Junichi Fujisaku Explained

Junichi Fujisaku
Native Name:藤咲 淳一
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:6 August 1967
Birth Place:Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Anime director, screenwriter, novelist
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Kanji:藤咲 淳一
Hiragana:ふじさく じゅんいち
Romaji:Fujisaku Jun'ichi

is a Japanese anime director, screenwriter and novelist that mostly known for his work on the Blood franchise and series, produced by Production I.G.

Career

Junichi Fujisaku started working at Production I.G in the late 1990s. He acted as a planning assistant when 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 and .[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, 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 , 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 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

TV Anime

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)
2011 Appleseed XIII Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-2, 6-7, 11-12)
Blood-C Script (eps. 1-12), Series Concept Supervisor Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP
Moshidora Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 3, 6-7, 9-10)
2015 Pikaia! Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-2, 5-7, 10-13)
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
2020–21 GaruGaku: Saint Girls Square Academy Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-50) [36]
2021 Mars Red Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-13)
2022 GaruGaku II: Lucky Stars Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-10) [37]
2024 Himitsu no AiPri Director, Script (eps. 7, 12), Storyboard (eps. 2, 6, 12) Co-directed with Kentaro Yamaguchi[38]

Anime film

Year Title Credit Notes
2000 Planning Assistant
2005 Screenplay Co-written with Yoshiki Sakurai
Co-written with Midori Goto
2010 Loups=Garous Director
2012 Screenplay Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP
2015 Supervisor
2022 Chief Director, Screenplay

Live-action film

Year Title Credit Notes
2017 Screenplay
2018 Blood-Club Dolls 1 Co-written with Shutaro Oku
2020 Blood-Club Dolls 2

Stage

Year Title Credit Notes
2015 Blood-C: The Last Mind Script
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive
2020 VR Noh: Ghost in the Shell

