Biography
Emiko Kataoka, credited in Japanese as 片岡恵美子, is a Japanese animator with credits recorded from the early 1980s into the mid-2020s, working primarily in key animation and in-between animation [1]. The Anime News Network encyclopedia lists more than 1,000 credits under her name, including key animation on the 1996 Sega Saturn game adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion and on the film Arete Hime [1]. Her television resume covers an unusually broad swath of long-running franchises, including more than 121 episodes of Doraemon, multiple seasons of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Black Clover, and Naoki Urasawa's Monster [1]. That kind of credit list, heavy on long-format children's and shounen franchises rather than prestige seasonal titles, is the backbone of the industry: the animators who keep hundred-plus-episode shows on schedule rarely get profiled, but without them nothing ships. She has also taken animation-director credits on Black Clover, a step up from in-betweening and key work that generally reflects seniority built over many years [1]. No verified birthdate or birthplace is publicly available [1].