is a Japanese anime director, screenwriter and novelist that mostly known for his work on the Blood franchise and Ghost in the Shell: Arise series, produced by Production I.G.

Career Junichi Fujisaku started working at Production I.G in the late 1990s. He acted as a planning assistant when Blood: The Last Vampire anime film was in development. The film was released in 2000, and that same year, he chief directed, written and edited the video game adaptation of The Last Vampire. A year later, Fujisaku wrote two novelizations based on the anime film.

In 2005, Fujisaku directed and wrote the spin-off anime of Blood: The Last Vampire, titled Blood+. He created the series to expland the Blood universe that wasn't explored in The Last Vampire film. The anime ran for fifty episodes, and became its own franchise with two light novel adaptations, three manga adaptations, and two video games. That same year, Fujisaku co-wrote the screenplay for both xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom.

In 2010, Fujisaku debuted his film directorial work, Loups=Garous.

In 2011, Fujisaku was a head writer for both Moshidora and Appleseed XIII. That same year, Fujisaku, with studio Production I.G, collaborated with manga artist group CLAMP in the new anime entry of the Blood franchise, titled Blood-C. He acted as a creative supervisor, and co-wrote the scripts with CLAMP member and leader Nanase Ohkawa. The anime ran for twelve episodes, and continued with the sequel anime film, Blood-C: The Last Dark the following year, with Fujisaku as a co-writer once again. The anime received two novelizations and two manga adaptations within those two years, and Fujisaku wrote the novel adaptations, and story consulted the prequel manga, Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight.

In 2015, Fujisaku was a head writer for Pikaia!. Around the same year, Fujisaku wrote the script for a stage play adaptation of Blood-C, titled Blood-C: The Last Mind. The play was set between the twelve episode anime and The Last Dark film. Fujisaku also wrote the first stage adaptation for Ghost in the Shell series, titled Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive.

In 2017, Fujisaku wrote a novelization of Blood+ anime titled Blood#, which takes place after the series finale, focusing on Diva's grown children, Hibiki and Kanade. That same year, he was in charge of writing the script for the first live-action film adaptation of Blood-C, titled Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story, acting as a prequel to the series.

In 2018, Fujisaku co-wrote the script with director Shutaro Oku on the second live-action film adaptation for Blood-C, titled Blood-Club Dolls 1, and its sequel, Blood-Club Dolls 2 in 2020. Both films take place before the events of The Last Dark anime film.

In 2020, Fujisaku collaborated with director Oku once again on VR Noh stage play of Ghost in the Shell, simply titled VR Noh: Ghost in the Shell.

In 2021, Fujisaku was a head writer for the anime adaptation of Mars Red. That same year, it was announced that he will chief direct and screenwrite for Deemo: Memorial Keys anime film, which was released in February 2022. That same year, Fujisaku acted as a head writer for the live-action GaruGaku series.

Filmography TV Anime Year Title Credit Notes 2002 Ghost in the Shell: S. A. C. 2nd GIG Script (eps. 30, 32–33) 2005-06 Blood+ Director, Series Composition, Script (eps. 1), Episode Director (eps. 45) 2011 Appleseed XIII Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–2, 6–7, 11–12) Blood-C Script (eps. 1–12), Series Concept Supervisor Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP Moshidora Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 3, 6–7, 9–10) 2015 Pikaia! Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–2, 5–7, 10–13) Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture Script (eps. 9–10) 2016 Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon Script (eps. 28, 33, 39, 45, 51, 57, 64, 68, 76, 79, 82, 85, 93, 95, 104, 109, 112, 117, 121, 126, 129, 133) 2019 Pocket Monsters Script (eps. 26) 2020 Attack on Titan: The Final Season Planning, Production 2020–21 GaruGaku: Saint Girls Square Academy Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-50) 2021 Mars Red Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–13) 2022 GaruGaku II: Lucky Stars Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–10) 2024–2026 Himitsu no AiPri Director, Script (eps. 7, 12, 24), Storyboard (eps. 2, 6, 12, 24) Co-directed with Kentaro Yamaguchi 2026–present Onegai AiPri Director Co-directed with Masahiro Matsunaga

Anime film Year Title Credit Notes 2000 Blood: The Last Vampire Planning Assistant 2005 xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream Screenplay Co-written with Yoshiki Sakurai Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom Co-written with Midori Goto 2010 Loups=Garous Director 2012 Blood-C: The Last Dark Screenplay Co-written with Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP 2015 Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Supervisor 2022 Deemo: Memorial Keys Chief Director, Screenplay

OVA (Original Video Animations) Year Title Credit Notes 2013-15 Ghost in the Shell: Arise Supervisor

Video games Year Title Credit Note 2000 Blood: The Last Vampire Chief Director, Script, Editor

Live-action drama Year Title Credit Notes 2021 GaruGaku: Girls Garden Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–3, 8)

Live-action film Year Title Credit Notes 2017 Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story Screenplay 2018 Blood-Club Dolls 1 Co-written with Shutaro Oku 2020 Blood-Club Dolls 2

Stage Year Title Credit Notes 2015 Blood-C: The Last Mind Script Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost is Alive 2020 VR Noh: Ghost in the Shell

Bibliography Novels Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood+

Blood-C

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Manga Year Title Credit Notes 2011 Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight Story Consultant Written & illustrated by Ryo Haduki 2019 Ghost in the Shell ARISE: Sleepless Eye Story, Writer 2018 Zombie of Mars Story, Writer 2019 Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Story, Writer

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