is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, animator, voice actress, and dà Âjin artist from Hyà Âgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume. She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dà Âjinshi, and for the visual novel Sanarara.
Aoki provided the voice for her Metapod persona in the Shaft anime adaptation of her four-panel comic strip Hidamari Sketch. She later created the original character designs for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a Shaft anime production; and has been involved with the franchiseâÂÂspanning several films, mobile games, manga, novels, and further television anime seriesâÂÂsince then.