Naoko Asari
- Known for
- Sound
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Naoko Asari (浅梨 なおこ, Asari Naoko, born January 24) is a Japanese film sound engineer and animation sound director from Tokyo. She joined Omnibus Promotion in 1981 as a sound assistant. She mainly worked on Studio Ghibli works, and after that, she worked on many live-action, film music and sound editing. After being away from the animation sound direction for a long time since the 1996 TV anime Kodocha, she was in charge of the recording direction of the 2013 movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya for the first time in 17 years, her first Studio Ghibli work since the 1995 film Whisper of the Heart.
Known For
Filmography

The Criminal
TV · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer · 7 eps

Confession
Movie · Sound Designer

We Don't Know Love Yet
Movie · Music Editor

You Made My Dawn
Movie · Sound Designer

Gon-Mama
Movie · Sound Designer, Sound Mixer

We Couldn't Become Adults
Movie · Sound Designer

The Cinderella Addiction
Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Not Quite Dead Yet
Movie · Sound Designer

Chiwawa-chan
Movie · Sound Designer

Tokyo Ghoul
Movie · Sound Designer

Midnight Diner 2
Movie · Sound Supervisor

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
TV · Sound Supervisor · 10 eps

Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!
TV · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · 11 eps

Midnight Diner
Movie · Sound Designer

Judge!
Movie · Sound Designer

Around 30 Chan
TV · Sound Mixer · 12 eps

A Boy Called H
Movie · Music Editor

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie · Sound Designer

Robo-G
Movie · Music Editor

Box!
Movie · Sound Editor

Midnight Diner
TV · Sound Supervisor · 30 eps

Samurai Gangsters
Movie · Music Editor

After School
Movie · Sound Editor

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Movie · Music Editor

Heaven's Bookstore
Movie · Music Editor

The Hidden Blade
Movie · Sound Editor

Akame 48 Waterfalls
Movie · Songs

The Twilight Samurai
Movie · Music Editor

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Movie · Music Editor

Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Movie · Music Editor

Whisper of the Heart
Movie · Sound Director

Porco Rosso
Movie · Recording Supervision

Mikadroid
Movie · Sound

Only Yesterday
Movie · Sound Director

Patlabor: The New Files
TV · Sound Director · 16 eps

Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie · Sound Director

My Neighbor Totoro
Movie · Other

Fight! Kickers
TV · Sound Director · 26 eps

Ranpou
TV · Sound Director · 21 eps