Michi Himeno

• Name — Michi Himeno • Born — 16 August 1956 • Birthplace — Hyogo Japan • Field — Animation artist and character designer

In 1973 she began her collaboration with Shingo Araki working on Cutie Honey and went on to work at Toei Animation before forming Araki Productions with him in 1975. Together they have worked on many successful films and series. Typically, she works on the female characters while he works on the male. Some of her works are Lupin III (1977), The Rose of Versailles (1979), Lulu the Flower Angel (1979), Ulysses 31 (1981), Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX (1982), and the OVA versions of Fūma no Kojirō (1991). International accreditation came with Saint Seiya (aka Knights of the Zodiac, 1986), for her elegant drawing style along with Araki's dynamic drawing style.

‡ denotes the works in which Michi Himeno shares the role of character designer with Shingo Araki.

• Year(s) — Title — Character designer — Animation director — Key animator • 1975–1977 — UFO Robot Grendizer • 1977–1978 — Planetary Robot Danguard Ace — ‡ • 1979 — New Star of the Giants II • 1979–1980 — Lulu the Flower Angel • 1979–1980 — The Rose of Versailles — ‡ • 1981–1982 — Ulysses 31 • 1982–1983 — Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX • 1983–1984 — Love Me, My Knight • 1984 — Glass Mask • 1984–1985 — Lupin III Part III • 1984–1985 — Little Memole • 1984–1985 — Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats • 1985–1986 — Hai Step Jun • 1986–1987 — Maple Town • 1986–1989 — Saint Seiya — ‡ • 1991–1992 — Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Sangokushi — ‡ • 1993–1994 — Blue Legend – Shoot! — ‡ • 1996–1998 — GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th series) — ‡ • 1997–2000 — The File of Young Kindaichi — ‡ • 1998 — Yu-Gi-Oh! — ‡ • 2000–2004 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters — ‡ • 2004–2011 — Ring ni Kakero 1 — ‡ • 2012–2014 — Saint Seiya Omega

• indicates single-episode OVA. • Year(s) — Title — Character designer — Animation director — Key animator • 1986 — Cowardly Venus * • 1989–1990 — Fūma no Kojirō — ‡ • 1991 — Dragon Fist * — ‡ • 1991–1992 — Condition Green — ‡ • 1992 — Babel II — ‡ • 1992 — Fūma Hanran * — ‡ • 1995–2004 — The Human Revolution — ‡ • 1998 — Gekiganger III * • 2002–2008 — Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter — ‡

• Year — Title — Character designer — Animation director — Key animator • 1978 — Arrivederci Yamato • 1982 — Space Adventure Cobra • 1984 — Kenyan Boy • 1986 — Amon Saga — ‡ • 1988 — Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth — ‡ • 1996 — The File of Young Kindaichi: Operazakan — ‡ • 1999 — The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murder in the Deep Blue — ‡ • 2001 — Siam Neko: The First Mission — ‡ • 2004 — Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter – Overture — ‡

• Lulu the Flower Angel (1980): Character designer • Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987): Character designer, Key animator • Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988): Character designer, Key animator • Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989): Character designer, Key animator • Blue Legend – Shoot! (1990): Character designer, Key animator • GeGeGe no Kitarō: Daikaijū (1996): Character designer, Key animator • Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999): Character designer