is a Japanese artist, writer and animator. He is a member of

gímik gímik is a Japanese animation production group, formed by Keiji Gotoh, Megumi Kadonosono and Hidefumi Kimura. In the past, animators have often formed production groups to produce animations, but increasingly animation groups are assuming a ...

, along with

Keiji Gotoh is a Japanese anime director, character designer, manga artist, and member of three man production team gímik whose works include ''Kiddy Grade'' and ''Uta Kata''. Works Television * '' Thundercats'' (1985), In-between animation * '' Kiko Senk ...

and

Megumi Kadonosono is a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer from Osaka, Japan. Anime credits *'' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'': Animation (OP/ED) * ''Clannad'' movie: Character Design *'' D.N.Angel'': Animation director (ep 20) *''Gene ...

, and is responsible for composing the scenarios and writing most of the episodic screenplays for their

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

, and for writing some of the related manga and

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

s. Some of his major works in illustration include ''

Generator Gawl is a 1998 12-episode anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and the Victor Company of Japan (JVC, now JVCKenwood). The story is set in 2007, when Professor Takuma Nekasa uncovers a gene code that will unlock the human body's ...

'', ''

Kiddy Grade is a Japanese 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment. In October 2006, ...

'', and ''

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''.

Works

Anime television series

* ''

'' (1998): Series composition, screenplay * ''

Space Pirate Mito ''Space Pirate Mito'' (宇宙海賊ミトの大冒険 ''Uchū Kaizoku Mito no Daibōken''), also known as ''Stellar Buster Mito'' in Japanese, is an anime series from 1999. It was produced in two seasons at 13 episodes each. Directed by Takash ...

'' (1999): screenplay * ''

Dai-Guard is an anime television series, produced and animated by XEBEC, and directed by Seiji Mizushima. It aired from October 5, 1999, to March 28, 2000, on TV Tokyo, running for 26 episodes. 6 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD. The serie ...

'' (1999): Science fiction concept, screenplay (episodes 14, 19, and 20) * ''

Love Hina is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The ...

'' (2000): screenplay * ''

Sister Princess is a Japanese light novel series written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro that began serialization in 1999 and ended in 2003. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for the PlayStation were released. Sequels to th ...

'' (2001): stage manager * ''

Full Metal Panic! is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protectin ...

'' (2002): screenplay * ''

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax, with animation produced by Gainax and Madhouse, and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was broadcast for thirteen episodes on Kids Station from April to June 2002. The series was licensed ...

'' (2002): setting design * ''

'' (2002): Series composition, Screenplay (episodes 1–3, 6, 8, 10–11, 15–17, and 20–24), Storyboards (episodes 9, 14, 16, and 20), Key animation (episodes 1, 10, and 20), Eyecatch illustration (episode 22) * ''

'' (2003): Series composition, screenplay * ''

Uta Kata is a 2004 anime television series. Written differently (泡沫), the title can refer to bubbles and used as such in the ending theme. The series can be loosely considered a magical girl story. However, this series deviates from more conven ...

'' (2004): Series composition, screenplay * '' Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula'' (2007): Series composition, screenplay, Storyboards (episodes 12, 16, 22, and 25) * ''

Kiddy Girl-and is a 2009 Japanese anime television series. It is a sequel to the anime series ''Kiddy Grade'', created by gímik and Satelight and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The manga adaptation , illustrated by Yukari Higa, ran in ''Comp Ace'' and was releas ...

'' (2009): Series composition, screenplay * ''Shin-Men'' (2010): screenplay * ''

Freezing Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid ...

'' (2011): setting supervisor * '' Crayon Shin-chan'' (2012): screenplay * ''Freezing Vibration'' (2013): setting design, monitor design, key animation * '' Dai-Shogun - Great Revolution'' (2014): scene designer, monitor design * '' The Silver Guardian'' (2017): Series composition, screenplay * '' Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ'' (2017): unit design * '' Dies Irae: To the Ring Reincarnation'' (2018): screenplay * ''

Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 ' ...

'' (2019): dragon design * '' A Certain Scientific Accelerator'' (2019): prop design, storyboards * '' Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?'' (2019): prop design, storyboards * ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENƧ, is a Japanese anime series animated by Bridge that aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 4, 2020, to March 27, 2022. It is the seventh main anime series in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, following ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ...

'' (2020): monster design * '' Mewkledreamy'' (2020): storyboards

OVAs

* ''

Agent Aika ''Agent Aika'' (stylized and known simply as ''AIKa'' in Japan) is a Japanese OVA series animated by Studio Fantasia and directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima. The series follows Aika Sumeragi, a salvager for hire who gets caught up in a plot for w ...

'' (1997): mechanical design * ''

Labyrinth of Flames is a Japanese 2-episode OVA anime series created and produced by Studio Fantasia and directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima. It was released from September 25, 2000 to December 21, 2000. The OVA was licensed by Central Park Media under the U.S. Manga ...

'' (2000): mechanical design * ''

éX-Driver is an anime OVA series planned, drafted and designed by manga artist Kōsuke Fujishima. It is produced by Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Genco, Faith and Actas. The anime series spanned 6 episodes, as well as a feature movie, entitled ''éX-Driv ...

'' (2001): mechanical design * ''

Fragtime is a Japanese yuri manga series by Sato. It was serialized online via Akita Shoten's Manga Cross website between 2013 and 2014. It was collected in two ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment ...

'' (2019): background art

Movies

* '' Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge'' (2005): screenplay, storyboards * '' Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!'' (2006): storyboards * '' Kiddy Grade -Ignition-'' (April 2007): Series composition, screenplay * '' Kiddy Grade -Maelstrom-'' (June 2007): Series composition, screenplay * '' Kiddy Grade -Truth Dawn-'' (September 2007): Series composition, screenplay

Manga

* '' Kiddy Grade Reverse'' (2003), author * '' Kiddy Girl-and Pure'' (2009), author

Novels

* '' Kiddy Grade Pr.'' (2001), illustrator * ''

'' (2002), author * '' Gemini Knives'' (2006), author * ''

'' (2010), author

References

External links

* * 1965 births Japanese animators Japanese writers Living people {{Japan-writer-stub