- Akemi Takada
Infobox Artist
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name = Akemi Takada 高田明美
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birthdate =March 31
location =Tokyo ,Japan
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nationality = Japanese
field =Painting ,Illustration , anime character design, jewelry design
training =Tama Art University , Tatsunoko Pro
movement =Anime ,manga
works = Character designs for "Kimagure Orange Road " and "Urusei Yatsura "
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influenced by =Alfons Mucha cite book |last=Takada |first=Akemi |authorlink=Akemi Takada |coauthors= |editor=Shinsuke Nakajima |others= |title=高田明美 Art Book: Complete Visual Works |origdate=1986-09-20|accessdate=2008-08-17|date=1986-09-20|publisher=Bandai B-Club Special |location=Tokyo ,Japan |language=Japanese |isbn=4-89189-375-3 |pages=83]
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awards =nihongo|Akemi Takada|高田明美|Takada Akemi is a Japanese artist and illustrator born on
March 31 inTokyo ,Japan . She is a popularanime character designer who attendedTama Art University , and then worked for Tatsunoko Pro following her graduation. She is currently a freelance illustrator with her own studio, though she is also a member of the creative group Headgear. She also has her own designer jewelry store called Diakosmos.Books
Artbooks
*"Anniversary" ISBN 4-89189-297-8
*"Creamy Mami: Memories of Magical World" ISBN 4-7973-1566-0
*"Eyes: Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor Gashū" (art collection)
*"Madoka" ISBN 4-04-853294-4
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye"
*"Misty Orb" ISBN 4-87188-441-4
*"The Mobile Police Patlabor: Air" ISBN 4-8291-9113-9
*"The Mobile Police Patlabor: Pulsation" ISBN 4-8291-9106-6
*"Patlabor Illustration Works: Now or Never" ISBN 4-8291-9125-2
*"Sekaiki: Ygg-drasil" ISBN 4-8291-9109-0
*"Takada Akemi Art Book: Complete Visual Works" ISBN 4-89189-375-3
*"Takada Akemi Art Book 2: Crystella" ISBN 4-89189-331-1
*"Tir na Sorcha" ISBN 4-8291-9117-1As illustrator
*"Akuma no you na Watashi" (cover and interior illustration, novel by
Sadamu Yamashita )
*"Aoi Requiem" (cover and interior illustration, novel byKei Rokudō )
*"Devilman " (illustrations inWeekly Morning (1999))
*"Eternal Filena " (vol.1-9, cover and interior illustration, novels byTakeshi Shudō )
*"Ekuusu" (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novels byHitoshi Yoshioka )
*"Full Moon no Densetsu Indora" (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novels byHisayuki Toriumi )
*"Hiiro no Rouge de Hajimatta", ISBN 4-10-123611-9 (cover and interior illustration, novel byHitomi Fujimoto )
*"Hōkago, Ice Tea" (cover and interior illustration, novel byRyō Kubota )
*"Jinbaika Series vol.1: Lavendar ga Miteita" (cover and interior illustration, novel byYū Maki )
*"Jinbaika Series vol.2: Rose Marie ga Sasayaku" (cover and interior illustration, novel byYū Maki )
*"Jinbaika Series vol.3: Fennel ha Yumemiru" (cover and interior illustration, novel byYū Maki )
*"Jūchūki" (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novel bySaori Kumi )
*"" (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novel byMichiko Yokote )
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Fūsoku 40 Meters" (cover and interior illustration, novel byKazunori Itō )
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Syntax Error" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Third Mission" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
*"Ki no Kuni no Hime" (cover and interior illustration, novel byReiko Hikawa )
*"Kurenai Gankyō" (cover and interior illustration, novel byMamoru Oshii )
*"Nagareyuku Kawa no you ni" (cover and interior illustration, novel byShinobu Saeki )
*"Nijiiro no Seishun Matsuri" (cover and interior illustration, novel bySeiichi Morimura )
*"Nishikaze no Senki" (cover and illustration, novel byYoshiki Tanaka )
*"Ōjo Asutoraia", (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
*"Ōto no Shō Areku", (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
*"Project Hanasaku Otome", (cover and interior illustration, novel byYū Maki )
*"Program Usher: Kaze-tachi no Mezame" ISBN 4-257-76522-4 (cover and interior illustration, novel byRyō Katsuragi )
*"Rasetsuoh" (vol.1-7, cover and interior illustration, novel by Kei Rokudō)
*"Sanjūshi: The Three Musketeers" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Alexandre Dumas)
*"Seikonsha Yū: Bara no Stranger" (cover and interior illustration, novel byTakeshi Narumi )
