Hiro Masaki
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | December 13, 1959[1] |
| Place of birth: | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nicknames: | 広真紀 (Hiro Maki) 廣真希 (Hiro Masaki) |
Hiro Masaki (まさき ひろ Masaki Hiro), from Nagasaki, is a Japanese screenplay writer, novelist, and film director.
Hiro graduated from Nagasaki University. After his graduation, he moved to Tokyo. And then made a debut as a scriptwriter in 1999, via the anime Digimon Adventure. Later on, he did organizer and screenplay work for several other anime. He is sometimes credited differently, for example, all of his works in Detective Conan anime are credited under his katakana, "まさきひろ". On the other hand, in the anime Detective School Q, his works are credited under his kanji, "広真紀".
Meanwhile, he also published some novels, his very first novel ever published was called "Oedo Frankenstein" (大江戸フランケンシュタイン), in 1994.
Scenarios written
Number of case scenarios written: 10 (11 episodes)
- The Tragedy at the OK Corral (Episode 251)
- The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence (Episode 314)
- The Synchronicity Case (Episodes 364-365)
- Red Wine Indictment (Episode 520)
- The Malice Hidden Behind the Masque (Episode 527)
- A Fool's Inheritance (Episode 539)
- The Tidal Park Comeback Case (Episode 825)
- You Can Hear The Tengu's Voice (Episode 839)
- The Mechanical Witness (Episode 876)
- The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime (Episode 996)
Other notable works
Anime
- Digimon (45 episodes + 1 movie): Screenplay
- Kinnikuman Nisei (9 episodes): Screenplay
- Tantei Gakuen Q (7 episodes): Screenplay
- Elementhunters (5 episodes): Screenplay
- Many other animes including Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime, Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o and Transformers.
References
- IMDB
- Anime News Network
- Twitter Account (Japanese)
- Wikipedia (Japanese)
- Allociné
- ^ Official Website - MASAKI HIRO A JAPANESE WRITER
