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Ume-sensei in Metapod form

Ume Aoki (蒼樹うめ, Aoki Ume) is a Japanese mangaka born August 3. She illustrated under the pennames Apply Fujimiya (藤宮アプリ, Fujimiya Apuri) for the visual novel Sanarara (Nekoneko Soft) and Apricot+ for most of the doujinshi that she writes. Ume's most well-known work is Hidamari Sketch, also known as Sunshine Sketch. She is also the voice of the little caterpillar creature in the anime for Hidamari Sketch. Most notably, Aoki provided the original character designs for Puella Magi Madoka Magica. She is from Hyōgo Prefecture.

Works

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Hidamari Sketch (ひだまりスケッチ) (2004, ongoing) (manga, original creator)
Hidamari Sketch (2007) (anime, original creator)
Hidamari Sketch ×365 (2008) (anime, original creator)
Hidamari Sketch ×☆☆☆ (2010) (anime, original creator)
Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb (2012) (anime, original creator)
Tetsunagi Kooni (てつなぎこおに。) (manga, original creator)
Sanarara (サナララ) (visual novel by Nekoneko Soft, illustrator)
Two Smiling Faces (笑顔ふたつ, Egao Futatsu) (manga, original creator)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (anime, original character design)
Mado no Mukōgawa (マドの向こう側) (2012, ongoing) (manga, original creator)
RKGKMDK

Trivia

End card from the broadcast version of episode 12

Ume Aoki's first Puella Magi Madoka Magica doujin sold out in a little over an hour. She had to apologize to the public for the inconvenience. There are photos of the event showing long lines.[1]
According to the Blu-Ray Episode 2 voice commentary:
- Ume Aoki's started the girls designs with the weapons first then she decided what clothes went with the weapons.
- Madoka, Homura and Mami's character designs were easy for Ume Aoki. On the other hand, Sayaka and Kyubey's character designs were hard.
  - According with Ume Aoki's interview with Kirara Magica, from a design perspective, Kyouko and Sayaka were easier to draw. Madoka, Homura and then Mami-san were harder.
    - It's their twin tails hair, if the size and texture are slightly off, the character would look completely different.
- Kyubey was not based on any animal, just the concept of a "small mahou shoujo animal"
- When asked what animals she used as the basis for Kyubey, Ume Aoki was very cryptic because of spoilers.
Aoki, Shinbo, and Urobuchi discussed the idea of Kyubey visiting Hidamari-so in "Hidamari Sketch" as a joke.
- And Shinbo suggested that it should be called "Madoka Magica the Origin".
  - Apparently, Shinbo and Urobuchi had succeeded in corrupting Ume Aoki.

Ume-sensei's letter

In the last episode of the TV series, when Sayaka disappeared due to the Law of Cycles, I was happy to hear Kyouko say "And we finally became friends, too...". In her last scene (in the concert hall), though, she didn't mention Kyouko.

Even in the pre-Law-of-Cycles timelines, when Sayaka became Oktavia, she identified Madoka as her "most important friend" just before becoming a witch.

There's something powerful about the image of Kyouko and Sayaka as a duo, but in the TV series, I don't think the strength of Sayaka's feelings for Kyouko and vice versa were well-balanced. Kyouko felt very strongly about Sayaka, since Sayaka reminded her of herself when she was younger. Sayaka, on the other hand, just saw Kyouko as "another person who wished for someone else's happiness". (Of course, that was why, in the very end, it was Kyouko to whom Sayaka spoke about how she really felt at the very end.)

And now, The Rebellion Story!! When I heard the two of them talking towards the end, it made me think. This version of Sayaka was aware of post-Oktavia Kyouko. She was aware of how much Kyouko suffered trying to bring her back; of how Kyouko died with her in the end! Wow! Of course, I'm just one fan, and that's just what I got out of the movie, so I can't say I know what Mr. Urobuchi thought about it [laughter], but I was just thinking that she, like Madoka, knew what Kyouko did back then, since she's part of the Law of Cycles, too. This time around, it was Kyouko that said "I had a horrible dream", and it was she that didn't quite remember what had happened. That works, too...

