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Mari Okada

1976 - Today

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Mari Okada (Japanese: 岡田 麿里, Hepburn: Okada Mari; born 23 April 1976) is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award. Among her credits, Okada is best known for her writing and producing work on acclaimed anime series and films, including Toradora!, Anohana, Gosick, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, and her original manga series and its anime adaptation O Maidens in Your Savage Season. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mari Okada is the 1,713th most popular film director (down from 1,637th in 2024), the 2,268th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,819th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mari Okada ranks 1,713 out of 2,041. Before her are Ramanand Sagar, Rory Kennedy, Mantas Kvedaravičius, Karan Johar, Rainer Simon, and Khadija al-Salami. After her are Huner Saleem, Charles Brabin, Trevor Nunn, Neil Marshall, Na Hong-jin, and Don Mancini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Mari Okada ranks 407. Before her are Kim Collins, Mantas Kvedaravičius, Guillermo Franco, Paola Suárez, Judith Arndt, and Jake Sullivan. After her are Vitalic, Daniel Farke, Sven Nys, Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Coralie Trinh Thi, and Richelle Mead.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mari Okada ranks 2,268 out of 6,245. Before her are Shinsuke Sakimoto (1982), Chisato Moritaka (1969), Yuki Yamanouchi (1994), Yuya Onoe (1985), Sayaka Ohara (1975), and Daisuke Matsui (1981). After her are Masayuki Okano (1972), Akinori Mikami (1969), Atsuhiro Miura (1974), Nobutoshi Canna (1968), Hajime Kanzaka (1964), and Shinya Yabusaki (1978).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Mari Okada ranks 62. Before her are Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Hiroyuki Morita (1964), Noriyuki Abe (1961), Kazuya Tsurumaki (1966), Mahiro Maeda (1963), and Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972). After her are Byron Howard (1968), Ryuhei Kitamura (1969), Tatsuya Ishihara (1966), Naoko Yamada (1984), Shinji Aoyama (1964), and Shiori Itō (1989).

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