Narumi Kakinouchi

is a female Japanese manga artist, illustrator, animator, director, character designer, and an animation director.

Biography

Kakinouchi was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from high school, she began working at Studio Beebo under the direction of Tomonori Kogawa, then moving on to Studio Io, Artland, AIC and other studios where she was an animator, designer, and animation director on many TV series and OVAs. She made her manga and character designer debut with ''Vampire Princess Miyu''.

Kakinouchi made her key animation debut with her work on the 1980 series ''Space Runaway Ideon''. She then garnered great attention as the character designer, storyboard artist, and animation director for the ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' OVAs in 1988, and in March of that same year she co-authored the first ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' manga, serialized in the mystery/horror monthly manga magazine ''Susperia''.

She made her directorial debut with '' Ryokunohara Labyrinth'' in 1990, in addition to being the character designer, scenario creator, storyboard artist, and animation director for the OVA.

In addition to her manga work, as an illustrator she has also done work for a number of books, album covers, a card game, and a cover of the adult manga magazine ''Lemon People''.

After a 16-year hiatus, in 2014 she returned to work as animator, serving as animation director of single episodes of '' The Pilot's Love Song'', '' Date A Live II'', ''Aldnoah.Zero'', ''Psycho-Pass 2'', '' Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen'', '' Shinmai Maō no Testament'', as well as TV episodes and a TV movie of Lupin the Third.

Kakinouchi is married to anime director Toshiki Hirano, with whom she has frequently collaborated on manga and anime projects.

Anime works

TV series

* '' Dr. Slump & Arale-chan'' (key animation, original designs)
* ''Kimagure Orange Road'' (original designs, opening and ending animation for episode 1–8)
* ''Magical Emi, the Magic Star'' (animation director for episode 34)
* ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' (original designs for episode 10 and 15)
* ''Ninja Senshi Tobikage'' (animation director for episodes 25 and 41)
* ''Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol'' (animation director for episode 25)
* ''Plawres Sanshiro'' (original designs for episode 28)
* ''Space Runaway Ideon'' (key animation)
* ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (original designs (episodes 4, 7, 12, 19, 26, 31, 36), assistant production director (episodes 19, 26))
* ''Urusei Yatsura'' (key animation, original designs)
* ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' (character designs, original designs, opening animation for episode 25)

Movies

* ''Crusher Joe'' (original designs)
* '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' (assistant animation director)
* ''Space Runaway Ideon'' (in-between animation)

Original video animations

* '' Cosmos Pink Shock'' (original designs, animation director)
* '' Cream Lemon: Don't Do It Mako! Mako Sexy Symphony'' (original designs, animation director)
* '' Daimajuu Gekitō Hagane no Oni'' (original designs)
* ''Dangaioh'' (animation director for episodes 1 and 3)
* ''Fight! Iczer One'' (original designs, animation director)
* ''Iczer Reborn'' (original designs)
* ''Megazone 23'' (original designs, animation director)
* '' Neko Neko Gensōkyoku'' (character designs)
* '' Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom'' (director, character designs, scenario, storyboards, animation director)
* ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' (character designs, storyboards, animation director)

Original works

Manga

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Book illustrations

Listed alphabetically by author.
* '' Kagami no Naka no Atashi e...'' by Mariko Aihara
* '' Nagai Nagai Yoru no Mahō'' by Mariko Aihara
* '' Saka no Ie no Himitsu'' by Mariko Aihara
* '' Ushinawareta Koi no Monogatari'' by Mariko Aihara
* '' Yureru Manazashi'' by Rie Akagi
* '' Koi Shōjo wa Meitantei'' by Kae Oda
* ''Koi Shōjo wa Meitantei 2: I Love You wa Kikoenai'' by Kae Oda
* ''Koi Shōjo wa Meitantei 3: Koibito Game'' by Kae Oda
* ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Black Spider Island'' by Yoshiki Tanaka
* ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Cleopatra no Sōsō'' by Yoshiki Tanaka
* ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Matenrō'' by Yoshiki Tanaka
* ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Pari Yōtohen'' by Yoshiki Tanaka
* ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Tokyo Nightmare'' by Yoshiki Tanaka
* ''Angel Eyes: Shōryō Ōkoku'' by Yūji Watanabe
* ''Girl'' by Kei Zushi

Album cover art

* ''Everything'' by Fluke Beauty 2007

Games

* '' Arcus II: Silent Symphony'' (art director)
* ''Click Manga: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra'' (original design, character design)
* ''Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shūgaku Ryokō'' (character design)

References

External links

Narumi Kakinouchi
at Media Arts Database

Kakinouchi Narumi Official Page

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1962 births
Living people
Anime character designers
Anime directors
Japanese film directors
Japanese women film directors
Japanese animators
Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture
Women manga artists
Japanese women animators
Japanese female comics artists
Japanese storyboard artists