Dai Sato

Dai Satō (佐藤大, Satō Dai, born in 1969) is a Japanese screenwriter and musician. Having begun scriptwriting at a young age and writing scripts for various companies, Satō later focused his attention on writing for anime series. The first major series he worked on was the groundbreaking 1998 Sunrise series Cowboy Bebop, after which he worked on other well-known series, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Wolf's Rain. In 2005, Satō was the chief writer of Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, for which he received an award for best screenplay at the Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2006. In 2006 and 2007, Satō worked on the Sunrise OVA series Freedom Project (which featured director Katsuhiro Otomo). Satō also created his own consultant company, Frognation, with two of his acquaintances, which incorporated he and his friend Kengo Watanabe's own electronic music label Frogman Records. In 2007, after leaving Frognation, Satō established his own company Storyriders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dai Satō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

T・P BON

After Bon accidentally intervenes in a Time Patrol case, he must join Agent Ream in saving innocent lives from the past — while watching history unfold.

Release Date: 2024-05-02

Department: Writing

Job: Other

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 16

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony

Music exists in our daily lives for granted. But what would happen if music disappeared from the earth? This is a completely original story about Doraemon and his friends who are trying to save the earth from a crisis with the familiar theme of music!

Release Date: 2024-03-01

Department: Writing

Job: Co-Writer

Vote Count: 14

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last Human

In 2045, amidst an economic disaster and the rapid evolution of AI in a world where sustainable warfare is on the rise, Public Security Section 9, led by Motoko Kusanagi, arrives in Tokyo to confront the "post-human" Takashi Shimamura and prevent the looming threat of nuclear war. A compilation film with newly added footage.

Release Date: 2023-11-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2

Pokémon Horizons

Follow Liko and Roy as they unravel the mysteries that surround them and encounter Friede, Captain Pikachu, Amethio, and others during their exciting adventures!

Release Date: 2023-04-14

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 88

Vote Count: 77

Break of Dawn

In 2038, Yuuma Sawatari is an elementary school kid who loves everything about space and astronomy. He was initially excited when his parents bought a robot called Nanako, but he was disappointed when he learned that she was basically just a boring housekeeping robot. However, when he does finally try to talk to her about space, something strange happens. Her system crashes and is taken over by what claims to be a marooned alien ship! The alien ship wants Yuuma's help to get back to space!

Release Date: 2022-10-21

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 4

YUREI DECO

The story begins when Berry, an average girl from an average home, meets Hack, a girl who looks like a boy. Charmed by Hack, Berry meets up with the team Hack leads, the Ghost Detectives Club. Members of this club are “socially dead,” working invisibly within the digitally controlled society of Tom Sawyer. As she works with the group, Berry learns about Zero, a mysterious figure who lurks within Tom Sawyer’s underground. She and Hack decide to chase down this figure, and in time, the truth behind the city is revealed...

Release Date: 2022-07-03

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 4

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021

One day during summer vacation, a palm-sized alien named Papi appears from a small rocket that Nobita picks up. He is the president of Pirika, a small planet in outer space, and has come to Earth to escape the rebels. Doraemon and his friends are puzzled by Papi’s small size, but as they play together using the secret tool “Small Light”, they gradually become friends. However, a whale-shaped space battleship comes to earth and attacks Doraemon, Nobita and the others in order to capture Papi. Feeling responsible for getting everyone involved, Papi tries to stand up to the rebels. Doraemon and his friends leave for the planet Pirika to protect their dear friend and his home.

Release Date: 2022-03-04

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 110

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War

In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat that AI has towards the human race. A compilation film with newly added footage.

Release Date: 2021-12-21

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 54

Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

A virtual world in a scab coral (coral-like information life form) created by Eureka. Ten years have passed since the people of the virtual world appeared on this earth with the collapse. As a result of this “great fusion”, human beings in the virtual world call themselves “Green Earth”, and human beings on the old Earth call themselves “Blue Earth”, and various collisions will be repeated under the surface of the water. And Dewey Novak, a high-ranking official of the Green Earth Army, raises up with his colleagues to protect their dignity and finally puts into action a large-scale terrorist program.

Release Date: 2021-11-26

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 14

Super Crooks

Johnny Bolt recruits a group of ragtag supervillains for one last heist. Their target: A ruthless super-powered crime boss. What can go wrong?

