Takeshi Shudo | |
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| Native name | 首藤 剛志 |
| Born | (1949-08-18)August 18, 1949 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | October 29, 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 61) Nara, Japan |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, novelist |
| Genre | Anime TV series |
| Years active | 1970–2010 |
| Relatives | Takashi Shudō (father) |
Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志,Shudō Takeshi; (August 18, 1949 – October 29, 2010)[1] was a Japanese scriptwriter, stage musical writer and novelist fromFukuoka Prefecture. He worked mainly in the animation industry. He was a member of the Writers Guild of Japan.
His major works includeSpace Warrior Baldios,Magical Princess Minky Momo, andPokémon. He was known for his witty dialogue and the unique next episode previews of the series for which he was in charge ofseries composition. ForPokémon, he createdTeam Rocket's famous motto and conceptualizedLugia.[2]
His father, Takashi Shudō (首藤 堯,Shudō Takashi) (February 1, 1923 – October 10, 2012), served as Fukuoka Prefecture's lieutenant governor, local vice-minister and chairman of the local finance association.
After failing the university entrance examination, Shudo readScenario, a specialized magazine bought by his younger sister, which led him to enroll in a screenplay institute with the funds he had saved up to go to a prep school. He was recognized for the screenplays he had written there, and in 1969, at the age of 19, he made his debut as a scriptwriter in the 45th episode of the TVhistorical dramaŌedo Sōsamō. However, he grew tired of having to revise scripts that he was not satisfied with, and decided to stop writing scenarios, claiming he was fed up with penning human drama pieces. He spent the rest of his time working as a salesman for educational equipment and various ceremonial occasions, while at the same time assisting in the writing of original stories forshōjo manga, plots for TV dramas, and other jobs without taking credit for his work. Later, he roamed Europe with the money he had saved from his salesman job, and upon returning to Japan after running out, he was introduced by his acquaintance, screenwriter Fukiko Miyauchi, and in November 1976, he returned as a screenwriter for the animated TV seriesManga Fairy Tales of the World produced by Dax International. Thereafter, he worked for Dax for a long time on several series starting withParis no Isabelle andManga Hajimete Monogatari.
In the early 1980s, he also worked forTatsunoko Productions, but it wasGoShogun andMagical Princess Minky Momo byAshi Productions, where he was in charge of everything from the original concept to series composition, that revealed his talents as an author. He worked withKunihiko Yuyama, the main director of both series, on theMinky Momo sequel andPokémon in the 1990s.
In 1984, Shudo won the Best Screenplay Award at the first Japan Anime Awards forManga Hajimete Monogatari,Magical Princess Minky Momo, andSasuga no Sarutobi. He also worked as a novelist, and his best-known work is theEternal Filena series.
Shudo was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, but because his father was a government official, he lived inTokyo,Sapporo, andNara Prefecture as a child, and he attributed his dry, non-indigenous writing style to that experience. He had lived inShibuya in Tokyo since the fifth grade of elementary school, and set the animeIdol Angel Yokoso Yoko in Shibuya. Later, he moved toOdawara inKanagawa Prefecture, and most of his later works were written there.
In his later years, he contributed a column to theAnime Style website and was preparing a feature film. The scripts and other materials for the major works he was involved in producing were donated to the Odawara City Library. Some of the library's materials are on permanent display at the Odawara Literature Museum.
Around the age of 50, Shudo became frequently ill and was in and out of the hospital repeatedly. On October 28, 2010, he collapsed[3] after suffering asubarachnoid hemorrhage in a smoking room atWest Japan Railway Company'sNara Station inNara, where he was visiting. He was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery, but did not regain consciousness and died at 4:03 a.m. on October 29, 2010 at the age of 61.[4][5]
In 2011, a memorial exhibition titled "In Memoriam of the Screenwriter Takeshi Shudo" was held at theSuginami Animation Museum inSuginami, Tokyo.
The 2017 anime film,Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, posthumously credits Shudo as partial screenwriter, as he wrote the script for the first episode of the TV anime, which was used as the base for the early part of the film.
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