Michiyo Yasuda worked for which Koganei-based animation studio?
Michiyo Yasuda Michiyo Yasuda (保田 道世 , Yasuda Michiyo , April 28, 1939 – October 5, 2016) was an animator and colour designer who worked for Toei Animation, A Production, Nippon Animation, Topcraft, and Studio Ghibli. Her designs were used by directors such as Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii. During a career spanning five decades in the animation industry, she worked on animated feature films and short films for theatrical release, original video animation (OVA), promotional music videos, animated television series, documentaries and commercials. Yasuda provided the colour designs for Miyazaki's Academy Award winning animated film "Spirited Away". She officially retired after working on "Ponyo" in 2008, but worked on the Academy Award nominated animated feature "The Wind Rises", released in July 2013.
Yoshitoshi ABe Yoshitoshi ABe (安倍 吉俊 , "Abe Yoshitoshi" , born August 3, 1971) is a Japanese graphic artist who works predominantly in anime and manga. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His works have an edgy style due to, among other things, his not using a ruler while drawing as is usual for most anime-style art. He first gained fame in his work on the avant-garde anime "Serial Experiments Lain". He is also responsible for the concept and character design for the series "NieA_7". He is the creator of the dōjinshi "Haibane Renmei", which was then adapted into an anime.