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.