It’s been a year since I touched this project, but here’s a redo of the last post I made on it after I was pointed to Akemi Takada’s website.
Akemi Takada handily has a very comprehensive list of works up to 2001 on her website. Doesn’t give the roles in the shows, but I’m expecting most are character design works.
1977 – Ippatsu Kanta-kun
1978 – Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II
1979 – Science Ninja Team Gatchaman F
1980 – Tondemo Senshi Muteking
1981 to 1986 – Urusei Yatsura
1981 – 海底大戦争 æ„›ã®20000マイル – Think this is called “The Great Navy Battle: 20000 Miles of Love” in English.
OK this one I’m a little stumped on, and so I now want to find out as much as possible about it.
It’s from Tatsunoko Pro (but seemingly missing on their English website). It’s listed as being originally created by Jules Verne. And I can’t see hide nor hair of it on ANN.
1981 – Maicching Machiko-sensei
1983-1986 – Magical Angel Creamy Mami
1983 – Future Police Urashiman
1985-1989 – Kimagure Orange Road
1985 – Honoo no Alpen Rose: Judy & Randy
1986 – Urban Square
1986 – Maison Ikkoku
1987 – Twilight Q
1987 – Red Glasses (Emblem Design)
1989 – Patlabor
1989-90 – Patlabor TV
1990 – Patlbor After TV OAV
1991-92 – Licca
After ’92 her career is much more that of an illustrator, rather than anime character designer. Indeed her illustration credits are far more prolific than her anime ones. Her involvement with anime from this point is mainly illustrations for auxilary projects relating to titles above – particularly Patlabor and Creamy Mami, which are arguably the two shows were you get her design at it’s purest. Original characters rather than redesigning other people’s for anime or subsumed slightly in a house style. There is one notable exception though, a return to the magical girl genre.
1997-1998 – Fancy LaLa