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Gen Urobuchi
Gen Urobuchi(Japanese:虚淵 玄,Hepburn:Urobuchi Gen, born December 20, 1972)is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is best known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime seriesMadoka Magica, which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter. Some other of his popular works include the 2003 visual novelSaya no Uta, the 2012 animePsycho-Pass, the light novel and animeFate/Zero, and the 2013–2014 tokusatsu showKamen Rider Gaim. He currently works at Nitroplus and Nitro+chiral.
Nicknamed Urobutcher by his fans, Urobuchi's works often contain dark and nihilistic themes, tragic plot twists, and heavy usage of gore. Anime written by Urobuchi that have won the Newtype Anime Award have beenPuella Magi Madoka Magicain 2011,Fate/Zeroin 2012 andPsycho-Pass: The Moviein 2015.