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Yuniko Ayana

Yuniko Ayana (Japanese: 綾奈 ゆにこ, Hepburn: Ayana Yuniko) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and manga author. After making her debut in The Tower of Druaga, she began serving as a script supervisor for several anime series and franchises, including Kin-iro Mosaic, Girls Beyond the Wasteland, The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War, BanG Dream, The Idolmaster SideM, Given, D4DJ, and The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies. She also works in the yuri genre, including a 2014 essay collection Chīsai Yuri Mītsuketa and preface for the entrance at the Yuriten 2017 convention.

Yuniko Ayana
綾奈 ゆにこ
OccupationScreenwriter
Notable work
AwardsNewtype Anime Awards Screenplay Award (2018)

Biography

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In 2008, while still a university student, Yuniko Ayana made her first screenwriting credit for the 2008 series The Tower of Druaga.[1] She subsequently served as script supervisor for Kin-iro Mosaic, Locodol, and Merman in My Tub.[2][3][4] She was hired to be the series composition writer for Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl by request of director Akiyuki Shinbo, who felt that the series would've been more interesting if the series composition was instead written from the perspective of a woman.[5]

Ayana was script supervisor and, alongside Ayumi Sekine [ja], co-scenario writer for Makura no Danshi, as well as story concept creator for Flip Flappers.[6][7] In 2016, she was script supervisor for Girls Beyond the Wasteland and The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War.[8][9] She was later script supervisor for The Idolmaster SideM,[10] for which she and Yukie Sugawara won the 2018 Newtype Anime Awards Screenplay Award.[11]

Ayana was the script supervisor for all three seasons of the BanG Dream! anime (2017-2020) and the 2021 sequel movie BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia,[12][13][14][15] as well as the screenwriter for the 2022 sequel movie BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream!.[16] In 2023, she was the screenwriter and script supervisor for the spinoff BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!!;[17] she recalled in an interview with Comic Natalie that this job was challenging because she "had never written a script so realistically before".[18] She also served as script supervisor for D4DJ First Mix, another Bushiroad anime.[19]

Ayana later served as script supervisor for Given and Bikkurimen,[20][21] as well as the screenwriter for the former's 2020 film sequel Given.[22] She is serving as co-script supervisor (alongside Midori Gotō) for Narenare: Cheer for You! as well as script supervisor and screenwriter for The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies.[23][24]

In 2014, Kadokawa published Chīsai Yuri Mītsuketa (ちいさい百合みぃつけた), an essay collection of Ayana's Newtype column of the same name, also including yuri manga she worked on.[25] She was the writer of Shigeyoshi Takagi [ja]'s manga Sore ga Sekai no Futsū ni Naru, and the two held an autograph session at the Animega store in Shinjuku Marui Annex on 28 February 2015.[26] She wrote the preface for the entrance at the Yuriten 2017 convention.[27] She also works in theatre, being the screenwriter for Butai: Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau.[28]

Ayana is a member of the Writers Guild of Japan [ja].[29]

Filmography

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Animated television

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2011 Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl Series composition [30]
2013-2015 Kin-iro Mosaic Series composition [2][31]
2014 Locodol Series composition [3]
2014 Merman in My Tub Series composition [4]
2015 Makura no Danshi Series composition; co-scenario writer (with Ayumi Sekine [ja]) [6]
2016 Flip Flappers Story concept [7]
2016 Girls Beyond the Wasteland Series composition [8]
2016 The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War Series composition [9]
2017-2020 BanG Dream Series composition [12][13][14]
2017 The Idolmaster SideM Series composition [10]
2018 Lupin the 3rd Part V: Misadventures in France Screenwriter [32]
2019 Given Series composition [20]
2020 D4DJ First Mix Series composition [19]
2023 Bikkurimen Series composition [21]
2023 BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! Series composition and screenwriter [17]
2024 Narenare: Cheer for You! Series composition (with Midori Gotō) [23]
2024 The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Series composition and screenwriting [24]

Original video animation

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2012 Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Series composition, screenplay [33]

Animated film

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Year Title Ref.
2020 Given [22]
2021 BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia (as script supervisor) [15]
2021 Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!! [34]
2022 BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream! [16]

Stage productions

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Year Title Ref.
2024 Butai: Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau [28]

References

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  5. ^ Takahashi, Yumi, ed. (23 November 2019). Akiyuki Shimbo x Shaft Chronicle (in Japanese). Dotcom. p. 152. ISBN 978-4835457017.
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  14. ^ a b "BanG Dream! 3rd Season - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  17. ^ a b Loo, Egan (9 April 2023). "BanG Dream! Project Gets New TV Anime for MyGo!!!!! Band This Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  19. ^ a b "D4DJ First Mix - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  20. ^ a b "ギヴン - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  21. ^ a b "ビックリメン - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  22. ^ a b Loo, Egan (2 July 2022). "Given Anime Film Rescheduled for August 22 After COVID-19 Delay". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  23. ^ a b "菜なれ花なれ：P.A.WORKS×DMM.comのオリジナルテレビアニメ 2024年放送 群馬の女子高生の"応援"描く青春ドラマ". Mantanweb (in Japanese). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  28. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (5 May 2024). "Eku Takeshima's Whisper Me a Love Song Manga Gets Stage Play Adaptation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Profile". 綾奈ゆにこのしごと (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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