Maru Takase
Maru Takase (高瀬 丸, Takase Maru), previously credited as Akiko Takase (高瀬 亜貴子, Takase Akiko), is a Japanese animator and illustrator. After the Kyoto Animation arson attack in 2019, she left the studio and the industry altogether, but returned to illustrating for Kyoto Animation in 2022 and started animating again under her real name in 2023.
Filmography
| 2025 | Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc · as Animation Director |
| 2023 | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End · as Character Designer |
| 2020 | JUJUTSU KAISEN · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2020 | Violet Evergarden: The Movie · as Character Designer |
| 2019 | Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll · as Character Designer |
| 2018 | Tsurune · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2018 | Violet Evergarden · as Character Designer |
| 2017 | Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! · as Animation Director |
| 2017 | Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid · as Key Animation |
| 2016 | A Silent Voice: The Movie · as Key Animation |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Myriad Colors Phantom World · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | High Speed! Free! Starting Summer · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Sound! Euphonium · as Animation Director |
| 2014 | Amagi Brilliant Park · as Key Animation |
| 2014 | Tamako Love Story · as Key Animation |
| 2013 | Beyond the Boundary · as Key Animation |
| 2013 | Free! · as Animation Director |