Kenji Terada -
Anime
Convention Personality of the Week - May 27, 2007
Few
people have been involved in the Robotech world as long as writer Kenji
Terada. Of the three animated series that were merged to create
Robotech, Terada wrote two of them - Super Dimension Cavalry Southern
Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada. Two decades later, when the
American company Harmony Gold was trying to complete a new Robotech
epic, the Shadow Chronicles, they turned to Terada to help complete the
first American episode in the Robotech series. "It's heartwarming to
know that something from back then is still being consumed and
enjoyed," Terada said about the enduring appeal of Robotech when he
appeared at Anime Boston. But Robotech isn't the only endearing series
for which Terada wrote the screenplay. In the early days of U.S. anime
fandom's growth in the late 1980's and early 1990's, two series that
attracted English-speaking fans were Dirty Pair and Kimagure Orange
Road. The series had different premises, with Dirty Pair being an
action series and Orange Road a romantic comedy with an ESP twist.
Terada wrote both of them, along with 1990's fan favorite Ushio and
Tora. And to emphasize his versatility, Terada also was one of the lead
writers of the first group of Final Fantasy games.
Few
people have been involved in the Robotech world as long as writer Kenji
Terada. Of the three animated series that were merged to create
Robotech, Terada wrote two of them - Super Dimension Cavalry Southern
Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada. Two decades later, when the
American company Harmony Gold was trying to complete a new Robotech
epic, the Shadow Chronicles, they turned to Terada to help complete the
first American episode in the Robotech series. "It's heartwarming to
know that something from back then is still being consumed and
enjoyed," Terada said about the enduring appeal of Robotech when he
appeared at Anime Boston. But Robotech isn't the only endearing series
for which Terada wrote the screenplay. In the early days of U.S. anime
fandom's growth in the late 1980's and early 1990's, two series that
attracted English-speaking fans were Dirty Pair and Kimagure Orange
Road. The series had different premises, with Dirty Pair being an
action series and Orange Road a romantic comedy with an ESP twist.
Terada wrote both of them, along with 1990's fan favorite Ushio and
Tora. And to emphasize his versatility, Terada also was one of the lead
writers of the first group of Final Fantasy games.