Kumiko Takahashi

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Kumiko Takahashi (高橋久美子, Takahashi Kumiko^?) is Japanese animator and character designer, born on February 20 in Saitama Prefecture.^[1] She is noted for her work as a character designer and animation director on numerous anime series, such as Cardcaptor Sakura, Witch Hunter Robin and Ouran High School Host Club.^[1]

A member of the studio Sunrise, she made her debut as in-between animator with the 1982 film, Mobile Suit Gundam III: Meguriai Uchū-hen^[1], and made her key animation debut with the 1984 television anime series Giant Gorg.^[1]

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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Meguriai Uchū-hen (1982, in-between animation)
Giant Gorg (1984, key animation)
Sei Jūshi Bismarck (1984-1985, key animation)
Dirty Pair (1985, key animation)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985-1986, key animation)
Arion (1986, animation director assistant)
Call Me Tonight (1986, character design and animation director)
Gakuen Tokusō Hikaruon (1987, key animation)
City Hunter (1987-1988, key animation and animation director)
Sengoku Kidan Yōtōden (1987-1988, key animation)
City Hunter 2 (1988-1989, key animation and animation director)
City Hunter 3 (1989-1990, key animation and animation director)
Assemble Insert (1989, key animation)
Kaze no Na wa Amnesia (1990, key animation and animation director)
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991, character design and animation director)
Tokyo Babylon (1992, character design and animation director)
Oshare Kozō wa Hanamaru (1993, key animation)
Jubei Ninpūcho (1993, key animation)
Pops (1993, key animation)
Ningyo no Kizu (1993, character design and animation director)
Final Fantasy (OVA) (1994, key animation)
Tokyo Babylon 2 (1994, character design and animation director)
CLAMP in Wonderland (1994, character design and animation director)
DNA² (1994-1995, character design and animation director)
Azuki-chan (1995-1998, key animation)
Tetsuwan Birdy (1996, character design and animation director)
Cardcaptor Sakura (1998-2000, character design and animation director)
Witch Hunter Robin (2002, character design and animation director)
Inu Yasha (2000-2004, animation director and key animation)
Scrapped Princess (2003, key animation)
Kurau Phantom Memory (2004, animation director)
Sōkyū no Fafner (2004, key animation)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004, animation director and key animation)
Ouran High School Host Club (2006, character design and supervising animation director)
Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi (2006-2007, animation direction assistance)
Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (2007, animation director)
Kekkaishi (2008, key animation)
Allison & Lillia (2008, animation director)