Shō Aikawa (screenwriter)

is a Japanese screenwriter. Active in various fields (and credited through various pseudonyms) since he was 17 years old, the most popular works he has helmed have been in anime and tokusatsu: ''Dangaioh'', ''Angel Cop'', '' Ultraman: Towards the Future'', '' Martian Successor Nadesico'', '' Love Hina'', ''The Twelve Kingdoms'', '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Kamen Rider Blade'', ''GoGo Sentai Boukenger'' and '' Concrete Revolutio''.

Most of his anime work has been in adaptations which, when he is the main writer, feature significant deviations from the source materials' trajectory. Among those based on original concepts, 7 titles were conceived, wholly or partly, by him; he also had one manga he had written adapted to animation.

Works

Works that are derivatives of titles Aikawa also worked on in other mediums are in bold.

Anime

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, style="text-align:left", Aikawa struggled at reading high fantasy novels at the time, so he only wrote an outline and asked someone else to write the script.
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, style="text-align:left", Drafted an entire story, but the direction of the script was not accepted by the point he left production; Aikawa believes the character names and terminology he came up with were kept in subsequent episodes.
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At different points in time, Aikawa was set to write (an OVA adaptation of Go Nagai's ''Mazinger Z'' directed by Toshiki Hirano) and (an adaptation of the by Takashi Anno), but both ended up cancelled.

Best episodes

Asked in 2018 to name what he felt were the ten best anime episodes he'd ever written, Aikawa listed the following:

* ''Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Demon Womb''
* ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' episode 13:
* ''Oh! Edo Rocket'' episode 6:
* ''The Twelve Kingdoms'' episode 11:
* ''Brave Police J-Decker'' episode 17:

* ''Love Hina Christmas Special - Silent Eve''
* ''Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War'' episode 25:
* ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' episode 2:
* ''Simoun'' episode 4:
* ''Sonic Soldier Borgman'' episode 13:

Live-action

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Books

, style="text-align:left", Collection of screenplays written by Shukei Nagasaka for 4 different Shotaro Ishinomori/ Toei tokusatsu series: ''Android Kikaider'' (#39, #40, #42, #43), '' Kikaider 01'' (#1, #43, #44), '' Akumaizer 3'' (#1, #2, #38) and '' Kaiketsu Zubat'' (#5, #21, #31, #32). Aikawa was the book's editor and wrote its postface, .
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, rowspan="2", 1989
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, rowspan="3", light novel
, rowspan="2", Kadokawa Shoten
, 2
, }
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by Toshiki Hirano and .
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", '' Gunhed''
, 3
, }
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by Michitaka Kikuchi, a.k.a. Kia Asamiya. First two volumes are a prequel, while the third (which comes with an "original idea" credit to director-screenwriter Masato Harada) is an adaptation of the film. Omnibus edition with postscript by Aikawa and a conversation between him and producer published in 2016.
, -
, 1992
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, Shueisha
, Single outing
, }
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by Makoto Ogino.
, -
, 1995
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, short story
, ASCII Corporation
,
,
, style="text-align:left", Illustration by . Published on the January issue of magazine, never republished elsewhere. Intended to be expanded into a full novel, which never came to be.
, -
, 2001
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, light novel
, rowspan="2", Kodansha
, Single outing
, }
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by Ken Akamatsu. Published in English by Kodansha English Library (Japan) and Tokyopop (North America).
, -
, 2002-04
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, rowspan="3", screenplay compilation
, 5
,
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by .
, -
, 2004-05
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, rowspan="2", Square Enix
, 4
,
, style="text-align:left", With Toshiki Inoue, Aya Yoshinaga, Natsuko Takahashi, , Manabu Ishikawa and Akatsuki Yamatoya.
, -
, rowspan="2", 2005
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, rowspan="6", Single outing
,
, style="text-align:left", Supervised by Seiji Mizushima.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, short story
, Shogakukan
,
, style="text-align:left", Illustrated by (Ishimori Pro). Sequel to the TV series. Published in the ''Kamen Rider Blade Chouzenshuu'' book; republished in the 2015 book .
, -
, rowspan="2", 2012
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, novel
, Hayakawa Publishing
,
, style="text-align:left", Adaptation of the film with an exclusive 100-page long prequel.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, screenplay compilation
, Media Pal
,
, style="text-align:left", Contains final drafts of the scripts of every episode of the series and ''Inga Chapter'', as well as the zeroeth draft of episode 1, different versions of episodes 9 and 10, a long version of ''Inga Chapter'', 3 versions of the planning memo, an overview on the series' relationship with its source material and an interview with Seiji Mizushima.
, -
, rowspan="2", 2015
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, short story
, Yosensha
,
, style="text-align:left", Illustrations by . Published on the anthology book , part of the project by and .
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, novel
, rowspan="2", Hayakawa Publishing
,
, style="text-align:left", Set in the same world as ''Concrete Revolutio''. Serialized—under the title —on the May and July issues of , months ahead of the anime's premiere. Events depicted in it tie into episode 20.
, -
, 2016
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, short story
,
,
, style="text-align:left", Set in the same world as ''Concrete Revolutio''. Published on the May issue of ''Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine''.