*"Seikonsha Yū: Haō no Tablet" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Takeshi Narumi)
*"Seikonsha Yū: Ōgon no Princess" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Takeshi Narumi)
*"Shinju-tachi" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Saori Kumi)
*"Shoujo no you ni Kirara ka ni" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Sadamu Yamashita)
*"Shutendōji" (cover and interior illustration, novel byGo Nagai )
*"Sōmujō" (poster and illustration, short story by Yoshiki Tanaka in February 1997 "Amie")
*"Sōmujō" (insert cover and illustration, short story by Yoshiki Tanaka in 1999 "Amie)
*"Spiral Zone" (cover and interior illustration, novel byKazunori Itō )
*"Suiren no Kokuin" (cover and interior illustration, novel byMaki Kanemaru )
*"Suishōkyū no Erisu" (cover and interior illustration, novels by Hitomi Fujimoto)
*"Suizoku" (cover and interior illustration, novel byChūsekisha )
*"Sweet Valley Twins" (series cover and interior illustration, novels byFrancine Pascal )
*"Tenkooru Toki ha Akatsuki" (cover and interior illustration, novel byNoriko Yahikozawa )
*"Tessius no Yūwaku" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
*"Toki no Hikari, Toki no Kage" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Kei Rokudō)
*"Yasashii Yoru no Hitomi" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
*"Yūwakusha" (cover and interior illustration, novel by Saori Kumi)Filmography
Listed alphabetically by decade, with role and studio (if know) in parentheses.
1970s
*"
Ippatsu Kanta-kun " (Tatsunoko Pro)
*"Science Ninja Team Gatchaman " (Tatsunoko Pro)
**"Science Ninja Team Gatchaman F" (Tatsunoko Pro)1980s
*"" (TV series, Tatsunoko Pro)
*"" (Tatsunoko Pro)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor" (TV and OVA series, character designer)
*"Kimagure Orange Road " (TV series, character designer)
**"Kimagure Orange Road: Hawaiian Suspense" (OVA , character designer)
**"Kimagure Orange Road vol.2" (OVA, character designer)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami " (character designer, Studio Pierrot)
**"Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Eien no Once More" (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
**"Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye" (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
**"Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Curtain Call" (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
*"Maison Ikkoku " (TV series, character designer from episode 27)
*"Maitchingu Machiko-sensei " (Gakken )
*"Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman " (Tatsunoko Pro)
*"Niji Iro no Seishun Matsuri " (character designer)
*"Tondemo Senshi Mutekingu " (Tatsunoko Pro)
*"" (OVA,Ajia-do Animation Works )
*"" (OVA)
*"Urusei Yatsura " (TV series, character designer, animation director,Kitty Films /Studio Pierrot )
**"Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You" (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
**"Urusei Yatsura Movie 3: Remember My Love" (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
**"Urusei Yatsura Movie 4: Only You" (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
**"Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party" (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)1990s
*"Creamy Mami 2" (image boards)
*"Fancy Lala " (character designer)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor" (TV and OVA series, character designer)
*"Licca" (OVA, character designer)
*"" (OVA, character designer)
*"" (OVA, character designer)
*"Visitor" (character design)2000s
*"
Imomushi no Bōken " (character design)
*"WAN! " (character design)Digital media
Games
*"Eien no Filena" (Super Famicom, character designer)
*"Kaeru no Ehon " (character designer, in-game character illustrations)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor" (character designer)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami" (game jacket design, character designer)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Futari no Rinbu" (game jacket designer)
*"Misa no Mahō Monogatari " (PlayStation , character designer, tarot illustrations, guidebook illustrations)Other
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor CD-ROM: Eyes" (art collection)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami" and "Magical Stage Fancy Lala" CG Printout (part of the Pierrot Project)
*"My Stella: Akemi Takada CD-ROM Digital Gallery" (art collection)Exhibits and presentations
Listed by exhibit year and location.