Oh, it looks like I've written a lot here. Now, a message for Kyouko and Sayaka: "Be friends with one another forever! Stay on good terms!!!"... come on, that was just one line! [laughter]

I love Kyouko and Sayaka as a duo! -Aoki Ume

Gallery

Autographs

Autographed illustration
Autograph of Homura

Character Designs

Madoka Kaname Original Design
Homura Akemi Original Design
Sayaka Miki Original Design
Mami Tomoe Original Design
Kyubey Original Design
Ultimate Madoka design
Character design for Devil Homura
Early Madoka and Homura designs
Early Mami design
Early Sayaka design
Early Kyoko design
Old height chart
Early Kyosuke and Kazuko designs
Early Kyubey and Hitomi designs
Character designs from Megami Magazine 2011-01
Ume's original designs for Madoka's drawings
Ume Aoki's original Nagisa design
Outfit designs by Ume Aoki for the Rebellion Story
Kyoko outfit design and later Nagisa design
Early Ultimate Madoka Design, Aokiume-Ten

Character Art

ClariS art
Madoka Magica Anthology 1 cover
Madoka Magica Anthology 2 cover
Madoka Magica Anthology 3 cover
Newtype Magazine cover
Episode 1 End Card
Episode 9 End Card
Episode 12 End Card
Magia Record Episode 13 End Card
3 part cover art for Kirara Magica vol.9-11
Ultimate Madoka art
Figure based on the art
Devil Homura art
Figure based on the art
Manga Time Kirara Magica Vol.3 cover
Volume 3 insert
Art from a monthly Rakugaki
Ume Aoki's 10th Anniversary illustration
Nitro+ Novel ad
Anime The Television Vol.1 cover
NewType 2015-05

4koma

Ume 4-koma Megami Magazine
Translated Ume 4koma
Translated 4koma from Madoka BD volume 1 fanbook
Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 2 fanbook. Header is, "Aoki Ume's Special 4Koma Theater (2)"
Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 3 fanbook
Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 4 fanbook
Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 5 fanbook
Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 6 fanbook
Translated 4koma from the Madoka movie Blu-ray.
Alternate translation
Translated 4koma from the Madoka Rebellion movie Blu-ray

