Kazunori Ito
Writing · Acting · Creator · Crew
Born December 24, 1954, Yamagata, Japon
Kazunori Ito is a Japanese screenwriter well known for his work in the .hack franchise, the Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell movie. He is a founding member of Headgear, a group of five main writers and artists that include Masami Yuki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Akemi Takada, and Mamoru Oshii. Ito is also a fan of classic tokusatsu leading to his work on Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.
Filmography
- 2027Patlabor EZY File 3 — Screenplay, Series Composition
- 2026Patlabor EZY File 1 — Screenplay, Series Composition
- 2026Patlabor EZY File 2 — Screenplay, Series Composition
- 2019Aircraft Carrier Ibuki — Screenplay
- 2016Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot — Screenplay, Original Story
- 2015The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War — Original Story
- The Next Generation: Patlabor — Original Series Creator, Original Story
- 2012.hack//The Movie — Screenplay
- Monster Magnitude: 9 — Writer
- 2010Nanase futatabi — Screenplay
- 2008Ghost in the Shell 2.0 — Screenplay
- Absolute Boy — Series Composition, Original Story, Writer, Creator
- 2005Digimon X-Evolution — Screenplay
- 2003.hack//GIFT — Original Story, Writer
- 2003.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline — Original Story
- Last Exile
- .hack — Series Composition, Writer, Screenplay, Original Story
- .hack SIGN — Creator
- .hack//Liminality — Scenario Writer
- MiniPato — Original Series Creator
- 2002Patlabor WXIII the Movie — Original Story
- 2001Avalon — Screenplay
- 2001Pistol Opera — Writer
- 1999GAMERA 1999
- 1999Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris — Writer
- 1998Visitor — Writer
- 1996Gamera 2: Advent of Legion — Writer
- 1995Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe — Writer
- 1995Ghost in the Shell — Screenplay
- 1995The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- 1993Necronomicon — Screenplay
- 1993Patlabor 2: The Movie — Screenplay, Original Story
- 1992Patlabor: One Day of Noa — Original Story, Screenplay
- 1991Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring — Screenplay
- 1990Licca: the Mystery Tale of Mysterious Yunia — Screenplay
- Patlabor: The New Files — Series Composition, Author, Writer
- 1989Patlabor: The Movie — Screenplay, Story, Original Story
- Patlabor: The TV Series — Series Composition, Writer, Author
- Patlabor: Early Days — Writer
- 1987The Red Spectacles — Screenplay
- 1987Twilight Q — Screenplay
- Twilight Q — Screenplay, Story, Original Story
- Maison Ikkoku — Writer
- 1986Prefectural Earth Defense Force — Writer
- 1986Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber — Screenplay
- 1985Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye — Script
- Dirty Pair — Writer
- 1985Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia — Screenplay
- 1985Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special — Screenplay
- 1984Creamy Mami: Forever Once More — Writer, Original Story
- Magical Angel Creamy Mami — Writer, Original Story
- Nerawareta gakuen — Writer
- Urusei Yatsura — Writer
Appearances as themselves (1)
- ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION — Self - Screenwriter