Kyo-ani Akiko Ikeda “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” Director of Animation August 27, 19:09
Shoko Ikeda (44), real name, and Akiko Terawaki, who died in the event that the studio of “Kyoto Animation” was set to fire, are the TV anime “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” produced by Kyoto Animation. In addition to serving as the general drawing director, he has also worked on many popular animations, including the director and character design for the animation movie “Sound! Euphonium” set in Uji City, Kyoto.
A woman who worked with Akiko Ikeda at Kyoto Animation a few years ago visited the scene on the 21st of the month three days after the incident.
The woman said, “Mr. Ikeda was a drawing director and I was in charge of it. When I retired, I stopped saying,“ It ’s a waste. "I can't forgive the criminal."
Kyoto Museum of Culture curator “An important pillar supporting Kyoto Animation”
Kiyotaka Moriwaki, a curator at the Kyoto Culture Museum, who has been involved in Kyoto animation and interviews, etc., “It's her power to understand that“ This is a work of Kyoto animation ”just by looking at the picture.” I was in charge of character design and drawing supervision for typical works, and was an important pillar supporting Kyo Ani Color. "