External Links

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 *Puella Magi Madoka Magica (anime, original character design)
 *{{Nihongo|Mado no Mukōgawa|マドの向こう側|}} (2012, ongoing) (manga, original creator)
+*[[RKGKMDK]]
 == Trivia ==
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 ***Apparently, Shinbo and Urobuchi had succeeded in corrupting Ume Aoki.
-==Interviews==
+==Ume-sensei's letter==
-*Oct 2012 [[Kirara Magica Interview Ume Aoki|Kirara Magica Interviews Ume Aoki]] about her character designs.
+[[File:Scan 32.jpeg|left|thumb|100px]]
+[[File:Ume-sensei's letter to kyousaya.jpg|right|thumb|100px]]
+<i>In the last episode of the TV series, when Sayaka disappeared due to the Law of Cycles, I was happy to hear Kyouko say "And we finally became friends, too...". In her last scene (in the concert hall), though, she didn't mention Kyouko.
-==General Gallery==
+Even in the pre-Law-of-Cycles timelines, when Sayaka became Oktavia, she identified Madoka as her "most important friend" just before becoming a witch.
+There's something powerful about the image of Kyouko and Sayaka as a duo, but in the TV series, I don't think the strength of Sayaka's feelings for Kyouko and vice versa were well-balanced. Kyouko felt very strongly about Sayaka, since Sayaka reminded her of herself when she was younger. Sayaka, on the other hand, just saw Kyouko as "another person who wished for someone else's happiness". (Of course, that was why, in the very end, it was Kyouko to whom Sayaka spoke about how she really felt at the very end.)
+And now, The Rebellion Story!! When I heard the two of them talking towards the end, it made me think. This version of Sayaka was aware of post-Oktavia Kyouko. She was aware of how much Kyouko suffered trying to bring her back; of how Kyouko died with her in the end! Wow! Of course, I'm just one fan, and that's just what I got out of the movie, so I can't say I know what Mr. Urobuchi thought about it [laughter], but I was just thinking that she, like Madoka, knew what Kyouko did back then, since she's part of the Law of Cycles, too. This time around, it was Kyouko that said "I had a horrible dream", and it was she that didn't quite remember what had happened. That works, too...
+Oh, it looks like I've written a lot here. Now, a message for Kyouko and Sayaka: "Be friends with one another forever! Stay on good terms!!!"... come on, that was just one line! [laughter]
+I love Kyouko and Sayaka as a duo! -Aoki Ume </i>
+==Gallery==
+===Autographs===
 <gallery>
-File:Ume sensei March 2008 costume design.jpg|This costume design dates back to 2008 and shares certain similarities to Madoka's costume.
-File:Madoka Kaname Original Design.jpg|[[Madoka Kaname]] Original Design
-File:Homura Akemi Original Design.jpg|[[Homura Akemi]] Original Design
-File:Sayaka Miki Original Design.jpg|[[Sayaka Miki]] Original Design
-File:Mami Tomoe Original Design.jpg|[[Mami Tomoe]] Original Design
-File:Kyubey Original Design.jpg|[[Kyubey]] Original Design
 File:Autographed illustration umeaoki.JPG|Autographed illustration
 File:Ume autograph.jpg|Autograph of Homura
 File:Ume drawing and signature 2.jpg
-File:4-koma megamimagazine.jpg|Ume 4-koma Megami Magazine
-File:Ume madoka.jpg|Translated Ume 4koma
-File:Claris.jpg|[[Connect|ClariS]]
-File:Homura dakimakura ume.jpg|Dakimakura
-File:Madoka bd1 4koma.jpg|Translated 4koma from Madoka BD volume 1 fanbook.
-File:Madoka BD2 Ume 4koma TL.png|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 2 fanbook.  Header is, "Aoki Ume's Special 4Koma Theater (2)"
-File:BD 3 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 3 fanbook.
-File:BD 4 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 4 fanbook.
-File:BD 5 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 5 fanbook.
-File:BD 6 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 6 fanbook.
-File:Movies BDs 4koma Official Translation.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka movie Blu-ray. ([[:file:Movies BDs 4koma 1 v2.jpg|alternate translation.]])
-File:Original ED visuals by Ume-sensei.jpg|Visual art by Ume Aoki for the Blu-ray version accompanied with a new ED song.
