Ayumi Kurashima
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese freelance animator
. She was originally part of Daizō Production.
She has worked as a key animator, animation director and character designer on several works. She has recently worked on numerous Bones
works.
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese freelance animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
. She was originally part of Daizō Production.
She has worked as a key animator, animation director and character designer on several works. She has recently worked on numerous Bones
Bones (studio)
is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including RahXephon, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club and two adaptions of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga along with Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto and...
works.
TV anime
- Chūka Ichiban! (1997–1998; in-between animation)
- Hunter X Hunter (1999–2001; key animation, episode 14)
- BeybladeBeybladeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...
(2001; key animation, episode 18) - Baki the GrapplerBaki the GrapplerGrappler Baki , or Baki the Grappler, is a manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1991 to 1999, lasting 42 collected volumes...
(2001; key animation, 2001) - Angelic LayerAngelic Layeris a manga series released by Clamp. The manga is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It is the group's first work to use a quite different art style unseen in any other CLAMP series, which uses a more...
(2001; key animation, episodes 2, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25) - RahXephonRahXephonis a Japanese anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a godlike mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world...
(2002; assistant animation director, episodes 12, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26; key animation, episode 21; original animation, episodes 5, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25; finishing animation, episodes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 20, 23, 26; in-between animation, episodes 1, 12) - Hajime no Ippo (2000–2002; key animation, episode 68)
- Overman King GainerOverman King Gaineris a TV anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by longtime animator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Gundam series, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura and Ken'ichi Yoshida, the series ran from September 7, 2002 to March 22, 2003...
(2002–2003; key animation, episode 14) - Shin Megami Tensei: D-Children Light & Dark (2002–2003; key animation, episode 37)
- Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu no KotoSomeday's Dreamersis a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes...
(2003; key animation, episode 2) - Wolf's RainWolf's Rainis an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones Studio. The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno. It focuses on the journey of four lone wolves...
(2003; animation director, episode 20; key animation, episodes 4, 10; finishing animation, episodes 12, 21) - Scrapped PrincessScrapped Princessis a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Nakayohi Mogudan, a popular adult dōjin artist. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones...
(2003; animation director, episodes 16, 20; key animation, episodes 16, 20, 24, OP) - Fullmetal AlchemistFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(2003–2004; key animation, episodes 7, 13) - Kenran Butōsai: The Mars Daybreak (2004; animation director, episodes 1, 5, 13, 18, 24; animation assistance, episode 25; key animation, episodes 9, 13, 24, 26, OP)
- Kurau Phantom MemoryKURAU Phantom Memoryis a 2004 science fiction anime series, produced by Bones and Media Factory, which was broadcast in Japan by the anime television networks Animax and TV Asahi. Set primarily in the year 2110, it explores themes such as inter-familial relationships and ethics in science. The series was licensed by...
(2004; key animation, episode 15) - Eureka SevenEureka SevenEureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....
(2005–2006; animation director, episodes 2, 9, 18, 26, 33, 35, 42, 48, 50; key animation, episodes 1, 9, 14, 26, 35, 48, 50, OP 4) - Ouran High School Host ClubOuran High School Host Clubis a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...
(2006; animation director, key animation, clothing design, episode 13; key animation, episode 19) - Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi (2006–2007; key animation, episodes 1, 3, 7, 12, 18, 21, 24, OP 2)
- Bounen no Xamdou (2008–2009; character design and animation director, OP, ED, episodes 1, 2, 4, 9, 12, 24; key animation, OP)
Animated films
- Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! -Sayaka no Koi Monogatari- (2002; animation director)
- RahXephon: Tagen Hensyōkyoku (2003; animation director, key animation)
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