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'', '' Gall Force'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Macross II'', ''

B't X ''B't X'' (pronounced "beat x" and stylized as B'ᴛ X) is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from 1994 to 2000. The series is set in a fictio ...

'' and ''

Wedding Peach is a Japanese '' 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, c ...

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, Tomita won the Lifetime Achievement Award in the scriptwriter category.

Screenwriting

Anime television series

* series head writer denoted in bold *'' Ganso Tensai Bakabon'' (1977) *''Cho Super Car Gattaiger'' (1977-1978) *''Gekisou! Rubenkaiser'' (1977-1978) *''

Majokko Tickle , also known as ''Magical Girl Tickle'' or ''Tickle the Witch Girl'', is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier ''Cutie Honey'', ''Majokko Tickle'' is much similar in structure to Toei Animation's previous ...

'' (1978) *'' Starzinger'' (1978-1979) *''

Megaloman is the name and titular superhero of a tokusatsu SF/superhero/kaiju/Kyodai Hero TV series. Created by Tetsu Kariya, the show was produced by Toho Company Ltd., and aired on Fuji TV from May 7 to December 24, 1979, with a total of 31 half-hour e ...

'' (1979) *'' Invincible Robo Trider G7'' (1980) *''

King Arthur According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...

'' (1980) *''

Space Runaway Ideon is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his signature work, '' Mobile Suit Gundam''. It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two f ...

'' (1980-1981) *''

Fisherman Sanpei is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 '' bound volumes'' between July 5, 2003 and October 5, ...

'' (1980-1982) *''Saikyo Robo Daioja'' (1981) *'' Dotakon'' (1981) *''

GoShogun is a Japanese super robot anime series created by Takeshi Shudo. It was produced and aired in 1981 in Japan, with a movie special released in 1982 and a film sequel, ''GoShogun: The Time Étranger'' or ''Time Stranger'', in 1985. Its title ...

'' (1981) *'' Galaxy Cyclone Braiger'' (1981) *'' Dash Kappei'' (1982) *''

Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and 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 of the Sun'', su ...

'' (1982-1983) *''

Super Dimension Fortress Macross is a Japanese science fiction anime television series. It is the first part of the ''Super Dimension'' trilogy and the ''Macross'' franchise. The series aired in Japan from October 1982 to June 1983. According to story creator Shoji Kawam ...

'' (1982-1983) *'' Love Me, My Knight'' (1983) *'' Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman'' (1983) *''

Super Dimension Century Orguss is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an Original Video Animation, OVA sequel series called ''Orguss 02''. ''Orguss'' was the second part of ''The Super Dimension (disambiguation), Super Dimension'' trilogy from Big West Advertising ...

'' (1983-1984) *''

Aura Battler Dunbine is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sotsu and Sunrise. Forty-nine episodes aired on Nagoya TV from February 5, 1983, to January 21, 1984. A three-episode anime OVA sequel entitled ''New Story of Aura ...

'' (1983-1984) *''

Heavy Metal L-Gaim is a mecha anime television series, begun in 1984, which was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Its characters and mecha In science fiction, or mechs are giant robots or machines, typically depicted as piloted, humanoid walking ...

'' (1984-1985) *''

Persia, the Magic Fairy is a magical girl anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot which aired on Nippon Television from July 1984 to May 1985. It is an adaptation of the manga series by Takako Aonuma titled ''Persia ga Suki!''. In addition to the TV se ...

'' (1984-1985) *'' Wing-Man'' (1984-1985) *'' Futari Daka'' (1984-1985) *''

Alpen Rose is a shōjo manga series created by Michiyo Akaishi. The story was adapted into an anime by Tatsunoko Production in 1985, with character designs by Akemi Takada. Summary Randy is a young boy who lives with his aunt and uncle in Switzerl ...

'' (1985) *'' Ninja Senshi Tobikage'' (1985-1986) *'' Ganbare, Kickers!'' (1986) *''

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 in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. The story follows teen ...

'' (1987-1988) *''

Mami the Psychic is a manga series created by in 1977 and serialized in '' Shōnen Big Comic''. It tells stories about Mami, a middle schoolgirl who one day finds out she has various psychic powers, and how she uses them to help people. The series was lat ...

'' (1987-1989) *''

Bikkuriman is a line of wafer snacks produced by Lotte, made notable for the randomly assorted bonus stickers included inside each snack. First released in 1977, Bikkuriman (ビックリマン, "Surprise Man") became wildly popular in Japan w ...

'' (1987-1989) *''

Osomatsu-kun is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted in ...

