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Kazunori Ito

Kazunori Ito

Kazunori Ito

1954-12-24

Yamagata, Japan

Age: 70

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Biography

Kazunori Ito is a Japanese screenwriter well known for his work in the .hack franchise, the Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell movie. He is a founding member of Headgear, a group of five main writers and artists that include Masami Yuki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Akemi Takada, and Mamoru Oshii. Ito is also a fan of classic tokusatsu leading to his work on Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.

Best known for:

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

Avalon

Necronomicon

Patlabor: The Movie

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Patlabor 2: The Movie

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

Last Exile

Patlabor WXIII The Movie

Urusei Yatsura

The Red Spectacles

Dirty Pair

.hack

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

Twilight Q

Patlabor: The TV Series

Patlabor: The Mobile Police

Pistol Opera

.hack//Beyond the World

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia

Magical Angel Creamy Mami

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Filmography:

Urusei Yatsura (1981)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Magical Angel Creamy Mami (1983)
WORK AS:
Writer, Original Story, Creator
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
7.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Creamy Mami: Forever Once More (1984)
WORK AS:
Writer, Original Story
Dirty Pair (1985)
WORK AS:
Writer
Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye (1985)
WORK AS:
Script
Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special (1985)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber (1986)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Red Spectacles (1987)
WORK AS:
Writer
Twilight Q (1987)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story, Original Story
Twilight Q (1987)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1988)
WORK AS:
Writer, Original Series Creator, Original Story
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Writer, Story, Original Story
Patlabor: The TV Series (1989)
WORK AS:
Series Composition, Writer, Author

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Patlabor: The New Files (1990)
WORK AS:
Series Composition, Author, Writer
Licca: the Mystery Tale of Mysterious Yunia (1990)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring (1991)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Patlabor: One Day of Noa (1992)
WORK AS:
Original Story, Screenplay
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
6
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Writer, Original Story
Necronomicon (1993)
4.5
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
7.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
6.1
WORK AS:
Writer
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
6.3
WORK AS:
Writer
Visitor (1998)
WORK AS:
Writer
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
6.1
WORK AS:
Writer
Avalon (2001)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Pistol Opera (2001)
WORK AS:
Writer
.hack (2002)
WORK AS:
Series Composition, Writer, Screenplay, Original Story
Patlabor WXIII The Movie (2002)
5
WORK AS:
Original Story
.hack//Liminality (2002)
WORK AS:
Scenario Writer, Writer
MiniPato (2002)
WORK AS:
Original Series Creator, Creator
.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline (2003)
WORK AS:
Original Story
.hack//GIFT (2003)
WORK AS:
Original Story, Writer
Absolute Boy (2005)
WORK AS:
Series Composition, Original Story, Writer, Creator
Digimon X-Evolution (2005)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
6.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Monster Magnitude: 9 (2010)
WORK AS:
Writer
Nanase futatabi (2010)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
.hack//Beyond the World (2012)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)
WORK AS:
Original Series Creator, Original Story, Creator
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015)
WORK AS:
Original Story
Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot (2016)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Original Story
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)
WORK AS:
Screenplay