Mutsumi Inomata passed away at the age of 63. The character designer's official X account broke the news and represents a serious loss for the gaming sector and beyond. Inomata was in fact known for the Tales Of seriesone of the most popular JRPG series in the world and which has over twenty main chapters, taking care of character design and illustrations.
Mutsumi Inomata, tra videogiochi, anime e novel
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture on December 23, 1960, Mutsumi Inomata immediately distinguished herself as an animator for Ashi Productions, subsequently founding Kaname Productions, also holding the role of animation director. In 1983 you began your career in the manga world with GB Bomber but it was always in animation that you came to the fore, in works such as Windaria, Plawres Sanshirō, and Tales Of Zestiria: The X.
But the video game series Tales Of is the one where she is most active, taking care of different character designs for different chapters, including Tales of Destiny and Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of the Tempest, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Zestiria, and Tales of Berseria. Without forgetting small appearances also in the Tekken series, with special costumes for Jin Kazama in Tekken 5 and Zafina in Tekken 6.
Fonte: Gematsu