is a Japanese screenwriter and musician. Having begun scriptwriting at a young age and writing scripts for various companies, Satō later focused his attention on writing for anime series. The first major series he worked on was the groundbreaking 1998 Sunrise series Cowboy Bebop, after which he worked on other well-known series, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Wolf's Rain. In 2005, Satō was the chief writer of Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, for which he received an award for best screenplay at the Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2006. In 2006 and 2007, Satō worked on the Sunrise OVA series Freedom Project (which featured director Katsuhiro Otomo). Satō also created his own consultant company, Frognation, with two of his acquaintances, which incorporated he and his friend Kengo Watanabe's own electronic music label Frogman Records. In 2007, after leaving Frognation, Satō established his own company Storyriders. Major works Anime television series Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999): script, stage setting cooperation "Jamming with Edward" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Brain Scratch" Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003): script "C: The Man Who Dwells in the Shadows of the Net – CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!" "SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise – JUNGLE CRUISE" "C: Vanished Medication – RE-VIEW" "C: Left-Behind Trace – ERASER" "C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again – STAND ALONE COMPLEX" Wolf's Rain (2003): script "The Flower Maiden" "Misgivings" "Vanishing Point" "The Fallen Keep" "Battle's Red Glare" "Heartbeat of the Black City" "Moonlight Crucible" Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004): script "DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – CASH EYE" "IN: Those Who Have the Motive – INDUCTANCE" "DI: Vegetarian Dinner – FAKE FOOD" "DU: The Hope Named Despair – AMBIVALENCE" "DU: Abandoned City – REVERSAL PROCESS" Samurai Champloo (2004): script "Artistic Anarchy" "The Art of Altercation" "Beatbox Bandits" "War of the Words" "Cosmic Collisions" Kenran Butohsai (2004): script "Bizarre! The Ghost Ship Drift Zone" "Enter! Hakubutsu Ship, Eichi's Castle!" "Good-bye My Friend! A Man's Dream Lasts Forever" "The Dawn of Mars! Mars Daybreak" Eureka Seven (2005–2006): series composition, script "Blue Monday" "Blue Sky Fish" "Motion Blue" "Watermelon" "Paper Moon Shine" "Acperience 1" "Memory Band" "Crackpot" "Helter Skelter" "Pacific State" "Date of Birth" "Shout to the Top!" "Wish Upon a Star" Ergo Proxy (2006–2007): chief writer, screenplay "Pulse of Awakening/Awakening" "Confession of a Fellow Citizen/Confession" "Leap into the Void/Mazecity" "Signs of Future, Hades of