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jinzō toriumi

toriumi was born in the northern japanese prefecture of hokkaidō .
after trying his hand at live-action at nikkatsu , he began writing animation scripts at mushi productions for `` mighty atom '' -lrb- `` astro boy '' -rrb- in 1964 .
he went on to devote himself full-time to television at tatsunoko production in 1965 .
he contributed to `` casshern '' , '' '' and `` time bokan '' .
he later began writing for such sunrise works as `` armored trooper votoms '' , `` yoroiden samurai troopers '' -lrb- `` ronin warriors '' -rrb- , `` mister ajikko '' .
he also wrote the novel versions of `` gatchaman '' , `` shin heiyōden '' and dororo , as well as the `` anime scenario nyūmon '' -lrb- the introduction to anime scriptwriting -rrb- .
he used the `` anime scenario nyūmon '' book when he became a vocational school teacher for future generations of scriptwriters .
he also chaired ohtori koubou , a support organization for scriptwriters .
he received the -lrb- `` scenario '' -rrb- scriptwriting award from the japan writers guild on may 26 , 2000 .
