Career
He is most well known for his work as character designer on the anime television series Armored Trooper Votoms. In 1961, Shioyama moved to Tokyo. In 1966, he joined Hatena Pro under the direction of Bonjin Nagaki.
After helping to found Oh! Production in 1970, Shioyama left to become a freelancer, doing work for Tatsunoko Pro and working on many projects for Sunrise as an animation director
Shioyama"s first project as a character designer was for Invincible Steel Manitoba Daitarn 3, which anime director Ryōsuke Takahashi praised. Shioyama then worked on such shows as Fang of the Sun Dougram as animation production chief, and Armored Trooper Votoms, Panzer World Galient, and Ronin Warriors as both character designer and animation production chief
Together with Takahashi, he and his designs epitomized Sunrise"s work in the 1980s.
