was a Japanese

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from

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. Shimada was a graduate of

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

. She made her

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debut in 1980. She died in 2017, aged 58, from undisclosed causes.Japanese Anime Screenwriter, Michiru Shimada, Passes Away
animecorner.me; accessed December 21, 2017.

Filmography

* ''

Urusei Yatsura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volu ...

'' (1981 TV series), Screenplay * '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan'' (1981 TV series), Script * '' Dr. Slump: "Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure'' (1982 film), Screenplay * '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle'' (1984 film), Screenplay * '' Okawari-Boy Starzan S'' (1984 TV series), Screenplay * '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis'' (1985 film), Screenplay * '' Choushinsei Flashman'' (1986 TV series), Script * ''

Roots Search is a 1986 science fiction horror original video animation directed by Hisashi Sugai. It was released on September 10, 1986. The story is that of a research crew on a space station find a desolate ship with only one survivor. The crew is the ...

'' (1986 OVA), Screenplay * '' Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen'' (1988 film), Script * ''

Peter Pan no Bōken is an anime series by Nippon Animation, directed by Yoshio Kuroda, which first aired in Japan on Fuji Television between January 15, 1989, and December 24, 1989, and It is also popular in the United Kingdom. Outline An adaptation of the cla ...

'' (1989 TV series), Script * ''

Gdleen , known simply as ''Gdleen'', is a Japanese science fiction light novel series written by Yuto Ramon and illustrated by Hitoshi Yoneda. The first novel in the series, subtitled , was published in September 1989 by Kadokawa Shoten under the Sn ...

'' (1990 OVA), Screenplay * ''

Future GPX Cyber Formula is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu-DK, VAP and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon TV and was later followed by four OVA series respectively t ...

'' (1991 TV series), Screenplay * '' Spirit of Wonder'' (1992 OVA), Screenplay * ''

Flanders no Inu, Boku no Patrasche is a 1992 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Maria Louise Ramé's 1872 novel ''A Dog of Flanders'', produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. 26 episodes were produced. The show was adapted and distributed in France bAres Films See a ...

'' (1992 TV series), Script * ''

Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jou Sensei ''Little Women II: Jo's Boys'', also known as is a 1993 Japanese animated television series based on Louisa May Alcott's ''Little Men'', produced by Nippon Animation. The title is taken from ''Jo's Boys'', the title of the sequel to ''Lit ...

'' (1993 TV series), Script * '' You're Under Arrest'' (1994 OVA), Screenplay * ''

Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written by Yōzaburō Kan ...

'' (1996 film), Screenplay * ''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...

'' (1996 TV series), Screenplay * ''You're Under Arrest'' (1996 TV series), Screenplay * ''

Ie Naki Ko Remi is a 26-episode Japanese animated television series by Nippon Animation, broadcast from 1996 to 1997 in Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed '' World Masterpiece Theater'' series. The show was d ...

'' (1996 TV series), Script * '' Gegege no Kitarō: Obake Nighter'' (1997 film), Screenplay * ''Doctor Slump'' (1997 TV series), Script * ''Kindaichi Case Files'' (1997 TV series), Storyboard * ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

'' (1999 TV series), Script, Storyboard * ''

The Aurora An aurora is a natural light display in the sky on Earth seen predominantly in the high latitudes. Aurora may also refer to: Common uses * Aurora (mythology), the Roman goddess of dawn * Aurora (given name), a feminine given name (and list o ...

'' (2000 film), Screenplay * ''

Tottoko Hamtaro ''Hamtaro'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's "Second Grade" magazine in April 1997; more ''Hamtaro'' stori ...

'' (2000 TV series), Script * '' One Piece: The Movie'' (2000 film), Script * '' Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Ham~Jya! Maboroshi no Princess'' (2002 film), Scenario * ''

Gakuen Alice , also known as ''Alice Academy'' or ''Alice School'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from 2003 to 2013. It was adapted into an anime series ...

'' (2004 TV series), Script * '' The Snow Queen'' (2005 TV series), Script * ''Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~ Kokoro no Mezameru Toki ~'' (2006 TV series), Script (ep 1, 2, 3), Series Organization * ''Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~ Kagayaki no Ashita ~'' (2007 TV series), Series Composition * ''Emily of New Moon'' (2007 TV series), Series Composition, Screenplay * ''

Nanatsuiro Drops is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by UNiSONSHIFT and released on April 21, 2006 for Windows. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. A light novel, written by Tamaki Ichikawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, ...

'' (2007 TV series), Series Composition, Script (ep 1–4, 7, 11–12) * '' Shugo Chara!'' (2007 TV series), Series Composition, Script (ep 1, 2, 7, 13, 17, 23, 25, 32, 36, 42, 51) *'' Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables'' (2009 TV series), Series Composition, Script * ''Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade'' (2015 short film), Screenplay * ''

Little Witch Academia is a Japanese anime franchise created by Yoh Yoshinari and produced by Trigger. The original short film, directed by Yoshinari and written by Masahiko Otsuka, was released in theaters in March 2013 as part of the Young Animator Train ...

'' (2017 TV series), Screenplay

References

External links

* 1959 births 2017 deaths Anime screenwriters Japanese screenwriters Japanese women screenwriters Waseda University alumni Writers from Tokyo {{Japan-writer-stub