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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Tadano first worked | Tadano first worked as an animation director for an episode of 1980s ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' anime. She then became a character designer for ''[[Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God]]'', and ''[[Crystal Triangle]]''. | ||
In the 1990s, after working on various episodes for ''[[Goldfish Warning!]]'', she then became a character designer for the first two seasons of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime series (''[[Sailor Moon (season 1)|Sailor Moon]]'' and ''[[Sailor Moon R]]''), | In the 1990s, after working on various episodes for ''[[Goldfish Warning!]]'', she then became a character designer for the first two seasons of the ''[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Sailor Moon]]'' anime series (''[[Sailor Moon (season 1)|Sailor Moon]]'' and ''[[Sailor Moon R]]''), and provided some animation direction for many episodes. She also provided the designs for its first movie, ''[[Sailor Moon R: The Movie]]''. | ||
From the late 1990s to 2000s, after ''Sailor Moon'', she designed the characters for ''[[Wedding Peach]]'', ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]'', ''[[Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova]]'', ''[[Valkyria Chronicles|Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake]]'', and ''[[Nobunagun]]''. | From the late 1990s to 2000s, after ''Sailor Moon'', she designed the characters for ''[[Wedding Peach]]'', ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]'', ''[[Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova]]'', ''[[Valkyria Chronicles|Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake]]'', and ''[[Nobunagun]]''. | ||
In June 2018, it was announced that Tadano was chosen as a character designer for ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie]]'', a two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fourth season" | In June 2018, it was announced that Tadano was chosen as a character designer for ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie]]'', a two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fourth season" for the ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' anime series, adapting the ''Dream'' arc of the manga. The two-part film was released in 2021.<ref name="SMC S4 Movie">{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/crystal_4coment.php| title=「美少女戦士セーラームーンCrystal」 劇場版アニメのキャラクターデザイナーが決定!|trans-title="Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal" Film Character Designer Chosen!|date=2018-06-30|website=Sailor Moon Official|language=ja|accessdate=2018-06-30}}</ref><ref name="SME Movie">{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/eternal.php| title=劇場版『美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal』 2020年 ROADSHOW!|trans-title="Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie" Coming Soon in 2020!|date=2019-06-30|website=Sailor Moon Official|language=ja|accessdate=2019-06-30}}</ref><ref name="SMC S4">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-30/sailor-moon-crystal-films-bring-back-original-sailor-moon-character-designer-kazuko-tadano/.133634|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Films Bring Back Original Sailor Moon Character Designer Kazuko Tadano|last=Ressler|first=Karen|website=Anime News Network|date=June 30, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> | ||
In December 2019, both Tadano and her husband, Hiromi Matsushita, were chosen as character designers for the sixth spin-off of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' anime series, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens]]''.<ref name="YGO Sevens">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-20/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-reveals-april-2020-debut-staff-cast/.154622|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Reveals April 2020 Debut, Staff, Cast|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 20, 2019|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=December 20, 2019}}</ref> In December 2021, Tadano and Matsushita were chosen as character designers again for the seventh spin-off, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!]]''.<ref name="YGO Go Rush">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-17/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announced-with-april-2022-premiere/.180735|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Anime Announced With April 2022 Premiere|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 17, 2021|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> | In December 2019, both Tadano and her husband, Hiromi Matsushita, were chosen as character designers for the sixth spin-off of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' anime series, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens]]''.<ref name="YGO Sevens">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-20/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-reveals-april-2020-debut-staff-cast/.154622|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Reveals April 2020 Debut, Staff, Cast|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 20, 2019|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=December 20, 2019}}</ref> In December 2021, Tadano and Matsushita were chosen as character designers again for the seventh spin-off, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!]]''.<ref name="YGO Go Rush">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-17/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announced-with-april-2022-premiere/.180735|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Anime Announced With April 2022 Premiere|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 17, 2021|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> | ||
In April 2022, it was announced that Tadano will design the characters for ''Sailor Moon Eternal'' sequel, titled ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie]]'', | In April 2022, it was announced that Tadano will design the characters for ''Sailor Moon Eternal''{{'}}s sequel, titled ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie]]'', another two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fifth and final season" for the ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'' anime series, adapting the ''Stars'' arc of the manga, and was released in June 2023.<ref name="Cosmos">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-28/sailor-moon-manga-final-arc-gets-2-sailor-moon-cosmos-films-in-early-summer-2023/.185105|title=Sailor Moon Manga's Final Arc Gets 2 Sailor Moon Cosmos Films in Early Summer 2023|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=April 28, 2022|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="SMCosmos">{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/cosmos.php|title=劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンCosmos」 2023年 ROADSHOW!!|trans-title="Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie" Coming Soon in 2023!|date=April 28, 2022|website=Sailor Moon Official|language=ja|access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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| 2017 || ''[[The Royal Tutor]]'' || Chief Animation Director (eps. 3, 11–12) || | | 2017 || ''[[The Royal Tutor]]'' || Chief Animation Director (eps. 3, 11–12) || | ||
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| 2018 || ''[[Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]]'' || Chief Animation Director || | | 2018 || ''[[Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation#Season 1 (2018)|Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]]'' || Chief Animation Director || | ||
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| 2020 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens]]'' || Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23), Key Animation (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23) || Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita<ref name="YGO Sevens"/> | | 2020-2022 || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens]]'' || Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 92), Animation Director (eps. 1, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92), Key Animation (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92) || Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita<ref name="YGO Sevens"/> | ||
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| 2020 || ''[[Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation|Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2]]'' || Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6) || | | 2020 || ''[[Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation#Season 2 (2020)|Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2]]'' || Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6) || | ||
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| | | 2022–present || ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!]]'' || Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1-3, ED1-5; eps. 1, 17, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 48, 52, 58, 77, 79, 85, 90, 102, 128), Animation Director (OP1-3, ED2-5; eps. 17, 38, 46, 52, 119, 128), 2nd Key Animation (ED5), Key Animation (OP1-2, ED3-5; eps. 38, 41, 46, 52) || Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita<ref name="YGO Go Rush"/> | ||
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|''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie]]'' | |''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie]]'' | ||
|Character Design, Chief Animation Director (Part 1) | |Character Design, Chief Animation Director (Part 1) | ||
|2-Part Film | |2-Part Film<br/>Season 4 of ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' {{small|(''Dead Moon'' arc)}}<ref name="SMC S4 Movie"/><ref name="SMC S4"/><ref name="SME Movie"/> | ||
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|2023 | |2023 | ||
|''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie]]'' | |''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie]]'' | ||
|Character Design | |Character Design | ||
|2-Part film | |2-Part film<br/>Season 5 of ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' {{small|(''Shadow Galactica'' arc)}}<ref name="Cosmos"/><ref name="SMCosmos"/> | ||
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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese animator, character designer, illustrator and animation director. She's mostly known for her character design work for the first two seasons of the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series.[1]
Career
Tadano first worked as an animation director for an episode of 1980s Saint Seiya anime. She then became a character designer for Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, and Crystal Triangle.
