Thomas Romain

French animator (born 1977 or 1978)

  • Code Lyoko
  • Ōban Star-Racers
Children2[1]

Thomas Romain (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ʁɔmɛ̃]; born 1977 or 1978[1]) is a French animator who is responsible for creating Code Lyoko alongside Tania Palumbo. He is also responsible for designing and co-directing the Franco-Japanese animated series Ōban Star-Racers, which would be the start of his career in Japan. He's also the founder and creative director of Studio No Border.[2]

In early 2017 Romain attracted mainstream media attention when he began tweeting illustrations he had drawn based on his children's sketches.[1][3][4]

Works

French animation

  • Code Lyoko (creator)
  • Code Lyoko: Evolution (creator)
  • Ōban Star-Racers (character design, director)

Anime

  • Aria the Natural (Design Works)
  • Aria the OVA ~Arietta~ (Layout Animation Director)
  • Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan Second (Face used in credits)[5]
  • Engage Planet Kiss Dum (Art Design)
  • Basquash! (Original Concept, Art Director, Mechanical Concept Design, Key Animation)
  • Senki Zesshō Symphogear (Art Director)
  • Space Dandy (Spaceship Design)
  • Macross Delta (World Design)
  • Cannon Busters (Supervising Director)
  • Carole & Tuesday (World Design)
  • SK8 the Infinity (Skateboard Design)

Video games

  • The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures (Background Art)
  • The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve (Background Art)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Meet the dad who turns his sons' drawings into amazing anime artwork". BBC Newsbeat. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ "About Studio No Border". Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ Marsden, Harriet (2 February 2017). "This dad turns his son's drawings into the most amazing artwork". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ^ Romain, Thomas [@ThomasRomain] (27 January 2017). "ThomasRomain ロマン・トマ on Twitter" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2017 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Accidents Happen In Closed Spaces! Dokuro-chan! / Valentine's Day Kiss! Dokuro-chan!". Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan. Season 2. Episode 2 (in Japanese). 11 November 2007. Event occurs at 24:58.

External links

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International
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National
  • France
  • BnF data