*"Fantasix" (1988, Shinjuku Gallery Apea)
*"Nine Art" (1988, Ginza Rapōra)
*"Odd Eye" (1991, Shinjuku Gallery Apea)
*"Takada Akemi Gengaten" (1992,Hong Kong Arts Centre)
*Anime America (1995,San Jose, California )
*"Noa-Future" (1996, CG exhibition)
*"Angels" (1998, Studio Pierrot 20th Anniversary Exhibit)
*"Modern Fantasy Artists" (1999, Shiga Prefectural Modern Art Museum)
*Anime Expo (2000,Anaheim, California )
*"L.A. Kikokuten" (2000, Aoyama Animation Kobe)
*Project A-Kon (2000,Dallas, Texas )
*"Rosette" (2000, Kobe and Tokyo, Japan)
*"Takada Akemi Ten" (2000, personal exhibit inTaiwan )
*"Character Design no Genba kara" (2001, lecture)
*"FANTA X" (2001, Shiseidō The Ginza)
*"Madoka" (2001, Aoyama GoFa)
*"Takada Akemi Gengaten" (2001, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Harajuku)Other
*"Angels" (lithograph illustrations)
*"Benesse Junior High 2nd Year Course Cover" (illustration)
*"Casual Angel" (illustration)
*"Catch Me!" ("FANTA X" illustration)
*"Chat with a Friend" (official site illustration)
*"Creamy Mami Again" (Studio Pierrot Fair 2000 illustrations)
*"Eien no Filena" (CD jacket illustration)
*"Forget Me Not" (Megami Magazine pinup illustration)
*"Hana" (illustration)
*"Hanayome" (illustration)
*"Haru no Seijaku" (official site illustration)
*"Itsuka no Yūgure" (illustrations)
*"Kaeru no Ehon" (promotional illustrations)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: 100-manbon Toppa Kansha" (illustration thanking fans for "Patlabor" manga selling 1 million volumes)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor CD Box Deluxe" (CD box cover illustration)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor" (DVD cover and box illustrations)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor" (game poster illustrations)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor LD Box" (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor New OVA Series Memorial Box" (box set cover illustration)
*"Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor TV Series Memorial Box" (parts 1-2, box set cover illustrations)
*"Kimagure Orange Road" (CD box cover illustration)
*"Kimagure Orange Road Memory Box" (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
*"Kimagure Orange Road Perfect Memorial on TV" (box set cover illustration)
*"Kimagure Orange Road: Singing Heart 2: Sweet Memories" (CD box cover illustration)
*"Koko ni Tsuite..." (official site illustration, one of a series)
*"Kyuukyoku Choujin R" (album artwork)
*"Kyuukyoku Choujin R vol.2" (album artwork)
*"Kyuukyoku Choujin R Drama Special" (album artwork)
*"Love" (original Valentine's Day illustration)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami" and "Magical Stage Fancy Lala" Cel Stencil Sheets
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami" (DVD box cover illustration)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami LD Box" (vol.1-2, LaserDisc box cover illustration)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami Perfect Memorial on TV" (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
*"Magical Angel Creamy Mami Triple Fantasy" (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
*"Magical Stage Fancy Lala" (vol.1-8 LD jacket illustrations)
*"Musashino" (Kichijōji Station opening commemorative card illustration)
*"PC Engine Fan" (cover illustration)
*"Resurrection" (character card illustration for MMTCG Resurrection)
*"Sneaker Fair Campaign" (ad campaign illustration)
*"The Sneaker Special" (ad campaign illustration, multiple times)
*"Taikutsu na Tenshi-tachi" (illustrations)
*"Tropical Valentine" (original illustration)
*"Visitor" (LD insert illustrations, CD cover illustrations)
*"Yuki" (official site illustration)
*"Yume no Naka de" (illustrations)ee also
References
External links
* [http://www.takada-akemi.net/ TAKADA Akemi Official Web Site] (in Japanese, opened in early 2000)
* [http://www.takada-akemi.com/ Diakosmos: Jewelry by Akemi Takada] (in Japanese)
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