CATDOLL: Kyoto Animation artist Yukiko Horiguchi suspends animation work and turns to novel illustrations

Yukiko Horiguchi, an animator who has been the original artist or animation supervisor for many Kyoto Animation works such as "Lucky Star", "K-ON", and "Beyond the Boundary", said in an interview with the comic magazine "Quarterly Is": My current work is centered on magazine novel illustrations. Although I also like animation work, I am still considering it.

Last year, there were rumors that Yukiko Horiguchi had quit Kyoto Animation, although the article did not mention her quitting. However, it is a fact that she has stopped working as an anime artist, which is why she did not participate in the production of Amagi Brilliant Amajiki and Sound! Euphonium after Chuunibyou ga Koi.

Yukiko Horiguchi joined Kyoto Animation in 2003. She is a Japanese female original artist and animator. She was born in Kyoto Prefecture and is affiliated with Kyoto Animation. She is well-known for designing the characters of "Lucky Star". Her style has been fixed since K-ON!. The subsequent "Hyouka", "Chunibyou ya ka ga ga Koi", "Tamako Market", "Beyond the Boundary" and other works are also in the same style. Kyoto Animation fans jokingly call her "Kyoto face". Veterans can tell that it is a Kyoto work no matter where they see the picture.