'''gímik''' is a Japanese creative group who devise original ideas, usually of a cross media nature (anime, manga, novels, and audio dramas). Consisting of Director Keiji Gotoh, his wife, character designer Megumi Kadonosono, and script writer Hidefumi Kimura ('''g'''í'''m'''i'''k''' comes from their names -- G for Gotoh, M for Megumi, and K for Kimura), their debut work was ''Anime/KiddyGrade.'' All three members are also animators in their own right -- Gotoh does everything from key animator up, Megumi mainly does key animation and animation direction, and Kimura is less prolific, creating storyboards and occasionally doing some key animation.

Gotoh started work as an in-between animator on ''WesternAnimation/{{Thunder Cats|1985}}'' and, prior to ''Kiddy Grade,'' was probably best known as the character designer for shows like ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico,'' ''VideoGame/GateKeepers,'' and for the ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'' game ''VisualNovel/DoubleCast.'' He first worked with Megumi on the ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' TV series and the three of them first co-operated on Kimura's ''Anime/GeneratorGawl.'' He is also fond of the PantyShot, featuring in all his directorial works (other than ''Anime/GiganticFormula'') and most of his illustrations.

Their works tend to feature guest artists -- ''Kiddy Grade'' had a different artist doing the {{Eye Catch}}es for each episode, ''Anime/UtaKata'' had a different costume designer for each episode's TransformationSequence (who also draw an illustration of it for the ending sequence), and ''Gigantic Formula'' had a different designer for each [[HumongousMecha Mecha]]. ''Anime/KiddyGirlAnd'' went against the grain, in that all the eyecatches were by Gotoh's friend Dr. Moro -- although there were multiple costume designers, and the eponymous character for the ShowWithinAShow "''Card Getter Sakura''" was drawn by Kagami Yoshimizu of ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fame.
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!! Works include:

* ''Gemini Knives'' -- a two-volume light novel set in the Kiddy Grade universe that was serialised in Megami Magazine.
* ''Anime/GiganticFormula'' (technically not a gímik title, but the usual suspects were all present.)
* ''Anime/KiddyGrade.''
* ''Anime/KiddyGirlAnd.''
* ''Anime/UtaKata.''
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