Gen Urobuchi (*anese: 虚淵 玄, Hepburn: Urobuchi Gen, born December 20, 1972) is a *anese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter, as well as the writer of the 2003 visual novel Saya no Uta, the 2012 anime Psycho-P*, the light novel and anime Fate/Zero, and the 2013–2014 tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Gaim. He currently works at Nitroplus and Nitro+chiral. Urobuchi is one of the most renowned and prolific writers in the anime industry. Anime written by Urobuchi that have won the Newtype Anime Award have been Puella Magi Madoka Magica in 2011, Fate/Zero in 2012 and Psycho-P*: The Movie in 2015.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Writing style
• 3 Work
  • 3.1 Visual Novels
  • 3.2 Manga
  • 3.3 Light novels
  • 3.4 Anime
    • 3.4.1 Series
    • 3.4.2 Movies
  • 3.5 Sound dramas
  • 3.6 Other Video games
  • 3.7 Tokusatsu
  • 3.8 Other
    • 3.8.1 Movies
    • 3.8.2 Series
• 4 Awards
• 5 References
• 6 External links

History

Urobuchi graduated from Wako University. He aspired to become a novelist and after seeing Shizuku and Kizuato by Leaf, he felt confident about the range of expression that games have. He then started working at Nitroplus and worked on Phantom of Inferno as his debut series.

Writing style

In choosing names for the characters he develops, Urobuchi has stated that he shies away from selecting generic names that would match their personalities and instead opts for more unusual names that he believes would eliminate noise when fans try finding information on the characters with search engines. In a discussion with Urobuchi, manga writer Kazuo Koike contrasted this decision with the naming style in his own works, which emphasized more forthright names that were easier to remember. However, he found that Urobuchi's method could be effective for allowing viewers to "involve themselves deeper into the story and actively work to understand the characters." Urobuchi also said he attempts to keep at least one trait in common between each individual character and himself so that he can always identify with them on some level.

Work

Visual Novels

Manga

• Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia (with Tetsuya Sakata). Serialized in Comic Dragon, 2 volumes published by Dragon Comics (Kadokawa Shoten). August 2001, February 2002. ISBN:4049261774 ISBN:4049261936
• Ancient Misty (with Tetsuya Nakamura). Serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao!, 1 volume published by Dengeki Comics (MediaWorks). August 27, 2007. ISBN:978-4840240178

Light novels

Anime

Series

Movies

Sound dramas

• Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer (2004) - Script
• Fate/Zero (2008-2013) - Original creator, script (BD boxsets bonus)

Other Video games

Tokusatsu

• Kamen Rider Gaim (2013–2014) - Series Composition, Script. 47 episodes, 44 (all but 30, 37, 47)
  • Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! (2014) - Original Creator, Script Supervision.

Other

Movies

Series

Awards

References

External links

• Gen Urobuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Gen Urobuchi at IMDb
• Gen Urobuchi on Twitter