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{{short description|Japanese novelist}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox writer
|image=Takeshinoshasin.JPG
| name = Takeshi Shudo
|birth_date=August 18, 1949
| native_name = 首藤 剛志
|birth_place=[[Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]
| image = Takeshinoshasin.JPG
|death_date=October 29, 2010 (aged 61)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|8|18}}
|death_place=[[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Japan]]
| birth_place = [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
|occupation=Scriptwriter
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|10|29|1949|8|18}}
| death_place = [[Nara, Nara]], Japan
| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], novelist
| years_active = 1970–2010
| genre = [[Anime]] TV series
| relatives = Takashi Shudō (father)
}}
}}


{{nihongo|'''Takeshi Shudo'''|首藤 剛志|Shudō Takeshi|August 18, 1949 – October 29, 2010}}<ref>[http://kotaku.com/5676457/pokmon-writer-61-dies Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies], at [[Kotaku]]; by Brian Ashcraft; published October 29, 2010; retrieved October 29, 2013</ref> was a Japanese scriptwriter, best known for his work on the ''[[Pokémon]]'' franchise.
{{nihongo|'''Takeshi Shudo'''|首藤 剛志|Shudō Takeshi| (August 18, 1949– October 29, 2010}}<ref>[https://kotaku.com/pokemon-writer-61-dies-5676457 Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies], at [[Kotaku]]; by Brian Ashcraft; published October 29, 2010; retrieved October 29, 2013</ref> was a Japanese scriptwriter and novelist. His major works include anime ''[[Space Warrior Baldios]]'', the ''[[Magical Princess Minky Momo]]'' series, and ''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]'', of which he created the Pokémon [[Lugia]]. He had a reputation for his witty dialogue and was known for the unusual next episode previews in the series he served as chief writer for. In ''Pokémon'', he coined Team Rocket's iconic motto. He was also a member of the Writers Guild of Japan.

His father, {{nihongo|Takashi Shudō|首藤 堯|Shudō Takashi}}, served as Fukuoka Prefecture's lieutenant governor, local vice-minister and chairman of the local finance association.


==Career==
==Career==
Shudo was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, but moved to [[Tokyo]], [[Sapporo]], and [[Nara Prefecture]] when he was a child because his father was a government official, and he attributes his dry, non-indigenous style to this experience. When he failed the college entrance exams, he read a specialized magazine that his younger sister had bought, ''Scenario'', which led him to enroll in a screenplay institute with the funds he had saved up to go to prep school. He got recognized for the screenplays he had written there, and in 1969, at the age of 19, he made his debut as a scriptwriter in the 45th episode of the TV [[historical drama]] ''[[Ōedo Sōsamō]]''. However, he got tired of fixing scripts that he did not agree with and stopped writing altogether, claiming he got fed up with penning human drama pieces, so he spent the rest of his time working as a salesman for educational equipment and various ceremonial occasions, while at the same time helping out with [[shōjo manga]] original stories and plots for TV dramas without taking credit for any of his work. Later, he roamed Europe with the money he had saved from his salesman job, and when he returned to Japan after running out, with the help of his acquaintance, screenwriter Fukiko Miyauchi, he returned to work as a scriptwriter in 1976 for an episode from ''Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi'', an anime TV series produced by Dax International. Since then, he worked on Dax's several other serials, such as ''Paris no Isabelle'' and ''Manga Hajimete Monogatari''.
Takeshi Shudo is best known as chief writer of the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokémon'' anime]] for the Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto arcs. He also wrote the first three Pokémon films. Along with [[Satoshi Tajiri]], [[Ken Sugimori]] and others, Takeshi Shudo helped to create the world of Pokémon and made his debut in Japan, 1996 (in the US, 1998).


In the early 1980s, he also worked on [[Tatsunoko Production]]'s works, but it was ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and ''[[GoShogun]]'', both of which were produced at [[Ashi Productions]], where he was in charge of everything from the original idea to story editing, that revealed his talent as an author.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?title=title_59|title=Database schema is not up to date!}}</ref> In 1984, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the first Japan Anime Awards for ''Manga Hajimete Monogatari'', ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'', and ''Sasuga Sarutobi''. He also worked as a novelist, with his best known work being the ''[[Eternal Filena]]'' series. He worked with [[Kunihiko Yuyama]], the main director of both works, in the 1990s on the sequel to ''Minky Momo'' and later ''Pocket Monsters''.
He went on to do work for many companies. He has been credited with creating the "unusual intelligence" of the writing in ''[[GoShogun]]'' and ''[[Magical Princess Minky Momo|Minky Momo]]''.<ref>http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?title=title_59</ref>

His biggest contribution to the ''Pocket Monsters'' (''[[Pokémon]]'') franchise was the creation of [[Lugia]]. Shudo was interested in creating a darker storyline for the franchise that he otherwise was not allowed to do when working on the series and hoped that the Pokémon series would be his chance to bring those ideas to life. After Lugia's creation, many changes were made by the staff that Shudo had found displeasing, such as making Lugia male (he considered Lugia female) and interjecting him into the main series of games (Shudo wanted him to be exclusive to the movie). Before, during and after Lugia's creation, Shudo would heavily consume alcohol and tranquilizers, which he claimed cleared his mind when working, and it contributed to his failing health.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQbKwNmsTes |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/TQbKwNmsTes |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Lugia's Creation: A Story of Drugs, Alcohol, and Obsession. Ft. maxmoefoe|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=DidYouKnowGaming?|date=January 29, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In his later years, he contributed articles to the website Anime Style and worked on feature films. The materials for the major works he was involved in, such as screenplays, have been donated to the Odawara Public Library in [[Odawara]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], where he once used to live. Some of the materials held by the library are on permanent display at the Odawara Museum of Literature.

