Shun'ichi Yukimuro (雪室俊一 ''Yukimuro Shun'ichi'', born January 11, 1941, in

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, Japan) is a veteran screenwriter for

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television series. Yukimuro has had a career spanning four decades and written over 3,000 anime television series scenarios, including episodes of many classic series produced by the

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studio. After attending a school for screenwriters, Yukimuro won an award for a television drama titled ''Chikagorono Wakai Yatsu''. He soon began to focus on writing for anime television series; his first was ''Yokocho Seigitai (Justice Guardian)'' in 1964. Among the anime series for which Yukimuro wrote scenarios include ''

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'', '' Sally, the Witch'', '' Gegege no Kitaro'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Yukimuro was the creator of the internationally popular

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series ''

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'', which was turned into an anime by

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in 1981, followed also by two sequels ''Spank's New Adventures'' and ''Spank and Torakichi Super Partners'', for which he received the

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for '' shōnen'' and '' shōjo'' in 1981.

Screenwriting credits

Television

Series head writer denoted in bold * ''

'' (1965-1966) * ''

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'' (1966-1967) * ''

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'' (1967-1968) * ''Donkikko'' (1967-1968) * ''Pyunpyunmaru'' (1967, 1970) * ''Animal 1'' (1968) * '' Akane-chan'' (1968) * '' GeGeGe no Kitarō 1st series'' (1968-1969) * ''

Yuuyake Banchō is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Toshio Shoji. The term "Banchō (position), banchō" refers to the leader of youth delinquents in Japan. Plot Chuuji Akagi has just transferred to a new school and soon d ...

'' (1968-1969) * ''

'' (1969-1970) * ''

Mōretsu Atarō is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Fujio Akatsuka. It was serialized from 1967 to 1970 in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. Two anime television adaptations were produced by Toei Doga (now known as Toei Animation), and aired TV Asahi (t ...

'' (1969-1970) * ''Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou'' (1969-1970) * ''

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'' (1969-1970) * ''

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'' (1970) * ''Otoko de Ahou Koshien'' (1970-1971) * ''

Norakuro is a Japanese manga series created by Suihō Tagawa, originally published by Kodansha in '' Shōnen Kurabu'', and one of the first series' to be reprinted in tankōbon format. The titular protagonist, Norakuro, or Norakuro-'' kun'', i ...

'' (1970-1971) * '' Mahō no Mako-chan'' (1970-1971) * '' Andersen Monogatari'' (1971) * ''

Wandering Sun , also known as ''Nozomi in the Sun'', is a Japanese manga series written by Keisuke Fujikawa and illustrated by Mayumi Suzuki. It also received an anime adaptation by Mushi Productions which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both Yoshiyuki ...

'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1971-1972) * ''

Sarutobi Ecchan known in some countries as ''Hela Supergirl'', is a Japanese manga series by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was originally named , but was changed in 1971 when Toei Animation adapted it into an anime called ''Sarutobi Ecchan''. The anime lasted 26 ...

'' (1971-1972) * ''GeGeGe no Kitaro 2nd series'' (1971-1972) * ''

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'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1972) * ''Onbu Obake'' (1972) * ''

'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1973-1974) * '' Bōken Korobokkuru'' (1973-1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

'' (1974-1975) * '' Dog of Flanders '' (1975) * ''

'' (1975-1976) * '' Arabian Nights: Sinbad’s Adventures'' (1976) * ''Machine Hayabusa'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1976-1979) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''Hyoga Senshi Gaislugger'' (1977) * ''

Ore wa Teppei is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with ...

'' (1977) * ''

Wakakusa no Charlotte is an anime series produced by Nippon Animation Co. Ltd. It was first aired in Japan between October 29, 1977, and May 27, 1978, and is based on an original story by screenwriter Shun'ichi Yukimuro (as opposed to an existing manga). While ...

'' (1977-1978) * ''

Manxmouse ''Manxmouse: The Mouse Who Knew No Fear'' is a 1968 children's novel by Paul Gallico. The plot is an epic narrative of the adventures of a creature called a Manx Mouse as he meets and interacts with other people, climaxing in a meeting with a ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1979-1980) * ''

Ganbare Genki is a Japanese sports manga by Yū Koyama about Genki Horiguchi, a boy who is raised by a single father, and who wants to be a boxer like him. It was adapted as an anime television series by Toei Animation. The manga received the Shogakukan Ma ...

'' (1980-1981) * ''

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'' (1981-1982) * '' Dr. Slump & Arale-chan'' (1981-1982, 1986) * ''

'' (1982-1985) * ''

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'' (1983-1985) * ''

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'' (1984-1985) * ''High Step Jun'' (1985-1986) * '' Honey Bee in Toycomland'' (1986) * ''

Oh! Family is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Watanabe, the author of ''Kaze Hikaru''. The story follows the lives of the Andersons, a conventionally dysfunctional family in which the parents are as childish as the chi ...

'' (1986-1987) * ''

'' (1987-1988) * ''Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon'' (1987-1988) * ''

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'' (1988-1996) * '' Peter Pan: The Animated Series'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989-1990) * ''

Obatarian is a yonkoma manga series by Katsuhiko Hotta which was published by Takeshobo in ''Manga Life'' from 1988 through 1998. An anime series was adapted from the manga in 1990 by Sunrise (company), Sunrise, which aired on TV Asahi. The title ''Obat ...

'' (1990) * ''Mōretsu Atarō'' (1990) * ''Chikyu SOS Soreike Kororin'' (1992) * ''Fantasy Adventure - Nagagutsu o Haita Neko no Boken'' (1992) * '' Hime-chan’s Ribbon'' (1992-1993) * ''

Cooking Papa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' anthology magazine ''Morning'' since 1985. Kodansha has collected its into individual ''tankōbon'' volumes and it has a to ...

'' (1992-1995) * '' Heisei Inu Monogatari Bau'' (1993-1994) * '' Pokonyan!'' (1993-1996) * ''

'' (1995-1998) * ''

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo , often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station ( k� ...

'' (1996) * ''GeGeGe no Kitarō 4th series'' (1996-1997) * '' Super Express Hikarian'' (1997) * '' Nono-chan'' (2001) * ''

Whistle! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 1998 to October 2002. The series was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series broadc ...

'' (2002-2003) * ''Wonder Bebil-kun'' (2002-2003) * ''Oden-kun'' (2006) * ''

MapleStory ''MapleStory'' () is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by vario ...

'' (2007-2008)

Films

* ''Devil and Princess Mimi'' (1981) * ''Dr. Slump: “Hoyoyo!” Space Adventure'' (1982) * ''Chiisana Koi no Monogatari'' (1984) * ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' (1987) * ''Time Patrol Bon'' (1989) * ''Ultra Super Deluxeman'' (1990) * ''Minotauros no Sara'' (1990) * ''Kappa no Sanpei'' (1993)

References

External links

*
Shun'ichi Yukimuro tribute page
including a list of every anime on which he worked, current to 2003 1941 births Japanese cartoonists Japanese writers Living people People from Yokohama Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Japanese screenwriters {{anime-bio-stub