Ryo Mizuno
Born July 13, 1963 is a Japanese author and game designer. Mizuno created Record of Lodoss War, Sword World RPG, Legend of Crystania, Rune Soldier, Starship Operators, Record of Grancrest War, and was the general supervisor of Galaxy Angel.
Ryo Mizuno
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- Name
- Ryo Mizuno
- Born
- 13 July 1963
- Known for
- Record of Lodoss War
- Occupation
- Author and game designer
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Ritsumeikan University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born July 13, 1963 is a Japanese author and game designer. Mizuno created Record of Lodoss War, Sword World RPG, Legend of Crystania, Rune Soldier, Starship Operators, Record of Grancrest War, and was the general supervisor of Galaxy Angel.
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Ryo Mizuno (born 1963) is a Japanese writer. The writer was born in Osaka. Ryo Mizuno studied at Ritsumeikan University.
Works include Record of Lodoss War. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name — Ryo Mizuno • Native Name — 水野 良 • Born — 13 July 1963 • Known for — Record of Lodoss War • Occupation — Author and game designer
Novels
Novels
• Record of Lodoss War (7 volumes, 1988–1998) • Rune Soldier (21 volumes, 1993–2007) • Legend of Crystania (4 volumes, 1993–1996) • Legend of Lodoss (5 volumes, 1994–2002) • Record of Lodoss War Next Generation (7 volumes, 1998–2006) • Akuma ga Sasayaku (1995) in the Yōmayakō-series • Starship Operators (6 volumes, 2001–2005) • Galaxy Angel (2 volumes, 2002–2003) • Blade Line: Aeshia Kenseiki (6 volumes, 2009–2012) • Record of Grancrest War (10 volumes, 2013–2018) • Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant (1 volume, 2019)
Pen-&-Paper-role playing
Pen-&-Paper-role playing
• Sword World RPG • Record of Lodoss War Companion • Crystania Companion • Crystania RPG
Other
Other
• Rune Soldier (Manga): Text • Galaxy Angel Parody (Manga): Text • Record of Lodoss War: The Demon of Flame (Manga): Text • Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (TV): Idea • Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit's Tale (Manga): Text • Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis (Manga): Text
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Ryo Mizuno is recorded as writer.
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Life and career
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1963
Ryo Mizuno was born in 1963 at Osaka.
Short story collections
Short story collections
• Record of Lodoss War (2 volumes, 1996/2000) • 7 volumes in the series Sword World Tampen-shū • Legend of Crystania (2 volumes, 1995/1997)
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- “Ryo Mizuno”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q705122: Ryo Mizuno
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- 1.Ledoux, Trish. The complete anime guide: Japanese animation film directory & resource guide. Tiger Mountain Press. 140. April 1997. 978-0-9649542-5-0.
- 2.Lodoss Online Game's Global Rights Licensed by GameOn. Anime News Network. 24 January 2011.
- 3.Camp, Brian. Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Stone Bridge Press. 304. 2007-08-01. 978-1-933330-22-8.
- 4.Agency for Cultural Affairs. Media Arts Database.
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