History Creator / GenUrobuchi

* FateWorseThanDeath: Despite his infamy of being the "Urobutcher", killing off his characters isn't the ''worst'' he can do to his characters. He's also known to have his characters being raped, brutally tortured, or chronically turning his characters into literal monsters. In fact, he let some of his characters live, but have them go through emotional and mental suffering either seeing some of their loved ones killed off (''Anime/MadokaMagica''), having their ideal dreams destroyed and/or exposed (''LightNovel/FateZero''), or all three (''Series/KamenRiderGaim'').

* {{Deconstruction}}: Seems to be a specialty of his, be it deconstructing love (''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''), heroism (''LightNovel/FateZero''), power (''Series/KamenRiderGaim''), Japanese culture (''Anime/PsychoPass''), or selflessness (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''). In the case of the ''[[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters Godzilla]]'' [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters anime trilogy]]...''all of them?''

* FateWorseThanDeath: Despite his infamy of being the "Urobutcher", killing off his characters isn't the ''worst'' he can do to his characters. He's also known to have his characters being raped, brutally tortured, or put through chronically turning the characters into literal monsters. In fact, he let some of his characters live, but have them go through emotional and mental suffering either seeing some of their loved ones killed off (''Anime/MadokaMagica''), having their ideal dreams destroyed and/or exposed (''LightNovel/FateZero''), or all three (''Series/KamenRiderGaim'').

Compare with Creator/MohiroKitoh, Creator/LynnOkamoto, Creator/KentaroMiura, Creator/TaroYoko, Creator/YasukoKobayashi, [[Franchise/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]], Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/AlanMoore, [[LightNovel/BlackBullet Shiden Kanzaki]], and [[LightNovel/ReZero Tappei Nagatsuki]] for similar authors.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Despite his infamy of being the "Urobutcher", killing off his characters isn't the ''worst'' he can do to his characters. He's also known to have his characters being raped, brutally tortured, or put through chronically turning the characters into literal monsters. In fact, he let some of his characters live, but have them go through emotional and mental suffering either seeing some of their loved ones killed off (''Anime/MadokaMagica''), having their ideal dreams destroyed, exposed (''LightNovel/FateZero''), or both (''Series/KamenRiderGaim'').

* {{Deconstruction}}: Seems to be a specialty of his, be it deconstructing love (''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''), heroism (''LightNovel/FateZero''), power (''Series/KamenRiderGaim''), Japanese culture (''Anime/PsychoPass''), or selflessness (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''), in the case of the ''Godzilla'' anime trilogy, ''all three''?
* DeconReconSwitch: In spite of the above, good tends to prevail and outright DownerEnding is generally avoided in his works. It's just that BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil tends to be very much in effect and the price of victory keeps the characters and the viewers alike wondering whether it was worth it.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Despite his infamy of being the "Urobutcher", killing off his characters isn't the ''worst'' he can do to his characters. He's also known to have his characters getting raped, being brutally tortured, or chronically turning the characters into monsters literally. In fact, he let some of his characters live, but have them go through emotional and mental suffering either seeing some of their loved ones killed off (''Anime/MadokaMagica''), having their ideal dreams destroyed or exposed (''LightNovel/FateZero''), or both (''Series/KamenRiderGaim'').
* ForHappiness[=/=]TotalitarianUtilitarian[=/=]TheNeedsOfTheMany: Many of his works focus on, and brutally deconstruct, utilitarian and consequentialist ethical philosophy (see ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', and ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'').

** He somehow managed to one-up ''Creator/HideakiAnno'' in making the ''Godzilla'' anime trilogy darker than Anno's own ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' in this department. How often do you see a ''Godzilla'' film where [[spoiler: the protagonist's LoveInterest die ''horribly'' due to assimilation]]?

** ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetEater'' (scriptwriter)

* {{Deconstruction}}: Seems to be a specialty of his, be it deconstructing love (''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''), heroism (''LightNovel/FateZero''), power (''Series/KamenRiderGaim''), Japanese culture (''Anime/PsychoPass''), or selflessness (''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'').

