[Obituary] Keiko Nobumoto, the scriptwriter of 'Cowboy Bebop,' 'Macross Plus,' and 'Hakusen nagashi,' died.

It turns out that Keiko Nobumoto, a scriptwriter who worked on the anime 'Cowboy Bebop', 'Macross Plus', 'WOLF'S RAIN', and the drama 'Hakusen nagashi', died on December 1, 2021 due to esophageal cancer. I did.



Nobumoto was born on March 13, 1964 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.

After receiving the 3rd Fuji Television Young Scenario Award for 'Blue Vaccine in Heart' in 1989, he started his activities as a scenario writer.

In the drama, actress Yasuko Matsuyuki's first starring work, Tsuyoshi Takashiro's 'Banana Chips Love' (1991), and Tomoya Nagase's starring 'Hakusen nagashi' (1996) depicting the youth of seven men and women. In charge of (jointly with Hiroki Harada).

In the anime, he worked on OVA 'Macross Plus' (1994, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe), 'Cowboy Bebop' (1998, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe), and 'WOLF'S RAIN' (2003, directed by Tensai Okamura).

Especially known as a representative work is 'Cowboy Bebop', which will be broadcast on TV Tokyo series from April 1998 only 13 out of 26 episodes due to space limitations, and from October of the same year. All 26 episodes were broadcast in the WOWOW non-scramble frame. It is a sci-fi action that depicts the days of bounty hunters who have crossed the universe again, and has received high praise both at home and abroad for its swanky music, good taste, and coolness to decide where to decide.