Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who was an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as
Cyborg 009, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (which would go on to become part of the
Super Sentai series), and
Kamen Rider. He won the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award twice, in 1968 for
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for
Hotel and
Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon. He passed away in 1998.
Toshiki Inoue is a Japanese screenwriter known for his work on anime and tokusatsu. He has written for many entries in the
Kamen Rider series, including the
Kamen Rider Kuuga manga adaptation.
Hitotsu Yokoshima is a Japanese manga artist, known mostly for his adaptation of H.G. Well's
The War of the Worlds with manga writer Daisuke Ihara and the manga adaptation of
Kamen Rider Kuuga with Toshiki Inoue.