Kazunori Ito

Writer

Born: December 24, 1954 (71 years old)

Place of birth: Yamagata, Japan

Biography

Kazunori Ito is a Japanese screenwriter well known for his work in the .hack franchise, the Patlabor films and the Ghost in the Shell movie. He is a founding member of Headgear, a group of five main writers and artists that include Masami Yuki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Akemi Takada, and Mamoru Oshii. Ito is also a fan of classic tokusatsu leading to his work on Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy.

Filmography (29)

• Last Exile (2003, ★ 7.2)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995, ★ 7.9)
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008, ★ 7.4)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999, ★ 7.4)
• Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995, ★ 7.4)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996, ★ 7.5)
• .hack//The Movie (2012, ★ 6.8)
• Patlabor: The Movie (1989, ★ 7)
• Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993, ★ 7.4)
• Creamy Mami: Forever Once More (1984, ★ 6.8)
• Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye (1985, ★ 6.7)
• Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot (2016, ★ 7.4)
• Patlabor: Early Days (1988, ★ 7.4)
• Dirty Pair (1985, ★ 7.6)
• The Red Spectacles (1987, ★ 6.4)
• Digimon X-Evolution (2005, ★ 6.3)
• Twilight Q (1987, ★ 5.9)
• Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986, ★ 5.2)
• Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019, ★ 6.1)
• Pistol Opera (2001, ★ 6.1)
• Necronomicon (1993, ★ 6)
• Avalon (2001, ★ 6.5)
• The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015, ★ 6.5)
• Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002, ★ 6.6)
• .hack (2002, ★ 6.8)
• Patlabor: The TV Series (1989, ★ 7.2)
• Magical Angel Creamy Mami (1983, ★ 6.6)
• .hack//GIFT (2003, ★ 4.3)