Kazunori Itō

Kazunori Itō
伊藤いとう 和典かずのり
Born	(1954-12-24) December 24, 1954 Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Anime screenwriter
Notable work	.hack, Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)

Kazunori Itō (伊藤いとう 和典かずのり, Itō Kazunori, born December 24, 1954) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and artist who is well known for his work in the .hack franchise and his writing for the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie. Itō supervised the writing for the novel, .hack//Another Birth which was written by his student, Miu Kawasaki. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies calls him "one of the best screenwriters in anime".

Filmography

Year	Anime	Job
1980s
1983	Magical Angel Creamy Mami	Screenplay
1985	Dirty Pair	Screenplay
1985	Original Dirty Pair #5: Affair of Nolandia	Screenplay
1986	Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party	Screenplay
	Maison Ikkoku	Screenplay
1987	The Red Spectacles	Screenplay
1989	Patlabor: The Movie	Screenplay
1990s
1993	Patlabor: The Movie 2	Screenplay
1993	Necronomicon	Screenplay (part 2)
1995	Ghost in the Shell	Screenplay
1995	Gamera: Guardian of the Universe	Screenplay
1996	Rudra no Hihō	Screenplay co-writer
1996	Gamera 2: Attack of Legion	Screenplay
1999	Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris	Script
2000s
2001	Avalon	Screenplay
2001	Pistol Opera	Screenplay
2002	.hack//Sign	Screenplay, series planner, soundtrack supervisor
	.hack OVAs: .hack//Intermezzo, .hack//Unison, .hack//Gift	Screenplay
	.hack//Liminality	Screenplay
2002	.hack//Infection	Story/script
2002	.hack//Mutation	Story/script
2002	.hack//Outbreak	Story/script
2003	.hack//Liminality	Screenplay
	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Characters
	.hack//Quarantine	Story/script
2004	.hack//Liminality	Screenplay
2005	Absolute Boy	Screenplay
2005	Digital Monster X-Evolution	Screenplay
2006	.hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth	Scenario supervisor
	.hack//Roots	Script supervisor
	.hack//G.U. Vol.2//Reminisce	Scenario supervision
	.hack//G.U. Vol.3//Redemption (USA)	Scenario supervision
2012	.hack//The Movie	Screenplay

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Kazunori Ito at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
• Kazunori Itō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kazunori Itō at IMDb