Makoto Fukami


Makoto Fukami is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, and screenwriter. He started writing manga in 1999 and since has had multiple of his series adapted into other media. In addition to manga, he also did screenwriting for Psycho-Pass and its first film Psycho-Pass: The Movie in 2012 and 2015 respectively, both of which have been well received.

Biography

Makoto Fukami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on August 5, 1977. In 1999, Fukami created the manga Wild Diamond, which won the for manga in that year. In 2005, he launched his first major novel series, Young Gun Carnaval. In 2012, he started working as a screenwriter for various anime series with Psycho-Pass.
In 2013, the manga series The Torture Club received a live action film adaptation. Later that year, in the Newtype anime awards, Psycho-Pass was voted as fourth best title of the year. In 2014, the series was nominated for the Seiun Award. In 2015, Ōsama-tachi no Viking was nominated for the Manga Taishō. Later that year, Psycho-Pass: The Movie won the award for best film at the Newtype anime awards. For the movie, Fukami wanted the action scenes to be depicted as appealingly as possible. Fellow co-writer Gen Urobuchi praised Fukami's work in the movie as it helped to balance the script he originally wrote as well as give the casting enjoyable interactions. In 2019, Fukami once again worked in the franchise with Psycho-Pass 3. Lead writer Tow Ubukata wanted the two main characters to be written solely by Fukami. Fukami was surprised with the ongoing dynamic between Shiotani and Ubukata as despite the new story sharing a new cast, the series still felt like Psycho-Pass.
Psycho-Pass: The Movie was also nominated for the Seiun Award for best media and the Sugoi Japan Award for best animation. In 2019, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka received an anime television series adaptation.

Works

Manga

The Torture Club Ōsama-tachi no Viking Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Deep Insanity: Nirvana
  • ''Takuaka!''

Novels

Young Gun Carnaval Psycho-Pass Psycho-Pass: The Movie

Screenwriter

TV series

Psycho-Pass School-Live! YuruYuri Nachuyachumi! + Yuruyuri San Hai! Berserk Revisions Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Psycho-Pass 3 Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall Heavenly Delusion 'Kinnikuman Kanpeki Chо̄jin Shiso-hen'''''

ONAs

'Blade of the Immortal -Immortal-'''''

Films

Psycho-Pass: The Movie Resident Evil: Vendetta Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System