Atsushi Maekawa (Japanese: 前川 淳, Hepburn: Maekawa Atsushi, born July 7, 1964) is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu, and TV Drama scriptwriter, best known for his work in Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT, Lupin III, Bakugan and for being the father of anime voice actress Ryōko Maekawa. He also occasionally writes lyrics for music.
After a god accidentally slays him, Takumi’s reborn with new skills in a monster-filled forest where he stumbles upon twins. They’re sweet, adorable, and super strong! Won over instantly, he names them Alan and Elena, becomes their guardian, and joins an adventurers’ guild to provide for his new family. And so starts his chill life of adventure, watching over Alan and Elena’s growth!
Release Date: 2024-07-08
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 19
In a modern society where top spinners are popular around the world, Somewhere in Seoul, South Korea. Shin, a sixth-grader, enjoys top spinner battles even though he always loses. Shin is targeting his older brother Doyle, an outstanding top spinner player. Meanwhile, my brother finished the final of the Top Spinner World Championship. Suddenly loses consciousness for unknown reasons. Doyle was on his way home when he was approached by a mysterious boy. Doyle had his mental body taken away... Doyle's mental body wanders alone in a dimension other than Earth. It is a world where top spinners have been weaponized. The top spinner and the army of holy beasts within it were running rampant. Meanwhile, if you show Doyle something he wants most, The doctor said he might come to his senses. God vowed that he would show his brother the trophy. Compete against various rivals with the goal of winning the World Championship.
Release Date: 2023-06-05
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 52
Vote Count: 1
A story about girls playing board games after school! Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who's just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together. These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!
Release Date: 2019-10-03
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 8
Den City is a city with advanced network systems in which a VR space called LINK VRAINS was created by SOL Technologies. The Knights of Hanoi, a group that hacks through dueling, as well as SOL Technologies are seeking a mysterious AI program. Yusaku Fujiki, also known as Playmaker, is a first year high school student who manages to capture this AI program while trying to find out the truth about an incident in the past.
Release Date: 2017-05-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 24
Vote Count: 20
Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in "Nature." However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he's devoted himself to his anime blog and nerdy collecting habits. He claims he has a serious illness called "I can't do anything I don't want to do." Desperate to get him to do something with his life, his little sister manages to get him a job teaching physics at his old high school. He's certainly an unconventional teacher, but he becomes fairly popular with the students. After helping a girl who's being ruthlessly bullied, Kagami finds that he actually likes teaching. Will he continue his career as a weird teacher? Will he go back into physics? Or will he end up back where he started?
Release Date: 2015-04-04
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 13
Vote Count: 38
Through an unexpected turn of events, an ordinary elementary school student, Hiro Enryu, finds himself in the world of the "Dragon Collection" game. This is a world called Dragon Earth, where gods, humans, and monsters exist side by side. Those who roam this world using a magic book, called a Grimoire, and cards to summon monsters and search for treasures that bear the powers of dragons are called Dracolle Battlers. Despite his bewilderment, Hiro becomes a Dracolle Battler and, together with the friends he meets there, begins his adventure to become a legendary Dragon Master!
Release Date: 2014-04-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 10
Swing into action with Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V! Yuya Sakaki’s dream is to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the greatest “duel-tainer” in history – and he just might pull it off when he suddenly discovers Pendulum Summoning, a never-before-seen technique that lets him summon many monsters at once! But when countless rivals emerge to steal his spotlight, Yuya needs to gear up his game because dueling has evolved into a non-stop world of action! In the all-new Action Duels, monsters literally come to life with advancements in holographic technology! Duelists no longer stand by and let their monsters battle for them on the playing field - they now ride their monsters as they race through real locations to take down their opponents with their Action Cards! From exotic castles to dense jungles, Yuya and his friends better prepare for any possibility because there’s no telling where the next battle will be! Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Where dueling gets REAL!
Release Date: 2014-04-06
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 14
Vote Count: 32
Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire.
Release Date: 2013-12-07
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 169
Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter — a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.
