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. She has written and supervised numerous screenplays for anime series, live-action dramas and films. Her major works include ''

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'', '' D.Gray-man'', ''

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'', ''

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''. In more recent works, she has supervised the screenplays for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''. In films, she wrote the screenplay for ''

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'', the original films that would make up '' Digimon: The Movie'',

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'', the second film of which was given a stamp of approval by the

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. She wrote the story for the manga series ''

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'' along with illustrator

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. Among her works, she was recognized for Best Screenplay/Original Work for ''Girls und Panzer'' at the

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in 2014, and she won another Best Screenplay/Original Work award in 2017. In 2018, she wrote the screenplay for '' Violet Evergarden'' which aired on TV in Japan and is licensed by

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. Her latest project is the animated series ''

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'', produced with animation studio

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References

* "D.Gray-man". (November 2006) ''Newtype USA''. p. 13. * Taniguchi, Hiroshi et al. "The Official Art of Canvas2 ~Nijiiro no Sketch~". (November 2006) ''Newtype USA''. pp. 101–107. * *

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Reiko Yoshida
anime listing at Media Arts Database
Reiko Yoshida
manga listing at Media Arts Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshida, Reiko Anime screenwriters Japanese screenwriters Living people 1967 births Writers from Hiroshima