Daisuke Nishio, born April 1, 1959, is a Japanese animator and director. He started at Toei Doga (today Toei Animation) as an animator in 1981 and rose to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan the following year. In 1986 he stepped up to direct Dragon Ball, releasing the feature The Legend of Shenlong the same year, and went on to oversee the sequel series Dragon Ball Z along with several of its films.
