Miyoko Asô

Miyoko Asô

Born: April 7, 1926
Died: August 25, 2018
in Tokyo, Japan
Miyoko Asō (麻生 美代子 Asō Miyoko, April 7, 1926 – August 25, 2018) was a Japanese actress and voice actress.

She is best known for her role as the first voice of Fune Isono from 1969 to 2015 in the longest-running Japanese anime series Sazae-san, which first aired in 1969. She was the voice of Dr. Pinako Rockbell in both Fullmetal Alchemist anime adaptations. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa. On September 18, 2015, it was announced that Asō would step down from her role in Sazae-san. She was replaced by Yorie Terauchi on October 5, 2015. On September 3, 2018, it was reported that Asō had died on August 25 from senility.

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Movies for Miyoko Asô...

Title: The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star
Character: Mayumi Niikura (old) (voice)
Released: August 13, 2016
Type: TV
A prequel to the manga The Ancient Magus' Bride, this movie tells the story of how the dispossessed 15 year old girl Chise Hatori is bought by a monstrous sorcerer named Elias. However, things are not as dire as they seem. Elias informs Chise that she has a rare magical talent, and that he will therefor take her on as his apprentice... and in the future, as his bride.
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I’m a Cat Stalker
Title: I’m a Cat Stalker
Character: Ohka
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
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Title: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Character: Pinako (voice)
Released: April 5, 2009
Type: TV
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.
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Title: Clannad
Character: Shino Okazaki (voice)
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: TV
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.
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Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Title: Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Character: Pinako Rockbell (voice)
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.
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Title: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character: Pinako Rockbell (voice)
Released: October 4, 2003
Type: TV
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.
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Title: Romeo and the Black Brothers
Character: Mimi Rossi (voice)
Released: January 15, 1995
Type: TV
To get the money to pay for a doctor for his father, Romeo bravely sells himself as a chimney sweep. On the way to Milan he meets Alfredo, a mysterious boy on the run heading to the same fate. Upon being separated and sold to their new bosses, the two boys swear eternal friendship. Romeo has to learn the hardships of a chimney sweep's job.
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Ranma ½: The Movie — The Battle of Nekonron: The Fight to Break the Rules!
Title: Ranma ½: The Movie — The Battle of Nekonron: The Fight to Break the Rules!
Character: Cologne (voice)
Released: November 2, 1991
Type: Movie
When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess who's accidentally holding the scroll that signifies his future mate? Why, Akane, of course, and the rest of the Ranma crew is forced to take a boat to China in order to save her from the horrors of marriage and a diet of pickled vegetables.
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Title: 紅い牙 ブルー・ソネット
Character: 鏑木
Released: July 16, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Ranma ½
Character: Cologne (voice)
Released: April 15, 1989
Type: TV
Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.
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Title: Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
Character: Witch (voice)
Released: October 21, 1987
Type: TV
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Yamataro Comes Back
Title: Yamataro Comes Back
Character: Woman (voice)
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
After losing his parents, a young bear named Yamataro is chained as an attraction of a small kiosk near a train station. There he is encouraged by a C-62 train to runaway from the humans and become free.
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Title: Elves of the Forest
Character: Muori
Released: October 5, 1984
Type: TV
Family Santa Claus lives along with the elves and wights in a forest in Finland. They experience a lot of adventures along with the other residents of the forest. For example, they pack Christmas presents together.
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Title: Captain
Character: Taniguchi's mother
Released: January 10, 1983
Type: TV
The original is an impressive sports manga featuring not heroes, but common boys, and the story depicts the growth of Sumiya 2 junior high school baseball team (the successive captains and players) in downtown Tokyo. Takao Taniguchi, who was a substitute player of the second team of Aoba Gakuin, a prestigious junior high school in the baseball world, but he transferred to Sumiya 2 and he became the captain of the baseball club. After steady training, the team try to do a final game in the regional preliminaries, against Aoba Gakuin.
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The Wizard of Oz
Title: The Wizard of Oz
Character: The Good Witch of the North (voice)
Released: October 6, 1982
Type: Movie
An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz.
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Andromeda Stories
Title: Andromeda Stories
Character: Tarama (voice)
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: Movie
In the Andromeda galaxy there's a planet of a highly developed human civilisation. The gentle Prince Itaka and another kingdom's beautiful Princess Lilia are about to enter a love-marriage and take over the throne, when they discover a strange object on the nightsky. Later it lands on the planet, and an alien, mechanic civilization invades King Itaka's peaceful country making nearly everybody their slave. On a fateful night Queen Lilia gives birth to twins, and to avoid misfortune, the nanny Tarama takes one of the babies away, and entrusts it to the gladiator Balga. They still don't know, that the children were born with strong powers, and hold the key to the fight against the enemy that's searching to destroy every human civilisation on the planet... (from myanimelist)
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Title: Hello! Sandybell
