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'''Akio Sugino''' (杉野 昭夫, ''Sugino Akio'') is a Japanese '''[[character designer]]''', '''[[animator]]''', and '''[[art director]]''' known for his collaborations with '''[[Osamu Dezaki]]''' and his work on iconic anime series such as ''[[Golgo]] 13'', ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'', and ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]''. Sugino has played a key role in shaping the visual style of numerous anime productions, particularly during the '''1970s and 1980s''', contributing to both '''television series and feature films'''.
{{short description|Japanese character designer (born 1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
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{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|杉野昭夫|date=March 2015}}


== Career ==
{{Infobox person
Sugino began his career in the '''1960s''', working as an animator on '''early television anime''' such as ''[[Astro Boy]]'' and ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]''. His expertise in '''character design and animation direction''' led to his collaborations with director '''Osamu Dezaki''', resulting in some of the '''most visually distinctive anime of the 20th century'''.
| name        = Akio Sugino
| native_name = 杉野 昭夫
| native_name_lang = ja
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1944|09|19}}
| birth_place = [[Sapporo, Hokkaido]] Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names =
| occupation  =  Animator, character designer, director
| known_for  =
| employer  = {{ubl|[[Mushi Production]] (1963–1972)|[[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]] (1972–1980)|Studio Annaparu (1980–198?){{efn|Founder and representative director until its closing in the late 1980s.}}|[[Tezuka Productions]] (1990?–present)}}
| years_active = 1963–present
}}


Over the decades, Sugino contributed to '''a wide range of genres''', from historical dramas (''The Rose of Versailles'') and sports anime (''Ashita no Joe'', ''Aim for the Ace!'') to science fiction and action (''Golgo 13'', ''Space Adventure Cobra''). His designs are known for their '''realistic proportions''', '''dramatic shading''', and '''expressive character animations''', which became hallmarks of his work.
{{nihongo|'''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]]''.


