Minoru Maeda

Maeda Minoru was born March 24, 1954 in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He is an animator and character designer. He was previously a member of Studio Junio, joining them after graduation as animator in 1970. In 1981 he made his debut as character designer.

He left the studio in 1998 and was one of the founding members of SynergySP, formerly known as Synergy Japan, where he stayed on as board member afterwards.

Note: Not to be confused with background director Maeda Minoru.

(Source: AniDB, edited)