Naru Nanao

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Naru Nanao
Born

Naru Nanao (七尾 奈留, Nanao Naru) is the

dōjinshi circle known as "Ice and Chocolate" (あいすとちょこ, Aisu to Choko). She often collaborates with another circle named "Poteneko" (ぽてねこ). She even provided the front-cover illustration for the Comiket 70 catalog
for August 2006.

Career

Visual novels

Naru Nanao has worked on numerous

Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch by F&C FC01. In 2006, Nanao started working with Minori on their game series Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two by providing female character design.[1] In 2011, she worked on Canvas 4: Achrome Étude by providing Elis Hōsen's character design.[2]

Other

In 2006, Nanao teamed up with

Kanon) to produce the original series Sola. Nanao provided the original character design for the project which was used as a template for the character design in the Sola anime and manga series. In 2007, Nanao started working as the character designer on the reader-participation game Ohime-sama Navigation being serialized in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine, published by ASCII Media Works. She worked with Tryfirst as the character designer on the Nintendo DS visual novel Majo ni Naru (魔女になる。), released in Japan in 2009.[3] It was translated into English and released in 2010 by Natsume Inc., under the title Witch's Wish.[4]

Art style

Before becoming well-known with

Japanese school uniforms, is often simple in design but very diverse, such as in regard to collars, sleeves, or skirt hems. While excelling in female character design, her design for males lacks, which is why when working on a visual novel, character design for the males will be handled by a different person, such as in the case of Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
, which had male character design provided by 2C Galore.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Naru Nanao's visual novel contributions" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  2. ^ "Canvas 4: Achrome Étude" (in Japanese). F&C. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "七尾奈留さんキャラデザの魔女っ子AVG『魔女になる。』が今春に発売決定!" [This Spring Magical Girl AVG Majo ni Naru Will Have Naru Nanao as the Character Designer!] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. January 13, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  4. ^ "Witch's Wish". IGN. Retrieved October 13, 2010.

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