Mari Okada
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 23, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
Biography
Mari Okada (Japanese: 岡田 麿里) is a Japanese screenwriter, director, and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award. Okada was born in Chichibu. She was often bullied at school and skipped days to deal with social anxiety. After leaving middle school, she would spend most of her time confined at home. In spite of this, her proficiency at writing helped to get her into high school, although her social anxiety remained a problem. Nobody had high hopes for her, and as she was graduating, she was constantly told that she “wouldn't survive in the real world.” Okada enrolled at the Tokyo Amusement Media School to study games. Through her studies, Okada developed a passion for screenwriting, but found it difficult due to anxieties. Her earliest jobs included creating scenarios for direct-to-video pornography and transcribing interviews for a magazine. It was through this latter job that she met Tetsurō Amino, who asked her to contribute some of her ideas for the plot of DT Eightron. She went on to write the script for five episodes, and the connection with Amino helped in kickstarting her career. Okada pitched an idea for her first original anime, based on her experience. The screenplay was never published, but several elements of it would be used in some of her works. After several years, her reputation within the industry had grown considerably, with the screenplay for numerous successful series. Okada wrote the script for her directorial debut anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. It was well-received by critics and was awarded the prize for the best animated film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mari Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th Anniversary Short Film - Wedge of Interposition
Movie · Writer
Glass Heart
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Fureru
Movie · Screenplay
maboroshi
Movie · Screenplay
Hide from the Rain
TV · Writer · 8 eps
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TV · Writer · 4 eps
A Whisker Away
Movie · Screenplay
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
TV · Comic Book · 8 eps
Her Blue Sky
Movie · Original Story, Screenplay
The Flowers of Evil
Movie · Screenplay
Kimi dake ni Motetainda.
Movie · Screenplay
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
TV · Writer · 1 ep
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
TV · Series Composition, Writer, Original Story · 12 eps
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Movie · Screenplay
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Movie · Writer
DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
TV · Series Composition, Writer, Original Story · 12 eps
The Dark Maidens
Movie · Screenplay
My Teacher
Movie · Screenplay
selector destructed WIXOSS
Movie · Screenplay
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi
Movie · Writers' Assistant
The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita
Movie · Writers' Assistant
Kiznaiver
TV · Screenplay, Writer, Original Story, Series Composition · 12 eps
The Lost Village
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 12 eps
The Anthem of the Heart
Movie · Screenplay, Original Story
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Movie · Original Story
Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space
Movie · Screenplay
Gourmet Girl Graffiti
TV · Writer, Series Composition · 11 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 50 eps
Kuroshitsuji: The Most Beautiful Death in the World
Movie · Writer
M3: The Dark Metal
TV · Series Composition, Original Story · 24 eps
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
Movie · Screenplay, Original Story
Hanasaku Iroha the Movie: Home Sweet Home
Movie · Screenplay, Original Story
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
TV · Series Composition, Original Story, Writer · 26 eps
Koitabi: True Tours Nanto
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light
Movie · Writer, Series Composition
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
TV · Series Composition · 24 eps
AKB0048
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 26 eps
Blast of Tempest
TV · Series Composition · 24 eps
Black Rock Shooter
TV · Series Composition · 8 eps
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
TV · Writer, Series Composition · 7 eps
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames
Movie · Writer, Series Composition
Toradora!: Bento Battle
Movie · Series Composition
Fractale
TV · Series Composition, Writer, Original Story · 11 eps
Wandering Son
TV · Series Composition · 11 eps
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
TV · Series Composition, Original Story, Writer · 11 eps
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
TV · Series Composition, Writer, Original Story, Screenplay · 26 eps
Gosick
TV · Series Composition · 24 eps
Canaan
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 13 eps
Black Butler
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 36 eps
Vampire Knight
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Toradora!
TV · Writer, Series Composition · 13 eps
True Tears
TV · Series Composition, Writer · 13 eps
Cinnamon the Movie
Movie · Screenplay
Sketchbook ~full color's~
TV · Series Composition, Screenplay · 13 eps
Kodomo no Jikan
TV · Screenplay · 15 eps
Darker than Black
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Red Garden
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Fate/stay night
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Aquarion
TV · Screenplay, Writer, Series Composition · 10 eps
Aria
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Basilisk
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Kyo Kara Maoh!
TV · Writer · 9 eps
Angel Tales
TV · Screenplay · 12 eps
Popolocrois Monogatari
TV · Writer · 1 ep