{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-29T21:10:44.723Z","story":{"id":"r_c54d602c6efe43b787343e0a","slug":"scriptwriter-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dies-at-60","url":"https://yomimono.id/scriptwriter-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dies-at-60","headline":"Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki Dies at 60","summary":"Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki died on January 23, fellow screenwriter Takao Koyama announced on X/Twitter on Thursday. Kawasaki was 60. He was born on November 17, 1965. Koyama, who founded the screenwriter training group Brazaanoppo in 1988, noted that Kawasaki was among its first members and called him \"one of the most prolific screenwriters among the Noppo members.\" Brazaanoppo disbanded in 2016, and some of its members later joined Kawasaki's own group, Hiroyuki Kawasaki's Screenwriting and Research. Kawasaki wrote scripts and series compositions for numerous anime, including Blade of the Immortal, Ryoko's Case File, Silent Möbius, After War Gundam X, Sakura Wars, and Shinkon Gattai Godannar. He also co-wrote the Love Hina light novel. Animation director Masami Obari posted a tribute on X, saying he was \"greatly indebted\" to Kawasaki for Platinumhugen Ordian.","why_it_matters":"Kawasaki's death removes a veteran writer whose career spanned decades and key titles from the 1990s and 2000s, and whose work as a mentor through his own writing group shaped a generation of anime screenwriters.","published_at":"2026-05-29T02:15:27.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Anime News Network","Niche Gamer (Anime)"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki Dies","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-28/scriptwriter-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dies/.237912"},{"source":"Niche Gamer (Anime)","title":"After War Gundam X screenwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki dies at 60","url":"https://nichegamer.com/after-war-gundam-x-screenwriter-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dies-at-60/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Blade of the Immortal","Silent Möbius","Sakura Wars","After War Gundam X"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Hiroyuki Kawasaki","Takao Koyama"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}