Akemi Takada

Akemi Takada (高田明美) is a Japanese manga artist born on March 31, 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. She is a popular anime character designer, noted for her long collaboration with director Mamoru Oshii. She graduated from Tama Art University, after which she worked for Tatsunoko Pro. She is currently a freelance manga artist with her own studio, though she is also a member of the creative group Headgear. She also has her own designer jewelry store called Diakosmos.

Artbooks

 * Anniversary ISBN 4-89189-297-8
 * Creamy Mami: Memories of Magical World ISBN 4-7973-1566-0
 * Eyes: Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor Gashū (art collection)
 * Madoka ISBN 4-04-853294-4
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye
 * Misty Orb ISBN 4-87188-441-4
 * The Mobile Police Patlabor: Air ISBN 4-8291-9113-9
 * The Mobile Police Patlabor: Pulsation ISBN 4-8291-9106-6
 * Patlabor Illustration Works: Now or Never ISBN 4-8291-9125-2
 * Sekaiki: Ygg-drasil ISBN 4-8291-9109-0
 * Takada Akemi Art Book: Complete Visual Works ISBN 4-89189-375-3
 * Takada Akemi Art Book 2: Crystella ISBN 4-89189-331-1
 * Tir na Sorcha ISBN 4-8291-9117-1

As illustrator

 * Akuma no you na Watashi (cover and interior illustration, novel by Sadamu Yamashita)
 * Aoi Requiem (cover and interior illustration, novel by Kei Rokudō)
 * Devilman (illustrations in Weekly Morning (1999))
 * Eternal Filena (vol.1-9, cover and interior illustration, novels by Takeshi Shudō)
 * Ekuusu (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novels by Hitoshi Yoshioka)
 * Full Moon no Densetsu Indora (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novels by Hisayuki Toriumi)
 * Hiiro no Rouge de Hajimatta, ISBN 4-10-123611-9 (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * Hōkago, Ice Tea (cover and interior illustration, novel by Ryō Kubota)
 * Jinbaika Series vol.1: Lavendar ga Miteita (cover and interior illustration, novel by Yū Maki)
 * Jinbaika Series vol.2: Rose Marie ga Sasayaku (cover and interior illustration, novel by Yū Maki)
 * Jinbaika Series vol.3: Fennel ha Yumemiru (cover and interior illustration, novel by Yū Maki)
 * Jūchūki (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novel by Saori Kumi)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Black Jack (vol.1-2, cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Fūsoku 40 Meters (cover and interior illustration, novel by Kazunori Itō)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Syntax Error (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Third Mission (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
 * Ki no Kuni no Hime (cover and interior illustration, novel by Reiko Hikawa)
 * Kurenai Gankyō (cover and interior illustration, novel by Mamoru Oshii)
 * Nagareyuku Kawa no you ni (cover and interior illustration, novel by Shinobu Saeki)
 * Nijiiro no Seishun Matsuri (cover and interior illustration, novel by Seiichi Morimura)
 * Nishikaze no Senki (cover and illustration, novel by Yoshiki Tanaka)
 * Ōjo Asutoraia, (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * Ōto no Shō Areku, (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * Project Hanasaku Otome, (cover and interior illustration, novel by Yū Maki)
 * Program Usher: Kaze-tachi no Mezame ISBN 4-257-76522-4 (cover and interior illustration, novel by Ryō Katsuragi)
 * Rasetsuoh (vol.1-7, cover and interior illustration, novel by Kei Rokudō)
 * Sanjūshi: The Three Musketeers (cover and interior illustration, novel by Alexandre Dumas)
 * Seikonsha Yū: Bara no Stranger (cover and interior illustration, novel by Takeshi Narumi)
 * Seikonsha Yū: Haō no Tablet (cover and interior illustration, novel by Takeshi Narumi)
 * Seikonsha Yū: Ōgon no Princess (cover and interior illustration, novel by Takeshi Narumi)
 * Shinju-tachi (cover and interior illustration, novel by Saori Kumi)
 * Shoujo no you ni Kirara ka ni (cover and interior illustration, novel by Sadamu Yamashita)
 * Shutendōji (cover and interior illustration, novel by Go Nagai)
 * Sōmujō (poster and illustration, short story by Yoshiki Tanaka in February 1997 Amie)
 * Sōmujō (insert cover and illustration, short story by Yoshiki Tanaka in 1999 ''Amie)
 * Spiral Zone (cover and interior illustration, novel by Kazunori Itō)
 * Suiren no Kokuin (cover and interior illustration, novel by Maki Kanemaru)
 * Suishōkyū no Erisu (cover and interior illustration, novels by Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * Suizoku (cover and interior illustration, novel by Chūsekisha)
 * Sweet Valley Twins (series cover and interior illustration, novels by Francine Pascal)
 * Tenkooru Toki ha Akatsuki (cover and interior illustration, novel by Noriko Yahikozawa)
 * Tessius no Yūwaku (cover and interior illustration, novel by Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * Toki no Hikari, Toki no Kage (cover and interior illustration, novel by Kei Rokudō)
 * Yasashii Yoru no Hitomi (cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote)
 * Yūwakusha (cover and interior illustration, novel by Saori Kumi)

Filmography
Listed alphabetically by decade, with role and studio (if know) in parentheses.

1970s

 * Ippatsu Kanta-kun (Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Science Ninja Team Gatchaman F (Tatsunoko Pro)

1980s

 * Honoo no Alpenrosé: Judy & Randy (TV series, Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Kaitei Taisen: Ai no 20000 Miles (Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (TV and OVA series, character designer)
 * Kimagure Orange Road (TV series, character designer)
 * Kimagure Orange Road: Hawaiian Suspense (OVA, character designer)
 * Kimagure Orange Road vol.2 (OVA, character designer)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami (character designer, Studio Pierrot)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Eien no Once More (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Curtain Call (OVA, character designer, Studio Pierrot)
 * Maison Ikkoku (TV series, character designer from episode 27, Kitty Films/Studio Deen)
 * Maitchingu Machiko-sensei (Gakken)
 * Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Niji Iro no Seishun Matsuri (character designer)
 * Tondemo Senshi Mutekingu (Tatsunoko Pro)
 * Twilight Q: Toki no Musubime (OVA, Ajia-do Animation Works)
 * Urban Square: Kohaku no Tsuigeki (OVA)
 * Urusei Yatsura (TV series, character designer, animation director, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
 * Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
 * Urusei Yatsura Movie 3: Remember My Love (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
 * Urusei Yatsura Movie 4: Only You (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)
 * Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party (character designer, Kitty Films/Studio Pierrot)

1990s

 * Creamy Mami 2 (image boards)
 * Fancy Lala (character designer)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (TV and OVA series, character designer)
 * Licca (OVA, character designer)
 * Patlabor: After TV Series (OVA, character designer)
 * Patlabor: The Movie (OVA, character designer)
 * Visitor (character design)

2000s

 * Imomushi no Bōken (character design)
 * WAN! (character design)

Games

 * Eien no Filena (Super Famicom, character designer)
 * Kaeru no Ehon (character designer, in-game character illustrations)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (character designer)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami (game jacket design, character designer)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Futari no Rinbu (game jacket designer)
 * Misa no Mahō Monogatari (PlayStation, character designer, tarot illustrations, guidebook illustrations)

Other

 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor CD-ROM: Eyes (art collection)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami and Magical Stage Fancy Lala CG Printout (part of the Pierrot Project)
 * My Stella: Akemi Takada CD-ROM Digital Gallery (art collection)

Exhibits and presentations
Listed by exhibit year and location.
 * Fantasix (1988, Shinjuku Gallery Apea)
 * Nine Art (1988, Ginza Rapōra)
 * Odd Eye (1991, Shinjuku Gallery Apea)
 * Takada Akemi Gengaten (1992, Hong Kong Arts Centre)
 * Anime America (1995, San Jose, California)
 * Noa-Future (1996, CG exhibition)
 * Angels (1998, Studio Pierrot 20th Anniversary Exhibit)
 * Modern Fantasy Artists (1999, Shiga Prefectural Modern Art Museum)
 * Anime Expo (2000, Anaheim, California)
 * L.A. Kikokuten (2000, Aoyama Animation Kobe)
 * Project A-Kon (2000, Dallas, Texas)
 * Rosette (2000, Kobe and Tokyo, Japan)
 * Takada Akemi Ten (2000, personal exhibit in Taiwan)
 * Character Design no Genba kara (2001, lecture)
 * FANTA X (2001, Shiseidō The Ginza)
 * Madoka (2001, Aoyama GoFa)
 * Takada Akemi Gengaten (2001, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Harajuku)

Other

 * Angels (lithograph illustrations)
 * Benesse Junior High 2nd Year Course Cover (illustration)
 * Casual Angel (illustration)
 * Catch Me! (FANTA X illustration)
 * Chat with a Friend (official site illustration)
 * Creamy Mami Again (Studio Pierrot Fair 2000 illustrations)
 * Eien no Filena (CD jacket illustration)
 * Forget Me Not (Megami Magazine pinup illustration)
 * Hana (illustration)
 * Hanayome (illustration)
 * Haru no Seijaku (official site illustration)
 * Itsuka no Yūgure (illustrations)
 * Kaeru no Ehon (promotional illustrations)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: 100-manbon Toppa Kansha (illustration thanking fans for Patlabor manga selling 1 million volumes)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor CD Box Deluxe (CD box cover illustration)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (DVD cover and box illustrations)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (game poster illustrations)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor LD Box (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor New OVA Series Memorial Box (box set cover illustration)
 * Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor TV Series Memorial Box (parts 1-2, box set cover illustrations)
 * Kimagure Orange Road (CD box cover illustration)
 * Kimagure Orange Road Memory Box (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
 * Kimagure Orange Road Perfect Memorial on TV (box set cover illustration)
 * Kimagure Orange Road: Singing Heart 2: Sweet Memories (CD box cover illustration)
 * Koko ni Tsuite... (official site illustration, one of a series)
 * Kyuukyoku Choujin R (album artwork)
 * Kyuukyoku Choujin R vol.2 (album artwork)
 * Kyuukyoku Choujin R Drama Special (album artwork)
 * Love (original Valentine's Day illustration)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami and Magical Stage Fancy Lala Cel Stencil Sheets
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami (DVD box cover illustration)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami LD Box (vol.1-2, LaserDisc box cover illustration)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami Perfect Memorial on TV (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
 * Magical Angel Creamy Mami Triple Fantasy (LaserDisc box cover illustration)
 * Magical Stage Fancy Lala (vol.1-8 LD jacket illustrations)
 * Musashino (Kichijōji Station opening commemorative card illustration)
 * PC Engine Fan (cover illustration)
 * Resurrection (character card illustration for MMTCG Resurrection)
 * Sneaker Fair Campaign (ad campaign illustration)
 * The Sneaker Special (ad campaign illustration, multiple times)
 * Taikutsu na Tenshi-tachi (illustrations)
 * Tropical Valentine (original illustration)
 * Visitor (LD insert illustrations, CD cover illustrations)
 * Yuki (official site illustration)
 * Yume no Naka de (illustrations)