Akio Sugino

Japanese character designer (born 1944)

Mushi Production (1963–1972)
Madhouse (1972–1980)
Studio Annaparu (1980–198?)^[a]
Tezuka Productions (1990?–present)

Akio Sugino (杉野昭夫, Sugino Akio, born September 19, 1944) is a Japanese character designer who is known for working with Osamu Dezaki and his designs on Golgo 13 and Space Adventure Cobra.

Filmography

Astro Boy (1963)^[1]
Kimba the White Lion (1965) – Character design^[2]
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968) – Animation^[2]
A Thousand and One Nights (1969) – Original pictures^[3]
Ashita no Joe (1970)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Nobody's Boy Remi (1970) – Character design^[2]
Aim for the Ace! (1973) – Design^[2]
La Seine no Hoshi (1975) – Design^[6]
Gaiking (1976) – Design and animation^[2]
Manga Fairy Tales of the World (1976) – Animation^[2]
Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka (1977) – Design^[2]
Jetter Mars (1977) – Design and animation^[2]
3D Animation: Child Without a Home (1977) – Character design^[6]
Treasure Island (1978) – Animation^[2]^[7]
The Rose of Versailles (1979) – Design^[2]^[4]
Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken (1979) – Design^[6]
Botchan (1980) – Animation^[2]
Tom Sawyer (1980) – Animation^[2]
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981) – Animation^[6]
Space Adventure Cobra (1982) – Design and animation^[2] – also Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (1982)^[8] and Cobra The Animation (2010)^[9]
Cat's Eye (1983) – Character design^[2]^[10]
Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)^[11]^[12]
Oshin (1984) – Design^[2]
Mighty Orbots (1985) – Design^[2]
Nayuta (1986) – Design and animation^[6]
They Were 11 (1986) – Design^[2]
2001 Nights (1987) – Design^[6]
Clan of Pihyoro (1988) – Design and animation^[2]
Sea's Darkness, Moon's Shadow (1988) – Animation^[2]
The Story of Riki (1989) – Design^[6]
Starlight Nocturne (1989) – Design and animation^[2]
B.B. (Burning Blood) (1990) – Design and animation^[2]
Sword for Truth (1990) – Design and animation^[2]
Reporter Blues (1990) – Design^[6]
Brother Dearest (1991) – Design and animation^[2]^[13]
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992) – Animation^[2]
Black Jack (1993) – Design and animation^[2]^[11]
First Tram in Hiroshima (1993) – Design and animation^[2]
Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (1997) – Screenplay^[2]
Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998) – Design^[14]
Boku no Son Goku (2003) – Director^[15]
Phoenix (2004) – Animation director^[16]
Gin Tama (2005) – Animation^[2]
The Snow Queen (2005) – Design^[6]
Mokke (2007) – Animation^[2]
Ultraviolet: Code 044 (2008) – Character design^[17]^[18]

Notes

^ Founder and representative director until its closing in the late 1980s.

Bibliography

Akio Sugino Drawings (1982) – ISBN 978-4061080645^[19]
Hakugei Densetsu Artbook (1994) – ISBN 978-4881440636^[20]

References

^ "Osamu Dezaki's Directional Style – Postcard Memories". Postcard Memories. December 4, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Clements & McCarthy 2014
^ "A Thousand and One Nights". tezukaosamu.net. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Geoffrey Tebbetts (March 3, 2013). "The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963–2013): 1980, Part 2: What Anime Bloggers Would Typically Say About It". goldenani.blogspot.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ "Benoit Spacher's Comic Art Gallery – All Comic Art by Artist Akio Sugino". comicartfans.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Clements & McCarthy 2012
^ "宝島DVD BOX1･2". zawazawa.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ Surat, Daryl (April 9, 2010). "Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014.
^ "List of New Anime: Winter 2010". gigazine.net. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ RightStuf (July 5, 2013). "RIGHT STUF, Inc. Announces: the Acquisitions of CAT'S EYE, PRINCESS NINE, SENGOKU COLLECTION, and BLESSINGS OF THE CAMPANELLA; Upcoming HETALIA Graphic Novels 4 & 5; and Exclusive Distribution of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UC (UNICORN) for Sunrise Inc" (PDF). Right Stuf (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Camp & Davis 2007, p. 146
^ Green, Scott (July 10, 2010). "AICN Anime – Dream Machine and Tales From Earthsea, also Guns, Guns and More Guns with Golgo 13,..." Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ Geoffrey Tebbetts (April 26, 2013). "The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963–2013): 1991: The Kids Are All Right". goldenani.blogspot.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ Camp & Davis 2007, p. 118
^ Tsao, Hsingyuan; Ames, Roger T., eds. (2011). Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art. SUNY Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781438437927.
^ "Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix = [DVD] = Hinotori. Volume 1, Persistence of time / animation production, Tezuka Productions ; animation producers, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Sumio Udagawa ; general producers, Kensuke Kishi, Shinichi Tominaga ; director, Ryousuke Takahashi". Manhattan Public Library. Manhattan, Kansas. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ "Anime of Jovovich's Ultraviolet Film Confirmed (Update 3)". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ "Ultraviolet: Code 044 TV Anime's Trailer Streamed (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ "Anime Artbook :: A :: Akio Sugino Drawings illustration art book – Anime Art Book Online, Japanese Manga and Anime sheet music book store". animeartbookonline.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ 統·出崎 (1994). Hakugei Densetsu Artbook: sugino akio. 創芸社. ISBN 9784881440636.

Book references

Camp, Brian; Davis, Julie (2007). Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Stone Bridge Press. 408. ISBN 9781933330228.

Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2012). The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Stone Bridge Press. 867. ISBN 9781611725155.

Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. 1200. ISBN 9781611729092.