Jiro Ishii
OccupationDirector
Notable work428: Shibuya Scramble

Jiro Ishii (イシイジロウ, Ishii Jirō) is a Japanese video game developer and television and anime producer. He is best known for directing the live-action visual novel 428: Shibuya Scramble, producing the adventure video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and creating the original concept for the anime short Under the Dog which was funded on Kickstarter.

Biography

Jiro Ishii started his career working on early PC games at Data West. He got a job at Chunsoft in 2000. In 2008, he directed 428: Shibuya Scramble, a live-action visual novel which earned a perfect score from Famitsu magazine, only the ninth game ever to do so. He moved to Level-5 to write and direct Time Travelers in 2012. Finally, he left to go freelance in 2015.[1]

Works

Video games

ReleaseTitleSystemRole(s)
1987Imitation CityPC-88Creator
1993Night SlashersArcade
1996 Air Walkers Arcade Character Designer
1997Little LoversPC
1998Little Lovers 2nd. YuiPC
1999Little Lovers: She So GamePlayStation
2002Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren Gaiden: Onna Kenshi Asuka KenzanDreamcastGame balance
2002Kamaitachi no YoruGame Boy AdvanceDirector (GBA port)
20043年B組金八先生 伝説の教壇に立て!PlayStation 2Director
2006Banshee's Last Cry: Niwango versionmobile phone, webProducer
2007ImabikisōPlayStation 3Producer
2008428: Shibuya ScrambleNintendo WiiDirector, writer
2009Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsNintendo DSProducer
2010TRICK × LOGICPlayStation PortableProducer
2012Time TravelersNintendo 3DSDirector, writer
2013Devil Stationmobile phoneDirector, world concept
2015Monster StrikeNintendo 3DSStory project structure
2019Sakura WarsPlayStation 4Story structure
2022CrimeSightPC (Steam)World view setting and supervision
2022Zombie of the DotiOS, AndroidStory planning, drafting and supervising

Anime

ReleaseTitleRole(s)
2009CanaanProducer
2012Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth LifeEpisode 7 screenwriter
2015Monster StrikeStory, project composition
2016BBK/BRNKSeries composition, screenplay
2016Under the DogOriginal concept

Film and television

  • The Arrival of Spring for a Shogi Girl (女流棋士の春, Joryuu kishi no haru) - director[2]
  • Another - production manager

References

  1. "Time Travelers Director And 999 Producer Jiro Ishii Goes Freelance - Siliconera". 1 January 2015.
  2. "女流棋士の春 The Arrival of Spring for A Shogi Girl" via Amazon.


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