Bibliography

Novels

Manga

Year Title Credit Notes
2011 Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight Story Consultant Written & illustrated by Ryo Haduki
2019 Ghost in the Shell ARISE: Sleepless Eye Story, Writer [39]
2018 Zombie of Mars Story, Writer [40]
2019 Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Story, Writer [41]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Blood: The Last Vampire" Staff & Cast. Production I.G. September 18, 2008.
  2. Web site: Blood the Last Vampire manga and novel releases . . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927012535/http://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/goods/04_/04_0770_/index.html . 2011-09-27 . 2016-10-18 . dead .
  3. Web site: やるドラ ポータブルシリーズ 〜Blood the Last Vampire . Sony Computer Entertainment Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129173515/http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/yarudora_blood/ . 2010-01-29 . 2016-10-18 . dead .
  4. Web site: Blood+ Staff and Cast . Production I.G . 2007-12-16.
  5. Web site: Interview: Blood-C's Junichi Fujisaku. Bertschy. Zac. 2011-09-01. Anime News Network. 2011-09-01.
  6. Web site: "Tsubasa Chronicles the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom" Staff & Cast. Production I.G. ja. August 20, 2005.
  7. Web site: "xxxHOLiC: A Midsummer Night's Dream" Staff & Cast. Production I.G. ja. August 20, 2005.
  8. Web site: Loups-Garous Virtual Reality Werwolf Anime Film Green-Lit. Loo. Egan. Anime News Network. 19 October 2011.
  9. Web site: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/moshidora/staff/index.html. ja:スタッフ&キャスト. "Moshidora" Staff & Cast. NHK. ja. January 29, 2011.
  10. Web site: Appleseed XIII CG Anime Series Green-Lit for Next Spring. Loo. Egan. October 24, 2010. Anime News Network. October 24, 2010.
  11. Web site: CLAMP全面協力のアニメ「BLOOD-C」、劇場版やマンガも. April 9, 2011. Comic Natalie. ja. April 9, 2011.
  12. Web site: Blood-C: The Last Dark Anime Film's New Trailer Posted. Loo. Egan. April 2, 2012. Anime News Network. April 2, 2012.
  13. Book: Fujisaku, Junichi. Blood-C. October 4, 2011. ja:ＢＬＯＯＤ‐Ｃ. Blood-C. Kadokawa Shoten. 978-4-04-394477-4.
  14. Book: Fujisaku, Junichi. Blood-C: The Last Dark. June 2, 2012. ja:ＢＬＯＯＤ‐Ｃ The Last Dark. Blood-C: The Last Dark. Kadokawa Shoten. 978-4-04-100300-8.
  15. Web site: BLOOD-C 十六夜鬼譚 (1). Kadokawa Shoten. ja. 2016-03-04.
  16. Web site: BLOOD-C 十六夜鬼譚 (2). Kadokawa Shoten. ja. 2016-03-04.
  17. Web site: Interview: Blood-C's Tsutomu Mizushima and Junichi Fujisaku. Bertschy. Zac. 2011-09-01. Anime News Network. 2011-09-01.
  18. Web site: 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. March 21, 2015. Anime! Anime!. ja. March 21, 2015.
  19. Web site: 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. 2014-12-26. Natalie Comic. ja. 2014-12-26.
  20. Web site: Blood-C Anime Gets Stage Play Next Summer. Nelkin. Sarah. 2014-12-26. Anime News Network. 2014-12-26.
  21. Web site: "Ghost in the Shell ARISE: GHOST is ALIVE" Stage Play Unveils Kaede Aono as Motoko Kusanagi. Chapman. Paul. August 24, 2015. Crunchyroll. August 24, 2015.
  22. Web site: BLOOD#. CD Japan. February 28, 2017.
  23. Web site: 「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. 2017-03-25. Natalie Comic. ja. 2017-03-17.
  24. Web site: Live-Action Spin-Off "Asura Girl -Blood-C Side Story" Featured in New Preview. Green. Scott. 2017-07-19. Crunchyroll. 2017-07-19.
  25. Web site: CLAMP's Blood-C Gets New Live-Action Film This Fall. Pineda. Rafael Antonio. 2018-02-07. Anime News Network. 2018-02-07.
  26. Web site: 「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. 2018-02-07. Natalie Comic. ja. 2018-02-07.
  27. Web site: New Blood-C Live-Action Film's Sequel Debuts in Summer 2020. Sherman. Jennifer. 2020-12-09. Anime News Network. 2020-12-09.
  28. Web site: 「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. 2019-06-09. Comic Natalie. ja. 2019-06-09.
  29. Web site: BLOOD-C Franchise's New Live-Action Film BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 2 Hits Japanese Theaters July 11. Komatsu. Mikakazu. 2020-06-09. Crunchyroll. 2020-06-09.
  30. Web site: BLOOD-C New Live-Action Film BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 1 Trailer Posted for October 13 Release. Komatsu. Mikakazu. 2018-08-30. Crunchyroll. 2018-08-30.
  31. Web site: 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. May 30, 2020. Comic Natalie. ja. May 30, 2020.
  32. Web site: MARS RED Vampire Stage Productions Get TV Anime in 2021. Pineda. Rafael Antonio. February 5, 2021. Anime News Network. February 5, 2021.
  33. Web site: Interview: Mars Red Director Kouhei Hatano and Screenwriter Jun'ichi Fujisaku. Loveridge. Lynzee. June 21, 2021. Anime News Network. June 21, 2021.
  34. Web site: "DEEMO Movie" Staff & Cast. DEEMO Movie Site. July 4, 2021.
  35. Web site: "GaruGaku" Staff & Cast. TV Tokyo. ja. July 7, 2021.
  36. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. March 3, 2020. Girls x Heroine's Girls2 Group Gets Girl Gaku TV Anime on April 6. Anime News Network. March 28, 2021.
  37. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. December 1, 2021. Gal-gaku Anime Shorts Get 2nd Season Starting on January 10. Anime News Network. December 1, 2021.
  38. Web site: 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. January 26, 2024. Comic Natalie. ja. January 26, 2024.
  39. Web site: Ghost in the Shell Arise Manga Previewed . Ressler . Karen . March 13, 2013. Anime News Network. July 13, 2024.
  40. Web site: Blood Series Writer Jun'ichi Fujisaku Writes New Manga in February. Pineda. Rafael Antonio. January 24, 2018. Anime News Network. January 24, 2018.
  41. Web site: Ghost in the Shell Gets New Manga Set After GITS 1.5. Pineda. Rafael Antonio. August 20, 2019. Anime News Network. August 20, 2019.

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