is a Japanese

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. ...

and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. He is a graduate of

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, School of Human Sciences. Ōkouchi is best known for collaborating with director

Gorō Taniguchi is a Japanese anime director, writer, producer and storyboard artist, who is among Sunrise's noted directors. He was born in Nisshin, Aichi, Japan. Works Anime television series *''Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh'' (storyboards, episode direction, ba ...

for composing the story and script of the

Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. Terminology Al ...

original production, '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' in 2006 and its sequel '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' in 2008.

Works

Anime television series

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Turn A Gundam , also stylized as ''∀ Gundam'', is a 1999 Japanese mecha anime series produced by Sunrise, and aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks. It was created for the ''Gundam Big Bang'' 20th Anniversary celebration, and is the ei ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 1999–2000) *''

Angelic Layer is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp (manga artists), Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first wor ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2001) *''

Project ARMS ''Project ARMS'', simply known in Japan as ''ARMS'', is a Japanese manga series written by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 1997 to May 2002, with it ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2001) *''

Overman King Gainer is an anime television series, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura and Ken'ichi Yoshida. The series ran from September 7, 2002 to March 22, 2003 on ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2002) *''

Azumanga Daioh is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks; three additional chapters were published i ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2002) *''

RahXephon is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His l ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2002) *'' Wolf’s Rain'' (Episodic screenplay; 2003) *''

Stellvia , also known as ''Stellvia of the Universe'', is an anime series set in space. As a prelude to the series, the Earth of year 2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, Hydr ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2003) *''

Planetes ''Planētes'', "Wanderers", lead=yes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Morning'' between January 1999 to January 2004, with its ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2003–2004) *'' Mahou Sensei Negima!'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2005) *''

Eureka Seven ''Eureka Seven'', known in Japan as , is a 2005 Japanese anime series created by Bones. The series was directed by Tomoki Kyoda, with series composition by Dai Satō, character designs by Kenichi Yoshida and music by Naoki Satō. ''E ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2005) *'' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (Original story, series composition, screenplay; 2006–2007) *'' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' (Original story, series composition, screenplay; 2008) *'' Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2008) *''

Guilty Crown is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability ...

'' (Assistant series composition, episodic screenplay; 2011–2012) *''

Valvrave the Liberator is a Japanese mecha anime series, produced by Sunrise (company), Sunrise. It is directed by Kō Matsuo and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series is set in a futuristic date in which three factions divided from 70% of mankind are in war ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2013) *'' M3: The Dark Metal'' (Episodic screenplay; 2014) *''

Space Dandy , is a 2014 Japanese comic science fiction anime television series produced by Bones. The series follows the misadventures of Dandy, an alien hunter who is "a dandy guy in space", in search for undiscovered and rare aliens with his robot assi ...

'' (Screenplay for Episode 5; 2014) *'' Black Butler: Book of Circus'' (2014) *''

Comet Lucifer is a 12-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Eight Bit and directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi. It aired between October 4 and December 20, 2015. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. Plot Gift is a world w ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2015) *''

Heavy Object is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryō Nagi. ASCII Media Works published the series in twenty volumes from 2009 to 2021 under their Dengeki Bunko label. It has received three manga adaptations. ...

'' (Episodic screenplay; 2015–2016) *''

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is a Japanese anime television series by Wit Studio. It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April to June 2016. The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films pr ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2016) *''

Princess Principal is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz and Actas. The series was directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Yukie Akiya, and music by Yuki Kaj ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay for Episodes 1 to 10; 2017) *''

Devilman Crybaby ''Devilman Crybaby'' is a 2018 Japanese original net animation (ONA) series based on Go Nagai's manga series ''Devilman''. The web anime is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, produced by Aniplex and Dynamic Planning, animated by Science SARU, and rel ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2018) *''

Hakumei and Mikochi is a Japanese manga series by Takuto Kashiki. It has been serialized since 2011 in Enterbrain's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Fellows!'', which was renamed to '' Harta'' in 2013. It has been collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 12-episode ...

'' (Screenplay for Episodes 4 and 7; 2018) *''

Lupin the Third Part 5 ''Lupin the 3rd Part V: Misadventures in France'', also known simply as , is a Japanese anime television series produced at Telecom Animation Film, directed by Yūichirō Yano, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. Part of the ''Lupin III'' franch ...

'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2018) *''

SK8 the Infinity is a Japanese original anime television series produced and animated by Bones (studio), Bones that aired from January to April 2021 on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and TV Asahi's programming block. A comedy manga Spin-off (media) ...

'' (Series composition; 2021–present) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2022)

Anime films

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Brave Story is a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001, before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten in''Brave Story'' ...

'' (2006) * ''

Magic Tree House ''Magic Tree House'' is an American series of children's books written by the American author Mary Pope Osborne. The original American series was illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca until 2016, after which AG Ford took over . Other illustrators ...

'' (2011) * '' Berserk: The Golden Age Arc'' ** ''I: The Egg of the King'' (2012) ** ''II: The Battle for Doldrey'' (2012) ** ''III: The Advent'' (2013) * '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' ** ''I: Initiation'' (2017) ** ''II: Transgression '' (2018) ** ''III: Glorification'' (2018) * '' Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection'' (2019) * ''

Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō , also known as ''Fuse: A Gun Girl's Detective Story'' and ''Fusé: Memoirs of the Huntress'', is a 2012 Japanese animated film directed by Masayuki Miyaji based on Kazuki Sakuraba's novel ''Fusé Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden''. Both novel and film ...

'' (2019) * ''Seven Days War'' (2019) * ''

Sing a Bit of Harmony is a 2021 Japanese animated slice of life science fiction film, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura. It premiered in Japan in October 2021. Plot The film takes place in a unspecified near future in a small Japanese town, w ...

'' (Co-writer; 2021)

OVA

* '' The 08th MS Team: Battle in Three Dimensions'' (2013) * ''

'' (TBA)

ONA

* '' Lupin Zero'' (2022)

Novels

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Revolutionary Girl Utena is a series created by Be-Papas, an artist collective founded by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The primary entries in the series include a 1996 manga written by Chiho Saito, a 1997 anime television series directed by Ikuhara, and ''Adolescence of ...

1: Ao no Sōjo'' (1998) *''Revolutionary Girl Utena 2: Midori no Omoi'' (1998) *''

Martian Successor Nadesico , sometimes referred to as simply , is a Japanese anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Xebec and directed by Tatsuo Satō, with manga artist Kia Asamiya providing original character designs, Keiji Gotoh servin ...

: Ruri no Kōkai Nisshi'' (1998) *''Martian Successor Nadesico: Channel ha Ruriruri De'' (1998) *''Martian Successor Nadesico: Ruri A Kara B he no Monogatari'' (1999) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' (1999) *''

Cyber Team in Akihabara is a 1998 Japanese anime television series created by Tsukasa Kotobuki and Satoru Akahori. It aired from April 4, 1998 to September 26, 1998 on Tokyo Broadcasting System, TBS and ran for 26 episodes. It was released in the United States by A ...

: Tsubame Hatsu Taiken!? Club Katsudō Sentō Chū'' (1999) *''Starbows'' (2001) *''

A Little Snow Fairy Sugar is a Japanese anime series developed by J.C.Staff. It premiered in Japan on TBS on October 2, 2001, and ran for 24 episodes until its conclusion March 26, 2002. A two-episode OVA was also released for the series. The series was licensed for ...

'' (2002) Sources:

References

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