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name: "Gen Urobuchi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gen-urobuchi"
fi1m_id: "gen-urobuchi"
imdb_id: "nm3256781"
tmdb_id: 1254559
wikidata_id: "Q50038"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 December 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T21:13:30.038240+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gen Urobuchi

## Identity

Gen Urobuchi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gen-urobuchi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gen-urobuchi
- **IMDb ID:** nm3256781
- **TMDB ID:** 1254559
- **Wikidata ID:** Q50038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3256781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254559

Writer. Born 20 December 1972 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 December 1972, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2017–2018
- **Also known as:** Magica Quartet, گن اوروبوچی
- **Frequently works with:** [Hiroyuki Seshita](https://film.one/person/hiroyuki-seshita.md), [Kōbun Shizuno](https://film.one/person/kobun-shizuno.md), [Mamoru Miyano](https://film.one/person/mamoru-miyano.md), [Takahiro Sakurai](https://film.one/person/takahiro-sakurai.md), [Takashi Yoshizawa](https://film.one/person/takashi-yoshizawa.md), [Tomokazu Sugita](https://film.one/person/tomokazu-sugita.md), [Yuki Kaji](https://film.one/person/yuki-kaji.md), [Kana Hanazawa](https://film.one/person/kana-hanazawa.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3256781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254559

## Coming up

- *Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart* (2026-11-13), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Godzilla: The Planet Eater*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md) (58), [*Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md) (55)

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## Biography

Gen Urobuchi is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He was born on 20 December 1972 in Tokyo and graduated from Wako University with a degree in history. He began his career writing visual novels at Nitroplus, debuting with *Phantom of Inferno* (2000).

Urobuchi is best known for his work on *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* (2011), for which he received the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter, as well as *Fate/Zero* (2011), *Psycho-Pass* (2012) and the *Godzilla* anime film trilogy comprising *Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters* (2017), *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018) and *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018). He has also written for tokusatsu series such as *Kamen Rider Gaim* (2013–2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikizilla.org, jfdb.jp.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Fi1m 55, Original Story, Screenplay, Series Composition — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Fi1m 58, Series Composition, Original Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart* (2026), Screenplay
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-* (2026), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht: Rising* (2026), Screenplay
- *Aldnoah.Zero (Re+)* (2025), Original Story, Screenplay
- *Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Final Chapter* (2025), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Psycho-Pass: Providence* (2023), Original Story
- *Revenger* (2023), series, Original Story, Series Composition, Writer, Screenplay
- *RWBY: Ice Queendom* (2022), series, Original Concept
- *Bubble* (2022), Screenplay
- *Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector* (2020), Original Story
- *Obsolete* (2019), series, Original Concept, Series Composition, Writer
- *Thunderbolt Fantasy: Bewitching Melody of the West* (2019), Original Story, Director, Writer
- *Kamen Rider Zangetsu the Stage -Gaim Gaiden-* (2019), Stage Director
- *Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.3 On the Other Side of Love and Hate* (2019), Original Story
- *Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian* (2019), Original Story
- *Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment* (2019), Original Story
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Screenplay, Series Composition, Original Story — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)
- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Screenplay, Series Composition, Original Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death* (2017), Original Story, Director, Writer
- *Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters* (2017), as Series Composition · Original Story, Screenplay
- *Thunderbolt Fantasy* (2016), series, Writer, Creator
- *Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: Concept Movie* (2015), Original Story, Screenplay
- *Concrete Revolutio* (2015), series, Writer
- *Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Sen'eki* (2015), series, Original Story
- *Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation* (2015), series, as Series Composition · Original Story
- *Kamen Rider Gaim: Final Stage* (2015), Writer
- *PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie* (2015), Original Story, Screenplay
- *Expelled from Paradise* (2014), Screenplay, Original Story
- *PSYCHO-PASS: Extended Edition* (2014), series, Creator
- *Aldnoah.Zero* (2014), series, Original Series Creator, Writer, Original Story
- *Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!* (2014), Script Consultant
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion* (2013), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Kamen Rider Gaim* (2013), series, as Series Composition · Screenplay
- *Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet* (2013), series, Screenplay, Series Composition, Original Story, Writer
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal* (2012), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Psycho-Pass* (2012), series, Writer
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings* (2012), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Fate/Zero* (2011), series, Novel, Creator
- *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* (2011), series, Writer, Series Composition, Screenplay, Original Story
- *Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom* (2009), series, Original Story, Writer
- *Blassreiter* (2008), series, as Series Composition · Writer
- *Phantom: The Animation* (2004), Original Story
- *The Song of Saya* (2003), series, Creator
- *Kamen Rider* (1971), series, Writer, Series Composition
- *Saya*, Original Story
- *Eisen Flügel*, Novel
- *Ghost of Tsushima Legends*, series, as Series Composition

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