Miyoko Aso
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese voice actress. She is best known for the role of Fune Isono in the longest-running Japanese anime
series Sazae-san
that began in 1969 and recently celebrated its 40 year anniversary. Her recent works include Dr. Pinako Rockbell in the 2009-2010 anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Sazae-san
Sazae-san
is a Japanese comic strip created by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the wished to have Hasegawa draw the comic strip for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to...
that began in 1969 and recently celebrated its 40 year anniversary. Her recent works include Dr. Pinako Rockbell in the 2009-2010 anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa.
Television
- Gegege no Kitarō (1968)
- Akane-chan (1968)
- Sazae-sanSazae-sanis a Japanese comic strip created by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the wished to have Hasegawa draw the comic strip for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to...
(1969), Fune, Fune Isono - Sasurai no Taiyō (1971)
- Marvelous MelmoMarvelous Melmois a magical girl manga and anime by Osamu Tezuka. This series centered around Melmo, a nine-year-old girl whose mother is killed in an auto accident and has to then take care of her two younger brothers . While in Heaven the children's mother is given one wish...
(1971), Melmo's aunt (first version) (eps 1, 21) - Kashi no Ki Mokku (1972)
- Science Ninja Team GatchamanScience Ninja Team Gatchamanis a 5-member superhero team that is composed of the main characters in several Japanese anime created by Tatsuo Yoshida and originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later adapted into several English-language versions...
(1972) - Kerokko Demetan (1973)
- Fables of the Green ForestFables of the Green Forestis an anime adaption based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji TV from 7 January 1973–30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was created by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo .The series has been aired in many...
(1973), Narrator - Wansa-kun (1973), Animal Hospital Director
- Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974), Miss Rottenmeier
- Maya the Bee (1975), Cassandra-sensei
- Huckleberry no Bōken (1976)
- From the Apennines to the Andes (1976)
- Piccolino no Bōken (1976), Giulietta the cat
- Candy CandyCandy Candyis a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde American girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared in a prose novel by famed Japanese writer Kyoko Mizuki in...
(1976), Mary Jane - Attack on TomorrowAttack on Tomorrowwas an anime series aired in 1977 in Japan. There were 23 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is often mistakenly believed to be a spinoff of the earlier, and more popular, series Attack No...
(1977), Kada sei - Ippatsu Kanta-kunIppatsu Kanta-kunIppatsu Kanta-kun is an anime created by Tatsunoko Production. Along with Temple the Balloonist, it was one of the last works for which Tatsunoko co-founder Tatsuo Yoshida was credited as a creator; Yoshida died before the series began airing.-Plot:...
(1977), Kumiko Tabase - Angie Girl (1977), Barbara
- The Perrine Story (1978)
- Tōshō Daimos (1978), Margarete, Okane
- Galaxy Express 999Galaxy Express 999is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...
(1978), Boarding old lady (eps 60–61), Fimeru (ep 42) - Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables (anime)is an animated television series, part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater. It was adapted from the novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery. Produced by Nippon Animation in 1979, it was first broadcast on Fuji TV from January 7, 1979 to December 30, 1979...
(1979), Rachel Lynde - Maegami-Taro (1979 special), Grandma
- CaptainCaptain (manga)is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978...
(1980 special), Takao's Mother - BotchanAnimated Classics of Japanese LiteratureThe is an anime TV series which aired on NTV in Japan for 32 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm time slot. The series was unusual in that each episode was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories...
(1980 special), Kiyoshi - Hello! SandybellHello! Sandybellis an anime series made by Toei Animation in 1981. It was aired in Japan by TV Asahi.In the original title when it is made in Japan, her name is the spelling to which "E" is attached to an end by "Sandybelle"....
(1981), Scott's wife - Meiken Jolie (1981)
- Andromeda StoriesAndromeda Storiesa Japanese manga written by Ryu Mitsuse and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya.-Plot:On the Planet of Astria in the Andromeda Galaxy the Cosmoralian Empire is about to marry Prince Ithaca to Ayodoya's Princess Lilia in the process crowning him King Astralta III...
