Yoichi Onishi

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Yoichi Onishi
大西陽一
Onishi Yoichi
Debuts
Characteristics
Race	Japanese
Gender	Male
Death Date(s)	January 8, 2025
Professional Status
Occupation	Animation Supervisor Animator Assistant Character Designer
Allegiance	Toei Animation Studio Peacock
Personal Status

Yoichi Onishi (大西陽一, Onishi Yoichi) was a Japanese Animation Supervisor.

Appearance

Onishi can be most identified with large eyes and pupils and "squished" faces.

Death

On January 8, 2025, it was announced by Eisaku Inoue that Yoichi has passed away.

Filmography

Anime

• A Certain Scientific Railgun - Animation Director (eps 64, 69)
• A Condition Called Love - Animation Director (ep 7)
• Air Master - Animation Director (eps 5, 10, 15)
• Amanchu! - Animation Director (ep 9)
• Anime De Training! Ex - Key Animation (ep 9)
• Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales - Animation Director (ep 6)
• BEASTARS - Assistant Animation Director (ep 10)
• Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- - Animation Director (ep 16)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Character Design, Animation Director (4 episodes)
• Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z - Key Animation (ep 12)
• Digimon Adventure: - Animation Director (ep 2)
• Digimon Fusion - Animation Director (5 episodes), Key Animation
• Digimon Ghost Game - Animation Director (5 episodes)
• Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro - Animation Director (eps 3, 8, 11)
• Dragon Ball Super - Animation Director (6 episodes), Assistant Animation Director (eps 39, 106)
• DRAMAtical Murder - Animation Director (ep 1)
• Fruits Basket (2001) - Key Animation (ep 9)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018) - Animation Director (9 episodes)
• Getter Robo Go - Key Animation (eps 41, 48, 50)
• Gingitsune - Animation Director (ep 7)
• Gurazeni Season 2 - Animation Director (eps 3, 8, 12)
• Gurazeni: Money Pitch - Animation Director (eps 1, 6, 12)
• Hakaba Kitarō - Animation Director (ep 7)
• Hanitarou Desu - Character Design
• Haruba-Ke no Sanninme - Character Design
• Hatarakids My Ham Gumi - Animation Director (eps 31, 44)
• Hinomaru Sumo - Key Animation (ep 23)
• If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die - Key Animation (ep 4)
• Interviews with Monster Girls - Animation Director (ep 5)
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? - Animation Director (Studio Peacock; eps 29, 42)
• Jigoku Sensei Nube - Character Design, Animation Director (5 episodes)
• Kanon (2002) - Character Design, Chief Animation Director
• Log Horizon - Key Animation (eps 27, 34)
• Marie & Gali ver. 2.0 - Animation Director (eps 3, 7)
• Mazica Party - Animation Director (eps 3, 17)
• Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles - Animation Director (ep 10)
• Ninjala - Animation Director (5 episodes)
• Oreshura - Key Animation (ep 6)
• Raven of the Inner Palace - Animation Director (ep 2)
• Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~ - Animation Director (7 episodes), Key Animation (OP)
• Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Mahō no Kagami - Animation Director (5 episodes)
• Saint Seiya Omega - Animation Director (12 episodes), Key Animation (eps 3, 46, 50)
• School-Live! - Animation Director (ep 7)
• Slam Dunk - Animation Director (9 episodes), Chief animator (eps 82-101)
• Sword Art Online - Key Animation (ep 15)
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Animation Director (eps 17, 19, 24)
• The File of Young Kindaichi - Animation Director (9 episodes)
• The Misfit of Demon King Academy - Animation Director (ep 1)
• Thriller Restaurant - Animation Director (eps 3, 9, 18)
• Tiger Mask W - Animation Director (4 episodes)
• Time Travel Girl - Animation Director
• Tōsōchū: The Great Mission - Character Design, Chief Animation Director (18 episodes)
• Trinity Seven - Animation Director (ep 12), Animation (ED2), Key Animation (ep 1)
• Ultimate Muscle - Key Animation (eps 20, 26)
• World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman - Animation Director (eps 2-3), Assistant Animation Director (ep 4)
• World Trigger - Animation Director (eps 29, 76, 82-83, 89, 94, 97), Animation (eps 53, 61), Key Animation (ep 76)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens - Animation Director (eps 34, 44, 57)
• Yume no Crayon Oukoku - Character Design

Anime Films

• Air - Assistant Animation Director
• Clannad - Animation Director
• Dragon Ball: The Path to Power - Key Animation
• Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound - Key Animation
• Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan - Key Animation
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! - Key Animation
• Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler - Key Animation
• Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! - Key Animation
• Gintama: The Final - Animation Director
• Jigoku Sensei Nube - Character Design
• Jigoku Sensei Nube: Gozen 0 toki Nube Shisu - Character Design, Animation Director
• Jigoku Sensei Nube: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Ayashi no Umi no Densetsu - Character Design, Animation Director
• Kinnikuman: Ōabare! Seigi Chōjin - In-Between Animation
• Majestic Prince -Genetic Awakening- - Assistant Animation Director
• Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Key Animation
• Slam Dunk - Assistant Animation Director
• Slam Dunk: Hoero Basketman Tamashii! Hanamichi to Rukawa no Atsuki Natsu - Animation Director
• Slam Dunk: Shōhoku Saidai no Kiki! Moero Sakuragi Hanamichi - Animation Director
• Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi - Animation Director

ONAs

• Baki - Animation Director (eps 14, 24)
• Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! - Key Animation
• Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre - Animation Director (eps 2, 8)
• Lupin Zero - Animation Director (eps 1-2)

OVAs

• Alexander's Decision - Associate Animation Director, Key Animation
• Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten - Character Design
• Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans - Key Animation (part 2)
• Emblem Take 2 - Key Animation (ep 1)
• Interlude - Key Animation (eps 1-2)
• Jigoku Sensei Nube - Character Design
• Kagayake! Yūjō no V Sign - Key Animation
• Nagareboshi no Okurimono - Character Design, Animation Director
• The Flower and the Phoenix - Character Design, Animation Director
• The Rainbow Mountain - Character Design, Animation Director

Specials

• Kanon Kazahana - Animation Director
• Lily, Frogs, and Little Brother. - Animation Director
• One Piece Episode of Merry: Mō Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari - Key Animation
• Sailor Moon SuperS Plus - Ami's First Love - Key Animation
• Slam Dunk: Ketsui no Shōhoku Basuke-bu - Animation Director

Contributions

Episodes Assisted

Universe 6 Saga

• 39: "A Developed "Time Skip" Counterstrike? Here Comes Goku's New Move!"

Universe Survival Saga

• 106: "Who Is the World's Greatest? The Tournament Preliminaries Begin!"

Episodes Supervised

Copy-Vegeta Saga

• 43: "Goku's Energy Is Out of Control?! The Struggle to Look After Pan"

"Future" Trunks Saga

• 49: "A Message From the Future The Incursion of Goku Black!"

Universe Survival Saga

• 102: "The Power of Love Explodes? The 2nd Universe's Witchy Warriors!"
• 109: "The Mightiest Enemy Zeroes in on Goku! Launch the Knockout Spirit Bomb Now!"
• 110: "Goku Enkindled! The Awakened One's New Ultra Instinct!"
• 116: "Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!"
• 124: "A Storm-and-Stress Assault! Gohan's Last Stand!"

External links

• Yōichi ŌNISHI - Anime News Network