Masaki Tsuji

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Masaki Tsuji

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: March 23, 1932 (90 years old)
Place of birth: Nagoya, Japan
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Nicknames: Masaki Katsura (桂 真佐喜)
First name can also be written Massaki.

Masaki Tsuji (辻 真先 Tsuji Masaki?), born 23 March 1932, is a Japanese screenplay writer that specializes in detective series and other TV series.

He graduated from Nagoya University. He worked at NHK TV since 1954, as the role of making, director, producer, and also screenplay. Later, he quited that TV station and became a freelance writer for several anime and tokusatsu. As a veteran among the industry, he engaged in numerous renowned anime work. For example, Astro Boy, Ikkyū-san, Dr. Slump, and Urusei Yatsura, etc.

Meanwhile, he was also a mystery writer, in 1963, he published his work on the magazine "Houseki" under his pen name Masaki Katsura. Soon, he even won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award with his novel murder in Alice's country (アリスの国の殺人). In addition, he was the third president of Classic Mystery Writers Association from 2009 to 2013.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 14 (19 episodes)

Other notable works

Anime

  • Astro Boy (All episodes): Screenplay
  • Cyborg 009 (18 episodes): Screenplay
  • Doraemon (1979): Screenplay
  • Ikkyū-san (68 episodes): Screenplay
  • Ninja Hattori-kun: Screenplay
  • Tiger Mask (21 episodes): Screenplay
  • Urusei Yatsura (4 episodes): Screenplay
  • Many more including Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka, Bōken, Captain Future and Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!

Awards

  • 11th Japan Media Arts Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 13th Animation Kobe: Special Award

References

  1. IMDB
  2. Nautiljon
  3. Wikipedia
  4. [1] (Official website)