is a Japanese
screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
and
novelist
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. He is a graduate of the School of Human Sciences in
Waseda University
Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...
.
Ōkouchi is best known for collaborating with director
Gorō Taniguchi for composing the story and script of the
Sunrise
Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon.
Terminology
Although the S ...
original production, ''
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' in 2006 and its sequel ''
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' in 2008.
Works
Anime television series
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Turn A Gundam'' (Episodic screenplay; 1999–2000)
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Angelic Layer
is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significantl ...
'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2001)
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Project ARMS
''Project ARMS'', simply known in Japan as ''ARMS'', is a Japanese manga series written by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1997 to April 2002, with ...
'' (Episodic screenplay; 2001)
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Overman King Gainer'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2002)
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Azumanga Daioh
is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks; three additional c ...
'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2002)
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RahXephon'' (Episodic screenplay; 2002)
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Wolf’s Rain'' (Episodic screenplay; 2003)
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Stellvia
, also known as ''Stellvia of the Universe'', is an anime series set in space. As a prelude to the series, the Earth of year 2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, Hydr ...
'' (Episodic screenplay; 2003)
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Planetes'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2003–2004)
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Mahou Sensei Negima!'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2005)
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Eureka Seven'' (Episodic screenplay; 2005)
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (Original story, series composition, screenplay; 2006–2007)
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' (Original story, series composition, screenplay; 2008)
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Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2008)
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Guilty Crown
is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability ...
'' (Assistant series composition, episodic screenplay; 2011–2012)
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Valvrave the Liberator'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2013)
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M3: The Dark Metal'' (Episodic screenplay; 2014)
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Space Dandy'' (Screenplay for Episode 5; 2014)
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Black Butler: Book of Circus'' (2014)
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Comet Lucifer'' (Episodic screenplay; 2015)
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Heavy Object'' (Episodic screenplay; 2015–2016)
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2016)
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Princess Principal'' (Series composition, screenplay for Episodes 1 to 10; 2017)
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Devilman Crybaby'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2018)
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Hakumei and Mikochi'' (Screenplay for Episodes 4 and 7; 2018)
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Lupin the Third Part 5'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2018)
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SK8 the Infinity'' (Series composition; 2021–present)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2022)
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Spy × Family: Season 2'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2023)
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Kaiju No. 8'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2024)
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Grendizer U'' (Series composition, screenplay; 2024)
Anime films
* ''
Brave Story'' (2006)
* ''
Magic Tree House'' (2011)
* ''
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc''
** ''I: The Egg of the King'' (2012)
** ''II: The Battle for Doldrey'' (2012)
** ''III: The Advent'' (2013)
* ''
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion''
** ''I: Initiation'' (2017)
** ''II: Transgression '' (2018)
** ''III: Glorification'' (2018)
* ''
Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection'' (2019)
* ''
Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō'' (2019)
* ''Seven Days War'' (2019)
* ''
Sing a Bit of Harmony'' (Co-writer; 2021)
* ''
Spy × Family Code: White'' (2023)
OVA
* ''
The 08th MS Team: Battle in Three Dimensions'' (2013)
* ''
SK8 the Infinity Extra Part'' (2025)
ONA
* ''
Lupin Zero'' (2022)
Novels
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Revolutionary Girl Utena 1: Ao no Sōjo'' (1998)
*''Revolutionary Girl Utena 2: Midori no Omoi'' (1998)
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Martian Successor Nadesico: Ruri no Kōkai Nisshi'' (1998)
*''Martian Successor Nadesico: Channel ha Ruriruri De'' (1998)
*''Martian Successor Nadesico: Ruri A Kara B he no Monogatari'' (1999)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' (1999)
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Cyber Team in Akihabara: Tsubame Hatsu Taiken!? Club Katsudō Sentō Chū'' (1999)
*''Starbows'' (2001)
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A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2002)
Sources:
References
External links
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Sunrise (company) people
1968 births
Living people
Japanese screenwriters
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Anime screenwriters
People from Sendai
Waseda University alumni
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