is a Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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 ...

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manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

, noted for authoring the series composition of such works as ''

Read or Die is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's '' Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division ...

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Now and Then, Here and There is a Japanese anime television series conceived and directed by Akitaro Daichi, with a screenplay by Hideyuki Kurata. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14, 1999 and ran until January 20, 2000. It was licensed ...

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Kamichu! is a Japanese anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. How ...

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Gun Sword , is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC A.S.T.A, written by Hideyuki Kurata, and directed by Gorō Taniguchi. Plot The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protagon ...

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Yōsuke Kuroda is a Japanese anime screenwriter from Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has his own studio enterprise, Studio Orphee. Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay and story composition of the anime series ''Excel Saga'', ''Please ...

's creative group Studio Orphee since 2003, and has collaborated with Kuroda on many series, including ''Hellsing Ultimate'', ''Drifters'', and ''Goblin Slayer''.

Screenwriting

Anime television series

* series head writer denoted in bold *''

Magical Project S ''Magical Project S'', known in Japan as , is a 26-episode anime television series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, airing in Japan from October 1996 to March 1997.. It is based on the Pretty Sammy character and the OVA series. The series was ...

'' (1996-1997) *''

Battle Athletes Victory is a Japanese franchise which includes an OVA series animated by AIC, a manga by Yūki Nakano, and a 26-episode anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 1997 to March 1998. A reboot manga, ''Pale Blue Dot: Battle Ath ...

'' (1997-1998) *'' Android Announcer Maico 2010'' (1998) *''

Excel Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in '' Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series fol ...

'' (1999) *''

'' (1999) *'' Brigadoon: Marin & Melan'' (2000) *''

R.O.D the TV ''R.O.D the TV'' is a 26-episode anime television series, animated by J.C.Staff and Studio Deen and produced by Aniplex, directed by Koji Masunari and scripted by Hideyuki Kurata, about the adventures of three paper-manipulating sisters, M ...

'' (2003) *''

'' (2005) *'' Gun X Sword'' (2005) *''

Bamboo Blade ''Bamboo Blade'' (stylized as ''BAMBOO BLADE'') is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' magazine from December 2004 to September 2010. The ...

'' (2007) *'' Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens'' (2007) *'' Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi'' (2009) *''

Whispered Words is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Ikeda. It was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Alive'' between March 2007 and November 2011, and was compiled into nine ''tankōbon'' volume ...

'' (2009) *''

Oreimo short for is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi, with illustrations provided by Hiro Kanzaki. The story depicts high school student Kyosuke Kosaka who discovers that his standoffish younger sister Kirino is actu ...

'' (2010-2011) *''

The World God Only Knows , abbreviated as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 2008 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 26 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'' (2010-2011) *''

Dragon Crisis! is a Japanese light novel series by Kaya Kizaki, with illustrations by Itsuki Akata. As of March 2011, thirteen volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired in 2011. ...

'' (2011) * '' Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai.'' (2013) *'' The World God Only Knows: Goddesses'' (2013) *''

Tokyo Ravens is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōhei Azano and illustrated by Sumihei. It was adapted into a manga series in 2010. It received an anime series on October 9, 2013 and ended on March 26, 2014. Funimation simulcasted the series o ...

'' (2013) *''

Samurai Flamenco is an anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Aniplex, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Dentsu, Hobibox, Movic and DeNA. It is directed by Takahiro Omori, with Hideyuki Kurata handling series scripts, Chinatsu K ...

'' (2013-2014) *''

Recently, My Sister Is Unusual , also known as , is a Japanese manga series by Mari Matsuzawa, serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Monthly Dragon Age'' since November 9, 2010. An anime television series premiered in Japan in January 2014. It was adapted into a light novel wr ...

'' (2014) *''

Nanana's Buried Treasure is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuma Ōtorino, with illustrations by Akaringo and Non. Enterbrain has published twelve volumes since January 2012 under their Famitsu Bunko imprint. A spin-off light novel series titled is also publish ...

