Shigino is best known for two movies in the Crayon Shin-chan franchise: the 2009 anime film Crayon Shin-chan: Otakebe!
He also directed the 1988 Osomatsu-kun television anime based on Fujio Akatsuka’s manga and the subsequent Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi kara Konnichiwa Zansu! anime film.
Kasukabe Yasei Ōkoku and the 2010 film Crayon Shin-chan: Chō Jikū!
Anime director Akira Shigino died last Thursday, May 30 due to bile duct cancer.