Among other shorts Aikawa wrote for magazines and never republished are pieces set in franchises he'd worked on elsewhere like ''Dangaioh'' and ''Neo Ranga'' (intended to become a full novel, which never came to be); as well as original stories. Novels for ''Vampire Princess Miyu'', ''The Hakkenden'' and ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' were announced, but also never came to be.

Light novels based on anime Aikawa created, but which he had no direct involvement on, also exist:

* ''Simoun'' (2 volumes); text by Junko Okazaki, illustrations by Studio Deen (volume 1 only) and ; published by Gakken
* (1 volume); text by , illustrations by and ; published by Kodansha

Manga

, style="text-align:left",
, -
, 1990
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, Kodansha
, 1
, }
, style="text-align:left", Supervised by . One-shot; part of the magazine's anthology line by various artists, all of which were collected in 2006's .
, -
, rowspan="2", 1992
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, Kadokawa Shoten
,
, }
, style="text-align:left", One-shot printed in the January issue. Never republished elsewhere.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
, ''Young Jump Thirty''
, rowspan="2", Shueisha
, 1
, }
, style="text-align:left", One-shot; collected on volume 3 of Saruwatari's series ''Damned''.
, -
, 1992-93
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, 2
,
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, 1993-94
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Nostradamus 2016''
,
, ''Comic GENKi''
, Kadokawa Shoten
,
, }
, style="text-align:left", Started in 1992; Aikawa is credited from the July 1993 to the May 1994 issues. Unfinished; never republished elsewhere.
, -
, 1994-95
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''
, rowspan="3", Shueisha
, 4
,
, style="text-align:left", Adaptation of the jidaigeki novel of the same name by Keiichiro Ryu. The series lasted for 6 volumes, but Aikawa was not involved in the making of the last two.
, -
, 1994-97
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
, rowspan="2", '' Weekly Young Jump''
, 10
, }
, style="text-align:left", Credited for .
, -
, 1997
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Pure''
,
, 1
,
, style="text-align:left", The series lasted for 3 volumes, but Aikawa was not involved in the making of the last two.
, -
, 2010-15
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, Leed
, 4 (27-29, 35)
,
, style="text-align:left", Based on the jidaigeki novel series of the same name by Shōtarō Ikenami. Aikawa was part of an ensemble of 4 writers who contributed original stories once all the novels were adapted.

Various manga adaptations of anime Aikawa co-created, each with varying degrees of adherence to their source materials, also exist, but he did not work on them directly:
* (4 volumes) by on Kodansha's ''Monthly Magazine Z''
* (2 volumes) by on Kodansha's ''Monthly Magazine Z''
* ''Simoun'' (1 volume) by on Ichijinsha's ''Comic Yuri Hime''
* (parody manga, never intended to be collected into volumes); composition by , story by , art by ; on Gakken's ''Megami Magazine''
* (2 volumes) by on Square Enix's '' Young Gangan''; published in North America by Bandai Entertainment
* (3 volumes) by J-ta Yamada (originated by the Un-Go Production Committee, supervised by Bones and the Un-Go Production Committee) on Kadokawa Shoten's
* (1 volume); story by Aikawa, art by , by Yun Kōga; on Kadokawa Shoten's ''Monthly Newtype''
* (2 volumes) by on Kadokawa Shoten's '' Young Ace''; published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment
* (1 volume); by Aki Kanehiro, art by Mutsuki Nago, manga original character designs by Noizi Ito; on Kodansha's ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius''

