Ume Aoki (Japanese: 蒼樹 うめ, Hepburn: Aoki Ume, born August 3, 1981) is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and dōjin artist from Hyōgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume.[1][2][3] She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dōjinshi,[4] and Apply Fujimiya (藤宮 アプリ, Fujimiya Apuri) for the visual novel Sanarara.

Ume Aoki
Native name
蒼樹 うめ
Born (1981-08-03) August 3, 1981 (age 43)
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationManga artist, illustrator
NationalityJapanese
Alma materMusashino Art University
GenreFiction
Website
ap.sakuraweb.com

Aoki provided the voice for her Metapod persona in the Shaft anime adaptation of her four-panel comic strip Hidamari Sketch.[5] She later created the original character designs for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a Shaft anime production;[6] and has been involved with the franchise—spanning several films, mobile games, manga, novels, and further television anime series—since then.

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  1. ^ "Madoka Vol.1 Collection press photo". Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "Ume Aoki's official twitter". Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Madoka Magica USA Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  4. ^ "Aoki Ume's official home page". Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "TBSアニメーション「ひだまりスケッチ」公式HP". tbs.co.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  6. ^ "Bakemonogatari's Shinbo, Phantom's Urobuchi Launch New Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  7. ^ ひだまりスケッチ (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  8. ^ "もう11月ですね…orz" (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  9. ^ "New Shinbo/Shaft Anime to Be Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  10. ^ "Houbunsha, Ume Aoki to Start Manga Time Kirara Carino Mag". Anime News Network. November 9, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  11. ^ "Hidamari Sketch/Madoka Magica's Aoki Draws New Manga". Anime News Network. August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  12. ^ "Hidamari Sketch's Ume Aoki to Launch New Series". Anime News Network . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
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