Narumi Kakinouchi
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Narumi Kakinouchi (垣野内成美 Kakinouchi Narumi) was born on March 21, 1962 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a mangaka, , director, character designer, and an animation director.
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. Due to her magnificent artwork, she became very popular even outside the anime and manga scene, doing illustrations and character designs for many other projects.
Kakinouchi is married to anime director Toshiki Hirano.
Brief history
- 1980—Key animation debut with Space Runaway Ideon
- 1988—Garnered great attention as the character designer, storyboard artis, and animation director for the Vampire Princess Miyu OVAs
- *March—Vampire Princess Miyu manga debuts in the mystery/horror monthly manga magazine Susperia
- 1990—Directorial debut with Ryokunohara Labyrinth; in addition, she was also the character designer, scenario creator, storyboard artis, and animation director.
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)
- Magic Star Magical Emi (animation director for episode 34)
- Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (animation director for episode 25)
- Magical Princess Minky Momo (original designs for episode 10 and 15)
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage (animation director for episodes 25 and 41)
- Puraresu 3-shirō (original designs for episode 28)
- Space Runaway Ideon (key animation)
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (original designs for episodes 4, 7, 12, 19, 26, 31 and 36)
- Urusei Yatsura (key animation, original designs)
- Vampire Princess Miyu (character designs, original designs, opening animation for episode 25)
Movies
- Crusher Joe (original designs)
- Space Runaway Ideon (in-between animation)
- (assistant animation director)
- Adventure! Iczer 3 (original designs)
- Cosmos Pink Shock (original designs, animation director)
- Cream Lemon: Don't Do It Mako! Mako Sexy Symphony (original designs, animation director)
- (original designs)
- Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh (animation director for episodes 1 and 3)
- Fight!! Iczer 1 (original designs, animation director)
- Megazone 23 (original designs, animation director)
- Neko Neko Gensōkyoku (character designs)
- Ryokunohara Labyrinth (director, character designs, scenario, storyboards, animation director)
- Vampire Princess Miyu (character designs, storyboards, animation director)
Original works
Cover of the TokyoPop release of Kakutō Komusume Juline.
- Dahlia the Vampire
- Fūun Sanshimai Lin 3
- Isei Gakuen Eristaers
- Kakutō Komusume Juline
- Le Masque
- Mengensō
- Mermaid Trip (created by Toshiki Hirano)
- Moon Princess
- My Codename is Charmer
- The New Vampire Princess Miyu (created by Toshiki Hirano)
- Rensuiren
- Shin Fūun Sanshimai Toku Lin
- Snow Sugar
- Uta-hime Fight!
- Vampire Princess Miyu
- Vampire Princess Yui
- The Wanderer (manga)
- Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (with Yoshiki Tanaka)
Book illustrations
Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo: Pari Yōtohen by Yoshiki Tanaka.
Listed alphabetically by author.
- Kagami no Naka no Atashi he... 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 ha Meitantei by Kae Oda
- Koi Shōjo ha Meitantei 2: I Love You ha Kikoenai by Kae Oda
- Koi Shōjo ha 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
- by Yūji Watanabe
- Girl by Kei Zushi
- Dahlia the Vampire
- Fūun Sanshimai Lin 3
- Isei Gakuen Eristaers
- Kakutō Komusume Juline
- Le Masque
- Mengensō
- Mermaid Trip (created by Toshiki Hirano)
- Moon Princess
- My Codename is Charmer
- The New Vampire Princess Miyu (created by Toshiki Hirano)
- Rensuiren
- Shin Fūun Sanshimai Toku Lin
- Snow Sugar
- Uta-hime Fight!
- Vampire Princess Miyu
- Vampire Princess Yui
- The Wanderer (manga)
- Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (with Yoshiki Tanaka)
Book illustrations
- Kagami no Naka no Atashi he... 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 ha Meitantei by Kae Oda
- Koi Shōjo ha Meitantei 2: I Love You ha Kikoenai by Kae Oda
- Koi Shōjo ha 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
- by Yūji Watanabe
- Girl by Kei Zushi
Games
- (art director)
- (original design, character design)
- (character design)
External links
- [Kakinouchi Narumi Official Page] (in Japanese)
- [Narumi Kakinouchi's Official Page] (in English)
- [Shiinamura Jōhōkyoku] (officially supported fan site recognized by Kakinouchi, in Japanese)
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