Daisuke Nishio (西尾 大介, Nishio Daisuke, born April 1, 1959) is a Japanese animator and director.
He joined Toei Doga (now Toei Animation) as animator in 1981.
After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan in 1982.
He debuted as director for Dragon Ball in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong.
Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, Dragon Ball Z,[1] and several of its films.