Compare with Creator/MohiroKitoh, Creator/LynnOkamoto, Creator/TaroYoko, Creator/YasukoKobayashi, [[Franchise/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]], Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/AlanMoore, [[LightNovel/BlackBullet Shiden Kanzaki]], and [[LightNovel/ReZero Tappei Nagatsuki]] for similar authors.

** Also subverted in ''Kamen Rider Gaim'', [[spoiler:as Kouta suffers multiple breakings but has always managed to bounce back.]] [[spoiler:On the other hand, his best friend, Micchy, was broken completely before the midway point and pulled a FaceHeelTurn.]]

Gen Urobuchi (born December 20, 1972) is a prolific Japanese author in the VisualNovel industry who currently works under {Creator/Nitroplus}}. He is (in)famous for creating dark, tragic settings and plot twists in his stories, in part [[FreudianExcuse due to]] [[CreatorBreakdown nearly dying in an epidemic]] [[HarmfulToMinors when he was younger]]. (Indeed, as he put it in [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Shinjidai_no_Mixture_Magazine_BLACK_PAST this interview]], the experience gave him "eyesight of the dead".) The work which gave him this fame was ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', an Creator/HPLovecraft-inspired VisualNovel released under Nitro+. As a result, he has been given the nickname "[[FanNickname Uro]][[TheButcher butcher]]" by several circles on the internet. That said, he may be trying to break out of this mold; [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-25/madoka-magica-urobuchi-writes-kamen-rider-gaimu one of his latest projects was]] [[Series/KamenRiderGaim a tokusatsu series.]][[note]](Though he ''had'' stated that said series would be DarkerAndEdgier than the more recent entries in [[Franchise/KamenRider the franchise]]. And it was.)[[/note]] His latest project, ''[[Series/ThunderboltFantasy Thunderbolt Fantasy]]'', is [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-05/gen-urobuchi-good-smile-company-launch-thunderbolt-fantasy-puppet-tv-series/.98364 a puppet TV Series]]

Gen Urobuchi (born December 20, 1972) is a prolific Japanese author in the VisualNovel industry who currently works under {{Nitroplus}}. He is (in)famous for creating dark, tragic settings and plot twists in his stories, in part [[FreudianExcuse due to]] [[CreatorBreakdown nearly dying in an epidemic]] [[HarmfulToMinors when he was younger]]. (Indeed, as he put it in [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Shinjidai_no_Mixture_Magazine_BLACK_PAST this interview]], the experience gave him "eyesight of the dead".) The work which gave him this fame was ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', an Creator/HPLovecraft-inspired VisualNovel released under {{Nitroplus}}. As a result, he has been given the nickname "[[FanNickname Uro]][[TheButcher butcher]]" by several circles on the internet. That said, he may be trying to break out of this mold; [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-25/madoka-magica-urobuchi-writes-kamen-rider-gaimu one of his latest projects was]] [[Series/KamenRiderGaim a tokusatsu series.]][[note]](Though he ''had'' stated that said series would be DarkerAndEdgier than the more recent entries in [[Franchise/KamenRider the franchise]]. And it was.)[[/note]] His latest project, ''[[Series/ThunderboltFantasy Thunderbolt Fantasy]]'', is [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-05/gen-urobuchi-good-smile-company-launch-thunderbolt-fantasy-puppet-tv-series/.98364 a puppet TV Series]]

Compare with MohiroKitoh, Creator/LynnOkamoto, Creator/TaroYoko, Creator/YasukoKobayashi, [[Franchise/TheWalkingDead Robert Kirkman]], Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/AlanMoore, [[LightNovel/BlackBullet Shiden Kanzaki]], and [[LightNovel/ReZero Tappei Nagatsuki]] for similar authors.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: His works are usually heavily favorable towards the enlightenment side thanks to utilitarianism as a common theme in his works. However, said utilitarianism are usually deconstructed from the enlightenment perspective, noting how many utilitarians who try to create a better world for the many end up with their plans either backfiring or benefiting no one but themselves. Some of his works have antagonists from both sides of the spectrum, although most of his protagonists are usually from the enlightenment side. [[labelnote:spoilers]][[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] serves as a mediator for both sides. She wanted to end the everyone's suffering, but at the same time, [[AllLovingHero she loves everyone deeply]] and used her PowerOfLove to ascend herself into a goddess. [[/labelnote]]