Release Date: 2011-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 11
Vote Count: 1817
After resolving the problems in the Labyrinth Kingdom, Love Momozono and her friends live a happy life and continue their dance training. Suddenly, the town children's toys start to go missing and the girls agree to help find them. Love Momozono's stuffed rabbit then comes to life and tells the Cures that the Toymajin is responsible. The Fresh Pretty Cure cast then travel to the Kingdom of Toys to save the day!
Release Date: 2009-10-31
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 9
A junior high school student named Rinko becomes partners with a rabbit Jewelpet named Ruby. Together they try to find the Jewel Charms that dropped from Jewel Land into the world of the humans. Along with their friends, Rinko and Ruby help others solve their problems while using the magic of Jewelpets.
Release Date: 2009-04-05
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 52
Vote Count: 5
When a wealthy woman and her son die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan Edogawa to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin the Third is after the Queen Crown, owned by the Vesparand royal family. When these two legendary characters meet, who will win the day?! Followed by “Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie” (2013).
Release Date: 2009-03-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 124
Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event, subordinates of the Labyrinth Kingdom show up who want to collect the unhappiness of the audience. Love gets the power to change into Cure Peach and fights them. Soon after, she is joined by her good friends Miki, who is Cure Berry, and Inori, who becomes Cure Pine.
Release Date: 2009-02-01
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 50
Vote Count: 10
Centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them.
Release Date: 2007-04-05
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 143
Vote Count: 366
Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, and Yugi's grandfather Solomon are pulled into a world where Duel Monsters are real. They find monster capsules that they can use to summon monsters. However, in this strange new world, they battle monsters and when their own monsters are attacked, they feel the pain.
Release Date: 2006-09-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 12
Vote Count: 289
Capeta is a Japanese sports manga and anime about kart racing by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2005. The series consists of three separate arcs. The first is about Capeta's first experiences with kart racing at the age of 10. The next arc, which starts four years later, deals with Capeta trying to handle his growing financial issues due to the high cost involved in kart racing. The third is about Capeta trying to realize his dream of beating his rival and becoming a professional racer, venturing through into a more senior category: Formula Three. Both the anime and manga features numerous references and homages to Initial D and Best Motoring International references, as well as Formula One. In addition to this, there are many karting and racing references that not only add flesh to the story, but are also factual.
Release Date: 2005-10-04
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Episode Count: 9
Vote Count: 8
Kai and the Magiranger travel from the heights of Magitopia to the depths of Infershia in order to save Yamazaki from becoming the bride who releases a Hades Beastman's phantom army!
Release Date: 2005-09-03
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 10
Stolen from the famous "secret" Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin's most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four "Bloody Angels," the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want the treasure for their own terrorist purposes. Meanwhile Zenigata teams up with a female police officer to hunt Lupin and the terrorists down.
Release Date: 2005-07-22
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 40
Out of the blue, monsters usually living beneath the Earth’s surface began to attack the terrestrial world. They were called the Underground Hades Empire Infershia. The Ozu Siblings of Makito, Houka, Urara, Tsubasa, and Kai hear from their mother, Miyuki, that they are the Magicians of Justice to stand against the Infershia. The siblings are perplexed by such an unexpected event. However, without hesitation, Miyuki charges at the Infershia, and the Ozu Siblings are forced to come together to fight as one.
Release Date: 2005-02-13
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 16
Vote Count: 15
The regular players from Seigaku participates in an exhibition game aboard a cruise ship. However, they discover that the event is being run by a corrupt millionaire heavily involved in illegal gambling and betting, who demands that they lose the match on purpose. To add to the confusion, one of the players on the rival team introduces himself as Ryoma's brother.
Release Date: 2005-01-29
Department: Writing
Job: Scenario Writer
Vote Count: 10
Ten years after the Ceremonial Battle, a teenage boy named Judai Yuuki (Jaden Yuki) heads off in order to join the Duel Academia (Duel Academy) located on a remote island off the coast of Japan. There he meets his fellow students and gains a few friends, along with a few enemies. Judai is put into the lowest rank of Osiris Red (Slifer Red), but he continues to test his skills against the students and faculty to prove his worth as a Duelist and earn the respect of everyone around him.
