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screenwriter and the creator of the

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of "Cosmic Era", the

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for the anime ''

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'' (for both of which she was the head writer) and its related series. She was born in

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, in the Kantou Region of Japan. An older sister of film director Kazuyuki Morosawa, she was the wife of animation director and scriptwriter Mitsuo Fukuda, and the mother of their children.

Family

She was the older sister of , who is the film director and a screenwriter for movies '' Dear Friends'' and '' Baby, Baby, Baby!'' He is also the screenwriter for the 2003 '' Atashin'chi'' movie.

Life

She first met Mitsuo Fukuda during their school days when she was an amateur

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artist and writer. They enrolled in different high school, but participated in the doujin

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community, and remained friends after their graduation.Gamest World series Vol.19, 1999 : "新世紀GPXサイバーフォーミュラ OVAシリーズコンプリートファイル(Future GPX Cyber Formula OVA series Complete file)"
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with her

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(保育科)

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she would later become an office worker, while he joined

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in 1979, at the age of 19. They eventually married, and she retired from scriptwriting to become a

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. As of April 2008, she had two children with him. Animage Magazine April 2008

Career

Although she did not write for an anime until '' Future GPX Cyber Formula Saga'', her husband consulted with her since the beginning of the ''

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'',The news at "Anime News Network"
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of "Cosmic Era",機動戦士ガンダムSEEDコズミック・イラメカニック&ワールド(Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Cosmic Era Mechanic & World)
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for the animes ''

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...

'' (in which she was the head writer)review at "Anime News Network"
/ref> and its related series. It would later be used by other writers, like in the spin-offs ''

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'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Stargazer''. In 2002, after the end of ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' production, her medical diagnosis revealed the presence of

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and

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. Although she managed to complete the outline for the plot for ''Gundam Seed Destiny'', the requirement of continuous treatment for her illness led to her handing over the actual writing duties to other staff members at Sunrise, and resultantly the postponement of the ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' movie. In 2014, she scripted a series of drama CD's featuring ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' characters for the "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny HD

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Death

She died on 19 February 2016, at the age of 56, from

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Works

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'' *'' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition''information at "Anime News Network"
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References

External links

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