Known for Writing
Tomoko Konparu (金春 智子, Konparu Tomoko, born March 13, 1956) is an anime screenwriter from Nara, Japan. She graduated from the Department of Foreign Language at Sophia University. She is the ex-wife of screenwriter Hideo Takayashiki.
Born
March 13, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Nara, Nara, Japan
Filmography
37 films, 52 shows


The Rose of Versailles
2025 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
In an age of revolution, Marie Antoinette and her protector Oscar François de Jarjayes face tough choices as women growing into their distinct roles.


Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope
2013 · 47m
country: Japan
The 25th movie in the series, Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope. Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope features Pao, a small elephant boy who lives above the clouds. Every day, Pao practices at the house of Saji Ojisan, who cleans the sky with handkerchiefs coming out from his nose, so that one day he will be able to to do the same. However, it doesn’t go well, and he always fails. Thinking there is nothing he can do and nothing would ever go well, he unconsciously closes himself off to the world. Meanwhile, Baikinman is organizing the “Baikin Circus.” The newest mecha called Amazing Elephant morphs into Dirty Elephant and starts polluting the town. Pao seems to break down because of his lack of usefulness, but seeing how Anpanman never gives up and faces any difficulty, he decides to go forward and hold onto hope.


Ijime: Ikenie no Kyoushitsu
2012
country: Japan
Sera is the queen of the school, and everyone who bothers her becomes the "sacrifice", which is mistreated by everyone.


Hiyokoi
2010 · 23m
country: Japan
Nishiyama Hiyori is a really shy and short (only 140cm tall) 15-year-old girl, who had been hospitalized for a whole year, due to a car accident. Now that she returns to school, she wants to quickly adapt to the new surroundings. Just when she was about to introduce herself to her new classmates, a boy named Hirose Yuushin (190cm tall) walks in. He is open and always happy, quite in contrast to her shy and quiet being. Sitting next to each other and thanks to his personality, Hiyori slowly loses her shyness.


Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song
2010 · 51m
country: Japan
An orphan is raised by a villain who doesn’t allow the joys of life. Now, it’s up to a red bean paste-filled superhero to introduce life’s gifts.


Yona Yona Penguin
2009 · 1h 25m
country: France
Rintaro directs a tale of three children who visit a land of wonder. This is the first "3D anime" that Madhouse has produced. Oh, and there are penguins.


Go! Anpanman: Horror Man and Horror Horako
2007 · 20m
country: Japan
One day, when Baikinman and co. are at the beach, Horrorman encounters a girl who looks a lot like him, Hora Horako. Horako goes about telling made-up stories to others, including a story about herself being Horrorman's daughter. While Anpanman and friends wonder if it could be true, Horrorman immediately believes her stories, leading to a clash with Baikinman.


Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie
2006 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
The beloved children’s superhero has his hands full after he saves Dollie, who comes to life and annoys others with her non-stop search for fun times!


Go! Anpanman: Princess Black-Snow and Popular Baikinman
2005 · 21m
country: Japan
Baikinman is snatched by a black cloud inhabited by a princess who loves black, Kuroyuki-hime (Black Snow). She is immediately thrilled with him and starts making trouble with him, turning everything black. However, both Dokin-chan and Anpanman are determined to stop her.


Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats
2004 · 51m
country: Japan
When a comet that comes back once in a hundred years, Dream Suisei, is travelling by Earth, everybody sees the same dream of a foreign world. Melonpanna saves an egg from being crushed and wakes up to find out that the egg has followed her home. A kitten hatches from the egg, and Melonpanna names her Nyanii and starts caring for her. But soon they find out that Nyanii is needed back on Dream Suisei, and if she doesn't return there, she will vanish. Melonpanna struggles with the upcoming hard goodbyes, but the real trouble starts when Baikinman accidentally awakens the evil monster Muuma.


Touch 5: Cross Road
2001 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitting gymnastics. Inspired by a photograph of her final performance, she becomes the photographers assistant.


Go! Anpanman: Tears of the Mermaid Princess
2000 · 55m
country: Japan
Anpanman and the mermaid princess. Princess Sunny accidentally awakes the stone monster Gorongora. Can Anpanman save her underwater world?


Touch 4: Miss Lonely Yesterday
1998 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
This fourth movie takes place a couple of years after the series. Minami and Tatsuya are both in college now. Different colleges, I might add. Tatsuya has quit playing baseball. Nitta is still pursuing Minami. And Tatsuya has a mysterious girl named Kaori at his college that seems to like him. So, how will all this affect the relationship between Minami and Tatsuya?


