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Ongoing international directory of historical and contemporary female* animators

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Great Women Animators

Category: Japanese Animation

Ami Thompson

Contemporary Japanese-born Disney character designer and animator

- by - 0 - In American Animation Digital Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Arisa Wakami

Contemporary Japanese animator using paint-on-glass, sand and stop motion

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Japanese Animation Paint-On-Glass Animation Sand Animation Stop Motion Animation

Kazuko Nakumara

1933-2019, 1950s-70s Japanese studio animator

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Makiko Futaki

1958-2016, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator, known for her work

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Megumi Kagawa

b.1959, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator since 1981

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Noriko Okaku

Japanese-born, London-based contemporary collage/stop motion experimental animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Japanese Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Reiko Okuyama

1930-2007, pioneer Japanese studio animator working from the 1960s-200s.

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Rie Matsumoto

Contemporary Japanese studio animator and character developer

- by - 0 - In Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Sarina Nihei

Japan-based hand-drawn contemporary animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation

Sayo Yamamoto

b.1977, contemporary Japanese anime director and storyboard artist.

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Shishi Yamazaki

b.1989, Japanese hand-drawn animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation

Yoriko Mizushiri

b.1984, Contemporary Japanese 2D animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation