Mari Okada
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Born | 1976[citation needed] Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Director |
Mari Okada (Japanese: 岡田 麿里, Hepburn: Okada Mari) is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award.[1]
Personal life
Okada was born in Chichibu. She was often bullied at school and skipped days to deal with social anxiety.[2] After leaving middle school, she spend most of her time confined at home. In spite of this, her proficiency at writing helped to get her into high school, although her social anxiety remained a problem. Nobody had high hopes for her, and as she was graduating, she was constantly told that she “wouldn't survive in the real world.”[3] Okada enrolled at the Tokyo Amusement Media School to study about games.
Career
Through her studies, Okada developed a passion for screenwriting, but found it difficult due to anxieties. Her earliest jobs included creating scenarios for direct-to-video pornography and transcribing interviews for a magazine. It was through this latter job that she met Tetsurō Amino, who asked her to contribute some of her ideas for the plot of DT Eightron. She went on to write the script for five episodes, and the connection with Amino helped in kickstarting her career. Okada pitched an idea for her first original anime, based on her experience. The screenplay was never published, but several elements of it would be used in some of her works. After several years, her reputation within the industry had grown considerably, with the screenplay for numerous successful series. Okada wrote the script for her directorial debut anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.[4] It was well received by critics and was awarded the prize for best animated film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival.[5]
Works
Manga
- O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2016; writer)
Television
- DT Eightron (1998; script)
- Angel Tales (2001; screenplay)
- Crush Gear Nitro (2003; screenplay)
- Popolocrois (2003; screenplay)
- Diamond Daydreams (2004; screenplay)
- Rozen Maiden (2004; screenplay)
- Basilisk (2005; screenplay)
- Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch (2005; scenario)
- Animal Yokochō (2005; scenario)
- Rozen Maiden: Träumend (2005; screenplay)
- Aria – The Natural (2006; screenplay)
- Simoun (2006; screenplay)
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club (2006; series composition)
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club Season 2 (2006; series composition)
- Red Garden (2006; screenplay)
- Venus to Mamoru (2006; series composition)
- Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (2007; series composition)
- Kodomo no Jikan (2007; series composition)
- True Tears (2008; series composition)
- Vampire Knight (2008; series composition)
- Vampire Knight Guilty (2008; series composition)
- Toradora! (2008; series composition)
- Black Butler (2008; series composition)
- CANAAN (2009; series composition)
- The Book of Bantorra (2009; series composition)
- Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (2009; series composition)
- Black Butler II (2010; series composition)
- Otome Yōkai Zakuro (2010; series composition)
- Gosick (2011; series composition)
- Fractale (2011; series composition)
- Wandering Son (2011; series composition)
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011; series composition)
- Hanasaku Iroha (2011; series composition)
- Aquarion Evol (2012; series composition)
- Black Rock Shooter (2012; series composition)
- Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012; series composition)
- AKB0048 (2012; series composition)
- Blast of Tempest (2012; series composition)
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012; series composition)
- AKB0048 next stage (2013; series composition)
- Nagi no Asukara (2013; series composition)
- Selector Infected WIXOSS (2014; series composition)
- M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane (2014; series composition)
- Selector Spread WIXOSS (2014; series composition)
- Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015; series composition)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015; series composition)
- Kiznaiver (2016; series composition)
- The Lost Village (2016; script supervisor)[6]
- Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018; series composition)
- O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2019; series composition, original creator)
Original video animation
- Dead Girls (2007; screenplay)
- Kodomo no Jikan Nigakki (2009; series composition)
- Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan (2011; series composition)
- Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (2011; series composition)
- Winter Oath, Summer Festival, Takeo Ōkusu (2016; screenplay)[7]
- Cup's Promise, First Love of Arita (2016; screenplay)[8]
Anime films
- Cinnamon the Movie (2007; screenplay)
- The Anthem of the Heart (2015; screenplay)[9]
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018; director, writer)[10]
- Her Blue Sky (2019; screenplay)
- Kimi dake ni Motetainda (2019; screenplay)[11]
- A Whisker Away (2020, screenplay)[12]
Live-action films
- My Teacher (2017; screenplay)
- Ankoku Joshi (2017; screenplay)
- The Flowers of Evil (2019; screenplay)
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 13 January 2013 - ^ "Mari Okada: from teenage recluse to anime superstar". The Irish Times. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "How Mari Okada Went From Shut-In to Anime Director". Anime News Network. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Interview: Mari Okada on Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms". Anime News Network. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Winners of the 21st SIFF Golden Goblet Awards". www.siff.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Girls & Panzer's Mizushima, Anohana's Okada Make Mayoiga TV Anime".
- ^ "VIDEO: Junji Nishimura and Mari Okada Team Up On Saga Prefecture Anime".
- ^ "ポニーキャニオンが「佐賀県を巡るアニメーション」を制作。監督に西村純二、脚本協力として岡田麿里も参加 - 記事詳細|Anime Recorder|アニメレコーダー".
- ^ "anohana Team Airs Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da Film's Ad". Anime News Network. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "REVIEW: Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms". Anime News Network. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Kimi dake ni Motetainda Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, October Debut in Theaters". Anime News Network. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Studio Colorido's Original Anime Film Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu Opens on June 5". Anime News Network. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
External links
- Mari Okada at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Mari Okada at IMDb