Tow Ubukata
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Tow Ubukata (冲方 丁 Ubukata Tō?) is a Japanese anime writer and novelist. His works include Le Chevalier D'Eon, Mardock Scramble, Pilgrim Jäger, and Sōkyū no Fafner. He was born on February 14, 1977, in Gifu Prefecture. He is a heavy smoker and aims to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Some of his written works include Mardock Scramble, Bye Bye Earth, Madoromi no Sefiroto (The Sleeping Sephiroth), Storm Bring World and his debut book, Kuroi Kisetsu (The Black Season). Planned works include Shinjuu Kari (Hunt for the Divine Beasts) and Kurakami Taiheiki (Record of the Kurakami Tranquility) [tentative title].
One of his more internationally known works is his novel Chaos Legion, the basis for Capcom's video game of the same title. The series spans over seven novels with each successive novel after the first (the novel the video game was based after) ranging from #00 to #06. Unlike the game, there is another female character who is an alchemist of sorts.
Hoping to become a novelist, he took part in the Kadokawa Shoten Sneaker competition after graduating from high school, and won. After that, he enrolled in Waseda University, and then entered the world of game production. He also fulfilled his dream of making manga, by teaming up with illustrator Mami Itou. At this time, he was already planning Mardock Scramble. He also published the ultra-thick novel Bye Bye, Earth before leaving the university without completing his degree.
Tow Ubukata won the 24th Japan Science Fiction Grand Prize in 2003 and is one of Japan's most promising up and coming writers in the genre. Ubukata is currently writing the novelization and the script for the comic version of Le Chevalier D'Eon, but he is also actively contributing to the screenplay and the overall story plot of the animated version, and has literally created a whole new world for the TV series.
[edit] External links
- Tow Ubukata's website - Japanese
