is a Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and

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. His more notable works include writing the first three games of the ''

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'' series. He also worked on '' Batman: Dark Tomorrow'', created the concept for the Sega CD game ''

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'', and was the series organizer and main script writer for the ''

Kimagure Orange Road is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from 1984 to 1987, with the chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. The story follows tee ...

'' series among other things.

Biography

Kenji Terada was born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated in 1973 from

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with a degree in European History. During his degree, Terada did illustrations for newspapers and magazines, worked on film sets, and did some work as an animator. In 1978, he became an assistant for artist

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, and in 1980 he became a freelance writer and director for various projects, including writing the scripts for ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

''. He also did some work for

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, writing the scripts for the first three ''

'' video games. He remained a script writer for films and animation until 2003, when he served as both the writer and director for the video game '' Batman: Dark Tomorrow'', as well as the director for the ''

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'' anime series. He has since worked on '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' as well as several other shows and video games.

Games

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'' (1987, scenario writer) *''

Final Fantasy II * is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, the P ...

'' (1988, scenario writer) *''

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'' (1990, scenario writer) *''

'' (1993, scenario writer) *'' Loopy Town no Oheya ga Hoshii!'' (1995, scenario writer) *'' Wanwan Aijou Monogatari'' (1995, scenario writer) *'' Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2: Love Love Hani Soudatsusen'' (1996, Director) *''

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'' (2000, scenario writer) *''Jockey's Road'' (2001, scriptwriter) *'' Batman: Dark Tomorrow'' (2003, writer, director) *'' Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia'' (2020, scenario writer)

Screenwriting

* series head writer denoted in bold

Anime television series

* ''Paris no Isabelle'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1981-1983) * ''

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'' (1981-1987) * ''

Little Pollon , is a musical Greek mythology-based Japanese anime series, based on the 1977 manga series '' Olympus no Pollon'' (, , "Pollon of Olympus") by Hideo Azuma. ''Olympus no Pollon'' was serialized in ''Princess'' magazine from 1977 to 1979, per th ...

'' (1982) * '' Space Cobra'' (1982-1983) * ''Tonde Mon Pe'' (1982-1983) * '' Cat’s Eye'' (1983) * ''

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman is a Japanese manga series written by Hirohisa Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and Haruka Inui and was published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shonen Champion. It was adapted into an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions a ...

'' (1983) * ''

Serendipity the Pink Dragon is an anime television series produced by ZUIYO Enterprise that aired on NTV on 1 July 1983, ending on 23 December. The series was based on the ''Serendipity'' books by Stephen Cosgrove and character designs for the animation version were don ...

'' (1983) * ''

Plawres Sanshiro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirō Gyū. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1982 to 1985. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from 1983 to 1984. Overview ...

'' (1983-1984) * ''

Special Armored Battalion Dorvack is a 36 episode anime series aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan and also aired in Hong Kong at roughly the same time. Other loosely translated names include "''Dorvack''", "''Dolbuk''", "''Special Powered Armor Troop Dorvack''", "''Powered Arm ...

'' (1983-1984) * ''

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (literally "Armored Genesis MOSPEADA") is an anime science fiction series created by Shinji Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma. The 25-episode television series ran from late 1983 to early 1984 in Japan. MOSPEADA stands for Military Operation Soldi ...

'' (1983-1984) *''

Kinnikuman is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. ...

'' (1983–1985) *'' Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'' (1984) * '' The Burning Wild Man'' (1984) * ''

Chikkun Takkun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was adapted into a 23-episode anime television series which was produced by Gakken and Fuji Television, co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems, and animated by Studio Pier ...

'' (1984) * ''Ranpo'' (1984) * ''Yoroshiku Mechadock'' (1984-1985) *'' Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God'' (1985) *''

'' (1985) * ''Konpora Kid'' (1985) * ''

Button Nose is a 26-episode Japanese animated TV series that aired from 19 October 1985 to 26 April 1986. The series takes place in a fairy tale and science fiction setting and follows the protagonist Button Nose as she finds out she is descended from r ...

'' (1985-1986) * ''

High School! Kimengumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series ''Third Year Funny-face Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1980 to April 1982. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was se ...

'' (1985-1987) * ''Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman'' (1986) * ''Mr. Penpen'' (1986) * '' Robotan'' (1986) * ''

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It received the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award for best sh ...

'' (1986) *''

'' (1987-1988) * ''

Tatakae!! Ramenman is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. N ...

'' (1988) * ''

Magical Hat is an anime series by Studio Pierrot. The 33 episode series aired on Fuji Television (CX) from October 18, 1989, to July 6, 1990.Nontan is the protagonist of an eponymous series of children's picture books written by . Books from the series have been translated into French and Chinese and adapted into an anime series in 1992 (where his voice was provided by Chiaki Fujimoto and ...

'' (1992-1994) *''

Yaiba ''Yaiba'' (stylized as ''Y∀IBA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1988 to December 1993, with its ch ...

'' (1993-1994) * ''

The Ping Pong Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Furuya. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1993 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is ab ...

