Hirokatsu Kihara

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kiharahirokatsu After graduating from Osaka University of Arts he joined studio Top Crafthttps://anilist.co/studio/363/ in 1983 and remained in the company when it became Studio Ghiblihttps://anilist.co/studio/21/. He took part in creation of Laputahttps://anilist.co/anime/513/ My Neighbor Totorohttps://anilist.co/anime/523/ and Kikis Delivery Servicehttps://anilist.co/anime/512/. In 1990 he left the studio and published his first and most famous ghost stories anthology Tales of Terror. The anthology became a bestseller and spawned a series of films and other franchise products. Since then Kihara has written other popular series of books featuring ghost stories. He is often considered to be the pioneer of modern Japanese horror and one of the people responsible for the Jhorror boom in Japan and abroad. Source: AniDB