Yuzuru Tachikawa

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Yuzuru Tachikawa

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: December 2, 1981
Place of birth: Iruma Distict, Saitama Prefecture, Japan[1]
Position: Director
Storyboard
Episode director
Years active: 2006-present
Aliases: たちかわ ゆずる
Website: Twitter Account

Yuzuru Tachikawa (立川 譲 Tachikawa Yuzuru?) is a Japanese anime film director. He is known for Death Parade, Mob Psycho 100 and Deca-Dence.

Biography

Yuzuru Tachikawa was born in 1981 in Iruma District, near the major cities of Saitama and Kawagoe[1]. He later studied at the Nihon University College of Art (日本大学芸術学部), before joining animation studio Madhouse (マッドハウス)[2].

He debuted in 2007 by animating the final episode of Kiba (牙-KIBA-); whereupon he became a freelancer[3]. In 2012, Tachikawa was the director of OVA Arata-naru Sekai (アラタなるセカイ)[4]. The following year, he directed movie Death Billiards (アラタなるセカイ) for Madhouse, which ended up becoming a series; later on, he directed Death Parade (デス・パレード), which was his first attempt at TV animation direction[5][6].

Since 2016, he is the director of anime series Mob Psycho 100 (モブサイコ100), which has received many nominations at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards: the 1st season won the "Best Fight Scene and Best Action"[7]; the 2nd season won the "Best Animation and Best Opening Sequence"[8]. In addition, he was also nominated "Best Director" for anime Deca-Dence (デカダンス)[9][10].

In 2018, he was announced as director for Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer, and he was later announced on November 30, 2022 to direct another Detective Conan movie titled Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine.

Works in Detective Conan

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Director, Storyboard, Technical director Amuro Secret Call inclusive
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Director, Storyboard, Technical director

Other notable works

Anime

  • Kiba: Episode director
  • Shigurui: Episode director
  • MapleStory: Storyboard, episode director
  • Bleach: Storyboard, episode director
  • Arata-naru Sekai: Director
  • Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine: Episode director
  • Sword Art Online: Storyboard
  • Terror in Resonance: Assistant director
  • Death Parade: Director
  • Mob Psycho 100: Director
  • The Saga of Tanya the Evil: Storyboard, episode director
  • Inuyashiki: Director (Opening Sequence)
  • Deca-Dence: Director

Movies

  • Bleach: Hell Verse: Assistant director
  • Death Billiards: Director, script, storyboard, original creator

References

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Anime News Network