Jiro Ishii
Japanese video game and anime producer
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Jiro Ishii (イシイジロウ, Ishii Jirō) is a Japanese video game developer and television and anime producer. He is best known for directing the live-action visual novel 428: Shibuya Scramble, producing the adventure video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and creating the original concept for the anime short Under the Dog which was funded on Kickstarter.
Jiro Ishii | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Director |
| Notable work | 428: Shibuya Scramble |
Biography
Jiro Ishii started his career working on early PC games at Data West. He got a job at Chunsoft in 2000. In 2008, he directed 428: Shibuya Scramble, a live-action visual novel which earned a perfect score from Famitsu magazine, only the ninth game ever to do so. He moved to Level-5 to write and direct Time Travelers in 2012. Finally, he left to go freelance in 2015.[1]
Works
Video games
| Release | Title | System | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Imitation City | PC-88 | Creator |
| 1993 | Night Slashers | Arcade | |
| 1996 | Air Walkers | Arcade | Character Designer |
| 1997 | Little Lovers | PC | |
| 1998 | Little Lovers 2nd. Yui | PC | |
| 1999 | Little Lovers: She So Game | PlayStation | |
| 2002 | Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman | Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows | Game balance |
| 2002 | Banshee's Last Cry | Game Boy Advance | Director (GBA port) |
| 2004 | 3rd grade B group Kinpachi sensei Stand on the legendary platform! | PlayStation 2 | Director |
| 2005 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS | Game planner |
| 2006 | Banshee's Last Cry: Niwango version | mobile phone, web | Producer |
| 2007 | Imabikisō | PlayStation 3 | Producer |
| 2008 | 428: Shibuya Scramble | Nintendo Wii | Director, writer |
| 2009 | Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors | Nintendo DS | Producer |
| 2010 | TRICK × LOGIC | PlayStation Portable | Producer |
| 2012 | Time Travelers | Nintendo 3DS | Director, writer |
| 2013 | Devil Station | mobile phone | Director, world concept |
| 2015 | Monster Strike | Nintendo 3DS | Story project structure |
| 2019 | Sakura Wars | PlayStation 4 | Story structure |
| 2022 | CrimeSight | PC (Steam) | World view setting and supervision |
| 2022 | Zombie of the Dot | iOS, Android | Story planning, drafting and supervising |
| 2028 | Shibuya Scramble Stories | Director |
Anime
| Release | Title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Canaan | Producer |
| 2012 | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life | Episode 7 screenwriter |
| 2015 | Monster Strike | Story, project composition |
| 2016 | BBK/BRNK | Series composition, screenplay |
| 2016 | Under the Dog | Original concept |