On October 28, 2010, he collapsed after suffering a [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]] in a smoking room at [[JR-West]] Nara Station in [[Nara, Nara]] Prefecture, where he was visiting, and was rushed to the hospital. However, he died on the next day at the age of 61. In 2011, a memorial exhibition titled "In Memoriam of the Screenwriter Takeshi Shudo" was held at the Suginami Animation Museum in [[Suginami]], Tokyo.

The 2017 anime film, ''[[Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!]]'', credits Shudo as partial screenwriter in the staff roll, as he wrote the script for the first episode of the TV anime, which was used as the base for the early part of the film.


==Works==
==Works==
* series head writer denoted in bold
*''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' (1997–2002)
=== TV Anime ===
:*''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]''
*''Manga Furusato Mukashibanashi'' (1976)
*''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''
*''Manga Hajimete Monogatari'' (1978–1984)
*''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]''
*''Paris no Isabelle'' (1979)
*''[[Space Warrior Baldios]]''
*''[[GoShogun]]''
*''[[Manga Sarutobi Sasuke]]'' (1979–1980)
*''[[Magical Princess Minky Momo]]''
*''[[Space Warrior Baldios]]'' (1980–1981)
*''[[Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova]]''
*''[[Muteking, The Dashing Warrior]]'' (1981)
*''Toshishun'' (1981)
*''[[Muteking, The Dashing Warrior]]''
*'''''[[GoShogun]]''''' (1981)
*''[[Golden Warrior Gold Lightan]]''
*''[[Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko]]''
*''[[Golden Warrior Gold Lightan]]'' (1981-1982)
*''[[Dash Kappei]]'' (1981–1982)
*''[[Thunderbirds 2086]]'' (1982)
*''[[Acrobunch]]'' (1982)
*'''''[[Magical Princess Minky Momo]]''''' (1982–1983)
*'''''Sasuga no Sarutobi''''' (1982–1984)
*''[[Stop!! Hibari-kun!]]'' (1983)
*''[[Taotao (TV series)|Taotao]]'' (1983–1985)
*''[[Video Warrior Laserion]]'' (1984)
*''[[Chikkun Takkun]]'' (1984)
*''Manga Doshite Monogatari'' (1984–1986)
*''Manga Naruhodo Monogatari'' (1986–1988)
*''Shin Manga Naruhodo Monogatari'' (1988)
*''Manga Hajimete Omoshirojuku'' (1989)
*'''''[[Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko]]''''' (1990–1991)
*'''''Magical Princess Minky Momo: Hold on to Your Dreams''''' (1991–1992)
*'''''[[Chō Kuse ni Narisō]]''''' (1994–1995)
*''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' (1996–1997)
*'''''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]''''' (1997–2002)
*''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'' (2000)
*'''''[[Dancouga Nova - Super God Beast Armor]]''''' (2007)

===Film===
*''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes|Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars]]'' (1988)
*''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' (1998)
*''[[Pokémon: The Movie 2000]]'' (1999)
*''[[Pokémon 3: The Movie]]'' (2000)
*''[[Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!]]'' (2017)
*''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'' (2019)

===OVA===
*''Radio City Fantasy'' (1984)
*''GoShogun: The Time Étranger'' (1985)
*''Magical Princess Minky Momo: La Ronde in my Dream'' (1985)
*''Cosmos Pink Shock'' (1986)
*''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' (1988)
*''[[Eternal Filena]]'' (1992–1993)
*''Minky Momo in The Bridge Over Dreams '' (1993)
*''Minky Momo in The Station of Your Memories'' (1994)

===Novels===
*''[[Eternal Filena]]'' (9 volumes)
*''Pocket Monsters The Animation''
** Vol. 1: Departure
** Vol. 2: Friends


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0795575}}
*{{IMDb name|0795575}}
*[http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/05_shudo_bn.shtml Takeshi Shudo's Anime Style articles] (Japanese)
* [http://schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com/blog/?p=1912 Obituary] by [[Jonathan Clements]]
*[https://shudo2010.hatenablog.com Takeshi Shudo's blog] (Japanese)

* [https://schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com/2010/10/29/takeshi-shudo-1949-2010/ Obituary] by [[Jonathan Clements]]
{{Pokémon}}
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Takeshi Shudo
Native name
首藤 剛志
Born(1949-08-18)August 18, 1949
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
DiedOctober 29, 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 61)
Nara, Nara, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter, novelist
GenreAnime TV series
Years active1970–2010
RelativesTakashi Shudō (father)

Takeshi Shudo (首藤 剛志, Shudō Takeshi, (August 18, 1949– October 29, 2010)[1] was a Japanese scriptwriter and novelist. His major works include anime Space Warrior Baldios, the Magical Princess Minky Momo series, and Pokémon, of which he created the Pokémon Lugia. He had a reputation for his witty dialogue and was known for the unusual next episode previews in the series he served as chief writer for. In Pokémon, he coined Team Rocket's iconic motto. He was also a member of the Writers Guild of Japan.

