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Shō Aikawa (會川 昇, Aikawa Shō, born Noboru Aikawa (会川 昇, Aikawa Noboru) on August 9, 1965) 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 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

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 Asako Nishida [ja]; published by Gakken
• Concrete Revolutio: Superhuman Phantasmagoria - Kikko Hoshino's Dangerous Blind Date! (コンクリート・レボルティオ　超人幻想　星野輝子のキケンなお見合い！) (1 volume); text by Aki Kanehiro [ja], illustrations by Yoshiyuki Itō [ja] and Mutsuki Nago (名護ムツキ); published by Kodansha

Manga

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:

• Clever Strange Successor Hiwou War Chronicles (機巧奇傳ヒヲウ戦記, Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War) (4 volumes) by Hajime Jinguuji (神宮寺一) on Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z
• Strange Steel Fay Rouran (奇鋼仙女ロウラン) (2 volumes) by Souji Unite [ja] on Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z
• Simoun (1 volume) by Hashiba Hayase [ja] on Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime
• Simoun -Magical Tale of Bravery- (シムーン 〜まじかる美勇伝〜) (parody manga, never intended to be collected into volumes); composition by Masafumi Harada (原田まさふみ), story by Masayoshi Maeda [ja], art by Wataru Akiduki (あきづき弥); on Gakken's Megami Magazine
• Ghost Slayers Ayashi (天保異聞 妖奇士) (2 volumes) by Yaeko Ninagawa [ja] on Square Enix's Young Gangan; published in North America by Bandai Entertainment
• Un-Go: The Defeated Detective, Shinjūrō Yūki (UN-GO 敗戦探偵・結城新十郎) (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 Newtype Ace  [ja]
• Un-Go Episode 0: Inga Chapter (UN-GO episode:0 因果論) (1 volume); story by Aikawa, art by pako [ja], artistic cooperation (作画協力) by Yun Kōga; on Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Newtype
• Concrete Revolutio: Superhuman Phantasmagoria (コンクリート・レボルティオ ～超人幻想～) (2 volumes) by Nylon [ja] on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace; published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment
• Concrete Revolutio: Superhuman Phantasmagoria Gaiden - Mahou Shoujo Tenkagomen! (コンクリート・レボルティオ ～超人幻想～ 外伝 魔法少女天下御免！) (1 volume); scenario composition (シナリオ構成) by Aki Kanehiro, art by Mutsuki Nago, manga original character designs by Noizi Ito; on Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius

Miscellaneous

Audio dramas

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

Notes

References

1. "Ultra Nyan 2: Happy Daisakusen (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
2. "Un-Go episode:0 Inga-ron (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
3. "Akū Daisakusen Srungle (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
4. "Daimaju Gekito Hagane no Oni (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
5. "Yotoden (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
6. "Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
7. "Dangaioh (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
8. "會川昇全ＯＶＡリスト｜會川 昇｜note".
9. "Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
10. "The Demonic Beast Front (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
11. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "普通にゲームのノベライズ（番外編）でした。後に小説家になられた南原順さんと共同で短編集を出す予定でした…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-27.
12. "大ヒット異世界ファンタジー TVシリーズ「十二国記」 Blu-rayBOX&DVDBOX 2009年10月23日から順次発売".
13. "あにてれ：テガミバチ Reverse".
14. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "あと映画「エンダーのゲーム」宣伝用ラジオドラマは、商品化されないこと前提で楽しくやらせていただきました…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
15. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "カセット文庫の時代だけど、私も『ろくでなしBLUES』がどうしても書けなくてギブアップさせていただいた…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
16. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "十二国記 夢三章 爆竜戦隊アバレンジャー 大江戸ロケット(購入者特典) 十二国記 (購入者特典) テガ…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
17. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "声優さんの地位が上がり、音響予算も上昇し、以前のように気楽にサウンドドラマが作られることも減りました。…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26.
18. "會川 昇 on Twitter: "マジです。主に原案と構成の仕事で、後半の脚本は書けませんでした。他に「アンジェラス」とか「ノイギーア」…". Archived from the original on 2020-09-27.

External links

• Shō Aikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

• 1965 births
• Anime screenwriters
• Living people
• Japanese screenwriters
• Writers from Tokyo