Thomas Romain Explained

Thomas Romain
Birth Place:	Besançon, France
Alma Mater:	Gobelins, l'École de l'image
Occupation:	Animator
Children:	2

Thomas Romain (pronounced as /fr/; born 1977 or 1978) is a French animator who is responsible for creating Code Lyoko alongside Tania Palumbo. He is also responsible for designing and co-directing the Franco-Japanese animated series Ōban Star-Racers, which would be the start of his career in Japan. He's also the founder and creative director of Studio No Border.^[1]

In early 2017 Romain attracted mainstream media attention when he began tweeting illustrations he had drawn based on his children's sketches.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Works

French animation

Code Lyoko (creator)
(creator)
Ōban Star-Racers (character design, director)

Anime

Aria the Natural (Design Works)
Aria the OVA ~Arietta~ (Layout Animation Director)
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan Second (Face used in credits)^[5]
Engage Planet Kiss Dum (Art Design)
Basquash! (Original Concept, Art Director, Mechanical Concept Design, Key Animation)
Senki Zesshō Symphogear (Art Director)
Space Dandy (Spaceship Design)
Macross Delta (World Design)
Cannon Busters (Supervising Director)
Carole & Tuesday (World Design)
SK8 the Infinity (Skateboard Design)

Video games

(Background Art)
(Background Art)

Notes and References

Web site: About Studio No Border . 20 August 2019 . 16 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190616095003/http://www.studio-no-border.com/en/about . live.
Web site: Meet the dad who turns his sons' drawings into amazing anime artwork . . 19 October 2022 . 25 January 2017 . 19 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221019235850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/478e6da7-f34b-47e8-9adf-c37643b9a038 . live.
Web site: Marsden . Harriet . This dad turns his son's drawings into the most amazing artwork . . 26 August 2017 . 2 February 2017 . 26 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170826194508/https://www.indy100.com/article/thomas-romain-dad-turns-drawings-artwork-anime-imgur-7551051 . live.
Romain . Thomas . ThomasRomain . 825006601543180290 . 27 January 2017 . ThomasRomain ロマン・トマ on Twitter . ja . 26 August 2017 . no . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215142811/https://twitter.com/Thomasintokyo/status/825006601543180290 . 15 December 2019.
Accidents Happen In Closed Spaces! Dokuro-chan! / Valentine's Day Kiss! Dokuro-chan! . Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan . 11 November 2007 . 2 . 2 . 24:58 . Japanese.