'' (2014) *''

Tokyo ESP is a Japanese manga series by Hajime Segawa. It began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine on February 26, 2010, and finished on July 26, 2016. It follows a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba who lives with her fat ...

'' (2014) *''

The Fruit of Grisaia is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Porta ...

'' (2014) * '' The Eden of Grisaia'' (2015) *''

Maria the Virgin Witch , subtitled ''Sorcière de gré, pucelle de force'' ("witch by choice, virgin by obligation"), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masayuki Ishikawa. Kodansha USA licensed the manga and released the first volume on February 2 ...

'' (2015) *'' Scorching Ping Pong Girls'' (2016) *'' Drifters'' (2016) *''

Made in Abyss is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihito Tsukushi. It has been serialized online in Takeshobo's digital publication ''Web Comic Gamma'' since October 2012, and has been collected into eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. T ...

'' (2017) *''

Goblin Slayer stylized as GOBLIN SLAYER! in Latin script, is a Japanese dark fantasy Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate disturbing and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combine ...

'' (2018) *''

Girls' Frontline ''Girls Frontline'' () is a mobile strategy role-playing game for Android and iOS developed by China-based studio MICA Team, where players control echelons of android characters, known in-universe as T-Dolls, each carrying a distinctive ...

'' (2022) *'' Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun'' (2022) *''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...

'' (2023)

OVAs

* ''

Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, and released from 1995 to 1997 as three videos. It features character Sasami from the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' series as a magical girl, and is noted for recastin ...

'' (1996) * '' Parade Parade'' (1996) * '' Matou Kitan Zankan'' (1996-1997) * ''

Battle Athletes is a Japanese franchise which includes an OVA series animated by AIC, a manga by Yūki Nakano, and a 26-episode anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 1997 to March 1998. A reboot manga, ''Pale Blue Dot: Battle Ath ...

'' (1997) * '' Magical Play 3D'' (2001) * ''

'' (2001) * ''Milkyway'' (2003) * '' Hellsing Ultimate'' (2006-2012) * ''

Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel is a series of slot machine games from TRIVY Corporation, and later Sammy. It has been adapted into a manga and two anime series. Plot Haruka and Aoi are a pair of friends who become the magical Twin Angels in order to fight off evil as ...

'' (2008) * '' Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku'' (2012) * '' Goblin Slayer: Goblin’s Crown'' (2020)

Films

* ''

Welcome to the Space Show is a 2010 Japanese animated science fiction film produced by A-1 Pictures and distributed by Aniplex. It was directed by Koji Masunari from a script by Hideyuki Kurata, and stars the voices of Tomoyo Kurosawa, Honoka Ikezuki, Shōtarō Uzawa, T ...

'' (2010) * '' The Labyrinth of Grisaia'' (2015)

Bibliography

As a novelist

*''Merriment Carrying Caravan - Sabaku no Shirakage'' *''

Train+Train ''Train+Train'' is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hideyuki Kurata (author of the ''Read or Dream'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. A manga series was serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' between January 2000 and May 2003 ...

''Gifford, Kevin. "Train+Train". (January 2007) ''Newtype USA''. Volume 6, Number 1, page 136. *''

As a manga original writer

*''TRAIN+TRAIN'' *''Cloth Road'' *''

Read or Dream ''Read or Dream'' is a manga written by Hideyuki Kurata and drawn by Ran Ayanaga. It was published in Japan in four trade paperback volumes by Shueisha in 2002. The full title is ''R.O.D - Read or Dream - We are Paper Sisters Detective Company ...

'' *''Samurai Rising'' *''HandxRed''

References

External links

Studio ORPHEE's Official Website

Unofficial fan site
* 1968 births Anime screenwriters 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Light novelists Living people People from Okayama Prefecture {{japan-writer-stub