Kumiko Takahashi (animator)

Kumiko Takahashi (高橋 久美子, Takahashi Kumiko, born February 20 in Saitama Prefecture) is Japanese animator and character designer.^[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 Sora-hen,^[1] and made her key animation debut with the 1984 anime television series Giant Gorg.^[1] She won Best Animator at the 2015 Tokyo Anime Award for Fullmetal Alchemist, sharing it with two other animators.^[2]

Works

• 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 chief animation director)
• Final Fantasy (OVA) (1994, key animation)
• Tokyo Babylon 2 (1994, character design and chief animation director)
• CLAMP in Wonderland (1994, character design and chief animation director)
• DNA² (1994–1995, character design and chief animation director)
• Azuki-chan (1995–1998, key animation)
• Tetsuwan Birdy (1996, character design and chief animation director)
• Cardcaptor Sakura (1998–2000, character design and chief animation director)
• Witch Hunter Robin (2002, character design and chief animation director)
• InuYasha (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 chief 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)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010-, character design, chief animation director)
• Snow White with the Red Hair (2015, character design)

Sources: ^{[1][3][4][5][6]}

References

External links

• (in Japanese) Interview with Kumiko Takahashi at Bandai Visual's official Witch Hunter Robin website