Megumi Kadonosono
Megumi Kadonosono ( Japanese 門 之 園 恵 美 , Kadonosono Megumi , real: Megumi Gotō ( 後 藤 恵 美 , Gotō Megumi ); * April 28, 1970 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese animator and character designer .
biography
After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Gakuin Osaka, she joined the anime studio Mu Film, a forerunner of today's Phoenix Entertainment. She made her animation debut there in 1992 as an intermediate draftsman in the hentai Chōshin Densetsu Urotsukidōji and in the same year as a key draftsman in Mahō no Princess Minky Momo . She later went to Tokyo, became a freelance key artist, and married the animator and character designer Keiji Gotō . In 1997 she made her debut as a character designer with Rayearth .
Together with her husband and screenwriter and mechanic designer Hidefumi Kimura , she founded the anime production group gímik .
Filmography
TV Shows
- Mahō no Princess Minky Momo (1992, key artist)
- Yadamon (1993, key artist )
- Metal Figher Miku (1994, key artist )
- Magic Knight Rayearth (1997, key artist and animation director)
- Kaito St. Tail (1995, key artist and animation director)
- Kidō Senkan Nadeshiko (1996, key artist, animation director and leader key artist)
- Bakuretsu Hunter (1996, key artist and animation director)
- Aka-chan to Boku (1996, key artist and animation director)
- Detective Conan (1996, key artist)
- Yūsha Shirei Daguon (1997, key artist )
- Vampire Princess Miyu (1997, Character Planning)
- Shōjo Kakumei Utena (1997, animation director)
- Legend of Basara (1998, Sub-Character Design)
- Generator Gawl (1998, animation director)
- Akihabara Dennō Gumi (1998, animation director)
- Himiko-den (1998, character design)
- Betterman (1999, animation director)
- Gate Keepers (2000, animation director)
- Shin Shirayuki-hime Pretear (2001, animation director)
- Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution (2002, opening credits key maker, closing credits key maker)
- Kiddy Grade (2002, character design and chief animation director)
- PitaTen (2002, leader key artist)
- Chobits (2002, opening credits key artist)
- D N Angel (2003, animation director)
- Maria-sama ga Miteru (2004, key artist)
- Uta Kata (2004, character design and chief animation director)
- Fushigi-boshi no Futago-hime (2005, key artist)
- Jigoku Shōjo (2005, opening credits key artist)
- Shuffle! (2005, credits key artist)
- Kagihime Monogatari: Eikyū Alice Rondo (2006, opening credits key artist)
- Eyeshield 21 (2006, opening credits # 3 cipher)
- Aria The Natural (2006, key artist and animation director)
- Astraea Testament: Good Witch of the West (2006, opening credits key artist)
- Fushigi-boshi no Futago-hime Gyu! (2006, credits key artist)
- Nana (2006, animation director, key artist, opening credits # 3 key artist)
- Hayate no Gotoku! (2007, Credits # 1 Cipher)
- Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (2007, character drafting and lead credits animation director)
- Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007, key artist)
- Night Wizard The Animation (2007, key artist )
- Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji (2007, opening credits key artist )
- Itazura na Kiss (2008, closing credits # 1 key artist, credits # 2 storyboard, key artist)
- Zettai Karen Children (2008, closing credits # 1 key artist)
- Vampire Knight (2008, opening credits key artist)
- Skip beat! (2008, prefix cipher and cipher)
- Ga-Rei - Zero (2008, animation director and key artist)
- Kemeko Deluxe! (2008, key artist)
- Shugo Chara !! Doki (2009, leader # 2 key maker)
- Kurokami: The Animation (2009, opening credits 2 key artist )
- Kiddy Girl-and (2009, character design and credits animation director)
- Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (2010, key artist)
- Gosick (2011, credits key artist )
- Ikoku Meiro no Croisée (2011, key artist )
- Suite PreCure! (2011, key artist)
OVA
- Chōshin Densetsu Urotsukidōji (1989, intermediate draftsman )
- Giant Robo The Animation: Chikyū ga Seishi Suru Hi (1992, intermediate draftsman)
- Soreyuke! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (1996, key artist)
- Rayearth (1997, character design)
- Aoyama Gōshō Tampen-shū 2 (1999, key artist)
- Kirara (2000, animation director)
- Zone Of Enders: 2167 Idolo (2001, key artist )
- Gate Keepers 21 (2002, opening credits key artist)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 - Shiroki Ryū no Miko (2004, key artist)
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (2005, key artist)
- Aria The OVA - Arietta (2007, key artist)
- Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori - Break on the sky (2011, animation director)
cinemamovies
- 1996: Mahōjin Guru Guru (key artist)
- 2007: Oshare Majo: Love and Berry | Oshare Majo: Love and Berry - Shiawase no Mahō (Character Design and Senior Animation Director)
- 2007: Kiddy Grade film trilogy (character design and chief animation director)
- 2007: Clannad (Character Design)
- 2007: Yes! PreCure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibōken! (Key artist)
- 2010: HeartCatch PreCure !: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show… Desu ka !? (Key artist)
Light novel
- Gemini × Knives (Character Design)
Web links
- Megumi Kadonosono in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Megumi Kadonosono on the Anime News Network (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kadonosono, Megumi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 門 之 園 恵 美 (Japanese); 後 藤 恵 美 (Japanese, real name); Gotō Megumi (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese animator and character designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osaka prefecture |