In the 1990s, after working on various episodes for Goldfish Warning!, she then became a character designer for the first two seasons of the Sailor Moon anime series (Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R), and provided some animation direction for many episodes. She also provided the designs for its first movie, Sailor Moon R: The Movie.
From the late 1990s to 2000s, after Sailor Moon, she designed the characters for Wedding Peach, Petite Princess Yucie, Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova, Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake, and Nobunagun.
In June 2018, it was announced that Tadano was chosen as a character designer for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, a two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fourth season" for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime series, adapting the Dream arc of the manga. The two-part film was released in 2021.[2][3][4]
In December 2019, both Tadano and her husband, Hiromi Matsushita, were chosen as character designers for the sixth spin-off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens.[5] In December 2021, Tadano and Matsushita were chosen as character designers again for the seventh spin-off, Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!.[6]
In April 2022, it was announced that Tadano will design the characters for Sailor Moon EternalTemplate:'s sequel, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie, another two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fifth and final season" for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime series, adapting the Stars arc of the manga, and was released in June 2023.[7][8]
Personal life
She married Hiromi Matsushita, who was also an animation director on Sailor Moon.[9]
Her favorite hobbies are going to karaoke, traveling, and her dislikes are exercising, though she prefers to walk.[10]
Works
TV Anime
| Year | Show | Credit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God | Character Design (Shinobu, Masato, Laura), Animation Director (eps. 4, 19, 24), Key Animation (eps. 2, 17) | [9] |
| 1986 | Saint Seiya | Animation Director (eps. 65) | |
| 1989 | Time Travel Tondekeman | Key Animation (eps. 18), Sub-Character Design (eps. 1–5, 12, 24, 30, 33) | |
| 1991-1992 | Goldfish Warning! | Animation Director (eps. 14, 19, 25, 30, 35, 40, 43, 50) | |
| 1992-1993 | Sailor Moon | Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 6, 12, 17, 21, 28, 34, 39, 46) | [9] |
| 1993-1994 | Sailor Moon R | Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 53, 58, 64, 69, 88), Key Animation (eps. 53) | [9] |
| 1995-1996 | Wedding Peach | Character Design | |
| 2002-2003 | Petite Princess Yucie | Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (eps. 8, 25) | |
| 2003 | The World of Narue | Eyecatch Illustration | |
| 2004 | Sgt. Frog | Key Animation (eps. 58) | |
| 2007 | Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor | Character Design | Under the name of "KAZZ" |
| 2011 | Hunter x Hunter | Key Animation (eps. 23, 31, 38, 45, 53, 75, 81) | |
| 2014 | Nobunagun | Character Design | Under the name "KAZZ-T" |
| 2014-2015 | Mysterious Joker | Animation Director (eps. 13, 19, 24, 26) | |
| 2017 | The Royal Tutor | Chief Animation Director (eps. 3, 11–12) | |
| 2018 | Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation | Chief Animation Director | |
| 2020-2022 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens | Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 92), Animation Director (eps. 1, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92), Key Animation (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92) | Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita[5] |
| 2020 | Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2 | Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6) | |
| 2022–present | Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! | Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1-3, ED1-5; eps. 1, 17, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 48, 52, 58, 77, 79, 85, 90, 102, 128), Animation Director (OP1-3, ED2-5; eps. 17, 38, 46, 52, 119, 128), 2nd Key Animation (ED5), Key Animation (OP1-2, ED3-5; eps. 38, 41, 46, 52) | Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita[6] |
Anime Film
| Year | Title | Credit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Choro Q Dougram | Character design, Animation Director | 9 minute short film |
| 1993 | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Character Design, Animation Director | |
| 2021 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie | Character Design, Chief Animation Director (Part 1) | 2-Part Film Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal Template:Small[2][4][3] |
| 2023 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie | Character Design | 2-Part film Season 5 of Sailor Moon Crystal Template:Small[7][8] |
OVA (Original Video Animation)
| Year | Title | Credit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Vampire Hunter D | Key Animation | |
| 1987 | Crystal Triangle | Character Design | [9] |
| 1995 | Graduation | Character Design | |
| 1996-1997 | Wedding Peach DX | Character Design | |
| 2011 | Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake | Character Design, Chief Animation Director |
References
External links
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