'' (1995) * ''Koryu no Mimi'' (1995) *''

Wedding Peach is a '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's '' Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisting ...

'' (1995–1996) * ''

Mojacko is a shōnen manga series created by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. Fujio. It was first serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Bokura Magazine'' in 1969 to 1970, for 35 chapters, eventually compiled into 2 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was then ...

'' (1995-1997) * ''

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'' (1996) * '' Baby & Me'' (1996-1997) *''

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'' (1997-1998) *''

'' (2003) * ''Cara to Otamajakushi-shima'' (2018-2019)

Films

* '' Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York!'' (1986) * '' Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day'' (1988) * ''Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori'' (1989) * '' Utsunomiko'' (1989) * '' Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer’s Beginning'' (1996) * ''

Heisei Harenchi Gakuen is a 1996 Japanese adult original video animation. It is the only animated film to be based on the manga by Go Nagai. Cast * as Little Jubei * as Yasohachi Yamagishi * as Hige Godzilla * Junpei Takiguchi , better known by his stage ...

'' (1996) *'' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' (2006): story consultant

OVAs

* ''Bavi Stock'' (1985-1986) *''

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'' (1986) * '' Dancouga: Requiem for Victims'' (1986) * '' Devilman: The Birth'' (1987): assistant head writer * '' Maps: Densetsu no Samayoeru Monogatari'' (1987) * '' Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!'' (1987) * '' Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala Yori'' (1988) *''

'' (1989) * ''Cinderella Express'' (1989) * '' Dancouga: Blazing Epilogue'' (1989-1990) * ''

'' (1989-1991) * '' Hana no Asuka-gumi!: Lonely Cats Battle Royale'' (1990) * ''Aries: Shinwa no Seiza Miya'' (1990) * ''Neko Neko Fantasia'' (1991) *''

Ushio and Tora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in thirty-three '' ...

'' (1992–1993) * ''Kiki to Lala no Papa to Mama ni Aitai'' (1994) * ''

Ogre Slayer is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Kusunoki. The manga has been adapted into a four-episode original video animation (OVA). Both the manga and anime were distributed in North America by Viz Media, though only two volu ...

'' (1994-1995) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

Sakura Diaries is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by U-Jin. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1995 to 2000, with its chapters collected in twenty ''tankōbon'' volumes. It follows the ...

'' (1997)

Tokusatsu

* ''

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman is the seventh installment of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 5, 1983, to January 28, 1984, replacing ''Dai Sentai Goggle-V'' and was replaced by ''Choudenshi Bioman'' with a total of 51 episodes. Six ...

'' (1983) * ''

Dokincho! Nemurin is a tokusatsu TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions as part of the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series, and broadcast on Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as an ...

'' (1984) * '' As You Please! Kamitaman'' (1985) * ''

Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya is a Japanese television series that aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from January 24, 1988, to January 22, 1989, lasting 50 episodes. It was the seventh installment in Toei Company, Toei's ''Metal Hero Series'' Metaseries, franchise of live- ...

'' (1988) * ''

Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. First created in 1988 by Toho, the show was an attempt to create a Tokusatsu series using a ''Super Sentai'' motif, but the idea was dropped after the unaired pilot. The series itself still slightly rese ...

'' (1988)

Director

Anime television series

* ''

Gordian Warrior is a Japanese anime television series that aired in 1979 to 1981. There were 73 episodes. It is also referred to as ''Champion of Gordian'' or ''Gardian''. Original Story The Earth had become a wasteland of deserts as the survivors work to ...

'' (1979): storyboards * ''

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1854. Foster wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permane ...

'' (1979): storyboards, episode director * ''Nobara no Julie'' (1979): episode director * ''

Space Emperor God Sigma is a mecha anime television series aired from 1980 to 1981. It ran for 50 episodes. It is also referred to as "''God Sigma, Empire of Space''" and "''Space Combination God Sigma''". Concept Space Emperor God Sigma was created by Toei's Telev ...

'' (1980): storyboards, episode director * ''Sue Cat'' (1980): episode director * ''

Ohayō! Spank is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, broadcast in Japan from 1981 to 1982 for 66 episodes, and a theatrical movie released in 1982 ...

'' (1981-1982): storyboards * ''

Dash Kappei is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda and first published in 1980 in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. The manga had 158 chapters. The manga was also adapted into a 65-episode anime television series by Tatsu ...

'' (1982): storyboards * ''

Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise (company), Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, ''Dougram: Documentary of the Fang ...

'' (1982): episode director * ''

Perman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series ...

'' (1983-1985): episode director * ''

Reporter Blues is an Italian-Japanese animation television series written by Marco Pagot and Gi Pagot and directed by Kenji Kodama. It consists of 52 half-hour episodes. The first season was aired in France in 1991. The second season was aired in 1996. Th ...

'' (1991): storyboards * ''

Brave Command Dagwon ''Brave Command Dagwon'' (勇者指令ダグオン) is a Japanese anime series begun in 1996, created by Takara and Sunrise (company), Sunrise under the direction of Tomomi Mochizuki (who also did screenplay for the show) and was the seventh and ...

'' (1996): episode director

References

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