is a Japanese video game developer and television and anime producer. He is best known for directing the live-action
visual novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...
''
428: Shibuya Scramble'', producing the
adventure video game
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''
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'', and creating the original concept for the anime short ''
Under the Dog'' which was funded on
Kickstarter
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.
Biography
Jiro Ishii started his career working on early PC games at Data West. He got a job at
Chunsoft in 2000. In 2008, he directed ''428: Shibuya Scramble'', a live-action visual novel which earned a perfect score from
Famitsu
, formerly , is a line of Japanese Video game journalism, video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly f ...
magazine, only the ninth game ever to do so. He moved to
Level-5 to write and direct ''
Time Travelers'' in 2012. Finally, he left to go freelance in 2015.
Works
Video games
Anime
Film and television
* - director
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Another
Another may refer to:
* anOther or Another Magazine, a culture and fashion magazine
* ''Another'' (novel), a Japanese horror novel
** ''Another'' (film), a Japanese 2012 live-action film based on the novel
** ''Another'' (TV series), a Japanese ...
'' - production manager
References
External links
Profile on Qreators*
*
Anime screenwriters
Japanese television directors
Japanese video game designers
Japanese video game directors
Japanese video game producers
Japanese writers
Living people
Japanese video game writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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