Masaki Tsuji

Masaki Tsuji (辻 真先) is a Japanese scenario writer of TV series (including many anime works) and films as well as mystery fiction novels. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on many popular anime TV series for Mushi Production, Toei Animation, and Tokyo Movie Shinsha.

Among the many popular series and films on which Tsuji worked as a scenarist include the anime adaptations of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, and Unico, Go Nagai's Devilman, Cutie Honey, and Dororon Enma-kun, and Yumiko Ōshima's The Star of Cottonland.

Other popular anime series which credit Masaki Tsuji as a scenario writer include Kyojin no Hoshi, The Adventures of Pepero, Attack No. 1, Dr. Slump, Honey Honey, Majokko Megu-chan, Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, Captain Future, Triton of the Sea, Gegege no Kitaro, Ikkyu-san, Himitsu no Akko-chan, Sally, the Witch, and Urusei Yatsura.

On September 24, 2008, Tsuji won a Special Award in the 13th Animation Kobe for his writing work.