Michiru Shimada

Michiru Shimada 島田 満 Shimada Michiru May 19 1959 December 15 2017 was a Japanese screenwriter from TokyoShe was a member of the Writers Guild of Japan Shimada graduated from Department of Japanese Studies in Waseda University In 1981 when she was in her third university year she learned that Toei Animation would hire new recruits for the first time in 10 years and she took the exam to become trainee director Although she passed the exam with high marks she was encouraged to write a script instead because the studios policy at the time was not hiring women as directors She wrote the script for the episode 42 of the TV anime Dr Slump Dr Slump Aralechan which was aired on February 10 1982 After that she participated in many popular plays and continued his career steadily and successfully On December 15 2017 she passed away from a disease she had been suffering from since 2016 She was 58 years old