Hideyuki Kurata

Hideyuki Kurata (倉田 英之, Kurata Hideyuki, born July 9, 1968 in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese anime screenwriter, light novelist, and manga artist, noted for authoring the series composition of such works as Read or Die, Now and Then, Here and There, Kamichu!, and Gun Sword. He has been a member of Yōsuke Kuroda's creative group Studio Orphee since 2003, and has collaborated with Kuroda on many series, including Hellsing Ultimate, Drifters, and Goblin Slayer.

Screenwriting

Anime television series

• series head writer denoted in bold
• Magical Project S (1996-1997)
• Battle Athletes Victory (1997-1998)
• Android Announcer Maico 2010 (1998)
• Excel Saga (1999)
• Now and Then, Here and There (1999)
• Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (2000)
• R.O.D the TV (2003)
• Kamichu! (2005)
• Gun X Sword (2005)
• Bamboo Blade (2007)
• Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (2007)
• Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi (2009)
• Whispered Words (2009)
• Oreimo (2010-2011)
• The World God Only Knows (2010-2011)
• Dragon Crisis! (2011)
• Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. (2013)
• The World God Only Knows: Goddesses (2013)
• Tokyo Ravens (2013)
• Samurai Flamenco (2013-2014)
• Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)
• Nanana's Buried Treasure (2014)
• Tokyo ESP (2014)
• The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
• The Eden of Grisaia (2015)
• Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)^[1]
• Scorching Ping Pong Girls (2016)^[2]
• Drifters (2016)^[3]
• Made in Abyss (2017)^[4]
• Goblin Slayer (2018)^[5]
• Girls' Frontline (2022)^[6]
• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (2022)
• Goblin Slayer II (2023)^[7]
• Rurouni Kenshin (2023)^[8]

OVAs

• Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1996)
• Parade Parade (1996)
• Matou Kitan Zankan (1996-1997)
• Battle Athletes (1997)
• Magical Play 3D (2001)
• Read or Die (2001)
• Milkyway (2003)
• Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012)
• Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel (2008)
• Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku (2012)
• Goblin Slayer: Goblin’s Crown (2020)

ONAs

• Onimusha (2023)^[9]

Films

• Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
• The Labyrinth of Grisaia (2015)

Bibliography

As a novelist

• Merriment Carrying Caravan - Sabaku no Shirakage
• Train+Train^[10]
• Read or Die

As a manga original writer

• Train+Train
• Cloth Road
• Read or Die
• Read or Dream
• Samurai Rising
• HandxRed
• R.O.D Rehabilitation

References

1. "Hisako Kanemoto Stars in I.G's Maria the Virgin Witch Anime". Anime News Network. September 1, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
2. "Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume TV Anime's Main Staff, Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
3. "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Director Helms Drifters Anime". Anime News Network. August 30, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
4. "Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
5. "Goblin Slayer Anime's New Promo Video Reveals Staff". Anime News Network. March 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
6. "Girls' Frontline TV Anime's Video Unveils Staff, Opening Theme, 2022 Debut". Anime News Network. August 6, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
7. "Goblin Slayer Season 2 Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Staff, 2023 Premiere (Updated)". Anime News Network. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
8. "New Rurouni Kenshin TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, 2023 Premiere on Noitamina". Anime News Network. September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
9. "Onimusha Anime Unveils Trailer, Cast, More Staff, Theme Song, November 2 Netflix Series Debut". Anime News Network. September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
10. Gifford, Kevin. "Train+Train". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 1, page 136.

External links

• (in Japanese) Studio ORPHEE's Official Website
• (in Japanese) Unofficial fan site
• Hideyuki Kurata at Anime News Network's encyclopedia