Yūichi Sasamoto

{{short description|Japanese science fiction writer (born 1963)}}

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笹本 祐一

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{{nihongo|Yūichi Sasamoto|笹本 祐一|Sasamoto Yūichi|born February 18, 1963}} is a Japanese science fiction writer who won Seiun Awards for Hoshi no Pilot 2: Suiseikari, Ariel[http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0509.htm SFSite] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205072946/http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0509.htm |date=February 5, 2010 }}[http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/list.html List of Seiun winners (Japanese)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013043459/http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/list.html |date=October 13, 2010 }} and also for three non-fiction volumes, Passport to the Universe.[http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0408.htm SFSite] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205072514/http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0408.htm |date=February 5, 2010 }}[http://www.nippon2007.us/seiun.php Worldcon Japan] He also co-wrote the film Venus Wars with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. His work Miniskirt Pirates was adapted into an anime television series in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-13/satelight-moretsu-pirates-anime-delayed-until-2012 |title=Satelight's Mōretsu Pirates Anime Delayed Until 2012 |date=2011-08-13 |access-date= 2011-10-18|work=Anime News Network}}