Naoko Asari
Known for: Sound
Born: —
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Naoko Asari (浅梨 なおこ, Asari Naoko, born January 24) is a Japanese film sound engineer and animation sound director from Tokyo. She joined Omnibus Promotion in 1981 as a sound assistant. She mainly worked on Studio Ghibli works, and after that, she worked on many live-action, film music and sound editing. After being away from the animation sound direction for a long time since the 1996 TV anime Kodocha, she was in charge of the recording direction of the 2013 movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya for the first time in 17 years, her first Studio Ghibli work since the 1995 film Whisper of the Heart.
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Filmography
32 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
7.3
The Criminal
2026
4.0
We Don't Know Love Yet
2024
6.9
Confession
2024
6.7
You Made My Dawn
2023
NR
Gon-Mama
2022
6.4
We Couldn't Become Adults
2021
6.6
The Cinderella Addiction
2021
6.0
Not Quite Dead Yet
2020
6.8
Chiwawa-chan
2019
7.1
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
7.5
Midnight Diner 2
2016
7.9
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
6.7
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2014
7.7
Midnight Diner
2014
7.1
Judge!
2014
8.1
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
7.8
A Boy Called H
2013
7.1
Robo-G
2012
7.0
Box!
2010
8.2
Midnight Diner
2009
NR
Samurai Gangsters
2008
8.1
After School
2008
6.6
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005
7.4
The Hidden Blade
2004
5.9
Heaven's Bookstore
2004
6.1
Akame 48 Waterfalls
2003
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
2002
6.7
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
6.9
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
7.9
Whisper of the Heart
1995
7.1
Chage & Aska: On Your Mark
1995
7.8
Porco Rosso
1992
5.7
Mikadroid
1991
7.8
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
7.1
Fight! Kickers
1986
6.0
Ranpou
1984