#inomata

[andiegyanko]

Rest in Peace Mutsumi Inomata sensei.

One of my art heroes.

[mojinchiimanga]

[abyssalchronicles]

Tales of Series character designer Mutsumi Inomata has passed away, as announced via her official X/Twitter account. She passed away last March 10 at the age of 63. 

No words can describe how we feel right now. She will be heavily missed. 

Mutsumi Inomata is a major figurehead for Tales, responsible for a big portion of character designs in the series, notably in Tales of Destiny, Eternia, Destiny, Rebirth, Tempest, Innocence, Hearts, Graces, and including Xillia/Xillia 2, Zestiria and Berseria alongside Kosuke Fujishima, Daigo Okumura and Minoru Iwamoto. She has also worked on several anime as character designer, animator and animation director, such as Brain Powerd, City Hunter and The Weathering Continent. She is renowned for her brilliant use of watercolors and the characteristic jewel-like eyes of her characters.

[nyaa]

ブレンパワード スパイラルブック, illustration by Inomata Mutsumi 1998-08-05

[fusudesu]

[everth1ne]

Ao no Hako - wallpapers

[kakuriyo]

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Sketches by Mutsumi Inomata for a Technopolis CG coloring contest. Source.

[yo-soy-la-justicia]

So we all love Ryuuichi right?🙂‍↕️🫰🏻

[senjo]

[animenostalgia]

Some sad news to share this morning - Prolific animator, character designer, and illustrator Mutsumi Inomata has passed away. She worked on many beloved anime titles throughout the 80s, including animation work on Urusei Yatsura, Space Warrior Baldios, City Hunter, and Goshogun. Her striking and unique style added unique flare to her character designs for beloved cult titles like Birth, Windaria, and Leda: The Fantastic Adventures of Yohko right alongside more mainstream titles like Plawres Sanshiro and the Future GPX Cyber Formula franchise. She was also a part of the video game world, doing illustrations for Dragon Quest novels in Japan, and being the main character designer for the popular "Tales Of" series of RPG games. Truly, her artwork touched many beloved pieces of media over the years. And for all her unique and beautiful work, she will be greatly missed.

[mojinchiimanga]

[demifiendrsa]

Japanese illustrator and animator Mutsumi Inomata has passed away on March 10, 2024 at age 63. A cause of death was not shared.

Inomata is best known as one of the main character designer on a number of Bandai Namco's Tales of series. Her past works includeTales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of the Tempest, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Hearts, Tales of Graces, Tales of Xillia, Tales of Xillia 2, Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Berseria, and Tales of Crestoria.

Within anime, Inomata worked as an animator at Ashi Production from 1979 until 1982, when she and some animators from Ashi Production left the company and founded Kaname Production. There, she worked as character designer and animator on such anime as Acrobunch - The Quest for Treasure, Plawres Sanshiro, Leda - The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, Once Upon a Time, and Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi, among others. In her later freelance career, she drew character designs for such anime as Future GPX Cyber Formula, Saitama Bōsō Saizensen Flag! Shinimonogurui no Seishun!!, and Brain Powerd. She also drew the illustrations for the Utsunomiko and The Weathering Continent novel series, both of which later inspired anime adaptations.

[nyaa]

『画集 月の聲星の夢』 Artbook by Inomata Mutsumi, November 1988

[roseillith]

Brain Powerd BD-BOX artwork by Mutsumi Inomata