Naoko Asari
Sound
Naoko Asari (浅梨 なおこ, Asari Naoko, born January 24) is a Japanese film sound engineer and animation sound director from Tokyo. She joined Omnibus Promotion in 1981 as a sound assistant. She mainly worked on Studio Ghibli works, and after that, she worked on many live-action, film music and sound editing. After being away from the animation sound direction for a long time since the 1996 TV anime Kodocha, she was in charge of the recording direction of the 2013 movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya for the first time in 17 years, her first Studio Ghibli work since the 1995 film Whisper of the Heart.
Filmography (31)

Confession
2024
Sound Designer

You Made My Dawn
2023
Sound Designer

We Couldn't Become Adults
2021
Sound Designer

The Cinderella Addiction
2021
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Not Quite Dead Yet
2020
Sound Designer

Chiwawa-chan
2019
Sound Designer

Tokyo Ghoul
2017
Sound Designer

Midnight Diner 2
2016
Sound Supervisor

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2014
Actor

Midnight Diner
2014
Sound Designer

Judge!
2014
Sound Designer

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
Sound Designer

A Boy Called H
2013
Music Editor

Robo-G
2012
Music Editor

Box!
2010
Sound Editor

TV
Midnight Diner
2009
Sound Supervisor

After School
2008
Sound Editor

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005
Music Editor

The Hidden Blade
2004
Sound Editor

Heaven's Bookstore
2004
Music Editor

Akame 48 Waterfalls
2003
Songs

The Twilight Samurai
2002
Music Editor

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
Music Editor

Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
Music Editor

Whisper of the Heart
1995
Sound Director

Porco Rosso
1992
Recording Supervision

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
Sound

Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Sound Director

My Neighbor Totoro
1988
Other

TV
Fight! Kickers
1986
Sound Director

TV
Ranpou
1984
Sound Director