'' (1988) *'' Shin Bikkuriman'' (1989-1990) *'' Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel'' (1989-1991) *'' Tasuke, the Samurai Cop'' (1990-1991) *''RPG Densetsu Hepoi'' (1990-1991) *''

Genji Tsūshin Agedama is a Japanese anime series created by Sukehiro Tomita and Akira Sakuma, produced by NAS and TV Tokyo, and animated by Studio Gallop. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo every Friday evening from October 4, 1991 to September 25, 1992. It cent ...

'' (1991) *'' High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi'' (1991-1992) *''

'' (1992-1993) *''

Yu Yu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while saving a child's life. After several tests presented to him ...

'' (1992-1994) *''

'' (1993-1994) *''

Sailor Moon R The second season of the ''Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon'' anime series ''Sailor Moon R'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R''), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and ...

'' (1993-1994) *''

Sailor Moon S The third season of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon S'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S''), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It began broadcasting on ...

'' (1994-1995) *''

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'' (1994-1995) *'' Ping-Pong Club'' (1995) *''

'' (1995-1996) *''

'' (1996) *''

Baby & Me is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha's magazine '' Hana to Yume'' from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. In 1995, ''Baby & Me'' received the 40th ...

'' (1996) *'' Jigoku Sensei Nūbē'' (1996-1997) *'' The Legend of Zorro'' (1996-1997) *'' Hyper Police'' (1997) *'' Anime Ganbare Goemon'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *'' Yoiko'' (1998-1999) *'' Power Stone'' (1999) *''

Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman is a Japanese manga series serialized in '' Coro Coro Comics'', based on Takara's B-Daman toy. It was first released in 1995. An anime series produced by Xebec was shown in TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese televi ...

'' (1999) *'' Phantom Thief Jeanne'' (1999-2000) *''

Ceres, Celestial Legend ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine '' Shōjo Comic'' from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters colle ...

'' (2000) *'' Gear Fighter Dendoh'' (2000) *''

Salaryman Kintarō is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Motomiya. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1994 to 2002, with its chapters collected in 30 volumes. It was followed by three serie ...

'' (2001) *''

'' (2002-2003) *'' Ki Fighter Taerang'' (2002-2003) *''

Firestorm A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires. Although the term has been used ...

'' (2003) *''

Pluster World is a Japanese anime television series that originally aired on TV Tokyo from April 2003 to March 2004. It was produced by Nihon Ad Systems , NAS for short, is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company, a wholly owned s ...

'' (2003-2004) *'' Full-Blast Science Adventure - So That’s How It Is'' (2003-2004) *'' Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple'' (2004-2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Crash B-Daman'' (2006) *'' Happy Lucky Bikkuriman'' (2006-2007) *'' Shōwa Monogatari'' (2011) *''

You and Idol Pretty Cure , stylized as ''You and Idol PreCure♪'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the twenty-second installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise. Directed by Chiaki Kon, written by Yōichi Katō, and with charac ...

'' (2025)

Live action TV

* ''

Kamen Rider Super-1 is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series. It is the seventh installment in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was broadcast on the Mainichi Broadcasting System from October 17, 1980, to October 3, 1981. The series production of Toei, ...

'' (1981) * ''

Hana no Asuka-gumi! is a Japanese manga by Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in '' Monthly Asuka''. It was adapted into a television drama series, two live action films, two OVAs and two drama CDs. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (''sukeb ...

'' (1988)

Films

* '' The Ideon: Be Invoked'' (1982) * '' Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun'' (1983) * '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' (1984) * '' Utsunomiko'' (1989) * '' Utsunomiko 2: Tenjohen'' (1990) * '' Jigoku Sensei Nūbē'' (1996)

OVAs

* series head writer denoted in bold * '' Gall Force: Eternal Story'' (1986) * '' Outlanders'' (1986) * ''Elf 17'' (1987) * ''

Cleopatra DC is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani about a fictional United States corporation, led by the beautiful and spirited Cleopatra Corns. Plot Cleopatra, or Cleo as she is known to her friends, would much rather g ...

'' (1989) * ''Hi-Speed Jecy'' (1989-1990) * ''

Devil Hunter Yohko is a Japanese original video animation series created by Madhouse, produced by Toho, and released in North America by ADV Films as their first release. The series was first released on December 1, 1990 and ended on July 1, 1995. It is about a ...

'' (1990) * '' Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again'' (1992) * '' Dokyusei: End of Summer'' (1994-1995) * ''Fencer of Minerva'' (1995) * '' Wedding Peach DX'' (1996-1997) * ''

Macross Dynamite 7 is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, ...

'' (1997-1998)

Manga

* '' Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again'' (1993) * ''

'' (1994-1996) *'' Baby Birth'' (2001-2002)

References

External links

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