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Browse all writer in the Ghost in the Shell universe.

The Ghost in the Shell writers directory lists the credited series and episode writers. Open any profile for their credits and career.

Yoshiki Sakurai

Yoshiki Sakurai writes and produces for Japanese anime and television, and holds a creator and writer credit on Ghost in the Shell for his contributions to the franchise's story and production.

Junichi Fujisaku

Junichi Fujisaku works in Japan as a director, screenwriter, and novelist, with his two signature franchises being Blood and Ghost in the Shell: Arise, the Production I.G reboot series.

Dai Satō

Dai Satō is a Japanese writer and musician who contributes scripts to anime, including Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex produced by Production I.G.

Shōtarō Suga

Suga worked as a screenwriter on Ghost in the Shell, part of a career that ran from 1999 to his death in 2015. He is remembered chiefly for scripting Darker than Black, the anime series that made his name in the industry.

Yutaka Ōmatsu

Yutaka Ōmatsu is a writer who worked on Ghost in the Shell, the anime franchise produced by Production I.G.

Masamune Shirow

Masamune Shirow, born Masanori Ota, is the Japanese manga artist who created Ghost in the Shell, the source manga behind the entire film, TV, and game franchise built at Production I.G and beyond.

Yu Kinutani

Yu Kinutani is the manga artist behind Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm, an official continuation of Masamune Shirow's original story that keeps the franchise going in print.

Kazuto Nakazawa

Kazuto Nakazawa is a Japanese character designer and anime director, also credited under the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji, who contributed character design work to the Ghost in the Shell franchise.

Mayasuki Yamamoto

Mayasuki Yamamoto is a creator who worked on Ghost in the Shell.

Nobutoshi Terado

Nobutoshi Terado is a writer who worked on Ghost in the Shell, the anime franchise produced by Production I.G.

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