Shō Aikawa

is a Japanese screenwriter. Active in various fields (and credited through various pseudonyms) since he was 17 years old, the most popular works he has helmed have been in anime and tokusatsu: Dangaioh, Ultraman: Towards the Future, Martian Successor Nadesico, Love Hina, The Twelve Kingdoms, Fullmetal Alchemist, Kamen Rider Blade, GoGo Sentai Boukenger, Kamen Rider Decade and Concrete Revolutio.

Most of his anime work has been in adaptations which, when he is the main writer, feature significant deviations from the source materials' trajectory. Among those based on original concepts, 7 titles were conceived, wholly or partly, by him; he also had one manga he had written adapted to animation.

Works Filmography Film

Television Aikawa is credited as Noboru Aikawa (会川昇) on various projects.

OVA/ONA Aikawa is credited as Noboru Aikawa (会川昇) and Gorō Sanyō (三陽五郎) on various projects.

Literature Books Year Title Publisher Notes 1985 The Day-to-Day Battle Bids Farewell, and Then: Shukei Nagasaka Scenario Masterpiece Collection(さらば斗いの日々、そして 長坂秀佳シナリオ傑作集) Asahi Sonorama Script collection 1986 Return of Ultraman Monster Encyclopedia(帰ってきたウルトラマン怪獣事典) Supervised by Tsuburaya Productions Ultraman Ace Monster Encyclopedia(ウルトラマンA怪獣事典) Supervised by Tsuburaya Productions 1987 Choujinki Metalder: The Feast of the Wolves(超人機メタルダー 狼たちの宴) Bandai Short story Steel Devil: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts(大魔獣激闘 鋼の鬼) Tokuma Shoten1989 Fight! Iczer One(戦え!!イクサー1) Kadokawa Shoten Light novel; illustrations by Toshiki Hirano and . Gunhed Light novel; illustrations by Kia Asamiya 1992 Spirit Warrior(孔雀王) Shueisha Light novel; illustrations by Makoto Ogino. 1995 Granhistoria: Kedamono, Urimasu(グランヒストリア けだもの、売ります) ASCII Corporation Short story;Illustration by Ikaru Hizuki. Published on the January issue of magazine, never republished elsewhere. 2001 Love Hina: Mixed bathing Not Allowed - Mystery Guests at Hinata Hotel(ラブひな 混浴厳禁 ひなた旅館へようこそ!)Kodansha Light novel; illustrations by Ken Akamatsu. Published in English by Kodansha English Library (Japan) and Tokyopop (North America) 2002 The Twelve Kingdoms Anime Script Collection(十二国記 アニメ脚本集)Script compilation; Illustrations by 2004 The Story of Fullmetal Alchemist(TVアニメ 鋼の錬金術師 シナリオブック) Square EnixScript compilation; With Toshiki Inoue, Aya Yoshinaga, Natsuko Takahashi, , Manabu Ishikawa and Akatsuki Yamatoya2005 Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa Scenario Book(劇場版 アニメ鋼の錬金術師 シャンバラを征く者 シナリオブック) Script compilation; Supervised by Seiji Mizushima. Kamen Rider Blade: Dusk(仮面ライダー剣"たそがれ") Shogakukan Short story; illustrated by (Ishimori Pro). Sequel to the TV series. Published in the Kamen Rider Blade Chouzenshuu book; republished in the 2015 book . 2012 Un-Go: Inga Chapter(UN-GO 因果論) Hayakawa Publishing Adaptation of the film with an exclusive 100-page prequel Un-Go: Sho Aikawa Screenplay Collection(UN-GO 會川昇脚本集) Media Pal Script compilation 2015 Chiba Prefecture: Traditional Kaiju Bakkendon(千葉県 伝奇怪獣バッケンドン) Yosensha Short story; illustrations by Superhuman Phantasmagoria: The 36th of the Shinka Era(超人幻想 神化三六年) Hayakawa Publishing 2016 The 19th of the Shinka Era's Tohchika(神化一九年の) Short story; published on the May issue of Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine.

Light novels based on anime Aikawa created, but which he had no direct involvement on, also exist:

Simoun (2 volumes); text by Junko Okazaki, illustrations by Studio Deen (volume 1 only) and ; published by Gakken (1 volume); text by , illustrations by and ; published by Kodansha

Manga Year Title Artist Publisher Notes 1988 Hakusensha 1990 Kodansha Supervised by . One-shot; part of the magazine's anthology line by various artists, all of which were collected in 2006's . 1992 Kadokawa Shoten One-shot Shueisha One-shot; collected on volume 3 of Saruwatari's series Damned. 1993 Nostradamus 2016 Kadokawa Shoten Credited from the July 1993 to the May 1994 issues. Unfinished; never republished elsewhere. 1994 Shueisha 1997 Pure The series lasted for 3 volumes, but Aikawa was not involved in the making of the last two. 2010 Leed

