Shō Aikawa (screenwriter)

Shō Aikawa (會川 昇) 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.

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.

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; 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, illustrations by Yoshiyuki Itō 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) (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 on Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z
 * Simoun (1 volume) by Hashiba Hayase 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, 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 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
 * Un-Go Episode 0: Inga Chapter (UN-GO episode:0 因果論) (1 volume); story by Aikawa, art by pako (illustrator), 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 (illustrator) 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

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