is a Japanese screenwriter. She is known for her screenplays in both the live-action and

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

mediums. Her 1995 screenplay for ''Gakkō no kaidan'' was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize. She is best known for her collaborations with anime director

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Anima ...

Career

A graduate of the Literature Department of

Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un ...

in Tokyo, Okudera did not originally consider a career in screenwriting. Instead, she worked for an oil company until 1991, after which she quit her job and became a full-time writer. After over a decade of work in live-action film and television, Okudera was offered her first animation project: adapting

Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. His ''Yumenokizaka bunkiten'' won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award. Writing ...

's novel '' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' for director

. The resulting film, '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'', received worldwide acclaim and gave her international recognition upon its release in 2006. Okudera again collaborated with Hosoda on the 2009 film '' Summer Wars''. At the 2009 Anime Festival Asia in

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, Hosoda revealed Okudera would be writing the script for his next project, ''

Wolf Children is a 2012 Japanese anime drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki. The st ...

''.

Awards

* Japan Academy Prize Best Screenplay - '' Gakkō no Kaidan'' (1995) winner *

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Screenwriting Award - '' Ohikkoshi'' (1993) winner *

Tokyo Anime Award The Tokyo Anime Awards started in 2002, but was named in 2005. The first, second and third award ceremonies were simply named 'Competition'. The award ceremonies were held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In 2014, after th ...

s Best Screenplay - '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2006) winner, '' Summer Wars'' (2009) winner * Yokohama Film Festival Best Screenplay - ''Shaberedomo shaberedomo'' (2007) winner, ''

Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (''kai'') meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition" and 談 (''dan'') meaning "talk" or "recited narrative". Overall meaning and usage In its broadest sense, ''kaidan'' refers ...

'' (2007) winner

Works

*'' Ohikkoshi'' (1993) *''Yoi ko to asobô'' (1994) *'' Gakkō no Kaidan'' (1995) *''Gakkō no Kaidan 2'' (1996) *''Gakkō no Kaidan 4'' (1999) *'' Konsento'' (2001) *'' Makai Tenshō'' (2003) *''Hana'' (2003) *''OLDK.'' (2004) *'' Tenshi'' (2006) *'' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2006) *''

'' (2007) *''

Miyori no Mori is a 2004 manga series by Hideji Oda and a 2007 anime television film based on it. Two manga sequels, and were published in 2007 and 2008. Anime A TV movie was produced by Nippon Animation and aired on the Fuji TV network on August 25, 2 ...

'' (2007) *''Shaberedomo shaberedomo'' (2007) *'' Summer Wars'' (2009) *''Permanent Nobara'' (2010) *''Youkame no semi'' (2011) *''Keibetsu'' (2011) *'' The Princess and the Pilot'' (2011) *''

'' (2012) *''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...

'' (2014) *'' Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu'' (2019)

References

External links

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Satoko Okudera anime
at Media Arts Database 1966 births Living people Tokai University alumni Japanese screenwriters Anime screenwriters {{anime-bio-stub