Release Date: 2021-11-25

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 68

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

Release Date: 2021-07-22

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 288

#HandballStrive

The school’s handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Lacking passion for anything in life, he spends his days like so many youth on his smartphone along with his childhood friend, Okamoto. One day, they upload a photo taken three years previously when they were both part of their school’s handball team. To their surprise, the post goes a little viral. Encouraged, they add the hashtag: “#Handball Full Power” and are swarmed with “likes” from around the country. Amidst the sudden social media attention, Masao and Okamoto set to resuscitating a nearly defunct men’s handball team.

Release Date: 2020-07-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2

Listeners

Set in a world where the concept of music ceases to exist. the story begins when a boy encounters Myuu, a mysterious girl who possesses an audio input jack in her body. The two intermingle with the history of rock music and embark on an unforgettable journey.

Release Date: 2020-04-04

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Character: Rozu's father (voice)

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 35

Altered Carbon: Resleeved

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.

Release Date: 2020-03-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 291

My Tyrano: Together, Forever

A tremendous tyrannosaurus—who does not eat meat—and a pterodactyl who cannot fly run into each other and begin their journey to find ‘Paradise’.

Release Date: 2019-08-14

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 9

Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

After her father is killed by the deadly coral menace, Anemone vows to have her revenge. But the only way to fight back is from the inside.

Release Date: 2018-11-10

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3

Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

It all begins with the story that was left untold—the earth-shattering incident where Renton's father disappeared. With the mysterious pilot Eureka by his side, only Adroc Thurston could undo his own mistake, sparking the event that changed everything and earned him the title of a hero. Now, ten years later, Eureka lies in critical condition as Renton leaves the crew of the Gekko. But when he finds himself in the care of his father's old friends, he has a choice to make. Either stay with the loving family he's always wanted, or earn the love he seeks.

Release Date: 2017-09-16

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 5

Yogee New Waves - LIVE at TOKYO LIQUIDROOM 2017.3.25

In 2017, Japanese rock band Yogee New Waves plays a solo concert at the LIQUIDROOM in Tokyo, Japan.

Release Date: 2017-03-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Puzzle & Dragons X

The story takes place in a fantasy world consisting of humans, Dragonoids and Monsters. There is a relative harmony between the three races. There are also Drops, spherical objects that come out of the planet, which can power up the Monsters. Humans and Dragonoids can take on the role of Dragon Callers if they have the capability to see the Drops, wherein, they form bonds with monsters. Currently, the planet is facing Drop Impacts, occurrences where a large amount of Drops are suddenly generated in a single area (and can also spread), which affects the lands and makes the Monsters berserk. In fact, one of the main duties of Dragon Callers is to settle the Drop Impacts by stabilizing the Drop distribution.

Release Date: 2016-07-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Partner In Darkness

year after manga master Fumiya Ajima's death, 50 unpublished sketches are discovered. The sketches appear to be the work of Fumiya Ajima, but the sketches shows details from several missing women cases that occurred 35 years earlier. Fumiya Ajima’s wife asks the Department Head of Yukihide Ozawa to find out if the sketches are the work of her late husband. Ex-police officer Yuki Mizuno receives a request to investigate the origins of the 50 sketches. Yuki Mizuno then enlists the help of Shinji Daigo, an expert of the manga world.

Release Date: 2015-04-11

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 5

Space Dandy

Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!

Release Date: 2014-01-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 107

Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter

Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter or Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter (literally Hyper Speed Transformation Gyrozetter) is a multimedia franchise created by Square Enix, spanning a transforming Japanese arcade game, a manga series written by Ryutaro Ichmura and illustrated by Teruaki Mizuno, and an anime series by A-1 Pictures on the Fall 2012 Anime lineup.

Release Date: 2012-10-02

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 51

Vote Count: 1

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

She’s a thief. A killer. A saint and a scandal. She’s whatever you need her to be to get the job done. She takes your breath away to get what she wants. She takes everything else just because she can. It’s all in a night’s work for the woman called Fujiko Mine. She’s the slinky, sultry thread that holds Lupin III’s crew together—and this is the heist that started it all.

Release Date: 2012-04-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 43

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance

Set in the rich Tekken universe, Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D follows Xiaoyu Ling, seasoned martial artist and high school student, tasked by the G Corporation to infiltrate an international school in Kyoto to gather information on the mysterious student Shin Kamiya. Before she can make any progress in the investigation, Shin is kidnapped by an unknown assailant. Digging deeper into Shin’s background in an attempt to rescue him, Xiaoyu learns about the frightening underbelly of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima… and the late Heihachi Mishima’s conspiracy that’s stained with blood.

Release Date: 2011-07-26

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 211

Five Numbers!

