is a

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and producer.

Career

Sakurai was born in Tochigi, Japan. He returned there when he was 13, and graduated from

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majoring in economics. His theses on Japanese animation and subculture won several awards. While still a college student, he wrote eight episodes of the

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television series '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex''. After graduation, he was employed at Production I.G. and wrote for the second series, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and for the TV movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society.

Filmography

Anime

* '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (Screenwriter; eps3,8,11,12,15,17,24,25) * '' Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' (Screenwriter; eps1,10,14,24) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter; ep124) * '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (Screenwriter; eps3,8,12,16,20,24) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter; eps 3, 11, 20) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter; eps2,5,9,13,19,SP) * '' xxxHolic:Kei'' (Screenwriter; ep7) * '' Otogi Zoshi'' (Chief Screenwriter; eps1,6,13,18,24,26) * '' Real Drive'' (Screenwriter; eps8,10,17,24) * '' Appleseed XIII'' (Screenwriter; eps2,4,10,13) * ''

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'' (executive producer) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter; from 10th season)

Feature films

* '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society'' (Screenwriter) * '' xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Screenwriter) * '' Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone'' (Screenplay Cooperation) * '' Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance'' (Screenplay Cooperation) * ''Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai '' (Storyboard) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter) * ''

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'' (Screenwriter, Producer) * '' CYBORG009 CALL OF JUSTICE'' (Producer) * '' colorful ninja iromaki'' (Producer) * '' Napping Princess'' (Producer)

Bibliography

* ''Kutikula'' (manga) * '' Tachikomatic Days'' (manga) * ''God Voice'' (manga) * ''Philosophia Robotica'' (critique)

References

External links

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Yoshiki Sakurai anime
at Media Arts Database 1977 births Anime screenwriters Living people Anime people from Tokyo Production I.G Japanese screenwriters University of Tokyo alumni {{screenwriter-stub