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Kenji Terada

English Writer Kenji Terada
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Terada Kenji was born in Tokyo, Japan, on July 11th, 1952. He is a scriptwriter, anime director, novelist cum scenario writer, graduated from Waseda University in 1973 with a degree in European history. Terada illustrated for newspapers and magazines during his career, worked on movie sets, and worked as an animator. In 1978, he became an assistant to artist Osamu Tezuka. In 1980, Terada became a freelance writer and director of multiple ventures, including screenplays for Baoh, Dirty Pair, and Kimagure Orange Road. He also worked for Square, writing scripts for the first three Final Fantasy video games. 

He was the screenwriter for films and animation series and director of the video game Batman: Dark Tomorrow and the animated series Firestorm. Since then, he has been working on "Robotics: Chronicles of Shadows" and other shows and video games.

Games Written by him are:

  • Final Fantasy (1987, scenario writer)
  • Final Fantasy II (1988, scenario writer)
  • Final Fantasy III (1990, scenario writer)
  • Dark Wizard (1993, scenario writer)
  • Loopy Town no Oheya ga Hoshii! (1995, scenario writer)
  • Wanwan Aijou Monogatari (1995, scenario writer)
  • Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2: Love Love Hani Soudatsusen (1996, Director)
  • Eternal Eyes (2000, scenario writer)
  • Jockey's Road (2001, scriptwriter)
  • Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003, writer, director)
  • Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (2020, scenario writer)

Anime by him:

  • Space Emperor God Sigma (1980, storyboards/episode director)
  • Kinnikuman (1983–1986, script writer)
  • Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (1984, scriptwriter)
  • Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God (1985, scriptwriter)
  • Dirty Pair (TV series) (1985, scriptwriter)
  • Outlanders (1986, director)
  • Baoh (1989, scriptwriter)
  • Kimagure Orange Road (1989–1991, series organizer, scriptwriter)
  • Ushio and Tora (1992–1993, scriptwriter)
  • Yaiba (1993-1994, Series Composition, Scenario)
  • Wedding Peach (1995–1996, scriptwriter)
  • Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid (1997-1998, Series Composition)
  • Firestorm (2003, director)
  • Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006, story consultant)

 

Terada also wrote for Tokusatsu. Tokusatsu ("special shooting") is a term for live-action movies or TV series that use special effects extensively in Japanese. Tokusatsu entertainment is usually about science fiction, fantasy, or horror, but other movies and TV shows can sometimes be counted as Tokusatsu.

Tokusatsu wrote by him:

  • Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (1983)
  • Dokincho! Nemurin (1984)
  • As You Please! Kamitaman (1985)
  • Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya (1988)
  • Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop (1988)

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