Shouji Gatou

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/i/user/162305754 Websitehttp://gatoh.com/ Noted as the creator of the Full Metal Panichttps://anilist.co/manga/40892/ franchise. Gatou first met Kouichi Chigirahttps://anilist.co/staff/106134/ the director of Full Metal Panics first season by accident when he bumped into him in Shinjuku when he was late for work. The two were surprised to later meet each other at Gonzohttps://anilist.co/studio/3/s offices. He has also worked as a scriptwriter on a handful of Kyoto Animationhttps://anilist.co/studio/2/s shows after their involvement in adapting Full Metal Panic most notably working as the lead writer on Hyoukahttps://anilist.co/anime/12189/. He also supervised the studios production of Amagi Brilliant Parkhttps://anilist.co/anime/20602/ which was adapted from another light novel of his. In 2019 Gatou posted controversial remarks to his Twitter about teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg but later removed the tweet in response to public backlash and apologized for writing it.