Audio dramas

, style="text-align:left",
, -
, rowspan="4", 1988
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Released before the anime, has various differences in the story.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
**
**
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", "Special Drama" included on the soundtrack album for episode 3 of the OVA, .
, -
, 1988-90
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
** I:
** II:
** III:
, }
, style="text-align:left", All installments reissued together (alongside one other novel not adapted by Aikawa) as a CD boxset in 2005.
, -
, rowspan="5", 1989
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, }
, style="text-align:left", Original story.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
, }
, style="text-align:left", ''Fight! Iczer One'' prequel.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, 1990
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Also credited with composition. "Original Drama" included on the OVA's soundtrack.
, -
, 1991
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, rowspan="4", 1993
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
,
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
,
, style="text-align:left", Structured as a gamebook and character personalities altered, drastically deviating from the source material.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Animal X''
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Credited for "composition"; Sugimoto is credited for the script.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, 1995
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
**
**
**
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Credited as Sanyō for the original work and as Aikawa for the script; also participates as a narrator. Aired on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting before CD release.
, -
, 1995-96
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
*
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Credited as Sanyō for acting (plays the master) and as Aikawa for the script. Aired on 4 different regional radio stations before CD release.
, -
, rowspan="2", 1996
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Credited as Sanyō for the original work and as Aikawa for the script; also participates as a narrator. Aired on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting before CD release.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Mini-drama included on Miyamura's album, whose first track—"The song for Girl"—features lyrics written by him (credited as Sanyō for the drama and as Aikawa for the song).
, -
, rowspan="3", 1997
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Originally released as part of the lines of Animate-exclusive audio dramas. Both reissued (alongside another drama and 7 soundtracks/hybrid albums) as the ''～once and again NADESICO～'' CD boxset in 2006.
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Original story.
, -
, 1997-98
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
*
*
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Order of stories deviates from the order the novels were published; last CD deviates from the original story due to not adapting two of the novels. Aired on Radio Nippon before CD release.
, -
, 2000
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Scenario and supervision by Seiji Mizushima, edited by Yasuko Kobayashi; co-written with Manabu Ishikawa, Akihiko Inari, Hidefumi Kimura and .
, -
, 2002
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Love Hina Again''
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Tracks 1–13 on the OVA's original soundtrack. Released in North America by Geneon USA.
, -
, 2002-03
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
**
**
**
**
*
,
, style="text-align:left", "Picture Scroll of the Twelve Visions" is a soundtrack album with drama tracks interspersed throughout, while "The Three Dreams Chapter" is wholly dedicated to drama.
, -
, 2003
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Samurai Deeper Kyo''
,
,
*
, }
, style="text-align:left", Original story that happens after the anime's final episode.
, -
, 2004
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
, Super Sentai installment by Saburo Yatsude
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left",
, -
, 2008
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Available first-hand exclusively and for a limited time to applicants who purchased all 9 DVD volumes of the anime.
, -
, 2009
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", mini-drama CDs
,
,
*
*
*
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Each CD available exclusively bundled with each volume of the series' second DVD/first Blu-ray release in Japan.
, -
, 2011
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Exclusively bundled with the first-run limited edition of the volume 2 DVD of the anime.
, -
, 2012
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Un-Go''
,
,
*
*
*
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Each chapter a CD exclusively bundled with each DVD/Blu-ray volume of the series in Japan.
, -
, 2013
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
*
,
, style="text-align:left", Originally aired on NRN and affiliates. Only released as a CD exclusively bundled with the first-run limited editions of the film's DVD/Blu-ray releases.
, -
, 2014
, scope="row" style="text-align:left", ''Ender's Game''
,
, No distinct title
,
, style="text-align:left", Broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting System and other radio stations nationwide. Made to promote—and stars the same cast as the Japanese dub of—the film adaptation. Never released on CD.
, -
, 2019
, scope="row" style="text-align:left",
,
,
,
, style="text-align:left", Credited for , has described this role as "helper in name only".

At one point in the late '80s/early '90s he was assigned to write an audio drama adaptation of ''Rokudenashi Blues'', but struggled with the material and had to give up the job. Aikawa wanted to make a ''Concrete Revolutio'' audio drama, but that did not happen due to budgetary reasons

Video games

Notes

References

External links

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1965 births
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