The official website of anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Penguindrum) revealed on September 3 that Ikuhara and manga creator Asumiko Nakamura launched a “new chapter” of their Nokemono to Hanayome (The Nokemono & The Bride) manga titled Nokemono to Hanayome+ (pronounced “cross”) on Gentosha’s Densha Birz manga website.
After Revolutionary Girl Utena, he did not direct another anime series until Mawaru Penguindrum in 2011.
Before Revolutionary Girl Utena, he worked at Toei Animation, where he directed Sailor Moon R, S, and SuperS.
Nakamura’s Dōkyūsei manga inspired the Doukyusei -Classmates- anime film, which opened in Japan in February 2016.