Ikuko Itoh

is a Japanese animator, character designer, illustrator and animation director best known for her work on Sailor Moon and as the creator of Princess Tutu.

Career Ikuko Itoh graduated at Tokyo Designer Gakuin College, and started working as key animator and animation director for various series and movies in 1980s.

From 1992 to 1994, she was recognized from her work as an animation director for various episodes of Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R). After R had ended, Itoh took over Kazuko Tadano's role as a character designer from Sailor Moon S in 1994 till the end of Sailor Moon SuperS in 1995.

After Sailor Moon, she character designed for Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy and Magic User's Club in late 1990s.

In 2002, she created and character designed Princess Tutu, a ballet fairy tale anime that is inspired from The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake.

From 2006 and onwards, Itoh provided character designs for Living for the Day After Tomorrow, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, and Somali and the Forest Spirit.

Works Anime Year Title Credit Note1983 Spoon Obasan Key Animation 1987 Bikkuriman Animation Director 1990 Magical Taruruto-kun Animation Director (eps. 2, 8, 54, 74) 1992 Sailor Moon Animation Director (eps. 5, 18, 24, 31, 37, 45), Key Animation (eps. 5, 18, 24, 45) 1993 Sailor Moon R Animation Director (OP2; eps. 9, 12), Key Animation (eps. 9, 15, 22, 40) 1994 Sailor Moon S Character Design, Chief Animator, Animation Director (eps. 94, 104, 111, 124–125), Key Animation (eps. 111) 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 139, 152, 159, 166) 1996 Magic User's Club Character Design, Chief Animation Director OVA1998 Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 1, 4, 9, 15, 21, 27, 33, 39, 43, 48), Key Animation 1999 Magic User's Club Character Design, Chief Animation Director TV anime2002 Princess Tutu Original Creator, Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP; eps. 21) 2004 Jagainu-kun Character Design, Chief Animation Director 2006 Living for the Day After Tomorrow Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11), Animation Director (OP, ED; eps. 1, 3), Key Animation (eps. 1) 2012-2013 AKB0048 Sub-character design, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation (eps. 1) 2015 The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation (eps. 13) 2020 Somali and the Forest Spirit Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps. 1–8, 12), Animation Director (OP)

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