Bones keiko nobumoto biography

  • Keiko Nobumoto was a Japanese screenwriter.
  • Keiko Nobumoto (信本敬子, Nobumoto Keiko, 13 March 1964 – 1 December 2021) was a Japanese screenwriter.
  • Keiko Nobumoto, scriptwriter behind popular anime titles such as Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain and Tokyo Godfathers, passed away on December 1st.

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    Keiko Nobumoto, the series composer of the Cowboy Bebop anime series and one of its scriptwriters, has passed away from esophageal cancer. She was 57. 

    Nobumoto’s passing was revealed by fellow anime writer Dai Sato, who wrote some of Cowboy Bebop‘s episodes and provided setting design assistance for the show. In a Facebook post, Sato wrote that Nobumoto had passed away on December 1 and that a funeral was held on December 4. In accordance with Nobumoto’s wishes, only family members attended the funeral.

    Nobumoto was born on March 13, 1964 in Hokkaido. Aside from Cowboy Bebop and its 2001 movie, she served as series composer or scriptwriter on anime like Macross Plus, Tokyo Godfathers, Wolf’s Rain (which Nobumoto also co-created with Bones), Space Dandy, and Carole and Tuesday. Nobumoto also wrote for live-action shows like 1990’s Kimochiii Koishitai!, 2012’s Bakken Record wo Koete, and the 1997 Young Thugs: Innocent Bl

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    Wolf's Rain

    Japanese anime television series and its manga adaptation

    Wolf's Rain (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series created by writer Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones. It was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno. It focuses on the journey of four lone wolves who cross paths while following the scent of the Lunar Flower and seeking Paradise.

    Wolf's Rain spans twenty-six television episodes and four original video animation (OVA) episodes, with each episode running approximately twenty-three minutes. The series was originally broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV, some of Fuji TV's affiliate stations, and the anime CS television network, Animax. The complete thirty episode series is licensed for a North American release by Funimation, in Europe by Beez Entertainment and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The series was adapted into a sh

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    ‘I’m not sure I really understood her intention’: ‘Wolf’s Rain’ Director Had a Hard Time Understanding Keiko Nobumoto’s Real Story That Most Men Can’t Decipher

    Imagine living in a world where humans and wolves have a mutual relationship and they both equally struggle for power and survival. Here comes Wolf’s Rain! It presents such an intriguing scenario where themes of adventure, myth, and self-discovery merge into one single, exciting narrative.

    Kibafrom Wolf’s Rain| Credits: Studio Bones

    Even more surprisingly, it was, in fact, directed by famous Tensai Okamura, who single-handedly helped popularize anime originals such as Darker than Blackand Kuromukuro.

    Through the adaptation of Wolf’s Rain, Okamura tried his best to infuse every frame of this dystopian world with questions of identity, community, and the lines between human and animal. And in a past interview, fans also got the rarest of rare opportunities to learn some interesting insights behind this creation.

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