Mutsumi Inomata

Mutsumi Inomata
Born
猪股 睦弥

(1960-12-23)December 23, 1960
DiedMarch 10, 2024(2024-03-10) (aged 63)
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Illustrator, animator
Employers

Mutsumi Inomata (いのまたむつみ, born 猪股 睦弥, Inomata Mutsumi, December 23, 1960 – March 10, 2024) was a Japanese illustrator and animator.

Biography

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Mutsumi Inomata was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on December 23, 1960.[1]

An anime fan, Inomata began working for Ashi Productions, working as an animator, key animation director and character designer on several anime television series.

In 1982, she joined some of the younger staff of Ashi Productions who established Kaname Productions [ja], where she worked as an animator, animation director, and character designer on several of its series. In 1983, she also made her debut as a manga artist, with her work GB Bomber being featured in Tokuma Shoten's The Motion Comic. Later, in 1984, she left Kaname Productions and continued her work as a freelance animator.

Inomata is noted for her work as an animator, character designer and animation director on several anime titles, including Windaria, Plawres Sanshirō, Future GPX Cyber Formula, and Brain Powerd.

Inomata was also a prolific novel illustrator, known for her vivid watercolor paintings which often center around young women with wide, jewel-like eyes. Many of her illustrations are collected in her artbooks, which include Voice of the Stars, Dreams of the Moon (星の聲月の夢), Eccelente, SAI, and numerous others. Her representative works as a novel illustrator are for the Utsunomiko (宇宙皇子) series written by Keisuke Fujikawa (藤川圭介) and Weathering Continent (風の大陸) series by author Sei Takegawa (竹河聖). She is also noted for being the main character designer on a number of titles in Namco's Tales of series of video games.

Inomata died on March 10, 2024, at the age of 63.[2][3][4]

Works

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Manga

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  • GB Bomber (Motion Comics)
  • Nyan no Ohanashi (Anime Juke Mix) - based on her love for cats.

Artbooks

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  • Inomata Mutsumi Lovely Collection
  • Inomata Mutsumi Art Collection - Utsunomiko (いのまたむつみ画集 宇宙皇子)
  • Voice of the Stars, Dreams of the Moon (星の聲月の夢)
  • Utsunomiko 2 (宇宙皇子2)
  • Mikan Story (みかんSTORY)
  • Dragon Quest
  • Eccellente
  • SAI (彩)
  • Tales
  • Un Ballo En Maschera, The Weathering Continent

Anime

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Games

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Tokusatsu

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  • Dennō Keisatsu Cyber Cop (Luna design)

Note

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  1. ^ 『月の聲 星の夢 - いのまたむつみ画集』(富士見書房、1988年、奥付のプロフィールより)
  2. ^ @inomatanekomata (March 18, 2024). "ファン、関係者の皆さまへ いのまたむつみの妹です。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @tales_ch (March 18, 2024). "いのまたむつみ先生のご逝去に際し、生前のご功績への感謝と、深い哀悼の意を捧げます。 先生の生み出して下さったかけがえのないキャラクター達との絆がいつまでもファンの皆様の心の中で輝き続けていけるよう、『テイルズ オブ』チーム一同これからも大切に物語を紡ぎ、歩んでまいります。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 18, 2024). "'Tales of' RPG Series Artist Mutsumi Inomata Dies". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
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