Ako Castuera

Ako Castuera is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time.

Ako Castuera
Born (1978-09-20) September 20, 1978
California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia College of the Arts
Known forAnimation, Ceramics, Paintings
Websitethinging.wordpress.com

Early life

Castuera's father is from Mexico, and his ancestors originated from the Spanish city Castuera.[1] Her mother is of Okinawan descent.[2] According to an article published by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, she was "born at home in a commune to non-hippy parents."[3]

History

Castuera graduated from the California College of the Arts, and it was at this university that she got involved with Giant Robot, a bi-monthly magazine of Asian and Asian American popular culture. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles and eventually landed a job as a character designer on the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse after she drew a card for the series' lead character designer, Songgu Kwon. After an indie comic of hers was well received by Pendleton Ward, she was hired as a storyboard revisionist on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time.[4] She was eventually promoted to storyboard artist, and served in that position until she left in 2013 to focus fully on her art career.[4][5] In October 2014, however, she returned to the series to temporarily storyboard several episodes during the show's seventh season,[6] and during the show's eighth season, worked as a storyboard revisionist.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role
2006–08 Metalocalypse character designer
2009 The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack writer, storyboard artist ("Parfait Storm")
2009–13, 2014–15, 2016–17 Adventure Time writer, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist, voice actress
2020 Summer Camp Island writer, storyboard artist

References
  1. Castuera, Ako (2009). "About". WordPress. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. Castuera, Ako (Storyboard artist). 2014. "Return to the Nightosphere" [Commentary track], Adventure Time Season Four [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Cartoon Network.
  3. "Art Intersections". apa.si.edu. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  4. Tedford, Matthew (September 18, 2013). "Ako Castuera: Giant Robots, Mangled Corpses, and Magical Dogs". CCA.edu. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. Adventure Time staff (March 16, 2014). "Billy's Bucket List Promo by Writer/Storyboard Artist Ako Castuera". King of Ooo. Tumblr. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  6. Osborne, Kent (September 29, 2014). "[Osborne, revealing Moynihan and Castuera are partners for season 7]". Instagram. Retrieved September 29, 2014.


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