Yoko KUNO

Yoko KUNO, born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1990, created her first animated short films, which received multiple awards, while studying at Tama Art University. After her graduation, she worked as a rotoscope animation director for Shunji IWAI’s THE CASE OF HANA AND ALICE (2015 / NC ‘16). She also worked on the animation for several films of the CRAYON-SHIN-CHAN series and in 2020 co-directed the animated short LUCKY OWL WITH SHIMAKO (NC ‘21) alongside Nobuhiro YAMASHITA. GHOST CAT ANZU (2024 / NC ‘25) is her first feature-length animated film as director.