(1982 special), Tarama (Jimsa's nurse) - CaptainCaptain (manga)is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978...
(1983), Takao's Mother - Mori no Tonto-tachi (1984), Muori (Santa's wife)
- Harp Burma (1986 special), Old Woman
- Ranma ½Ranma ½is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts...
(1989), CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Faith curer (ep 127), Theme Song Performance (eps 42–56) - YuYu HakushoYuYu Hakushois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and...
(1992), Elder Ice Maiden - Romeo and the Black Brothers (1995), Mimi Rossi
- Vampire Princess MiyuVampire Princess Miyuis a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and...
(1997), aquarium director (ep 15) - Master KeatonMaster Keatonis a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika and Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Big Comic Original between 1988 and 1994 and ran for 18 volumes . An anime adaptation of the series aired between 1998 and 1999 in Japan on Nippon Television...
(1998), Mrs. Burnham (ep 12) - InuYashaInuYasha, also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
(2000), Shoga (ep 65) - The Galaxy RailwaysThe Galaxy Railwaysis a 26 episode science fiction anime series about flying trains set in the far reaches of space. It is licensed by Funimation Production Ltd. and produced by Leiji Matsumoto. It debuted on American TV in a syndicated FUNimation Channel programming block airing on CoLours TV on Monday, June 19,...
(2003), Ine (ep 12) - Fullmetal AlchemistFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(2003), Pinako Rockbell - Maria Watches Over Us (2004), Academy Principal (ep 11)
- Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps (2004), Academy Principal (ep 2)
- El Cazador de la BrujaEl Cazador de la Bruja, is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007...
(2007), Salma (special guest; ep 1) - Devil May CryDevil May Cry: The Animated Seriesis an anime series based on the video game series by Capcom. It debuted on the WOWOW TV network in Japan on June 14, 2007 and ran 12 episodes.The show was produced by the anime studio Madhouse and was directed by Shin Itagaki...
(2007), Margret (ep 8) - Kure-naiKure-naiis a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of Jump Square magazine...
(2008), Old woman (ep 3) - Clannad After Story (2008), Shino Okazaki (ep 18)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Pinako Rockbell
Original video animations
- Yamataro Comes BackYamataro Comes Backis the fourth anime episode in the Lion Books series. It was an OVA release.-Story:The story is about a young bear cub losing his parents and trying to survive in the wild...
(1986), Woman - Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (1987), Sherin
- Little Twins (1992), Hara
- Ranma ½Ranma ½is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts...
(1993), Cologne - The Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
- Xam'd: Lost MemoriesXam'd: Lost MemoriesXam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...
(2008), Sannova - Fairy TailFairy Tailis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...
(2011), Hilda
Films
- Galaxy Express 999Galaxy Express 999is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...
(1979), Tochiro's Mother - CaptainCaptain (manga)is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978...
(1981), Takao's Mother - Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of EvilDoraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evilis a 1982 animated film based on the popular manga and anime series, Doraemon. It was released on 13 March 1982....
(1982), Maid - Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991), Cologne
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun KingDoraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun Kingis a feature-length Doraemon film which premiered on March 4, 2000.- Cast of Characters :* Doraemon - * Nobita Nobi - * Shizuka Minamoto - * Suneo Honekawa - * Jian - -Plot:...
(2000), Maid - Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of ShamballaFullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballais a 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series...
(2005), Pinako Rockbell
External links
- 『サザエさん』フネ役の麻生美代子が急病のため急遽代役で放送 News article about Miyoko Asō on Oricon
- HAIKYO profile (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative SocietyTokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative SocietyThe , also known as , is a talent management agency which represents a fair number of voice actors. The company headquarters are located in the Sendagaya area of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan....
profile, it also includes a voice sample) - Oricon profile