Atsuko Fukushima

Atsuko Fukushima (福島　敦子) was born in 1962.

Got interested in animation after seeing Osamu Dezaki’s The Fire G-Men in high school. Joined Dezaki’s Studio Annapuru where her encounters with Manabu Ohashi and Akio Sugino greatly influenced her aesthetic. Part of the group of animators that emerged around Takashi Nakamura during the 80s. Married to Studio 4C president and animator Koji Morimoto. Almost all of Fukushima’s work since the 80s have been for 4C and Morimoto’s films¹.

Her KA is distinguished by its sophisticated lineart, lively character acting, and background animation. Her style is best showcased in Morimoto’s Jack and the Beanstalk OVA, Toshio Hirata’s The Golden Bird (she animated the witch), and the intro to Otomo’s Robot Carnival anthology. Her consensus masterpiece is her work on Rintaro’s Labyrinth Labyrinthos, which she did animation direction & character designs for. She also was character designer for the Popolocrois video game series¹.

Directed and animated the “You Make Me Want To Be a Man” music video for Studio 4C’s Fluximation. She was also the director, character designer, animation director, and one of the main key animators of the Genius Party intro¹.

Interview(jp) - SakugaBooru - Japanese Wiki Page

Works

• Bocchan(1980/TVSP)

1. In-betweens.

• Makoto-chan(1980/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Tsurikichi Sanpei(1980~1982/TV)

1. In-betweens: #27.

• Ashita no Joe 2(1980~1981/TV)

1. Key Animator: #1, #6, #8, #12, #15, #17~#19, #21, #23, #25, #29, #31, #33, #34, #40, #42~#47.

• 電話の天使、電話の悪魔 電話のマナーは思いやり(1980/PR Video)

1. Sub-Character Design.

• Ashita no Joe 2(1981/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Unico(1981/Movie)

1. In-betweens.
   1. Produced in 1979. She cleaned up rough Key-frames.

• Cobra Space Adventure(1982/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Space Cobra(1982~1983/TV)

1. Key Animator: #1, #3, #4, #10, #12, #16.

• Golgo 13(1983/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman(1983/TV)

1. Key Animator: #26, #33.

• SF Shinseiki Lensman(1984/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Kamui no Ken(1985/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori(1987/Movie)

1. Character Designs(Joint, NC).
2. Animation Director(Joint, NC).
3. Screen Composition.
4. Key Animator.

• Hoero! Bun Bun(1987/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Robot Carnival(1987/OVA)

1. Key Animator: OP, ED.
   1. Solo.
2. Character Designs: OP, ED.

• Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari(1987/Movie)

1. Character Designs: "Labyrinth Labyrinthos".
2. Key Animator: "Labyrinth Labyrinthos".
3. Animation Director: "Labyrinth Labyrinthos".

• Lupin III: Fuuma Ichizoku no Inbou(1987/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Akira(1988/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Kiki's Delivery Service(1989/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Tobe! Kujira no Peek(1991/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Roujin Z(1991/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• Jack to Mame no Ki(1993/OVA)

1. Storyboard.
2. Character Designs.
3. Animation Director.

• Memories(1995/Movies)

1. Key Animator: #1.

• EXTRA(1995/Short)

1. Key Animator.

• Tobira wo Akete(1996/WEB)

1. Key Animator.

• Popolocrois Monogatari(1996/Game)

1. Character Designs.
2. Image Illustrations.

• Popolocrois Monogatari(1998/TV)

1. Character Drafts.

• Popologue(1998/Game)

1. Character Designs.

• Popolocrois Monogatari II(2000/Game)

1. Character Designs.

• Dimension Loop(2002/Short)

1. Key Animator.

• The Animatrix(2003/Shorts)

1. Key Animator: "Beyond".

• PoPoLoCrois(2003~2004/TV)

1. Character Designs.

• Fluximation - You Make Me Want To Be A Man(2005/Short)

1. Director.

• Genius Party(2006/Movies)

1. Director: "Genius Party".

• Genius Party Beyond(2008/Movie)

1. Animation Director Assistant: "Dimension Bomb".
2. Key Animator: "Wanwa", "Toujin Kit".

• Attraction(2010/WEB)

1. Key Animator.

• Black Jack Final(2011/OVA)

1. Key Animator: #12.

• Asura's Wrath(2012/Game)

1. Key Animator: #11.5 .

• Lexus Short Film "A Better Tomorrow"(2013)

1. Key Animator.

• Giovanni no Shima(2014/Movie)

1. Character Drafts.

• Lupin III (2015): Italian Game(2016/TVSP)

1. Key Animator: OP.

• Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni(2016/Movie)

1. Key Animator.

• 18if(2017/TV)

1. Key Animator: #10.

• Wakaokami wa Shougakusei!(2018/Movie)

1. Key Animator.