Yōsuke Kuroda Explained

is a Japanese anime screenwriter from Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has his own studio, Studio Orphee.

Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay, and story composition of the anime series Excel Saga, Please Teacher! and its sequel Please Twins!, Honey and Clover, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event. He has collaborated with fellow screenwriter and novelist Hideyuki Kurata on multiple series, including Goblin Slayer, Hellsing Ultimate, and Drifters.

Screenwriting

A work in bold denotes Kuroda as its head writer.

Anime television series

• Tenchi Universe (1995)
• Magical Project S (1996-1997)
• Battle Athletes Victory (1997-1998)
• Trigun (1998)
• Android Announcer Maico 2010 (1998)
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999)
• Infinite Ryvius (1999)
• Excel Saga (1999)
• (1999)
• (2000)
• Puni Puni Poemy (2001)
• s-CRY-ed (2001)
• Kokoro Library (2001)
• Steel Angel Kurumi 2 (2001)
• Please Teacher! (2002)
• Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (2002)
• Tenchi Muyo! GXP (2002)
• Please Twins! (2003)
• Bottle Fairy (2003)
• Gungrave (2003-2004)
• Yumeria (2004)
• Madlax (2004)
• Ring ni Kakero 1 (2004-2011)
• Best Student Council (2005)
• Honey and Clover (2005-2006)
• Kishin Houkou Demonbane (2006)
• Spider Riders (2006-2007)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007-2009)
• Big Windup! (2007-2010)
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (2009)^[1]
• Hayate the Combat Butler!! (2009)
• Highschool of the Dead (2010)
• Softenni (2011)
• Maken-ki! (2011)^[2]
• Waiting in the Summer (2012)^[3]
• Jormungand (2012)^[4]
• Btooom! (2012)^[5]
• Gundam Build Fighters (2013-2014)^[6]
  • Battlogue (2017)
  • GM’s Counterattack (2017)
• Maken-ki! Two (2014)
• SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation (2014)
• Gundam Build Fighters Try (2014-2015)
• Wooser’s Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen (2015)
• Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid (2015)^[7]
• Drifters (2016)^[8]
• Matoi the Sacred Slayer (2016)^[9]
• My Hero Academia (2016–present)^[10]
• ID-0 (2017)^[11]
• Battle Girl High School (2017)^[12]
• (2017)
• Gundam Build Divers (2018)
• Goblin Slayer (2018)^[13]
• Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online (2018)^[14]
• (2021)^[15]
• (2022)^[16]
• Mashle (2023)^[17]

OVAs

• Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki
  • Series 1 (1993)
  • Series 2 (1994-1995)
  • Series 3 (2003-2005)
• Trouble Evocation (1996)
• Tattoon Master (1996)
• Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1996)
• Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1996)
• Panzer Dragoon (1996)
• Variable Geo (1997)
• Jungle de Ikou! (1997)
• (1997-1999)
• Geobreeders
  • Get Back the Kitty (1998)
  • Breakthrough (2000)
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999)
• Steel Angel Kurumi Zero (2001)
• Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter 2 - Inferno (2006-2008)
• Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012)
• Hayate the Combat Butler!! OVA: Hayate’s Interests (2009)
• Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G (2010)^[18]
• Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the DEAD (2011)
• Maken-ki! OVA
  • It’s Summer! It’s Swimsuits! It’s Training Camp! (2012)
  • Takeru Turns Into a Woman!? Naked in a Southern Island! (2013)

ONAs

• Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (2022)^[19]

Live action TV

• Ultraman Max (2005)
• Holyland (2005)

Films

• (2010)
• Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars (2016)

Video game

• Bujingai (2003)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nitroplus to Launch Visual-Novel-Based Phantom TV Anime. Anime News Network. 6 December 2008. 29 September 2021.
2. Web site: Maken-Ki! Action Romantic Comedy Anime's Promo Posted. Anime News Network. 9 August 2011. 29 September 2021.
3. Web site: Onegai Franchise's Creator, Designer Make Ano Natsu de Matteru Anime. Anime News Network. 28 August 2011. 29 September 2021.
4. Web site: Shizuka Itou, Mutsumi Tamura Star in Jormungand Anime. Anime News Network. 18 December 2011. 29 September 2021.
5. Web site: Madhouse Makes TV Anime of Btooom! Survival Action Manga. Anime News Network. 6 June 2012. 29 September 2021.
6. Web site: Gundam Build Fighters TV Anime to Premiere in October. Anime News Network. 2 July 2013. 29 September 2021.
7. Web site: Valkyrie Drive Project Launches With TV Anime, Video Games. Anime News Network. 21 March 2015. 29 September 2021.
8. Web site: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Director Helms Drifters Anime. Anime News Network. 30 August 2015. 29 September 2021.
9. Web site: White Fox Reveals Original TV Anime Series Matoi the Sacred Slayer. Anime News Network. 15 July 2016. 29 September 2021.
10. Web site: My Hero Academia TV Anime's Main Staff Revealed. Anime News Network. 7 August 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151106032819/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-05/my-hero-academia-tv-anime-main-staff-revealed/.95027. 6 November 2015.
11. Web site: Geass Director Taniguchi's World Cosplay Summit Anime Revealed as ID-0 With Range Murata. Anime News Network. 7 August 2016. 29 September 2021.
12. Web site: Battle Girl High School Anime's 1st Video Reveals Cast, Staff. Anime News Network. 22 March 2017. 29 September 2021.
13. Web site: Goblin Slayer Anime's New Promo Video Reveals Staff. Anime News Network. 24 March 2018. 29 September 2021.
14. Web site: Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online Anime Reveals TV Ad, Staff. Anime News Network. 7 February 2018. 29 September 2021.
15. Web site: 2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu TV Anime Premieres in January 2021 on Noitamina. Anime News Network. 18 June 2020. 29 September 2021.
16. Web site: Bandai Namco Pictures Unveils Original 2022 Golf TV Anime Birdie Wing. Anime News Network. 28 October 2021. 28 October 2021.
17. Web site: Mashle: Magic and Muscles Anime's Promo Video Reveals Staff, Cast Member. Anime News Network. 24 September 2022. 24 September 2022.
18. Web site: Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G Anime Announced. Anime News Network. 12 May 2010. 29 September 2021.
19. Web site: Bastard!! Manga Gets New Netflix Anime. Anime News Network. 3 February 2022. 3 February 2022.