is a Japanese

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. After leaving

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, he was put in charge of screenwriting for '' Bunny Drop''. Following its completion, he has worked on several series, some of which are ''

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'', '' Erased'', and the remake of ''

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''.

Biography

Taku Kishimoto was born in

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. After graduating from

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with a

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, Kishimoto worked as an editor for . After leaving Cyzo, Kishimoto worked for

. At one point, he tried to get the role of head screenwriter for ''

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'', but he was ultimately not chosen by

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. After leaving Studio Ghibli, he was granted the position of head screenwriter for '' Bunny Drop''. In 2016, he did the screenwriting for ''

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'' and '' Erased'', both of which were nominated for anime of the year at the first

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. ''Erased'' also won the award for best drama. In the ''

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'' magazine's awards in the same year, ''Joker Game'' won the Nogizaka46 award. In 2019, he did the screenwriting for the remake of ''

'', which was nominated for best drama in 2019. Its second season won the award for best drama in the next year.

Works

TV series

* (2011) (screenwriter) * (2013–2014) (screenwriter) * (2014–2020) (screenwriter) * (2016) (screenwriter) * (2016) (screenwriter) * (2016) (screenwriter) * (2016) (screenwriter) * ''

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'' (2016) (screenwriter) * (2018) (screenwriter) * (2019–2021) (screenwriter) * (2019–2020) (screenwriter) * (2020) (screenwriter) * (2020) (screenwriter) * (2020–2021) (screenwriter) * (2021–2023) (screenwriter) * (2021–2022) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter)

Films

* (2016) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter)

Web series

* (2020) (screenwriter) * (2022) (screenwriter)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kishimoto, Taku Anime screenwriters Chiba University alumni Japanese screenwriters Living people People from Hyōgo Prefecture Studio Ghibli people Year of birth missing (living people)