His father, Takashi Shudō (首藤 堯, Shudō Takashi), served as Fukuoka Prefecture's lieutenant governor, local vice-minister and chairman of the local finance association.

Career[edit]

Shudo was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, but moved to Tokyo, Sapporo, and Nara Prefecture when he was a child because his father was a government official, and he attributes his dry, non-indigenous style to this experience. When he failed the college entrance exams, he read a specialized magazine that his younger sister had bought, Scenario, which led him to enroll in a screenplay institute with the funds he had saved up to go to prep school. He got recognized for the screenplays he had written there, and in 1969, at the age of 19, he made his debut as a scriptwriter in the 45th episode of the TV historical drama Ōedo Sōsamō. However, he got tired of fixing scripts that he did not agree with and stopped writing altogether, claiming he got fed up with penning human drama pieces, so he spent the rest of his time working as a salesman for educational equipment and various ceremonial occasions, while at the same time helping out with shōjo manga original stories and plots for TV dramas without taking credit for any of his work. Later, he roamed Europe with the money he had saved from his salesman job, and when he returned to Japan after running out, with the help of his acquaintance, screenwriter Fukiko Miyauchi, he returned to work as a scriptwriter in 1976 for an episode from Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi, an anime TV series produced by Dax International. Since then, he worked on Dax's several other serials, such as Paris no Isabelle and Manga Hajimete Monogatari.

In the early 1980s, he also worked on Tatsunoko Production's works, but it was Magical Princess Minky Momo and GoShogun, both of which were produced at Ashi Productions, where he was in charge of everything from the original idea to story editing, that revealed his talent as an author.[2] In 1984, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the first Japan Anime Awards for Manga Hajimete Monogatari, Magical Princess Minky Momo, and Sasuga Sarutobi. He also worked as a novelist, with his best known work being the Eternal Filena series. He worked with Kunihiko Yuyama, the main director of both works, in the 1990s on the sequel to Minky Momo and later Pocket Monsters.

His biggest contribution to the Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) franchise was the creation of Lugia. Shudo was interested in creating a darker storyline for the franchise that he otherwise was not allowed to do when working on the series and hoped that the Pokémon series would be his chance to bring those ideas to life. After Lugia's creation, many changes were made by the staff that Shudo had found displeasing, such as making Lugia male (he considered Lugia female) and interjecting him into the main series of games (Shudo wanted him to be exclusive to the movie). Before, during and after Lugia's creation, Shudo would heavily consume alcohol and tranquilizers, which he claimed cleared his mind when working, and it contributed to his failing health.[3]

In his later years, he contributed articles to the website Anime Style and worked on feature films. The materials for the major works he was involved in, such as screenplays, have been donated to the Odawara Public Library in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, where he once used to live. Some of the materials held by the library are on permanent display at the Odawara Museum of Literature.

On October 28, 2010, he collapsed after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage in a smoking room at JR-West Nara Station in Nara, Nara Prefecture, where he was visiting, and was rushed to the hospital. However, he died on the next day at the age of 61. In 2011, a memorial exhibition titled "In Memoriam of the Screenwriter Takeshi Shudo" was held at the Suginami Animation Museum in Suginami, Tokyo.

The 2017 anime film, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, credits Shudo as partial screenwriter in the staff roll, as he wrote the script for the first episode of the TV anime, which was used as the base for the early part of the film.

Works[edit]

  • series head writer denoted in bold

TV Anime[edit]

Film[edit]

OVA[edit]

  • Radio City Fantasy (1984)
  • GoShogun: The Time Étranger (1985)
  • Magical Princess Minky Momo: La Ronde in my Dream (1985)
  • Cosmos Pink Shock (1986)
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988)
  • Eternal Filena (1992–1993)
  • Minky Momo in The Bridge Over Dreams (1993)
  • Minky Momo in The Station of Your Memories (1994)

Novels[edit]

  • Eternal Filena (9 volumes)
  • Pocket Monsters The Animation
    • Vol. 1: Departure
    • Vol. 2: Friends

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies, at Kotaku; by Brian Ashcraft; published October 29, 2010; retrieved October 29, 2013
  2. ^ "Database schema is not up to date!".
  3. ^ Lugia's Creation: A Story of Drugs, Alcohol, and Obsession. Ft. maxmoefoe. YouTube. DidYouKnowGaming?. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

External links[edit]

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