Magic Knight Rayearth
魔法騎士レイアース
- Character DesignerTV anime (Yomiuri TV / Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 1994-10-17 to 1995-11-27, 49 episodes); credited as キャラクターデザイン (character design); original design and character concept credited separately to CLAMP[1]
About
Atsuko Ishida is an animator, character designer and manga artist from Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. Early animation work includes key animation on Ranma ½ and the original video anime Record of Lodoss War. Ishida then served as character designer and animation director on the television anime The Brave Express Might Gaine and The Brave Police J-Decker, and designed the characters of Magic Knight Rayearth (1994–95), produced by Yomiuri TV and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, also working as an animation director on the series. Character design for the original video anime Shamanic Princess followed. Movic published collections of Ishida's illustrations, beginning with 石田敦子画集 in 1995. As a manga artist, Ishida created アニメがお仕事!, serialized in Young King OURs, and the baseball manga 球場ラヴァーズ, published in book form from 2010.
Works in the Archive
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Magic Knight Rayearth
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トムス・エンタテインメント — 魔法騎士レイアース 作品情報 (あらすじ・スタッフ・制作・放送局; 1話30分 / 全49話, 1994年10月17日放送開始)
Source Notes
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish, Japanese Name
Accessed: 2026-11-02
Magic Knight Rayearth (1994) · TV anime (Yomiuri TV / Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 1994-10-17 to 1995-11-27, 49 episodes); credited as キャラクターデザイン (character design); original design and character concept credited separately to CLAMP
People and Roles
Accessed: 2026-11-02
国立国会図書館 典拠データ — 石田, 敦子 (00425969)
Source Notes
NDL name authority 'Ishida, Atsuko': library transliteration (given-name-first order normalized); source work 石田敦子画集 (ムービック, 1995.12)
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish, Display Name, Romanized Name
Accessed: 2026-11-02
石田敦子 公式サイト — プロフィール (Internet Archive snapshot, 2004-08-03)
Source Notes
Self-published profile as archived in 2004: from 広島県福山市; key animation on らんま1/2 and ロードス島戦記 (OVA); character design and animation direction for 勇者特急マイトガイン, 勇者警察ジェイデッカー, 魔法騎士レイアース and シャーマニックプリンセス; artbooks 石田敦子画集 and 画集2 (ムービック); manga アニメがお仕事! serialized in ヤングキングアワーズ
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish, Creator Classification
Accessed: 2026-11-02
Anime News Network Encyclopedia — Atsuko ISHIDA
Source Notes
Secondary reference database, used for English titles and credit detail: Magic Knight Rayearth (TV 1994) character design and animation director (ep 1); Rayearth 2 character design; The Brave Express Might Gaine; The Brave Police J-Decker; Shamanic Princess (character design); Ranma ½ (key animation)
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
NDLサーチ — 球場ラヴァーズ : 私が野球に行く理由 (石田敦子, 2010.9)
Source Notes
Earliest NDL holding of the 球場ラヴァーズ manga volumes (2010.9), heading 石田, 敦子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
NDLサーチ — アニメがお仕事! (石田敦子, 2004.10)
Source Notes
Earliest NDL holding of the アニメがお仕事! manga volumes (2004.10), heading 石田, 敦子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02