Release Date: 2004-10-06
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 279
The crossover film between Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger and Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger. After hijacking the Hurricaneger's mechs; Wendinu and Furabijo, who survived their supposed deaths, unleash an ancient Jakanja warrior infused with Dino Guts known as Janil Iga. Iga allies himself with the Evolian to take over Earth and destroy the Abarangers, it's up to both them and the Hurricaneger to stop the newest threat by combining their forces in a way never seen before!
Release Date: 2004-03-12
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 12
The meteorite believed to have once killed off the dinosaurs actually rattled the Earth into two parallel universes — Another Earth and Dino Earth, where dinosaurs continued to thrive. Now they have evolved into the Saurians, a race of humanoid dinosaurs, and the Bakuryu , a race of mechanized dinosaurs. But the wall between our universes has been breached. The Evolians that have been at war with the Saurians and Bakuryu have invaded, and it's up to the Abarangers to protect the world!
Release Date: 2003-02-16
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 8
Vote Count: 17
When a tragedy befalls their fellow students on graduation day, three pupils of the Hayate Way's Ninja Academy must take on the Jakanja — a clan of evil space warriors. But they can't do it alone. Can they find the help they need? And can the young warriors act swiftly enough to defeat the Jakanja before they destroy the known universe?
Release Date: 2002-02-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 9
Vote Count: 16
Ryoma Echizen is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships but who constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player. He joins the Seishun Gakuen junior highschool, one of the best tennis schools in Japan, and there along with his teamates he learns to find his own type of tennis in an attempt to defeat his biggest obstacle of all: his father as well as himself.
Release Date: 2001-10-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 129
Ultraman Cosmos is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show being the 17th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Cosmos aired from July 7, 2001 to September 28, 2002, with a total of 65 episodes, which currently makes it the longest running Ultra Show to date. Ultraman Cosmos was also the 35th anniversary for the Ultraman series In June 2002, Cosmos was taken off of television for several weeks when lead actor Taiyou Sugiura was questioned in an assault and extortion case. When the case against Sugiura was dropped for lack of evidence, Cosmos was put back on the air. TBS and Tsuburaya ultimately pulled five episodes from broadcast to make up for time lost, and these episodes were later released on DVD.
Release Date: 2001-07-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 65
Vote Count: 9
Meirin Kanzaki, a junior high school student, comes from a family of Feng Shui masters. Her powers are so strong that she has to hide them from her father, so that he never learns that she runs the web page of his greatest Feng Shui rival, Dr Rin! Only her older brother knows the truth. But Meirin is hiding a greater secret - that of her love for her childhood friend, fellow high school member and soccer club hero, Yuuki Asuka. If only he could trust the hidden powers of Feng Shui, for it always shows Meirin the best path to success and happiness.
Release Date: 2001-03-05
Department: Writing
Job: Series Composition
Episode Count: 51
Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him, the soul of the "King of Games." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".
Release Date: 2000-04-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 38
Vote Count: 949
Fujita Kazuyuki is an otaku who turns out to be the one carrying the Millennium Saber within. That means that he's actually Arest Horn, a legendary hero. Amore Gore, an evil organization of demons, seek the Millennium Saber in order to rule the world. Three girls, Arisu, Airi, and Akira, magically appear in Kazuyuki's life. When they transform they become the Three Musketeers of Arest Horn, and it's their duty to protect Kazuyuki until Arest Horn awakens.
Release Date: 1999-04-02
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Episode Count: 20
While at summer camp, seven kids are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.
Release Date: 1999-03-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 840
Rosetta: The Masked Angel is a Japanese tokusatsu drama that aired from July 4 to September 26, 1998 on TV Tokyo. It featured the adventures of a young girl named Asuka who follows in her father's footsteps as Rosetta to battle evil monsters called Duats. The series' motif was that of Ancient Egypt.
Release Date: 1998-07-04
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 13
Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon Balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf. The wish; that Goku once again become a child! Goku, together with Trunks, and his own granddaughter Pan, blast off into the outer reaches of space in search of the mysterious Black Star Dragon Balls. But these Dragon Balls have a fatal secret: if not collected within one year Earth will be destroyed.
Release Date: 1996-02-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 18
Vote Count: 1950
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
Release Date: 1996-01-08
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 682