Mutsumi Inomata


Mutsumi Inomata was a Japanese illustrator and animator.

Biography

Mutsumi Inomata was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on December 23, 1960.
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, 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, Eccelente, SAI, and numerous others. Her representative works as a novel illustrator are for the Utsunomiko series written by Keisuke Fujikawa and Weathering Continent series by author Sei Takegawa. She is also noted for being the main character designer on a number of titles in Bandai Namco Entertainment's Tales of series of video games.
Inomata died on March 10, 2024, at the age of 63.

Works

Manga

  • GB Bomber
  • Nyan no Ohanashi - based on her love for cats.

    Artbooks

  • Inomata Mutsumi Lovely Collection
  • Inomata Mutsumi Art Collection - Utsunomiko
  • Voice of the Stars, Dreams of the Moon
  • Utsunomiko 2
  • Mikan Story
  • Dragon Quest
  • Eccellente
  • SAI
  • Tales
  • ''Un Ballo En Maschera, The Weathering Continent''

    Anime

  • Kujira no Josefina
  • Zukkoke Knight Don De La Mancha
  • Space Warrior Baldios
  • Gekijōban Uchū Senshi Baldios
  • Sengoku Majin GoShōgun
  • Sasuga no Sarutobi
  • Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko
  • Windaria
  • Acrobunch
  • Plawres Sanshiro
  • Urusei Yatsura
  • City Hunter
  • City Hunter 2
  • Utsunomiko
  • The Weathering Continent
  • Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi
  • Magical Princess Minky Momo
  • Future GPX Cyber Formula
  • Brain Powerd
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  • My-HiME
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • ''Sacred Seven''

    Games

  • Alpha
  • Dungeon of Windaria
  • EMIT
  • Surging Aura
  • Yami no Ketsuzoku
  • Tales series
  • *Tales of Destiny
  • *Tales of Eternia
  • *Tales of Destiny 2
  • *Tales of Rebirth
  • *Tales of Breaker
  • *Tales of Eternia Online
  • *Tales of the Tempest
  • *Tales of Innocence
  • *Tales of Hearts
  • *Tales of Graces
  • *Tales of Xillia
  • *Tales of Xillia 2
  • *Tales of Zestiria
  • *Tales of Berseria
  • *Tales of Crestoria
  • Tekken series
  • *Tekken 5
  • *Tekken 6
  • *Tekken Tag Tournament 2
  • ''BB Ball''

    ''Tokusatsu''

  • ''Dennō Keisatsu Cyber Cop''

    Note