Masaki Kajishima

{{short description|Japanese animator and storyboard artist (born 1962)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2023}} '''Masaki Kajishima''' (梶島正樹 ''Kajishima Masaki'', born March 16, 1962) is a Japanese [[animator]] and storyboard artist who works for [[Anime International Company|AIC]] in a freelance capacity. He is best known as the creator of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' and ''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]''. The main character of ''Tenchi Muyo!'', [[List of Tenchi Muyo! characters#Tenchi Masaki|Tenchi Masaki]], was named after Kajishima (although the "Masaki" in Tenchi's name is the character's [[surname]] and is written with different [[kanji]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rolfotto.com/101_FACTS/TENCHI_101_FACTS.html#101_Tenchi_Muyo_facts_BY_Yousuke_Kuroda|title=101 Tenchi Muyo Facts|website=Rolfotto.com|access-date=2020-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905054134/http://www.rolfotto.com/101_FACTS/TENCHI_101_FACTS.html#101_Tenchi_Muyo_facts_BY_Yousuke_Kuroda|archive-date=2007-09-05}} by [[Yōsuke Kuroda]] and Masaki Kajishima</ref>

Kajishima was born in Japan in [[Okayama Prefecture]]. He was educated at the Osaka Design College.

In addition to his anime works, he has written and published a collection of several dōjinshi dubbed ''Kajishima Onsen'', comics, and stories. He is also the author of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' novels.

==Works== ===Anime=== *''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'' (OVA, 1992–present) *''[[Photon: The Idiot Adventures]]'' (OVA, 1997–1999) *''Spaceship Agga Ruter'' (OVA, 1998–1999) *''Masquerade'' (OVA, 1998–1999, 2000–2001) *''[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' (TV/OVA, 1999) *''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' (TV, 2002) *''[[Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar]]'' (OVA, 2009–2010)

===Novels=== *''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' (2003–ongoing, 16 volumes) *''Paradise War'' (2013–2014, 3 volumes)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{anime News Network|person|514}}

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