Natsuko Takahashi

is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After learning about the profession of screenwriting in middle school, in university she entered a contest. Although her entry did not fit the theme of the contest, the examiners liked it so much that they gave her a position working on television dramas.

Using contacts she made while working on dramas, she was given opportunities to start working on various anime series. Some of the more popular series she has worked on include Bleach, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, and Farewell, My Dear Cramer.

Biography Takahashi first learned about screenwriting when she was just entering middle school. Takahashi herself was a fan of drama and anime series and learned how to do screenwriting through them. Later in middle school, she read a book by a scriptwriter whom she admired, which inspired her to become one herself. In 2010, Takahashi was the head screenwriter for the anime adaptation of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, based on the manga serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Gakuen Heaven (2006) (screenwriter) Blue Drop (2007) (screenwriter) Fantastic Detective Labyrinth (2007–2008) (screenwriter) You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle (2007–2008) (screenwriter) Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture (2007) (screenwriter) Antique Bakery (2008) (screenwriter) Higepiyo (2009) (screenwriter) 07-Ghost (2009) (screenwriter) Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009) (screenwriter) The Betrayal Knows My Name (2010) (screenwriter) Nyanpire: The Animation (2011) (screenwriter) Yuyushiki (2013) (screenwriter) Brothers Conflict (2013) (screenwriter) Lady Jewelpet (2014–2015) (screenwriter) Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement (2014) (screenwriter) Nobunaga Concerto (2014) (screenwriter) My Love Story!! (2015) (screenwriter) Norn9 (2016) (screenwriter) Divine Gate (2016) (screenwriter) Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On (2016–2018) (screenwriter) Poco's Udon World (2016) (screenwriter) Long Riders! (2016–2017) (screenwriter) Love Tyrant (2017) (screenwriter) Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys (2017) (screenwriter) Love and Lies (2017) (screenwriter) In Another World with My Smartphone (2017) (screenwriter) Urahara (2017) (screenwriter) Comic Girls (2018) (screenwriter) Cutie Honey Universe (2018) (screenwriter) 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams (2018) (screenwriter) The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar (2018) (screenwriter) A Destructive God Sits Next to Me (2020) (screenwriter) Tsukiuta: The Animation 2 (2020) (screenwriter) Farewell, My Dear Cramer (2021) (screenwriter) The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023) (screenwriter) Stardust Telepath (2023) (screenwriter) Anne Shirley (2025) (screenwriter) The Food Diary of Miss Maid (2026) (screenwriter) Heavily Armed High School Girls (2027) (screenwriter)

Anime films Bleach: Fade to Black (2008) (screenwriter) Bleach: Hell Verse (2010) (screenwriter) Farewell, My Dear Cramer First Touch (2021) (screenwriter)

Original video animation Ane Log (2014–2015) (screenwriter)

Web series Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (2001) (screenwriter)

Live-action Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2010) (screenwriter) Bartender (2011) (screenwriter) No Touching At All (2014) (screenwriter) Seven Days (2015) (screenwriter) Does the Flower Blossom? (2018) (screenwriter)

Print Sapphire: Princess Knight (serialized in Nakayoshi from 2008 to 2009; illustrated by Pink Hanamori) Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! (2015 light novel; illustrated by Yumiko Hara)