In an isolated prison, there are only four prisoners and a cat. One day, a power outage opens all the locks and all of the prisoners are released. However, all of the guards are nowhere to be seen and there are no exits. An extraordinary event occurs in response to an old man's strange behavior.

Release Date: 2011-04-07

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Vote Count: 4

Halo Legends

The universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.

Release Date: 2010-02-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 161

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers

Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. Powerless to prevent Eureka from being taken away Renton vows to rescue her and enters the military.

Release Date: 2009-04-25

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Vote Count: 28

Eden of the East

When Saki Morimi gets into trouble with the police while in Washington D.C., she is helped by a Japanese man who calls himself, Akira Takizawa. Akira has only two things, a gun and a cell phone loaded with 8.2 billion yen in digital money.

Release Date: 2009-04-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 107

Battle Spirits: Shonen Toppa Bashin

Bashin is a grade 6 student who loves trading card games. The globally popular card game Battle Spirits is all the rage. Through some strange circumstances, Bashin acquires a Pyroxene which gives Bashin the ability to become a Card Battler. He can summon the monster Spirits depicted on the cards so they can fight each other. Bashin learns that the legendary X Rare Card actually exists, and he engages in fierce card battles with other rivals to get the X Rare Card.

Release Date: 2008-09-07

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 50

Vote Count: 4

Freedom

In the year 2267, more than 160 years after the Skyport orbital station fell to Earth and wiped out all of humanity, Eden is a thriving lunar colony home to young Takeru, who tries to make the most of the brief hiatus of freedom granted to the colony's inhabitants between the end of compulsory education and the rite of becoming a full citizen.

Release Date: 2006-11-23

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 12

Ergo Proxy

In a futuristic world almost barren of life, mankind is confined to mechanized domed cities where A.I.’s control all aspects of life. In this world, humans are no longer born, they are manufactured in a production line; and alongside them live androids known as autoreivs. Within one of these domed sanctuaries named Romdeau lives Re-l Mayer, one of a few citizens who aren’t entirely prevented from thinking. Her grandfather's prominent position and the affection of the scientist Daedalus have left her more free will than is normally allowed, but Re-l has started to question the sanctity of the city and the citizens' perfect way of life. With mysterious beings known as proxies causing havoc and a man named Vincent causing great influence on her life, Re-l must travel outside of the city to find the answers she seeks and discover the mystery behind "the awakening".

Release Date: 2006-02-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 338

Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven

The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation with the "Individualists", who called for national isolation, which then led to the increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the Individual Eleven carries out a suicide attack. But there was a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, they attempt to nail down the mastermind of the incident. Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. And Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze...

Release Date: 2006-01-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 108

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.

Release Date: 2005-09-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 125

Casshern

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.

Release Date: 2004-04-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 244

King of Iron Fist Tournament

Heihachi Mishima, head of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and respected martial artist, announces The King of Iron Fist Tournament in which contestants from around the world are forced to fight for the ultimate prize. Some seek to use the tournament for fame and fortune. Others seek the opportunity to test their abilities while others enter in order to gather intel about the tournament and the motives of those behind it. One seeks vengeance.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Eureka Seven

Renton Thurston desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure. When a robot crashes through Renton's garage the meeting sparks the beginning of Renton's involvement with Gekkostate as he takes off alongside the young girl Eureka as the co-pilot of the Nirvash.

Release Date: 2005-04-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 55

Samurai Champloo

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

Release Date: 2004-05-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 666

Mars Daybreak

Mars is almost entirely covered in water. Humanity exists in large city-ships that float through the open seas.

Release Date: 2004-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Wolf's Rain

Paradise—a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open. Kiba, a lone white wolf, wanders into a poverty stricken city on a quest. The scent of Lunar Flowers and the will to find Paradise is all he has. Along the way, he runs into other outcast wolves—Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, each with their own story and troubles. Fate bringing them together, they seek out the Flower Maiden, Cheza, and their way to Paradise. But, doing so is no simple matter. Up against a world that fears them and a man with mysterious abilities, their journey is overrun with challenges and worse—sacrifices. With limited time, they must fight to protect Cheza against everyone who seeks her and discover the hidden path to their destiny.

Release Date: 2003-01-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 183

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

Release Date: 2002-10-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 382

Cowboy Bebop

In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.

Release Date: 1998-04-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1680

Eternal Family

Six men and women who are completely underground to one another have been given false memories and are living together as a family in a capsule hall. They know nothing about the outside world, and that they are broadcasted as a real-life soap opera in the imaginary community of Champon City.

Release Date: 1997-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1