Background
Toriumi was born in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaidō.
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Jinzo Toriumi
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Career
After trying his hand at live-action at Nikkatsu, he began writing animation scripts at Mushi Productions for Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) in 1964. He went on to devote himself full-time to television at Tatsunoko Production in 1965. He contributed to Casshern, Tekkaman and Time Bokan.
He later began writing for such Sunrise works as Armored Trooper VOTOMS, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors), Mister Ajikko.
He also wrote the novel versions of Gatchaman, Shin Heiyōden and Dororo, as well as the Anime Scenario Nyūmon (The Introduction to Anime Scriptwriting). He used the Anime Scenario Nyūmon book when he became a vocational school teacher for future generations of scriptwriters.
He also chaired Ohtori Koubou, a support organization for scriptwriters. On January 17, 2008, he succumbed to liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital, aged 78.
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January 17, 2008 (aged 78)