is a
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter and
video game designer
Video game design is the process of designing the content and rules of video games in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the production stage. Some common video game design subdiscipline ...
. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of
manga
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and
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening o ...
, including ''
The Princess Blade'' (2001), ''
Gantz
''Gantz'' (stylized as ''GANTZ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected ...
'' (2011), ''
I Am a Hero'' (2015), ''
Bleach
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'' (2018), ''
Inuyashiki'' (2018), and ''
Kingdom
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* A monarchy ruled by a king or queen
* Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy
Kingdom may also refer to:
Arts and media Television
* ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...
'' (2019).
Filmography
Film
Video on demand
Video game developer
References
External links
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1970 births
Japanese film directors
Japanese writers
Japanese screenwriters
Japanese video game designers
Living people
People from Hiroshima Prefecture
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