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Masaki Tsuji

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Tsuji Masaki

別名: 牧 薩次 / 桂 真佐喜
ペンネーム: Maki SatsujiAn anagram pen name used for some published works, Katsura MasakiAlternate pen name used on some works

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1932-03-23 (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
screenwriter, mystery novelist, manga original writer, critic, essayist, professor emeritus
活動期間
1954年〜
所属
Digital Hollywood University (Professor Emeritus), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (honorary member), Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (former chairman)
所属団体
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (honorary member), Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (former chairman), Mystery Writers of Japan (associated)
影響を受けた人物
Edogawa Rampo, Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai

学歴

Nagoya University
Faculty of Letters
卒業年: 1954
国: Japan
Graduation year inferred from career timeline; sources vary

受賞歴

Animage Anime Grand Prix (screenplay)
1979
部門: 脚本部門
主催: Animage (Tokuma Shoten)
結果: 第1位
Animage Anime Grand Prix (screenplay)
1980
部門: 脚本部門
主催: Animage (Tokuma Shoten)
結果: 第1位
Animage Anime Grand Prix (screenplay)
1981
部門: 脚本部門
主催: Animage (Tokuma Shoten)
結果: 第1位
Animage Anime Grand Prix (screenplay)
1982
部門: 脚本部門
主催: Animage (Tokuma Shoten)
結果: 第1位
Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (long novel)
1981
対象作品: Murder in Alice's Country
部門: 長編
主催: Mystery Writers of Japan
結果: 受賞
Hasegawa Shin Award
2004
主催: Hasegawa Shin Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Chunichi Cultural Award
2008
主催: Chunichi Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Animation Kobe Award (Special Award)
2008
部門: 特別賞
主催: Animation Kobe Executive Committee
結果: 受賞
Japan Media Arts Festival Achievement Award
2008
部門: 功労賞
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award (novel)
2009
対象作品: Perfect Love
部門: 小説部門
主催: Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
結果: 受賞
Japan Mystery Literature Award
2019
主催: Japan Mystery Literature Award Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Murder in Alice's Country

1981年 mystery novel

An experimental long-form mystery incorporating visual effects into the book's structure; an all‑star style intersecting characters from multiple series.

detective fictionmetafictionall‑star crossover

Perfect Love

2008年 mystery novel

Published under the pen name Maki Satsuji; a honkaku mystery focused on human relationships and crime.

lovelocked‑room / classic puzzle

It's Just a Murder? Detective Fiction of 1949 (Showa 24)

2020年 mystery (historical)

A detective novel set in the early postwar period; a late‑career work that received high rankings in mystery lists.

Showa era historymysteryperiod detail

Collected: Youth Murder Cases

1990年 juvenile / mystery

A collected volume of the early youth 'trilogy'; notable for experimental devices such as meta declarations about the culprit.

youthmeta‑mystery

全著作

  • Murder in Alice's Country
  • Perfect Love
  • Collected: Youth Murder Cases
  • The Great Deductions of Lupin the Lost Dog
  • It's Just a Murder? Detective Fiction of 1949 (Showa 24)

翻案

  • Honeymoon Murder Case (TV drama adaptation)
  • Lost Dog Lupin (TV special / drama adaptations)

作風・主題

文体
humorous mysteryclassic puzzle‑mystery structuretravel mysterymetafictional techniques
頻出モチーフ
travel and trainsgatherings of detectives (common venues like snack bars)Showa‑era life depictionparody and tribute

健康

  • neuralgia
    2016-現在
    Neuralgia has limited some outings and long stays in places like manga cafés, but reading and writing activities have continued.

評価・遺産

Renowned both as a screenwriter for anime and tokusatsu and as a prolific mystery novelist across many subgenres. Known for rapid drafting, metafictional experiments, and a string of major awards; even late‑career works received critical recognition.

関連学会

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
  • Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library

大衆文化への影響

  • Significant influence in the anime industry as a screenwriter; credited on numerous series

引用

  • If you have 15 minutes, a person can do many things.
    出典: Interview (recounting an anecdote from his NHK years) (2014年)

豆知識

  • Famous for rapid writing; once reportedly wrote a full episode script during a meeting at a café.
  • The pen name 'Maki Satsuji' is an anagram of his name.
  • In 2017 he worked as a seller at Comiket.