Shun'ichi Yukimuro

Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Born January 11, 1941
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Screenwriter

Shun'ichi Yukimuro (雪室 俊一 Yukimuro Shun'ichi, born January 11, 1941, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a veteran screenwriter for anime television series. Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yukimuro has had a career spanning some four decades and written over 3,000 anime TV series scenarios, including episodes of many classic series produced by the Toei Animation studio. After attending a school for screenwriters, Yukimuro won an award early in his career for a television drama titled Chikagorono Wakai Yatsu. He soon began to focus on writing for anime television series, of which his first was Yokocho Seigitai (Justice Guardian) in 1964.

Among the anime series for which Yukimuro wrote scenarios include Kimba the White Lion, Sally, the Witch, Gegege no Kitaro, Sazae-san, Tomorrow's Joe, Himitsu no Akko-chan, Babel II, Majokko Megu-chan, Dr. Slump, Honey Honey, The Kabocha Wine, Dragon Ball, The Adventures of Pepero, and Azuki-chan.

Yukimuro was also the creator of the internationally popular manga series Ohayō! Spank, which was turned into an anime by Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1981, for which he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1981.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

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