Junichi Fujisaku

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Junichi Fujisaku
藤咲 淳一
Born (1967-08-06) August 6, 1967 (age 56)
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Anime director, screenwriter, novelist
Notable work
Japanese name
Kanji藤咲 淳一
Hiraganaふじさく じゅんいち
RomanizationFujisaku Jun'ichi

Junichi Fujisaku (Japanese: 藤咲 淳一, Hepburn: Fujisaku Jun'ichi, born August 6, 1967) is a Japanese anime director, screenwriter and novelist that mostly known for his work on the Blood franchise and Ghost in the Shell: Arise series, produced by Production I.G.

Career[edit]

Junichi Fujisaku started working at Production I.G in the late 1990s. He acted as a planning assistant when Blood: The Last Vampire anime film was in development. The film was released in 2000, and that same year, he chief directed, written and edited the video game adaptation of The Last Vampire. A year later, Fujisaku wrote two novelizations based on the anime film.[1][2][3]

In 2005, Fujisaku directed and wrote the spin-off anime of Blood: The Last Vampire, titled Blood+. He created the series to expland the Blood universe that wasn't explored in The Last Vampire film. The anime ran for fifty episodes, and became its own franchise with two light novel adaptations, three manga adaptations, and two video games.[4][5] That same year, Fujisaku co-wrote the screenplay for both xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom.[6][7]

In 2010, Fujisaku debuted his film directorial work, Loups=Garous.[8]

In 2011, Fujisaku was a head writer for both Moshidora and Appleseed XIII.[9][10] That same year, Fujisaku, with studio Production I.G, collaborated with manga artist group CLAMP in the new anime entry of the Blood franchise, titled Blood-C. He acted as a creative supervisor, and co-wrote the scripts with CLAMP member and leader Nanase Ohkawa. The anime ran for twelve episodes, and continued with the sequel anime film, Blood-C: The Last Dark the following year, with Fujisaku as a co-writer once again. The anime received two novelizations and two manga adaptations within those two years, and Fujisaku wrote the novel adaptations, and story consulted the prequel manga, Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][5]

In 2015, Fujisaku was a head writer for Pikaia!.[18] Around the same year, Fujisaku wrote the script for a stage play adaptation of Blood-C, titled Blood-C: The Last Mind. The play was set between the twelve episode anime and The Last Dark film.[19][20] Fujisaku also wrote the first stage adaptation for Ghost in the Shell series, titled Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive.[21]

In 2017, Fujisaku wrote a novelization of Blood+ anime titled Blood#, which takes place after the series finale, focusing on Diva's grown children, Hibiki and Kanade.[22] That same year, he was in charge of writing the script for the first live-action film adaptation of Blood-C, titled Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story, acting as a prequel to the series.[23][24]

In 2018, Fujisaku co-wrote the script with director Shutaro Oku on the second live-action film adaptation for Blood-C, titled Blood-Club Dolls 1,[25][26] and its sequel, Blood-Club Dolls 2 in 2020.[27][28][29] Both films take place before the events of The Last Dark anime film.[30]

In 2020, Fujisaku collaborated with director Oku once again on VR Noh stage play of Ghost in the Shell, simply titled VR Noh: Ghost in the Shell.[31]

In 2021, Fujisaku was a head writer for the anime adaptation of Mars Red.[32][33] That same year, it was announced that he will chief direct and screenwrite for Deemo: Memorial Keys anime film, which was released in February 2022.[34] That same year, Fujisaku acted as a head writer for the live-action GaruGaku series.[35]

Filmography[edit]

TV Anime[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2002 Ghost in the Shell: S. A. C. 2nd GIG Script (eps. 30, 32-33)
2005-06 Blood+ Director, Series Composition, Script (eps. 1), Episode Director (eps. 45) [4]
2011 Appleseed XIII Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-2, 6-7, 11-12) [10]
Blood-C Script (eps. 1-12), Series Concept Supervisor Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP[11]
Moshidora Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 3, 6-7, 9-10) [9]
2015 Pikaia! Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-2, 5-7, 10-13) [18]
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture Script (eps. 9-10)
2016 Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon Script (eps. 28, 33, 39, 45, 51, 57, 64, 68, 76, 79, 82, 85, 93, 95, 104, 109, 112, 117, 121, 126, 129, 133)
2019 Pocket Monsters Script (eps. 26)
2020 Attack on Titan: The Final Season Planning, Production
2021 Mars Red Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-13) [32]
2024 Secret AiPri Director Co-directed with Kentaro Yamaguchi[36]

Anime film[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2000 Blood: The Last Vampire Planning Assistant ("Oshii Juku") [1]
2005 xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream Screenplay Co-written with Yoshiki Sakurai[7]
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom Co-written with Midori Goto[6]
2010 Loups=Garous Director [8]
2012 Blood-C: The Last Dark Screenplay Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP[12]
2015 Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Supervisor
2022 Deemo: Memorial Keys Chief Director, Screenplay [34]

OVA (Original Video Animations)[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2013-15 Ghost in the Shell: Arise Supervisor

Video games[edit]

Year Title Credit Note
2000 Blood: The Last Vampire Chief Director, Script, Editor [3]

Live-action drama[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2021 GaruGaku Series Composition, Script [35]

Live-action film[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2017 Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story Screenplay [23][24]
2018 Blood-Club Dolls 1 Co-written with Shutaro Oku[25][26][28][27]
2020 Blood-Club Dolls 2

Stage[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2015 Blood-C: The Last Mind Script [19][20]
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive [21]
2020 VR Noh: Ghost in the Shell [31]

