Jinzô Toriumi

Jinzō Toriumi was a Japanese screenwriter who first began his career during the "revolutionary era" of Japanese animation on Mach GoGoGo, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, and Yatterman. Toriumi was born in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaidō. After trying his hand at live-action at Nikkatsu, he began writing animation scripts at Mushi Productions for Mighty Atom in 1964. He went on to devote himself full-time to television at Tatsunoko Production in 1965.