Masaki Kajishima (梶島正樹 ''Kajishima Masaki'', born March 16, 1962) is a Japanese

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and storyboard artist who works for

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in a freelance capacity. He is best known as the creator of ''

Tenchi Muyo! is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise. The original series began with a six-episode OVA called created by Masaki Kajishima and directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and released in Japan on September 25, 1992. The series was ...

'' and ''

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure is a Japanese anime series animated by AIC and created by Masaki Kajishima, best known for the '' Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on Wowow from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later know ...

''. The main character of ''Tenchi Muyo!'',

Tenchi Masaki The following is a list of the major characters from the anime and manga series ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' and its spin-offs ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'', ''Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar'', ''Tenchi Universe'', ''Tenchi in Tokyo'', and ''Ai Tenchi Muyo!''. ...

, was named after Kajishima (although the "Masaki" in Tenchi's name is the character's

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and is written with different

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). by

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 ...

and Masaki Kajishima Kajishima was born in Japan in

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

. He was educated at the Osaka Design College. In addition to his anime works, he has written and published a collection of several dōjinshi dubbed ''Kajishima Onsen'', comics, and stories. He is also the author of the ''

Tenchi Muyo! GXP is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and broadcast on NTV from April 3, 2002 to September 25, 2002. It is the fourth installment of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' line of series, succeeding ''Tenchi in Tokyo'', localized in North A ...

'' novels.

Works

Anime

* ''

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki , known as simply ''Tenchi Muyo!'' in North America, is a collection of Japanese Original video animation, OVAs created by Masaki Kajishima and animated by Anime International Company, AIC. Initially released in 1992, it marked the begin ...

'' (OVA, 1992–present) * '' Photon: The Idiot Adventures'' (OVA, 1997–1999) * ''Spaceship Agga Ruter'' (OVA, 1998–1999) * ''Masquerade'' (OVA, 1998–1999, 2000–2001) * ''

'' (TV/OVA, 1999) * ''

'' (TV, 2002) * ''

Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar , released in North America as ''Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar'', is a Japanese OVA series that is a spin-off of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' series created by Masaki Kajishima. Produced by AIC Spirits and BeSTACK, the series aired thirteen episodes on ...

'' (OVA, 2009–2010)

Novels

* ''

'' (2003–ongoing, 16 volumes) * ''Paradise War'' (2013–2014, 3 volumes)

References

External links

* 1952 births Living people Anime character designers Japanese animators People from Okayama Prefecture Tenchi Muyo! {{Anime-bio-stub