Reiko Yoshida
Reiko Yoshida is a Japanese screenwriter. She has written and supervised numerous screenplays for anime series, live-action dramas and films. Her major works include Kaleido Star, Aria, Maria-sama ga Miteru, D.Gray-man, K-On!, Bakuman, and Girls und Panzer. In more recent works, she has supervised the screenplays for Majestic Prince, Non Non Biyori, A Town Where You Live, Tamako Market, Yowamushi Pedal, and Castle Town Dandelion. In films, she wrote the screenplay for The Cat Returns, the original films that would make up Digimon: The Movie, Kyoto Animation’s hit anime film A Silent Voice, and the film adaptations of Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, the second film of which was given a stamp of approval by the Dalai Lama. She wrote the story for the manga series Tokyo Mew Mew along with illustrator Mia Ikumi. Among her works, she was recognized for Best Screenplay/Original Work for Girls und Panzer at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2014, and she won another Best Screenplay/Original Work award in 2017. In 2018, she wrote the screenplay for Violet Evergarden which aired on TV in Japan and is licensed by Netflix. Her latest project is the animated series The Heike Story, produced with animation studio Science Saru. She has been announced to be writer for a Pokemon mini-anime.
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Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-
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2026
The Supernatural Sweet Shop: The Movie
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2024
The Colors Within
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2024
Blue Period
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2024
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 2
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2024
Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War!
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2024
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1
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2024
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4
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2023
Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Daikon War!
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2021
Hula Fulla Dance
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2021
Sumikko Gurashi: The Little Wizard in the Blue Moonlight
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2021
The House of the Lost on the Cape
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2021
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3
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2021
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
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2020
Climb Miss Kotera
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2020
Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taiyaki War!
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2020
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
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2019
Ride Your Wave
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2019
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2
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2019
Okko's Inn
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2018
Non Non Biyori: Vacation
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2018
Liz and the Blue Bird
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2018
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1
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2017
Zorori the Naughty Hero: The Secret of Double Z
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2017
Lu Over the Wall
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2017
A Silent Voice: The Movie
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2016
Girls und Panzer der Film Special: Arisu War!
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2016
Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 4 - Ashita
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2016
Girls und Panzer der Film
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2015
Aria the Avvenire
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2015
Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie
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2015
Innocent Lilies: The End And The Beginning
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2015
Tamako Love Story
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2014
Dera-chan of the Southern Islands
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2014
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
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2014
Innocent Lilies
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2013
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
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2012
K-ON! The Movie
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2011
Buddha: The Great Departure
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2011
Kawamo o Suberu Kaze
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2011
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
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2009
Brave Story
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2006
The Cat Returns
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2002
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection
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2001
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon
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2001
Prince Mackaroo the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira
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2000
Hurricane Touchdown
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2000
Our War Game
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2000
Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
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1999
Digimon Adventure
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1999