-File:Madoka BD 5 Menu Art 2.jpg|New BD/DVD episode 9 ending art, accompanied with [[And I'm Home|Kyoko and Sayaka's character song]]
-File:Madoka magica anthology 1.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 1
-File:Madoka magica anthology 2.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 2
-File:Madoka magica anthology 3.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 3
-File:Newtype magazine cover clean version homura madokami photoshop.jpg
 File:Exhibit 80.jpg
 File:Exhibit Autographed.jpg
 File:Ume Aoki Homura Madoka.jpg
 File:Madoka movie ume.jpg
-File:Goods movietapestry.jpg
-File:UmeMadokamiArt.jpg
 File:Signboard madohomu.jpg
 File:Signboard madokami.jpg
@@ Line 72: / Line 62: @@
 File:Signboard homura.jpg
 File:Signboard kyousaya.jpg
-File:Kirara Magica Rebellion Stitch.jpg|3 part cover art for Kirara Magica vol.9-11
+Ume drawing and signature.jpg
 </gallery>
-==Doujin Gallery==
+===Character Designs===
 <gallery>
-File:Ume aoki dojinshi madoka.jpg|Ume Madoka doujin "RKGKMDK" from COMIC1☆5, under Apricot+ alias
+File:Madoka Kaname Original Design.jpg|[[Madoka Kaname]] Original Design
-File:Apricot +2.jpg|Cover
+File:Homura Akemi Original Design.jpg|[[Homura Akemi]] Original Design
-File:03.jpg|Homura neko
+File:Sayaka Miki Original Design.jpg|[[Sayaka Miki]] Original Design
-File:Apricot +4.jpg|Ume seems to support Mamilotte, translated
+File:Mami Tomoe Original Design.jpg|[[Mami Tomoe]] Original Design
-File:Apricot +5.jpg|Fan translation of [[Kyousuke]] and his father
+File:Kyubey Original Design.jpg|[[Kyubey]] Original Design
-File:Apricot +6.jpg|Madoka and Sayaka in casual attire, translated
+File:Ultimate Madoka settei information 6 official art BD 6.jpg|Ultimate Madoka design
-File:Apricot +7.jpg|Kyoko, Mami and Charlotte in casual attire, translated
+File:Ume-sensei's original character design akuma.jpg|Character design for Devil Homura
-File:08.jpg|Inside cover page
+File:Madohomu prodsketch.jpg|Early Madoka and Homura designs
-File:09 TL.jpg|Fan translation of Homura and Madoka page
+File:Homura prodsketch.jpg
-File:10.jpg|Ume shipping Kyoko and Sayaka in her doujin
+File:Production note Homura design.jpg
-File:Apricot +9.jpg|Fan translation of Kyoko x Sayaka page 1
+File:Mami prodsketch.jpg|Early Mami design
-File:Ume sensei doujin kyosaya 1.jpg|Translation of Kyoko x Sayaka page 2
+File:Production note Mami design 1.jpg
-File:13.jpg|Ume's a fan of episode 10, translated.
+File:Production note Mami design 2.jpg
-File:14.jpg|Widddeee-face Moemura with golf club, seems to a Ume's favorite
+File:Sayaka prodsketch.jpg|Early Sayaka design
-File:15.jpg|Sayaka seems smitten
+File:Kyoko prodsketch.jpg|Early Kyoko design
-File:Tiro Finale Ume Aoki.jpg|Ume Aoki artwork in [[Tiro Finale Book]].
+File:PN 10.jpg|Old height chart
+File:PN 80.jpg|Early Kyosuke and Kazuko designs
+File:Aoki ume early kyubey hitomi.jpg|Early Kyubey and Hitomi designs
+File:PN 35.jpg
+File:Aoki ume early madoka family.jpg
+File:Megami 01.11 scan P32.jpg|Character designs from [[Megami Magazine 2011-01]]
+File:033.jpg|Ume's original designs for Madoka's drawings
+File:Rebellion Guidebook Nagisa Original Design.jpg|Ume Aoki's original [[Nagisa]] design
+File:Movie 3 Brochure 19.jpg|Outfit designs by Ume Aoki for the Rebellion Story
+File:1382895835480.jpg|Kyoko outfit design and later Nagisa design
+File:Ultimate Madoka Concept Art.png|Early Ultimate Madoka Design, Aokiume-Ten
 </gallery>
-===Proto-Megucas===
+===Character Art===
+<gallery>
+File:UmeMadokamiArt.jpg
+File:Claris.jpg|[[Connect|ClariS]] art
+File:Madoka magica anthology 1.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 1 cover
+File:Madoka magica anthology 2.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 2 cover
+File:Madoka magica anthology 3.jpg|Madoka Magica Anthology 3 cover
+File:Newtype magazine cover clean version homura madokami photoshop.jpg|Newtype Magazine cover
-Possible prototypes for the final Madoka Magica character designs can be found in Aoki Ume's doujins (released as apricot+):
+File:Original ED visuals by Ume-sensei.jpg|[[Episode 1]] [[End Cards|End Card]]
+File:Madoka BD 5 Menu Art 2.jpg|[[Episode 9]] End Card
+File:EC12.jpg|[[Episode 12]] End Card
+File:Mr episode 13 end card.png|Magia Record Episode 13 End Card
