{{Short description|Japanese animation artist and character designer}} {{More footnotes needed|BLP=yes|date=January 2008}} {{Infobox artist | name = Michi Himeno | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|16}} | birth_place = Hyogo Japan | death_date = | death_place = | field = Animation artist and character designer | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }}
{{Nihongo|'''Michi Himeno'''|姫野 美智|Himeno Michi}} is a Japanese animation artist and character designer. Her most famous work is on the TV series ''The Rose of Versailles'' and ''Saint Seiya''.
==Career== 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.<ref name="guiasaintseiya">{{cite web |url=http://snk-seiya.net/guiasaintseiya/Araki.htm |title=Shingo Araki y Michi Himeno |accessdate=2008-06-03 |work=La Guia Saint Seiya |publisher= |language=Spanish }}</ref>
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.<ref name="guiasaintseiya"/>
==Work== ‡ denotes the works in which Michi Himeno shares the role of character designer with Shingo Araki.
=== Anime television series === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope=col| Year(s) ! scope=col| Title ! scope=col| Character<br>designer ! scope=col| Animation<br>director ! scope=col| Key<br>animator |- ! 1975–1977 | ''UFO Robot Grendizer'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Also in-between animator}} |- ! 1977–1978 | ''Planetary Robot Danguard Ace'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Episodes 42, 48 and 53}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1979 | ''New Star of the Giants II'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1979–1980 | ''Lulu the Flower Angel'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Episode 1 only}} | {{no}} |- ! 1979–1980 | ''The Rose of Versailles'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Chief animation director (with Shingo Araki)}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1981–1982 | ''Ulysses 31'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1982–1983 | ''Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1983–1984 | ''Love Me, My Knight'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1984 | ''Glass Mask'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1984–1985 | ''Lupin III Part III'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1984–1985 | ''Little Memole'' | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Episodes 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 41 and 47 (8 episodes)}} | {{no}} |- ! 1984–1985 | ''Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|First season only}} |- ! 1985–1986 | ''{{ill|Hai Step Jun|ja|はーいステップジュン}}'' | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Episodes 2, 8, 16, 23, 30, 37 and 43 (7 episodes)}} | {{no}} |- ! 1986–1987 | ''Maple Town'' | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Episodes 18, 24 and 47}} | {{no}} |- ! 1986–1989 | ''Saint Seiya'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1991–1992 | ''Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Sangokushi'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1993–1994 | ''Blue Legend – Shoot!'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1996–1998 | ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' (4th series) | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Chief animation director (with Shingo Araki)}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1997–2000 | ''The File of Young Kindaichi'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1998 | ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 2000–2004 | ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 2004–2011 | ''Ring ni Kakero 1'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 2012–2014 | ''Saint Seiya Omega'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|First season only}} |- |}
=== Feature films === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope=col| Year ! scope=col| Title ! scope=col| Character<br>designer ! scope=col| Animation<br>director ! scope=col| Key<br>animator |- ! 1978 | ''Arrivederci Yamato'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1982 | ''Space Adventure Cobra'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1984 | ''{{ill|Kenyan Boy|ja|少年ケニヤ#アニメ映画}}'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1986 | ''Amon Saga'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1988 | ''Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1996 | ''The File of Young Kindaichi: Operazakan'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1999 | ''The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murder in the Deep Blue'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 2001 | ''{{ill|Siam Neko: The First Mission|ja|シャム猫 -ファーストミッション-}}'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 2004 | ''Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter – Overture'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- |}
=== Short films === * ''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
=== OVAs === <nowiki>*</nowiki> indicates single-episode OVA.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope=col| Year(s) ! scope=col| Title ! scope=col| Character<br>designer ! scope=col| Animation<br>director ! scope=col| Key<br>animator |- ! 1986 | ''{{ill|Cowardly Venus|ja|憶病なヴィーナス}}'' * | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1989–1990 | ''Fūma no Kojirō'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1991 | ''Dragon Fist'' * | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1991–1992 | ''{{ill|Condition Green|ja|インフェリウス惑星戦史外伝 CONDITION GREEN}}'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1992 | ''Babel II'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! 1992 | ''Fūma Hanran'' * | {{yes}} ‡ | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 1995–2004 | ''The Human Revolution'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Chief animation director (with Shingo Araki)}} | {{no}} |- ! 1998 | ''Gekiganger III'' * | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! 2002–2008 | ''Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter'' | {{yes}} ‡ | {{yes}}{{refn|group=n|Chief animation director (with Shingo Araki)}} | {{yes}} |- |}
===Books=== * ''Alexandria'', Illustrator – The saga is in 9 volumes, each containing 10 b/w illustrations. Volumes 1-2-3-5-6 contains also full colour illustrations. The books' covers also are illustrated by Michi Himeno.
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==External links== * [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=姫野美智&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Michi Himeno] anime at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/sp/seiya/ Toei Animation's Saint Seiya website] {{in lang|ja}} * {{anime News Network|people|10395}} * {{IMDb name|id=0385393 |name=Michi Himeno}}
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