Bibliography[edit]

Novels[edit]

  • Blood: The Last Vampire
    • Fujisaku, Junichi (January 25, 2001). Blood The Last Vampire: Yami o Izanau Chī BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE 闇を誘う血 [Blood: The Last Vampire: The Blood Which Invites the Darkness] (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. ISBN 4-8291-6109-4.[2]
    • Fujisaku, Junichi (July 1, 2001). Blood The Last Vampire: Shanhai Aibyō BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE 上海哀儚 [Blood: The Last Vampire: A Tragic Dream in Shanghai] (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. ISBN 4-8291-7474-9.[2]
  • Blood+
  • Blood-C

Manga[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
2011 Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight Story Consultant Written & illustrated by Ryo Haduki[15][16]
2018 Zombie of Mars Story, Writer [37]
2019 Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Story, Writer [38]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b ""Blood: The Last Vampire" Staff & Cast". Production I.G. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Blood the Last Vampire manga and novel releases" (in Japanese). Production I.G. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "やるドラ ポータブルシリーズ 〜Blood the Last Vampire" (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Blood+ Staff and Cast". Production I.G. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Bertschy, Zac (September 1, 2011). "Interview: Blood-C's Junichi Fujisaku". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  6. ^ a b ""Tsubasa Chronicles the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom" Staff & Cast". Production I.G (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2005.
  7. ^ a b ""xxxHOLiC: A Midsummer Night's Dream" Staff & Cast". Production I.G (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2005.
  8. ^ a b Loo, Egan. "Loups-Garous Virtual Reality Werwolf Anime Film Green-Lit". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  9. ^ a b スタッフ&キャスト ["Moshidora" Staff & Cast] (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Loo, Egan (October 24, 2010). "Appleseed XIII CG Anime Series Green-Lit for Next Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  11. ^ a b "CLAMP全面協力のアニメ「BLOOD-C」、劇場版やマンガも". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). April 9, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  12. ^ a b Loo, Egan (April 2, 2012). "Blood-C: The Last Dark Anime Film's New Trailer Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  13. ^ Fujisaku, Junichi (October 4, 2011). Blood-C ＢＬＯＯＤ‐Ｃ [Blood-C]. Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-394477-4.
  14. ^ Fujisaku, Junichi (June 2, 2012). Blood-C: The Last Dark ＢＬＯＯＤ‐Ｃ The Last Dark [Blood-C: The Last Dark]. Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-100300-8.
  15. ^ a b "BLOOD-C 十六夜鬼譚 (1)". Kadokawa Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  16. ^ a b "BLOOD-C 十六夜鬼譚 (2)". Kadokawa Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  17. ^ Bertschy, Zac (September 1, 2011). "Interview: Blood-C's Tsutomu Mizushima and Junichi Fujisaku". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  18. ^ a b "科学アニメ「ピカイア！」NHK×I.G×OLMの強力タッグで　GW集中放送、夏には続編も". Anime! Anime! (in Japanese). March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  19. ^ a b "CLAMP原作の「BLOOD-C」が舞台化、TVシリーズと劇場版の間を埋める新作". Natalie Comic (in Japanese). December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  20. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (December 26, 2014). "Blood-C Anime Gets Stage Play Next Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  21. ^ a b Chapman, Paul (August 24, 2015). ""Ghost in the Shell ARISE: GHOST is ALIVE" Stage Play Unveils Kaede Aono as Motoko Kusanagi". Crunchyroll. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  22. ^ a b "BLOOD#". CD Japan. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  23. ^ a b "「阿修羅少女～BLOOD-C異聞～」公開は8月、特報映像＆前売り特典も公開". Natalie Comic (in Japanese). March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  24. ^ a b Green, Scott (July 19, 2017). "Live-Action Spin-Off "Asura Girl -Blood-C Side Story" Featured in New Preview". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  25. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 7, 2018). "CLAMP's Blood-C Gets New Live-Action Film This Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  26. ^ a b "「BLOOD-C」シリーズ最新作の映画が秋に公開！松村龍之介、北園涼ら出演". Natalie Comic (in Japanese). February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  27. ^ a b Sherman, Jennifer (December 9, 2020). "New Blood-C Live-Action Film's Sequel Debuts in Summer 2020". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  28. ^ a b "「BLOOD-CLUB DOLL2」公開日は7月11日に、キービジュアルや予告も到着". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  29. ^ Komatsu, Mikakazu (June 9, 2020). "BLOOD-C Franchise's New Live-Action Film BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 2 Hits Japanese Theaters July 11". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  30. ^ Komatsu, Mikakazu (August 30, 2018). "BLOOD-C New Live-Action Film BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 1 Trailer Posted for October 13 Release". Crunchyroll. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  31. ^ a b "最新技術駆使した"VR能"「攻殻機動隊」、本ビジュアルに唐織を羽織った草薙素子". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  32. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 5, 2021). "MARS RED Vampire Stage Productions Get TV Anime in 2021". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  33. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (June 21, 2021). "Interview: Mars Red Director Kouhei Hatano and Screenwriter Jun'ichi Fujisaku". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  34. ^ a b ""DEEMO Movie" Staff & Cast". DEEMO Movie Site. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  35. ^ a b ""GaruGaku" Staff & Cast". TV Tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  36. ^ "プリティーシリーズ新作「ひみつのアイプリ」4月開始、藤寺美徳＆平塚紗依がW主人公". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  37. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 24, 2018). "Blood Series Writer Jun'ichi Fujisaku Writes New Manga in February". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  38. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 20, 2019). "Ghost in the Shell Gets New Manga Set After GITS 1.5". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

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