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**Madoka, Homura and Mami's character designs were easy for Ume Aoki. On the other hand, Sayaka and Kyubey's character designs were hard. | **Madoka, Homura and Mami's character designs were easy for Ume Aoki. On the other hand, Sayaka and Kyubey's character designs were hard. | ||
**Kyubey was not based on any animal, just the concept of a "small mahou shoujo animal" | **Kyubey was not based on any animal, just the concept of a "small mahou shoujo animal" | ||
**When asked what animal parts she used to make Kyubey, Ume Aoki was very cryptic because of spoilers. | |||
***The only clue she gives is {{spoiler|''"coil"''. It is possible that it relates to the theory that Kyubey's design is based on the uterus.}} | |||
****Considering his real name is {{spoiler|Incubator}}, this is not farfetched. | |||
==General Gallery== | ==General Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 15 July 2011
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
- 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 ×☆☆☆ (2009) (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)
Trivia
- 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.
- Kyubey was not based on any animal, just the concept of a "small mahou shoujo animal"
- When asked what animal parts she used to make Kyubey, Ume Aoki was very cryptic because of spoilers.
- The only clue she gives is "coil". It is possible that it relates to the theory that Kyubey's design is based on the uterus.
- Considering his real name is Incubator, this is not farfetched.
- The only clue she gives is "coil". It is possible that it relates to the theory that Kyubey's design is based on the uterus.
General Gallery
Madoka Kaname Original Design
Homura Akemi Original Design
Sayaka Miki Original Design
Mami Tomoe Original Design
Kyubey Original Design
End card for Episode 12
Autographed illustration
Autograph of Homura
Ume 4-koma Megami Magazine
Translated Ume 4koma
- Homura dakimakura ume.jpg
Dakimakura
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.
Doujin Gallery
Ume Madoka doujin "RKGKMDK" from COMIC1☆5, under Apricot+ alias
- Apricot +2.jpg
Cover
Homura neko
Ume seems to support Mamilotte, fan translated
- Apricot +5.jpg
Fan translation of Kyousuke and his father
Madoka and Sayaka in casual attire, fan translated
Kyouko, Mami and Charlotte in casual attire, fan translated
Fan coloring of the casual attire pages
Inside cover page
- 09 TL.jpg
Fan translation of Homura and Madoka page
- Ume Doujin Fan Coloring Homura Madoka Comic.jpg
Fan colored version.
Ume shipping Kyouko and Sayaka in her doujin
Fan colored version.
Fan translation of Kyouko x Sayaka page 1
Fan translation of Kyouko x Sayaka page 2
Fan coloring of Kyouko x Sayaka pages
Ume's a fan of episode 10, fan translated.
- 14.jpg
Widddeee-face Moemura with golf club, seems to a Ume's favorite
- 15.jpg
Sayaka seems smitten
An example of Madoplus+ fan artwork
