KAGAWA, Megumi

賀川愛, b. 14 June 1959

• although her given name is "Megumi" the kanji used for her name 「愛 」is most commonly pronounced "ai" which means "love". As a result, at Studio Ghibli she is known by the nickname "Ai-chan"「あいちゃん」.
• born in Ehime Prefecture
• went to Tokyo for college
• 1981: graduated from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (東京デザイナー学院 aka TDG) where she studied animation
• 1981: after graduation she began working for Doga Kobo animation studio (動画工房)
• worked on almost all Studio Ghibli films in some capacity

Ettinger, Benjamin. "The Women Behind Ghibli." Anipages. 28 March 2007.