Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox writer Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and dōjin artist from Hyōgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume.[1][2][3] She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dōjinshi,[4] and Template:Nihongo for the visual novel Sanarara.
Aoki provided the voice for her Metapod persona in the Shaft anime adaptation of her four-panel comic strip Hidamari Sketch.[5] She later created the original character designs for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a Shaft anime production;[6] and has been involved with the franchise—spanning several films, mobile games, manga, novels, and further television anime series—since then.
Works
- Hidamari Sketch (2004–present; original manga published in Manga Time Kirara Carat) – Voice of 'Ume-sensei' in anime adaptation[7]
- Sanarara (2005) – Character design, artwork
- Template:Nihongo (2006–present; original manga published in Dragon Age Pure)[8]
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011–present) – Original character design[9]
- Template:Nihongo (2012–present; original manga published in Manga Time Kirara Carino)[10][11]
- Template:Nihongo (2014–present; manga published in Hakusensha's Rakuen (Le Paradis))[12]
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2017–2024) – Original character design