Shunichi Yukimuro  

Akane Nishiura, Shuntarou Akira, 洋 駿太郎, 西浦 あかね

Shunichi Yukimuro is a renowned screenwriter with over four decades of experience in writing TV anime scenarios. After studying at a school for screenwriters, he gained recognition early in his career with an award for the television drama "Chikagorono Wakai Yatsu." He then shifted his focus to writing for TV anime and has since written more than 3,000 scenarios, including episodes of many classic series produced by Toei Animation. Among these are popular anime series such as Kimba the White Lion, Sally, the Witch, Gegege no Kitaro, Sazae-san, Tomorrows Joe, Himitsu no Akko-chan, Babel II, Majokko Megu-chan, Dr. Slump, Honey Honey, The Kabocha Wine, Dragon Ball, The Adventures of Pepero, and Azuki-chan. Additionally, Yukimuro created the internationally popular manga series Ohayou! Spank, which was turned into an anime by Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1981 and earned him the Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 1981.