Character: Scott's wife
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: TV
Hello! Sandybell is an anime series made by Toei Animation in 1981. It was aired in Japan by TV Asahi. In the original title when it is made in Japan, her name is the spelling to which "E" is attached to an end by "Sandybelle". Similarly to Silver Fang, the show is relatively unknown in the U.S. but was quite popular in Asia, Latin America, Arab countries and Europe, particularly Scandinavia.
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Botchan
Title: Botchan
Character: Kiyoshi (voice)
Released: June 13, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Title: Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Character: Tochirô's Mother (voice)
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
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Maegami Tarou
Title: Maegami Tarou
Character: ばあさま
Released: April 29, 1979
Type: Movie
This is a folk-tale-like adventure story of an active boy on a quest for the Water of Life. The boy sets out on this quest after learning that the Water of Life is needed to make his village happy. On the way, he meets gods, demons... Soon, he discovers that the evil snake has stolen the Water, and he heads for the snake's palace. Defeating the snake is not easy since it has the Water of Life to revive itself. This boy - Maegami Tarou - continues his courageous quest in cooperation with various creatures and the gods.
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Title: Anne of Green Gables
Character: Rachel Lynde (voice)
Released: January 7, 1979
Type: TV
Anne Shirley is a freckle-faced, red-haired girl, who grows up in an orphanage having lost her parents at a very early age. Anne is always cheerful and fun-loving despite being brought up without love or affection. When she turns 11, she is adopted by the old farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla. Anne starts her new life with Matthew and Marilla at a farm called "Green Gables", but actually the Cuthberts wanted a boy who could help with their work on the farm... Overcoming many hardships and meeting many friends and people, Anne grows up to be a strong-minded woman.
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Title: Fighting General Daimos
Character: Okane
Released: April 1, 1978
Type: TV
The survivors of Planet Baam and the Earth people want to sign a peace treaty, so General Lion and the renowned scientist Dr. Ryūzaki head out to have a reunion. But Lion dies in odd circumstances, his vengeful son Richter kills Dr. Ryūzaki—and war starts. Dr. Ryūzaki's son, young martial artist Kazuya, decides to defend Earth with Dr. Izumi's powerful robot: Tōshō Daimos...
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Title: Fighting General Daimos
Character: Margarete
Released: April 1, 1978
Type: TV
The survivors of Planet Baam and the Earth people want to sign a peace treaty, so General Lion and the renowned scientist Dr. Ryūzaki head out to have a reunion. But Lion dies in odd circumstances, his vengeful son Richter kills Dr. Ryūzaki—and war starts. Dr. Ryūzaki's son, young martial artist Kazuya, decides to defend Earth with Dr. Izumi's powerful robot: Tōshō Daimos...
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Title: The Story of Perrine
Character: La Rouquerie
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: TV
Perrine is a young girl who lives in Bosnia with her Indian mother and beloved father – that is, until her father passes away, leaving her mother with a single wish: travel to France to be with his father. The over 1,000 kilometer journey seems unfathomable, but Perrine and her mother have a plan: they will photograph people in the towns along the way to support themselves. With their hardy donkey Palikare and faithful dog Baron, the two set forth for Paris; along the way they encounter kind souls, barren villages, and a number of hardships; will Perrine and her mother survive the long journey to France?
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Title: Homerun Kanta
Character: 戸馳久美子
Released: September 18, 1977
Type: TV
Ippatsu Kanta-kun is an anime created by Tatsunoko Production. Along with Temple the Balloonist, it was one of the last works for which Tatsunoko co-founder Tatsuo Yoshida was credited as a creator; Yoshida died before the series began airing. The series was released in two DVD box sets in January 2010.
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Title: Candy Candy
Character: Mary Jane Headmistress (voice)
Released: October 1, 1976
Type: TV
This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And she met the "handsome boy on the hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Loka's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Leo and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "handsome boy on the hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Antony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.
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Title: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Character: Giulietta the cat (voice)
Released: April 27, 1976
Type: TV
The Adventures of Piccolino is a 52 episode anime series by Nippon Animation first aired in 1976. The story is based on the novel "Pinocchio" by Italian author Carlo Collodi.
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Title: Huckleberry no Bōken
Released: January 2, 1976
Type: TV
When Huckleberry runs away from his orphanage, he teams up with an escaped slave. Together, they travel the Mississippi on a raft, encountering all kinds of people and adventures.
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Title: Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Character: Mermaid Crone (voice)
Released: March 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Mother
Released: July 20, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a greedy, tyrannical giant.
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Title: Heidi, Girl of the Alps
Released: January 6, 1974
Type: TV
After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi who lives in the mountain Alps. However he is a very bitter man who only accepts to take her in by force. Heidi's kindness may be able to open Öhi's heart. Along with Peter the goat carer and the crippled Klara, Heidi has a lot of adventures.
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Title: Sazae-san
Character: Fune (voice)
Released: October 14, 1969
Type: TV
The adventures of Sazae Fuguta and her family and friends in their Tokyo suburb.