Various manga adaptations of anime Aikawa co-created, each with varying degrees of adherence to their source materials, also exist, but he did not work on them directly: (4 volumes) by on Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z (2 volumes) by on Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z Simoun (1 volume) by on Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime (parody manga, never intended to be collected into volumes); composition by , story by , art by ; on Gakken's Megami Magazine (2 volumes) by on Square Enix's Young Gangan; published in North America by Bandai Entertainment (3 volumes) by J-ta Yamada (originated by the Un-Go Production Committee, supervised by Bones and the Un-Go Production Committee) on Kadokawa Shoten's (1 volume); story by Aikawa, art by , by Yun Kōga; on Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Newtype (2 volumes) by on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace; published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment (1 volume); by Aki Kanehiro, art by Mutsuki Nago, manga original character designs by Noizi Ito; on Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius

Miscellaneous

Audio dramas Year(s) Title Source material Episodes written AliasNotes 1987–89 1988

Released before the anime, has various differences in the story.

"Special Drama" included on the soundtrack album for episode 3 of the OVA. 1988–90

I: II: III: All installments reissued together (alongside one other novel not adapted by Aikawa) as a CD boxset in 2005. 1989 Original story. Fight! Iczer One prequel. 1990

Also credited with composition. "Original Drama" included on the OVA's soundtrack. 1991 1993 Structured as a gamebook and character personalities altered, drastically deviating from the source material. Animal X Credited for "composition"; Sugimoto is credited for the script. 1995

Credited as Sanyō for the original work and as Aikawa for the script; also participates as a narrator. Aired on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting before CD release. 1995–96

Credited as Sanyō for acting (plays the master) and as Aikawa for the script. Aired on 4 different regional radio stations before CD release. 1996

Credited as Sanyō for the original work and as Aikawa for the script; also participates as a narrator. Aired on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting before CD release. Mini-drama included on Miyamura's album, whose first track—"The song for Girl"—features lyrics written by him (credited as Sanyō for the drama and as Aikawa for the song). 1997 Originally released as part of the lines of Animate-exclusive audio dramas. Both reissued (alongside another drama and 7 soundtracks/hybrid albums) as the ～once and again NADESICO～ CD boxset in 2006. Original story. 1997–98

Order of stories deviates from the order the novels were published; last CD deviates from the original story due to not adapting two of the novels. Aired on Radio Nippon before CD release. 2000 Scenario and supervision by Seiji Mizushima, edited by Yasuko Kobayashi; co-written with Manabu Ishikawa, Akihiko Inari, Hidefumi Kimura and . 2002 Love Hina Again Tracks 1–13 on the OVA's original soundtrack. Released in North America by Geneon USA. 2002–03

"Picture Scroll of the Twelve Visions" is a soundtrack album with drama tracks interspersed throughout, while "The Three Dreams Chapter" is wholly dedicated to drama. 2003 Samurai Deeper Kyo Original story that happens after the anime's final episode. 2004 Super Sentai installment by Saburo Yatsude 2008 Available first-hand exclusively and for a limited time to applicants who purchased all 9 DVD volumes of the anime. 2009 mini-drama CDs

Each CD available exclusively bundled with each volume of the series' second DVD/first Blu-ray release in Japan. 2011 Exclusively bundled with the first-run limited edition of the volume 2 DVD of the anime. 2012 Un-Go

Each chapter a CD exclusively bundled with each DVD/Blu-ray volume of the series in Japan. 2013 Originally aired on NRN and affiliates. Only released as a CD exclusively bundled with the first-run limited editions of the film's DVD/Blu-ray releases. 2014 Ender's Game No distinct title Broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting System and other radio stations nationwide. Made to promote—and stars the same cast as the Japanese dub of—the film adaptation. Never released on CD. 2019 Credited for , has described this role as "helper in name only".

At one point in the late '80s/early '90s he was assigned to write an audio drama adaptation of Rokudenashi Blues, but struggled with the material and had to give up the job. Aikawa wanted to make a Concrete Revolutio audio drama, but that did not happen due to budgetary reasons

Video games Year(s) Title Developer Publisher Platform(s) CreditNotes 1988 Enix Enix PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, MSX PLOT OF A PLAY 1993 The Journey Home: Quest for the Throne Wolf Team Telenet Japan Super Famicom story supervisor Scenario written by and . Credited as . 1995 Banpresto original story With . Primarily worked on original draft and composition, did not write the second half of the script. 1997 Sega, Nexus Interact Sega Sega Saturn scenario supervisor With Mitsuyasu Sakai. 1998 Scarab, Fupac, Nexus Interact screenplay With Mitsuyasu Sakai, , Naruhisa Arakawa, and .