I'm Not an Angel!
1994 · 31m
country: Japan
Midori is a high school student of a brand new school. Elected as a member of the first student body government, Midori and the rest of the officers decide to put together a gakuen-sai--a school festival. Midori likes Akira, who happened to help her out during the election speech (she fell on stage, with some more embarrassment). She's excited about working for the festival, especially since she gets to work with Akira. She tries to be a match-maker for Mamiya-san (Mami-ryn) and Sudoh-kun during the process too.


Fairy King
1988 · 1h
country: Japan
Jack has moved to Hokkaido to get treatment for an illness, but he's lonely and unhappy. One night a man on a horse rides through his window to help him. For a reason he doesn't understand, Jack instantly knows the man's name and feels they've met somewhere before. The man, Cu Chulainn, tells Jack to open the moonlight shadow window, which leads him to Nymphidia, the world of Midsummer Night's Dream, whose inhabitants are waiting for a new Fairy King.


One Pound Gospel
1988 · 50m
country: Japan
Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him against stronger boxers and even worse, he's prone to throw up when he gets a body blow, which drives potential opponents away. His coach is at his wit's end as he struggles to get this idiot to show some discipline in his training. The matter is complicated when a young nun feeds the "starving" boy after she finds him fainted on the streets during his enforced fast. She learns of her mistake and she tries to help him get ready for a fight, but his weakness for food and the odd relationship they share don't makes things easy.


Touch 2: The Farewell Gift
1986 · 1h 20m
country: Japan
Tatsuya and Minami meet Akio Nitta, an ace batter who thought of Kazuya as his rival. Nitta sees great potential in Tatsuya and expects to face him on the road to the national high school baseball tournament.


The SuperGal
1986 · 50m
country: Japan
Maris is a freelance bounty hunter/soldier of fortune who just wants to be so rich that she doesn't have to work anymore. Just one slight problem... Maris is from a world of super strong beings, and constantly has to pay for damages she and her parents inflict wherever they go,


Fire Tripper
1985 · 50m
country: Japan
A massive gas explosion in modern-day Tokyo throws 17-year-old Suzuko back in time — 500 years into the past and into a death-strewn battlefield. Rescued from lecherous bandits by the young warrior Shukumaru, Suzuko struggles to untangle the time lines. Slowly she begins to understand the strange force that has exiled her, and how it relates to her own mysterious past. Shukumaru and Suzuko tackle mystery, tragedy and disaster as time unravels amidst the roaring flames of past and present.


Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
1985 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic results. With Lum gone, her friends decide that there is no reason to remain, and so Tomobiki slowly returns to normal. The highlight of the film is a high speed chase scene with an angry Lum flying after the mysterious Ruu through the city at night and into a hall of mirrors (and illusion ). Ataru's true feelings for Lum are probably more obvious in this film than any of the others.


Light-Hearted Tales of Pro Baseball Part II
1984 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
More of Emoto Takenori's humorous tales of the Baseball world.


Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
1982 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
When local teacher Midori Yamabuki receives an emergency summons to her home planet it turns out to be a trap devised by galactic warlord Dr. Mashirito, and it's up to Dr. Senbei Norimaki and a group of students (including his robot daughter Arale) to venture into space to save her.


Ojamanga Yamada-kun
1981 · 27m
country: Japan
The Yamada family lives in Tokyo's Higashi Edogawa Ward. Noboru, the second son and high school student, dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. One day, he hears about a scout from a pro team! However, it turns out that it's not a pro baseball player, but a scout to become a professional wrestler! Ine, the housewife of the Yamada family and landlady of the Yamada-so apartment building they run, has recently gained weight. To lose weight, she joins a nearby tennis club, but there she runs into her son, Noboru, who is trying to join the club in search of girls!


There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game
1980 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Our Tabuchi-kun continues to underperform, both during the New Year's games and the exhibition games. With the 1979 pennant race decided, the Seibu Nine are playing out the season. There were rumors of Tabuchi being traded during the offseason, but he left for overseas training camp in good spirits. However, Yasuda followed him all the way to Arizona, and it seems that this year will be another bad one for him. Once the season started, he was easily outplayed by Nippon Ham's rookie Kida, and things did not look good for him. As expected, the Seibu Lions missed out on the championship, and the 1980 pennant race came to an end.


Makoto-chan
1980 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.


There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race
1980 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The Pacific League pennant race continues to be fiercely contested. However, due to Tabuchi's continued poor performance, the Lions are on a losing streak. With Yasuda showing up at the stadium with his resume and Nomura suddenly becoming more energetic after being inspired by Dokaben's words, Tabuchi's presence is becoming less and less noticeable. Desperate, Manager Nemoto and Owner Tsumori try to highlight Tabuchi's charm by organizing "Tabuchi Day," but it ends in a complete failure. Just then, Mrs. Miyoko unexpectedly appears as a cheerleader.


There Goes Our Hero
1979 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation.