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Mari Okada
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
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 1…
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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.
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- 2025
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2025
Glass Heart
TV show Writer
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2024
Fureru
Movie Screenplay
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2024
Sharehouse Cinderella
TV show Creator
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2023
maboroshi
Movie Director
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2023
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
TV show Self - Screenplay Writer
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2023
Hide from the Rain
TV show Writer
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2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TV show Writer
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2020
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
TV show Comic Book
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2020
A Whisker Away
Movie Screenplay
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2019
Kimi dake ni Motetainda.
Movie Screenplay
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2019
Her Blue Sky
Movie Original Story
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2019
The Flowers of Evil
Movie Screenplay
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2019
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
TV show Series Composition
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2019
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
TV show Writer
- 2018
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2018
DRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
TV show Series Composition
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2018
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Movie Screenplay
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2017
My Teacher
Movie Screenplay
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2017
The Dark Maidens
Movie Screenplay
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2016
Kiznaiver
TV show Screenplay
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2016
The Lost Village
TV show Series Composition
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2016
The Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita
Movie Writers' Assistant
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2016
The Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi
Movie Writers' Assistant
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2016
selector destructed WIXOSS
Movie Screenplay
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2015
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
TV show Series Composition
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2015
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Movie Original Story
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2015
The Anthem of the Heart
Movie Screenplay
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2015
Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space
Movie Screenplay
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2015
Gourmet Girl Graffiti
TV show Writer
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2014
M3: The Dark Metal
TV show Series Composition
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2014
Kuroshitsuji: The Most Beautiful Death in the World
Movie Writer
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2013
Tokyo Halloween Night
Movie Director
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2013
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
TV show Series Composition
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2013
anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
Movie Screenplay
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2013
Koitabi: True Tours Nanto
TV show Writer
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2013
Hanasaku Iroha the Movie: Home Sweet Home
Movie Screenplay
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2012
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
TV show Script
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2012
Blast of Tempest
TV show Series Composition
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2012
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light
Movie Writer
