Question: Apocalyptic Academy was written by a Japanese what?
Context: Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho (Japanese: はこぶね白書 , Hepburn: Hakobune Hakusho ) is a Japanese manga series illustrated and written by Moyamu Fujino.  The manga was first serialized in the Japanese "shōnen" manga magazine "Comic Blade" on October 30, 2005, published by Mag Garden.  It was first released in North America on May 12, 2009 by Tokyopop. Gilgamesh (ギルガメッシュ , Girugamesshu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori.  It was serialized in the Shōnen Gahōsha magazine "Weekly Shōnen King" from 1976 to 1978.  A dark and apocalyptic anime series based on the original story was adapted by Group TAC in 2003.  "Gilgamesh" is set in the super present and the plot revolves around characters who can be divided into four groups: The Countess and the Orga-Superior, the Mitleid Corporation, the siblings, and the Gilgamesh.  With the development of the plot, the past and motives of the characters and their relationships with one another are exposed. Daisuke Satō (佐藤大輔 , Satō Daisuke , April 3, 1964 – March 22, 2017) was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and manga writer.  He was known for his alternate history novels "Seito" (divided Japan like Korea) and "Red Sun Black Cross" (Japan fights against Germany), among others.  He wrote the story for his manga "Imperial Guards" (with illustrator Yū Itō) and "Highschool of the Dead" (with illustrator Shōji Satō).  "Imperial Guards" was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007 and for the first Manga Taishō in 2008.  He died on March 22, 2017 from ischaemic heart disease. Soul Eater (Japanese: ソウルイーター , Hepburn: Sōru Ītā ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo.  Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and (at least one) weapon that can transform into a humanoid.  Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. After the Rain (雨あがる , Ame agaru ) is a 1999 Japanese and French film.  The story is based on the last script written by Akira Kurosawa and is directed by his former assistant director of 28 years, Takashi Koizumi.  It was awarded a Japanese Academy Award in 1999.  It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Medaka Box (Japanese: めだかボックス , Hepburn: Medaka Bokkusu ) is a Japanese "shōnen" manga written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki.  The series follows Medaka Kurokami, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, Kouki Akune and Mogana Kikaijima, who are the members of the student council, during their various adventures to honor suggestions presented by academy members in order to better the academy. Ikki Tousen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Shiozaki.  Based on the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the story's plot focuses on an all-out turf war in the Kanto region of Japan, where seven rival schools—Nanyo Academy, Kyosho Academy, Seito Academy, Yoshu Academy, Rakuyo High School, Gogun High School, and Yoshu Private School—fight each other for territorial supremacy.  The series' main protagonist is Hakufu Sonsaku who is the descendant of the legendary warrior Sun Ce.  Hakufu transfers to Nanyo Academy under her mother's orders.  The characters in the series are in fact Japanese readings of the characters involved in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Japanese: 学戦都市アスタリスク , Hepburn: Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku , lit.  "Academy Battle City Asterisk") is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuu Miyazaki, and illustrated by Okiura.  Media Factory has published ten volumes since September 25, 2012, under their MF Bunko J imprint.  The series was later serialized from January 2013 in Media Factory's "seinen" manga magazine "Monthly Comic Alive" where it was adapted into a manga.  The artwork for the manga has been done by "Ningen", three volumes have been collected into tankōbon.  Eventually an anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures was made which began airing on October 3, 2015.  The anime aired for two seasons at twelve episodes each from October 3, 2015, to June 18, 2016.  Other media adaptations include a video game called "The Asterisk War: Houka Kenran" which was released in Japan on January 28, 2016. Trinity Blood (Japanese: トリニティ・ブラッド , Hepburn: Toriniti Buraddo ) is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in "The Sneaker".  Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the ongoing cold war between the Vatican, the human government, and the "New Human Empire", the government of the vampiric Methuselah.  Fighting on the Vatican's side is Abel Nightroad, a Crusnik - a vampire that feeds on vampires.  The novels blend science fiction, fantasy, and political intrigue, with some in the Vatican and the Empire striving for peace, and the Rosen Kreuz Order doing anything in its power to stop it. Highschool of the Dead, known in Japan as Apocalyptic Academy: Highschool of the Dead (Japanese: 学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD , Hepburn: Gakuen Mokushiroku Haisukūru obu za Deddo ) , is a Japanese manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō.  It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's "Monthly Dragon Age" between the September 2006 and May 2013 issues, but was left unfinished following Daisuke Satō's death in March 2017.  Fujimi Shobo and Kadokawa Shoten published seven "tankōbon" volumes from March 2007 and April 2011 in Japan.  Yen Press published the series in North America.  The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
Answer: board game designer