== Notable Works ==
==Filmography==
* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (1963)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://doublasmkii.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/osamu-dezakis-directional-style/ | title=Osamu Dezaki's Directional Style – Postcard Memories | work=Postcard Memories | date=December 4, 2014 | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' (1965) – Character design<ref name="anime3"/>
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''Wanpaku Tanteidan'' (1968)  -->
* ''[[Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae]]''  (1968) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[A Thousand and One Nights (1969 film)|A Thousand and One Nights]]'' (1969) – Original pictures<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tezukaosamu.net/en/anime/7.html | title=A Thousand and One Nights | work=tezukaosamu.net | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Ashita no Joe]]'' (1970)<ref name="goldenani"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?artist=Akio+Sugino&GCat=69521 | title=Benoit Spacher's Comic Art Gallery – All Comic Art by Artist Akio Sugino | work=comicartfans.com | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Nobody's Boy Remi]]'' (1970) – Character design<ref name="anime3"/>
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''Kunimatsu-sama No Otoridai'' (1971) -->
* ''[[Aim for the Ace!]]'' (1973) – Design<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[La Seine no Hoshi]]'' (1975) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Gaiking]]'' (1976) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Manga Fairy Tales of the World]]'' (1976) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka]]'' (1977) – Design<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Jetter Mars]]'' (1977) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Nobody's Boy Remi|3D Animation: Child Without a Home]]'' (1977) – Character design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Treasure Island (1978 TV series)|Treasure Island]]'' (1978) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.zawazawa.com/joe/disc/takarajima_anime.htm | title=宝島DVD BOX1･2 | work=zawazawa.com | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'' (1979) – Design<ref name="anime3"/><ref name="goldenani">{{cite web | url=http://goldenani.blogspot.com/2013/03/1980-part-2-what-anime-bloggers-would.html | title=The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963–2013): 1980, Part 2: What Anime Bloggers Would Typically Say About It | work=goldenani.blogspot.com | access-date=March 31, 2015 | author=Geoffrey Tebbetts| date=March 3, 2013 }}</ref>
* ''Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken'' (1979) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Botchan]]'' (1980) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''Tom Sawyer'' (1980)  – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[The Fantastic Adventures of Unico]]'' (1981) – Animation<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' (1982) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/> – also ''[[Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie]]'' (1982)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Space_Adventure_Cobra_The_Movie_2539.aspx |title=Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie |first=Daryl |last=Surat |date=April 9, 2010 |work=[[Otaku USA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718193917/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Space_Adventure_Cobra_The_Movie_2539.aspx |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> and ''[[Cobra The Animation]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.gigazine.net/news/20091204_anime_2010winter/ | title=List of New Anime: Winter 2010 | work=gigazine.net | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eye]]''  (1983)  – Character design<ref name="anime3"/><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.rightstuf.com/rsstatic/comingSoon/ax2013-njnuu-flhjj-98ib1-11b/Acquisition-Announcemen-AX.pdf | date=July 5, 2013 | author=RightStuf | author-link=Right Stuf Inc. | title=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. | work=[[Right Stuf Inc.|Right Stuf]] | access-date=March 30, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114406/http://www.rightstuf.com/rsstatic/comingSoon/ax2013-njnuu-flhjj-98ib1-11b/Acquisition-Announcemen-AX.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* ''[[Golgo 13: The Professional]]'' (1983)<ref name="zettai-146">{{Harvnb|Camp & Davis|2007|p=146}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45726 | title=AICN Anime – Dream Machine and Tales From Earthsea, also Guns, Guns and More Guns with Golgo 13,... | first=Scott | last=Green | work=[[Ain't It Cool News]] | date=July 10, 2010 | access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Oshin]]'' (1984) – Design<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Mighty Orbots]]'' (1985) – Design<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''Nayuta'' (1986) – Design and animation<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[They Were 11]]'' (1986) – Design<ref name="anime3"/>
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''[[Galaxy High School]]'' (1986) -->
* ''[[2001 Nights]]'' (1987) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' (1988) -->
* ''Clan of Pihyoro'' (1988) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''Sea's Darkness, Moon's Shadow'' (1988) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''The Story of Riki'' (1989) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''Starlight Nocturne'' (1989) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[B.B. (manga)|B.B. (Burning Blood)]]'' (1990) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''Sword for Truth'' (1990) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Reporter Blues]]'' (1990) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''Brother Dearest'' (1991) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldenani.blogspot.com/2013/04/1991-kids-are-all-right.html|title=The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963–2013): 1991: The Kids Are All Right|author=Geoffrey Tebbetts|work=goldenani.blogspot.com|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[In the Beginning: The Bible Stories]]'' (1992) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Black Jack (manga)|Black Jack]]'' (1993) – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/><ref name="zettai-146"/>
* ''First Tram in Hiroshima''  (1993)  – Design and animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick]]'' (1997) – Screenplay<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Golgo 13: Queen Bee]]'' (1998) – Design<ref name="zettai-118">{{Harvnb|Camp & Davis|2007|p=118}}</ref>
* ''Boku no Son Goku'' (2003) – Director<ref>{{cite book
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xoDrvppXJNsC&pg=PA174
| title=Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art
| editor-last1=Tsao  | editor-first1=Hsingyuan
| editor-last2=Ames  | editor-first2=Roger T.|editor-link2=Roger T. Ames
| publisher = SUNY Press
| year =2011
| isbn = 9781438437927
| page = 174
}}</ref>
* ''[[Phoenix (manga)|Phoenix]]''  (2004) – Animation director<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.manhattan.lib.ks.us/Mobile/Search/Details/1.142651 | title = 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. | access-date=March 31, 2015 | work=Manhattan Public Library | location=[[Manhattan, Kansas]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Gin Tama]]'' (2005) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[The Snow Queen (anime)|The Snow Queen]]'' (2005) – Design<ref name="anime2"/>
* ''[[Mokke]]'' (2007) – Animation<ref name="anime3"/>
* ''[[Ultraviolet: Code 044]]'' (2008) – Character design<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-27/anime-of-jovovich-ultraviolet-film-confirmed|title=Anime of Jovovich's Ultraviolet Film Confirmed (Update 3)|work=Anime News Network|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-04/ultraviolet-code-044-tv-anime-trailer-streamed|title=Ultraviolet: Code 044 TV Anime's Trailer Streamed (Updated)|work=Anime News Network|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
 
