Yuniko Ayana Explained

Yuniko Ayana
Native Name:綾奈 ゆにこ
Native Name Lang:ja
Occupation:Screenwriter
Notable Works:
Awards:Newtype Anime Awards Screenplay Award (2018)

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, , 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.

Biography

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. 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.[2]

Ayana was script supervisor and, alongside, co-scenario writer for Makura no Danshi, as well as story concept creator for Flip Flappers. In 2016, she was script supervisor for Girls Beyond the Wasteland and . She was later script supervisor for The Idolmaster SideM, for which she and Yukie Sugawara won the 2018 Newtype Anime Awards Screenplay Award.[3]

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, as well as the screenwriter for the 2022 sequel movie BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream!. In 2023, she was the screenwriter and script supervisor for the spinoff BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!!; she recalled in an interview with Comic Natalie that this job was challenging because she "had never written a script so realistically before".[4] She also served as script supervisor for D4DJ First Mix, another Bushiroad anime.

Ayana later served as script supervisor for Given and Bikkurimen, as well as the screenwriter for the former's 2020 film sequel Given. She is serving as co-script supervisor (alongside Midori Gotō) for as well as script supervisor and screenwriter for The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies.

In 2014, Kadokawa published, an essay collection of Ayana's Newtype column of the same name, also including yuri manga she worked on.[5] She was the writer of '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.[6] She wrote the preface for the entrance at the Yuriten 2017 convention.[7] She also works in theatre, being the screenwriter for Butai: Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau.

Ayana is a member of the .[8]

Filmography

Animated television

Year Title Notes
2011 Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl Series composition [9]
2013-2015 Kin-iro Mosaic Series composition [10] [11]
2014 Locodol Series composition [12]
2014 Merman in My Tub Series composition [13]
2015 Makura no Danshi Series composition; co-scenario writer (with) [14]
2016 Flip Flappers Story concept [15]
2016 Girls Beyond the Wasteland Series composition [16]
2016 Series composition [17]
2017-2020 BanG Dream Series composition [18] [19] [20]
2017 The Idolmaster SideM Series composition [21]
2018 Screenwriter [22]
2019 Given Series composition [23]
2020 D4DJ First Mix Series composition [24]
2023 Bikkurimen Series composition [25]
2023 BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! Series composition and screenwriter [26]
2024 Series composition (with Midori Gotō) [27]
2024 The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Series composition and screenwriting [28]

Animated film

Year Title
2020 Given [30]
2021 BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia (as script supervisor) [31]
2021 [32]
2022 BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream [33]

Stage productions

Notes and References

  1. News: 2010-10-01 . TVアニメ「バクマン。」第1話試写会を脚本家が密着取材! . https://web.archive.org/web/20160523121110/http://webnewtype.com/report/article/2198/ . 2016-05-23 . 2024-08-03 . WebNewtype.
  2. Book: Takahashi. Yumi. November 23, 2019. Akiyuki Shimbo x Shaft Chronicle. Dotcom. Japanese. 978-4835457017. 152.
  3. News: Loo . Egan . 2018-10-07 . Idolm@ster SideM, Bungo Stray Dogs Film Win Top Newtype Anime Awards . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network . en.
  4. Ayana . Yuniko . アニメ「BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!」綾奈ゆにこ×武田綾乃対談、"女女の関係性"の名手が語る、MyGO!!!!!のリアル . Takeda . Ayano . Comic Natalie . 2023-09-07. 2024-08-03.
  5. Web site: ちいさい百合みぃつけた . 2024-08-03 . Kadokawa Online Shop . ja.
  6. News: 高木しげよし×綾奈ゆにこ「それが世界のフツーになる」発売でWサイン会 . 2024-08-03 . Comic Natalie . ja.
  7. News: 2017-03-19 . 『百合展2017』を拝観しよう! ~業界横断百合イベント再臨~ . 2024-08-03 . Get News . ja.
  8. Web site: Profile . 2024-08-03 . 綾奈ゆにこのしごと . ja.
  9. Web site: 電波女と青春男 - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  10. Web site: きんいろモザイク - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  11. Web site: ハロー!!きんいろモザイク - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  12. Web site: 普通の女子校生が【ろこどる】やってみた。 - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  13. Web site: Orenchi no Furo Jijō Merman Anime's Staff Announced. Anime News Network. May 15, 2014. 2024-08-04.
  14. Web site: 枕男子 - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  15. Web site: フリップフラッパーズ - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  16. Web site: MinatoSoft's Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu PC Game Gets TV Anime. Anime News Network. 2015-10-23. 2024-08-04. September 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917000325/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-23/minatosoft-shojo-tachi-wa-koya-o-mezasu-pc-game-gets-tv-anime/.94529. live.
  17. Web site: 七つの大罪 聖戦の予兆 - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  18. Web site: BanG Dream! - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  19. Web site: BanG Dream! 2nd Season - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  20. Web site: BanG Dream! 3rd Season - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  21. Web site: アイドルマスター SideM - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  22. Web site: Sherman. Jennifer. Lupin the Third Part 5 TV Anime Reveals 7 More Scriptwriters. Anime News Network. 2024-08-04. May 9, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508183527/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-08/lupin-the-third-part-5-tv-anime-reveals-7-more-scriptwriters/.131316. May 8, 2018.
  23. Web site: ギヴン - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  24. Web site: D4DJ First Mix - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  25. Web site: ビックリメン - アニメ詳細データ . 2024-08-04 . TV Drama Database . ja.
  26. News: Loo . Egan . 2023-04-09 . BanG Dream! Project Gets New TV Anime for MyGo!!!!! Band This Summer . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network.
  27. News: 2023-11-09 . 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 . 2024-08-04 . Mantanweb . ja-JP.
  28. Web site: ja:作者が急逝の漫画『かつて魔法少女と悪は敵対していた。』TVアニメ化決定 制作はボンズで映像公開. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2303048/full/. Oricon. November 18, 2023. 2024-08-04. ja.
  29. News: Loo . Egan . 2012-07-31 . Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Anime's 1st Promo Streamed . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network . en.
  30. News: Given Anime Film Rescheduled for August 22 After COVID-19 Delay. Loo. Egan. July 2, 2022. Anime News Network. 2024-08-04.
  31. News: Komatsu . Mikikazu . 2021-02-04 . Five Members Smile Softly in BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia 2nd Film Main Visual . 2024-08-04 . Crunchyroll News.
  32. News: Loo . Egan . March 18, 2020 . Kin-iro Mosaic/KINMOZA! Manga Ends With New Film Announcement, Special Spinoff Manga (Updated) . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network.
  33. News: Loo . Egan . 2021-06-06 . BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream! Film's Teaser Unveils January 1 Opening . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network.
  34. News: Cayanan . Joanna . May 5, 2024 . Eku Takeshima's Whisper Me a Love Song Manga Gets Stage Play Adaptation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240505105638/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-05/eku-takeshima-whisper-me-a-love-song-manga-gets-stage-play-adaptation/.210506 . May 5, 2024 . 2024-08-04 . Anime News Network.