* ShoutOut : ''Django'' is filled with tons of Shout-outs and homages to SpaghettiWestern works. To give you an idea, the female protagonist's [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed name]] is Franco il Nero[[note]]a ShoutOut to actor [[Film/{{Django}} Franco Nero]], obviously[[/note]] (黒のフランコ), and that's just the beginning.
* SpaghettiWestern: Django, which is also a SpaceWestern

* YuriFan: Seems a certainty with LesYay in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and ''Anime/FateZero'' and outright lesbians in ''Anime/PsychoPass'' and ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet''.

** ''Kamen Rider Gaim'' continues this, [[spoiler:as the most blatant anti-idealist speeches are given by either Sid (who's a HateSink) or Mitsuzane (who's become quite insane by the time he does so); and our hero Kota eventually more-or-less declares that his enemy is ''cynicism itself''.]]

* ''Anime/Godzilla2017'' (scriptwriter)

A prolific Japanese author in the VisualNovel industry who currently works under {{Nitroplus}}. He is (in)famous for creating dark, tragic settings and plot twists in his stories, in part [[FreudianExcuse due to]] [[CreatorBreakdown nearly dying in an epidemic]] [[HarmfulToMinors when he was younger]]. (Indeed, as he put it in [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Shinjidai_no_Mixture_Magazine_BLACK_PAST this interview]], the experience gave him "eyesight of the dead".) The work which gave him this fame was ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', an Creator/HPLovecraft-inspired VisualNovel released under {{Nitroplus}}. As a result, he has been given the nickname "[[FanNickname Uro]][[TheButcher butcher]]" by several circles on the internet. That said, he may be trying to break out of this mold; [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-25/madoka-magica-urobuchi-writes-kamen-rider-gaimu one of his latest projects was]] [[Series/KamenRiderGaim a tokusatsu series.]][[note]](Though he ''had'' stated that said series would be DarkerAndEdgier than the more recent entries in [[Franchise/KamenRider the franchise]]. And it was.)[[/note]] His latest project, ''[[Series/ThunderboltFantasy Thunderbolt Fantasy]]'', is [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-05/gen-urobuchi-good-smile-company-launch-thunderbolt-fantasy-puppet-tv-series/.98364 a puppet TV Series]]

Compare with MohiroKitoh, Creator/LynnOkamoto, YasukoKobayashi, Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/AlanMoore, [[LightNovel/BlackBullet Shiden Kanzaki]], and [[LightNovel/ReZero Tappei Nagatsuki]] for similar authors.

* ShoutOut : Django is filled with tons of Shout-out to SpaghettiWestern works. To give you an idea, the female protagonist's [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed name]] is Franco il Nero[[note]]a ShoutOut to SpaghettiWestern actor Franco Nero, obviously[[/note]] (黒のフランコ), and that's just the beginning.

* ShoutOut : Django is filled with tons of Shout-out to SpaghettiWestern works

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/90264548a7431f26965baba3fb0f18dd/tumblr_mowxntnr061rmwgqyo1_500.jpg The incarnate]] of this trope done right. If you're not sure how to darken the tone of your story without succumbing to DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, hire Gen Urobuchi. Under his purview, the darkness levels are practically guaranteed to get ratcheted up several notches. His friend Nasu jokes that he actually is a RealityWarper.

Compare with MohiroKitoh, Creator/LynnOkamoto, YasukoKobayashi, Creator/ChuckPalahniuk, Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/AlanMoore, [[LightNovel/BlackBullet Shiden Kanzaki]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toby Fox]], and [[LightNovel/ReZero Tappei Nagatsuki]] for similar authors.

* StrawNihilist: In his earlier works.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Is taking up the KillEmAll mantle left behind by YoshiyukiTomino, who has since gotten better in his homicidal tendencies.