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
 
==Bibliography==
* ''Akio Sugino Drawings'' (1982) – {{ISBN|978-4061080645}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://animeartbookonline.com/akio-sugino-drawings-illustration-art-book.html | title=Anime Artbook :: A :: Akio Sugino Drawings illustration art book – Anime Art Book Online, Japanese Manga and Anime sheet music book store | work=animeartbookonline.com | access-date=March 31, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143036/http://animeartbookonline.com/akio-sugino-drawings-illustration-art-book.html | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Hakugei Densetsu Artbook'' (1994) – {{ISBN|978-4881440636}}<ref>{{cite book | title=Hakugei Densetsu Artbook: sugino akio | isbn= 9784881440636 | author1=統·出崎 | year=1994 | publisher= 創芸社 }}</ref>


=== Television Anime ===
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="anime2">{{Harvnb| Clements & McCarthy|2012}}</ref>
<ref name="anime3">{{Harvnb| Clements & McCarthy|2014}}</ref>
}}


* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (1963) – [[Animation]]
; Book references
* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' (1965) – Character design
* {{cite book
* ''[[Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae]]'' (1968) – Animation
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6YtQxURSvUC&pg=PA146
* ''[[Ashita no Joe]]'' (1970) – Character design, animation
| title= Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces
* ''[[Nobody's Boy: Remi]]'' (1970) – Character design
| author-last1=Camp | author-first1=Brian
* ''[[Aim for the Ace!]]'' (1973) – Character design
| author-last2=Davis | author-first2=Julie
* ''[[La Seine no Hoshi]]'' (1975) – Character design
| publisher=Stone Bridge Press
* ''Gaiking'' (1976) – Character design, animation
| year=2007
* ''Jetter Mars'' (1977) – Character design, animation
| page=408
* ''Treasure Island'' (1978) – Animation
| isbn= 9781933330228
* ''The Rose of Versailles'' (1979) – Character design
| no-pp=y
* ''Tom Sawyer'' (1980) – Animation
| ref={{harvid|Camp & Davis|2007}}
* ''Cat’s Eye'' (1983) – Character design
}}
* ''Gin Tama'' (2005) – Animation
* ''Mokke'' (2007) – Animation
* ''Ultraviolet: Code 044'' (2008) – Character design


=== Films & OVAs ===
* {{ cite book
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZg4AAAAQBAJ
| title=The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917
| author-last1=Clements | author-first1=Jonathan | author-link1=Jonathan Clements
| author-last2=McCarthy | author-first2=Helen | author-link2=Helen McCarthy
| publisher=Stone Bridge Press
| year=2012
| isbn= 9781611725155
| pages = 867
| no-pp = y
| ref={{harvid|Clements & McCarthy|2012}}
}}


* ''A Thousand and One Nights'' (1969) – Key animation
* {{ cite book
* ''Golgo 13: The Professional'' (1983) – Character design
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ
* ''They Were 11'' (1986) – Character design
| title=The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation
* ''Golgo 13: Queen Bee'' (1998) – Character design
| author-last1=Clements | author-first1=Jonathan | author-link1=Jonathan Clements
* ''Black Jack'' (1993) – Character design, animation direction
| author-last2=McCarthy | author-first2=Helen | author-link2=Helen McCarthy
* ''Phoenix'' (2004) – Animation director
| publisher=Stone Bridge Press
| year=2014
| isbn= 9781611729092
| pages = 1200
| no-pp = y
| ref={{harvid|Clements & McCarthy|2014}}
}}


=== Artbooks ===
==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|people|67}}


* ''Akio Sugino Drawings'' (1982)
{{Authority control}}
* ''Hakugei Densetsu Artbook'' (1994)


== Legacy ==
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugino, Akio}}
Sugino's work, particularly his '''collaborations with Osamu Dezaki''', helped define '''anime aesthetics during the 1970s and 1980s'''. His contributions to ''Golgo 13'', ''The Rose of Versailles'', and ''Ashita no Joe'' continue to be celebrated as '''foundational''' in '''anime character design'''. His '''realistic and dramatic style''' remains influential in '''modern anime productions''', bridging '''traditional cel animation with cinematic storytelling techniques'''.<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''Wanpaku Tanteidan'' (1968)  -->
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''Kunimatsu-sama No Otoridai'' (1971) -->
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''[[Galaxy High School]]'' (1986) -->
<!-- NEED SOURCE: * ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' (1988) -->{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugino, Akio}}
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Anime directors]]
[[Category:Anime directors]]

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