-{| class="wikitable"
+File:Kirara Magica Rebellion Stitch.jpg|3 part cover art for Kirara Magica vol.9-11
-|-
+File:Godoka figure aoki art.jpg|Ultimate Madoka art
-! Art !! Appearance !! width="50%"|Analysis
+File:Godoka big figure.jpg|Figure based on the art
-|-
+File:Exq homura devil art.jpg|Devil Homura art
-|[[File:(C79) Aoki Ume EtceterA.png|200px]]
+File:Exq homura devil.jpg|Figure based on the art
-|Event: ComiKet 79 <br>
-Date: Winter, 2010 <br>
+File:Madoka ume aoki postcard.jpg
-Title: EtceterA
+File:Homura ume aoki postcard.jpg
-|Hairstyle, face, and (implied) playful personality reminiscent to '''[[Madoka]]'''; Notable that the doujin itself was released just before the TV series premiere.
+File:Kyouko ume aoki postcard.jpg
-|-
+File:Sayaka ume aoki postcard.jpg
-|[[File:(C75) Aoki Ume Marble Chocolate.png|200px]]
+File:Mami ume aoki postcard.jpg
-|Event: ComiKet 75 <br>
+File:Kyubey ume aoki postcard.jpg
-Date: Winter, 2008 <br>
+File:Kirara Magica Vol.3 benefit.jpg|Manga Time Kirara Magica Vol.3 cover
-Title: Marble Chocolate
+File:Kirara Magica Vol 3 Bonus Front.jpg|Volume 3 insert
-|Face, short-haired, boyish demeaner reminscent of '''[[Sayaka]]'''; playful but troubled by intimacy with another girl in the doujin.
+File:Kirara Magica Vol.6 benefit.jpeg
-|-
+File:Kirara Magica Vol.25 benefit Ume Aoki.jpg
-|[[File:03.jpg|200px]]
+File:Rakugaki Note Ume Aoki.jpg
-|Event: COMIC15 <br>
+File:Rakugaki Note Rebellion 05 Ume Aoki.jpg
-Date: May, 2011 <br>
+File:Madoka calendar 2.jpg|Art from a monthly Rakugaki
-Title: RKGKMDK
+File:DosQPP4UYAEA-06.jpg
-|Ume-sensei writes about allowing her "lust to guide" her when drawing Homura's outfit.  Cat-ears and puffed black gown ultimately were incorporated into '''[[Momoe Nagisa]]''''s magical girl costume.
+File:Ph main.jpg|Ume Aoki's 10th Anniversary illustration
-|-
+File:Madoka Novel Paperback cover.jpg|Nitro+ Novel ad
-|}
+File:Anime the Television Vol.1 Illustration.jpg|Anime The Television Vol.1 cover
+File:NewType 2015-05 01.jpg|[[NewType 2015-05]]
+File:Iroha Tamaki Ume Aoki.jpg
+File:1535156824540.jpg
+File:DmAaPx-UcAABE4i.jpg
+</gallery>
-==Fan Gallery==
+===4koma===
-{{fanartSmall}}
 <gallery>
-File:Fancoloring0607.jpg|Fan coloring of the casual attire pages from RKGKMDK
+File:4-koma megamimagazine.jpg|Ume 4-koma Megami Magazine
-File:Ume Doujin Fan Coloring Homura Madoka Comic.jpg|Fan colored version of a page from RKGKMDK
+File:Ume madoka.jpg|Translated Ume 4koma
-File:Ume Doujin Fan Coloring KyouSaya.jpg|Fan colored version of a page from RKGKMDK
+File:Madoka bd1 4koma.jpg|Translated 4koma from Madoka BD volume 1 fanbook
-File:Fan colored pages doujin.jpg|Fan coloring of Kyoko x Sayaka pages from RKGKMDK
+File:Madoka BD2 Ume 4koma TL.png|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 2 fanbook.  Header is, "Aoki Ume's Special 4Koma Theater (2)"
-File:Madoplus_12.jpg|An example of Madoplus+ fan artwork, using pages from RKGKMDK
+File:BD 3 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 3 fanbook
-File:Ume aoki tiro finale colored art.jpg|Fan coloring of her artwork from the [[Tiro Finale Book]]
+File:BD 4 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 4 fanbook
-File:Pflaume.jpg
+File:BD 5 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 5 fanbook
-File:Umetentei witch art.jpg
+File:BD 6 Ume 4koma TL.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka BD 6 fanbook
-File:(Trunkdiary(Jaguar)) PMM☆M~A long 4koma story1 01.png
+File:Movies BDs 4koma Official Translation.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka movie Blu-ray.
-File:Happy Brithday Ume Aoki.png
+File:Movies BDs 4koma 1 v2.jpg|Alternate translation
+File:Movies BDs 4koma Rebellion Translation.jpg|Translated 4koma from the Madoka Rebellion movie Blu-ray
 </gallery>
+==See Also==
+* [[Kirara Magica Interview Ume Aoki]]
+* [[Manga Time Kirara Magica Vol.13]]
+* [[Pre-Broadcast Official Site Staff Quotes]]
+* [[Audio Commentary/Episode 2]]
+* [[Audio Commentary/Episode 12]]
+* [[Megami_Magazine_2011-01]]
+* [[NewType 2011-12]]
+* [[RKGKMDK]]
 ==External Links==

Ume Aoki: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Works

Trivia

Ume-sensei's letter