan to use it to create medicine that will make them fly and become super-ninjas! Danzou, who's father was transporting the goods, stows away and is taken to the Dokutake's secret headquarters. When Shinbei informs the school, Yamada-sensei and Doi-sensei rush to help. But Hagumi decide to take matters into their own hands and try to rescue Danzou themselves. Things don't go according to plan, though, and soon they all need to be rescued too. Fortunately Rikichi, Yamada-sensei's cool son, is around to help out! In fact,before long everyone gets into the act! But can Rantarou and his friends stop Happousai before it's too late?

Director

Onegai! Samia-donOnegai! Samia-don · 1985
Onegai! Samia-don
★ 6.21985
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Please! Psammea-don is a Japanese anime that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children are siblings while the fourth is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In Latin America, the series was known as Samed, el duende mágico and in France and Quebec as Sablotin. In the Arab world, it was known as Moghamarat Samid.

Character Designer