Megumi Kagawa

Wiki (jp)

Originating from Doga Kobo, affiliated with Studio Ghibli since its founding.

When she heard they were looking for staff for Nausicaä, she asked someone at Doga Kobo who had connections to get her in because she was a big fan of Miyazaki's. She has since then been one of the lead animators in almost every single Ghibli film.

For her first job she drew the scene of Nausicaä listening to Yupa in Jiru's room, and also Nausicaä trying to save the old men in barge, and Nausicaä pushing the gunship to its limit near the end. In Kiki she drew over 50 shots of Kiki and Ursula at the log house. In Mononoke she drew the scene where the wolf is rescued from under the boars. In Whisper of the Heart she drew the scene that takes place in the rain. In Spirited Away, she wanted to participate more as an animator, but was told to help out animation director Masashi Andou after only having drawn a little animation, namely the scene at the beginning where Sen walks out of the tunnel. In Howl's Moving Castle she was able to come back full force as an animator. In films since then she has occasionally taken part as an animation director, but mostly as an animator.

(Source: Pelleas)