Shuichi Hirokawa
| Hirokawa Shuichi | |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | February 8, 1955 |
| Date of death: | August 20, 2012[1] |
| Place of death: | Nerima, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan |
| Position: | Organizer Storyboard |
| Years active: | 1972-2012 |
| Aliases: | 広川和之 中村亮之介 |
| Website: | Twitter Account |
Shuichi Hirokawa (廣川 集一 Hirokawa Shuichi, February 8, 1955 – August 20, 2012) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime.
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Biography
Shuichi Hirokawa debuted as production advancement in 1972 by virtue of the animation work Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ). Under the pseudonym Kazuyuki Hirokawa (広川 和之 Hirokawa Kazuyuki), he directed Lensman (レンズマン).
On August 20, 2012, Hirokawa was found deceased on the street in Nerima of Tokyo[1]. Before he passed away at 57 years old, he was yet responsible for serving as storyboard artist and episode director for the 45th episode of anime Inazuma Eleven GO (イナズマイレブンGO), thus have become his posthumous. According to his Twitter and Facebook posts during lifetime, he was a rather kind-hearted person; hence, when the news of his death was announced on Twitter, staff who knew him such as Sato Chiharu (佐藤 千春), along with the fans of his directed movie Space Warrior Baldios (宇宙戦士バルディオス), expressed their condolences for his sudden passing.
Works in Detective Conan
Anime
Participation in: 1 case (1 episode)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 285 | 307 | Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 2) | July 8, 2002 | Organizer, Storyboard |
Other notable works
Anime
- Beet the Vandel Buster: Storyboard, Episode director
- Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Storyboard, Episode director
- The New Adventures of Maya the Honeybee: Storyboard, Episode director
- Fighting General Daimos: Storyboard, Episode director
- Shin Tetsujin 28 (1980): Storyboard, Episode director
- Lupin III: Part III: Storyboard
References
- ^ a b "演出家、廣川集一さんが逝去". September 2, 2012. https://www.anido.com/information/3340.
