Mari Okada
Writing
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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tvGlass Heart
2025
Writer
movieFureru
2024
Screenplay
moviemaboroshi
2023
Screenplay
tvHide from the Rain
2023
Writer
tvO Maidens in Your Savage Season
2020
Comic Book
movieA Whisker Away
2020
Screenplay
movieKimi dake ni Motetainda.
2019
Screenplay
movieHer Blue Sky
2019
Original Story, Screenplay
movieThe Flowers of Evil
2019
Screenplay
tvO Maidens in Your Savage Season
2019
Series Composition, Writer, Original Story
movieUntil I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
2018
Writer
tvDRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan
2018
Series Composition, Writer, Original Story
movieMy Teacher
2017
Screenplay
movieThe Dark Maidens
2017
Screenplay
tvKiznaiver
2016
Screenplay, Writer, Original Story, Series Composition
tvThe Lost Village
2016
Series Composition, Writer
movieThe Pot of Promise - First Love in Arita
2016
Writers' Assistant
movieThe Oath of Winter, The Festival of Summer - The Great Camphor Tree of Takeoshi
2016
Writers' Assistant
movieselector destructed WIXOSS
2016
Screenplay
tvMobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
2015
Series Composition, Writer
movieAnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
2015
Original Story
movieThe Anthem of the Heart
2015
Screenplay, Original Story
tvGourmet Girl Graffiti
2015
Writer, Series Composition
tvM3: The Dark Metal
2014
Series Composition, Original Story
tvNagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
2013
Series Composition, Original Story, Writer
movieanohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie
2013
Screenplay, Original Story
movieHanasaku Iroha the Movie: Home Sweet Home
2013
Screenplay, Original Story
tvThe Pet Girl of Sakurasou
2012
Series Composition
tvBlast of Tempest
2012
Series Composition
movieRurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light
2012
Writer, Series Composition
tvAKB0048
2012
Series Composition, Writer
tvLupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012
Writer, Series Composition
tvBlack Rock Shooter
2012
Series Composition
movieRurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames
2011
Series Composition, Writer
tvAnohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
2011
Series Composition, Original Story, Writer
tvHanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
2011
Series Composition, Writer, Original Story, Screenplay
tvFractale
2011
Series Composition, Writer, Original Story
tvWandering Son
2011
Series Composition
tvGosick
2011
Series Composition
tvCanaan
2009
Series Composition, Writer
tvBlack Butler
2008
Series Composition, Writer
tvToradora!
2008
Writer, Series Composition
tvVampire Knight
2008
Writer
tvTrue Tears
2008
Series Composition, Writer
movieCinnamon the Movie
2007
Screenplay
tvKodomo no Jikan
2007
Screenplay
tvSketchbook ~full color's~
2007
Series Composition, Screenplay
tvDarker than Black
2007
Writer
tvRed Garden
2006
Writer
tvFate/stay night
2006
Writer
tvAria
2005
Writer
tvBasilisk
2005
Writer
tvAquarion
2005
Screenplay, Writer, Series Composition
tvKyo Kara Maoh!
2004
Writer
tvAngel Tales
2001
Screenplay
Crew5
Directing3
moviemaboroshi
2023
Director
movieTokyo Halloween Night
2013
Director
Creator2
tvSharehouse Cinderella
2024
Creator
tvKiznaiver
2016
Creator
Acting1
tvANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
2023
Self - Screenplay Writer
Art1
movieMaquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018
Storyboard Artist