Ume Aoki
Ume Aoki is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, animator, voice actress, and dōjin artist from Hyōgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume. She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dōjinshi, and Apply Fujimiya for the visual novel Sanarara.
Aoki provided the voice for her Metapod persona in the Shaft anime adaptation of her four-panel comic strip Hidamari Sketch. She later created the original character designs for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a Shaft anime production; and has been involved with the franchise—spanning several films, mobile games, manga, novels, and further television anime series—since then.
Works
- Hidamari Sketch – Voice of 'Ume-sensei' in anime adaptation
- Sanarara – Character design, artwork
- Tetsunagi Kooni
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Original character design
- Mado no Mukōgawa
- Binetsu Kūkan
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story – Original character design