Koji Tachibana
Description
Koji Tachibana is a Japanese light novel author known for creating the popular series Date A Live. Born on June 14, 1986, he made his professional writing debut in 2009 after winning the 20th Fantasia Long Novel Award for his work Sōkyū no Karma, also known as The Drive of the苍穹. This first series ran for eight volumes and established him as a new voice in the light novel genre.
He is best known as the original creator of Date A Live, a series that has become a significant multimedia franchise. The original light novel series, illustrated by Tsunako, spanned 22 main volumes along with numerous short story collections and side story volumes. The success of the novels led to multiple anime television series adaptations, theatrical films, and an extensive library of manga spin-offs. As the original creator, Tachibana is credited with the core story and characters, while also overseeing or supervising spin-off projects like the manga Date A Strike.
The anime film Date A Bullet is one example of an adaptation based on his original work. While Tachibana is not credited for the film's screenplay, he is listed as the author of the original novel upon which the film is based. The screenplay for Date A Bullet was written by Yuichiro Higashide, who also wrote the spin-off novel series of the same name. This demonstrates a common practice in the industry where the original creator’s work serves as the foundation for adaptations that are then scripted by other writers.
Beyond the Date A Live universe, Tachibana has been involved in other collaborative projects. He was part of the creative unit Speakeasy alongside authors Sou Sagara and Wataru Watari, which produced the cross-media project QUALIDEA CODE. For this project, he wrote a two-volume light novel titled For the Day When We Save the World -QUALIDEA CODE- and also contributed to the script for the anime adaptation, writing several episodes. His more recent work includes the ongoing light novel series The King's Proposal, which reunites him with illustrator Tsunako, who also worked on Date A Live. In the video game industry, he has contributed as a scenario writer for the popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
He is best known as the original creator of Date A Live, a series that has become a significant multimedia franchise. The original light novel series, illustrated by Tsunako, spanned 22 main volumes along with numerous short story collections and side story volumes. The success of the novels led to multiple anime television series adaptations, theatrical films, and an extensive library of manga spin-offs. As the original creator, Tachibana is credited with the core story and characters, while also overseeing or supervising spin-off projects like the manga Date A Strike.
The anime film Date A Bullet is one example of an adaptation based on his original work. While Tachibana is not credited for the film's screenplay, he is listed as the author of the original novel upon which the film is based. The screenplay for Date A Bullet was written by Yuichiro Higashide, who also wrote the spin-off novel series of the same name. This demonstrates a common practice in the industry where the original creator’s work serves as the foundation for adaptations that are then scripted by other writers.
Beyond the Date A Live universe, Tachibana has been involved in other collaborative projects. He was part of the creative unit Speakeasy alongside authors Sou Sagara and Wataru Watari, which produced the cross-media project QUALIDEA CODE. For this project, he wrote a two-volume light novel titled For the Day When We Save the World -QUALIDEA CODE- and also contributed to the script for the anime adaptation, writing several episodes. His more recent work includes the ongoing light novel series The King's Proposal, which reunites him with illustrator Tsunako, who also worked on Date A Live. In the video game industry, he has contributed as a scenario writer for the popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
Works
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