QP:flapper

QP:flapper is a two-member illustrator unit consisting of Japanese artists Tometa Ohara and Koharu Sakura. Since 2001, they have provided character designs for anime and light novels.^[1] In 2005, they debuted as character designers in Leaf's game Kusari.

According to an interview in Dengeki G's Magazine, Ohara and Sakura first met at Ikebukuro's Taishōromandō, a specialty store for goods from Sega's Sakura Wars franchise.^[2] After they formed as a unit, they produced dōjinshi based on various games by Leaf such as To Heart. Ohara and Sakura's pseudonyms were initially simply Tometa (トメ太) and Pimeko (ぴめこ), but Pimeko changed her name to Koharu Sakura in October 2006. In response of this, Tometa added Ohara as a surname to his pseudonym. However, they still used their old aliases when working on visual novels.

Members

• Tometa Ohara (小原 トメ太, Ohara Tometa) or simply Tometa
• Koharu Sakura (さくら 小春, Sakura Koharu) or Pimeko (ぴめこ)

Works

Character design

Anime

• Celestial Method^[3]
• Etotama ("pretty" version)
• Ongaku Shōjo
• Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
• Idoly Pride^[4]

Social games

• Girl Friend Beta

Visual novels

Ohara and Sakura are credited under the pseudonyms Tometa and Pimeko, respectively.

• Berry's - 2013 (Sphere)
• Edo Ranze ~Come on! Mito Hime-sama~ - 2008 (Alice Soft)
• Eiyū*Senki GOLD (guest artist) - 2015 (Tenco)
• Girl Friend Beta: Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi - 2015 (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Kusari - 2005 (Leaf)
• Hoshi no Ōji-kun - 2011 (Leaf)

Others

• Onsen Musume (Original character design; Fuuka Arima by Koharu Sakura, and Kanada Baden Yufuin by Tometa Ohara)
• 22/7 (Original character design; Ayaka Tachikawa by Koharu Sakura, and Akane Maruyama by Tometa Ohara)

Illustrations

Light novels

• Boku no Kawaii Ojōsama - 2012 (Fujimi Fantasia Bunko)^[5]
• Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Universe (anthology light novel) - 2015 (MF Bunko J)
• Bokutachi no Paradox - 2007 (Fujimi Mystery Bunko)
• Girlish Number (character design and colored illustrations only) - 2016 (Dengeki G's Magazine)
• MM! - 2007 (MF Bunko J)
• Gadget Girl (credited under their respective names) - 2006 (Super Dash Bunko)^[6]
• Lucky Chance! - 2007 (Dengeki Bunko)
• Rock Paper Scissors - 2013 (Fujimi Fantasia Bunko)^[7]

Anime eyecatch

• Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor (episode 8, Sakura only)
• Sasami-san@Ganbaranai (episode 11, Ohara only)
• Oreimo (episode 3)
• Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (episode 5)
• Magia Record (episode 10)

References

1. "Tometa Ohara's official blog". tometa_blog (in Japanese). Tometa Ohara. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
2. . 太正浪漫堂. Sega Entertainment. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
3. "Kanon Writer Hisaya, MM! Artists QP:flapper Make Sora no Method TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 17, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
4. "Idoly Pride Multimedia Project Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
5. "ファンタジア文庫 2012年08月発売". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
6. ガジェットガール (集英社スーパーダッシュ文庫) 文庫 – 2006/12 (in Japanese). ASIN 4086303361.
7. "ロック・ペーパー・シザーズ". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• QP:flapper at Anime News Network's encyclopedia