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series, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. A member of the studio

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, she made her debut as in-between animator with the 1982 film, '' Mobile Suit Gundam III: Meguriai Sora-hen'', and made her key animation debut with the 1984 anime television series '' Giant Gorg''. She won Best Animator at the 2015

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for ''

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'', sharing it with two other animators.

Works

*'' Mobile Suit Gundam III: Meguriai Uchū-hen'' (1982, in-between animation) *'' Giant Gorg'' (1984, key animation) *''

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'' (1984–1985, key animation) *''

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'' (1985, key animation) *''

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'' (1985–1986, key animation) *'' Arion'' (1986, animation director assistant) *''Call Me Tonight'' (1986, character design and animation director) *'' Gakuen Tokusō Hikaruon'' (1987, key animation) *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (1992, character design and animation director) *'' Oshare Kozō wa Hanamaru'' (1993, key animation) *'' Jubei Ninpūcho'' (1993, key animation) *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (1994–1995, character design and chief animation director) *''

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'' (1995–1998, key animation) *'' Tetsuwan Birdy'' (1996, character design and chief animation director) *''

'' (1998–2000, character design and chief animation director) *''

'' (2002, character design and chief animation director) *''

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'' (2000–2004, animation director and key animation) *''

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'' (2003, key animation) *''

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'' (2004, animation director) *'' Sōkyū no Fafner'' (2004, key animation) *''

'' (2003–2004, animation director and key animation) *''

'' (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) *''

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'' (2008, key animation) *'' Allison & Lillia'' (2008, animation director) *''

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'' (2010-2016, character design, chief animation director) *''

Snow White with the Red Hair is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Sorata Akizuki. It was originally serialized in Hakusensha's bi-monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' LaLa DX'' from August 2006 to August 2011, and was moved to the monthly '' ...

'' (2015, character design) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative'' (2018, character design) *'' City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes'' (2019, character design) Sources:

References

External links

Interview with Kumiko Takahashi at Bandai Visual's official ''Witch Hunter Robin'' website
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