Hiroaki Takagi

Hiroaki Takagi
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	Unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan
First name can also be pronounced Keimei. Last name can be read Takaki or Suzuki.

Hiroaki Takagi (高木 啓明 ,Takagi Hiroaki), also credited as 髙木啓明, is a japanese organizer, storyboard artist and animator.

Works in Detective Conan

Number of manga cases adapted : 2 (2 episode) Number of case storyboards done : 10 (12 episodes) Number of case animations directed : 5 (5 episodes, 4 as assistant) Number of episodes directed : 12 (12 episodes, 1 as assistant)

• Turning Point on a Driving Date (Episode 842) : Assistant animation director
• The Dark Mountain Route (Episode 859) : Assistant animation director
• The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird (Episode 865) : Assistant animation director
• Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Episode 872 only) : Assistant episode director, along with Yoko Fukushima (head)
• The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion (Episode 880) : Episode director, along with Yoko Fukushima (assistant)
• Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Episode 887 only) : Episode director
• The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Episode 895 only) : Episode director
• Result of the Draw (Episode 904) : Episode director
• The Job Request from Inspector Megure (Episode 911) : Episode director
• A Day Without Conan (Episode 923) : Episode director
• A Woman Standing by the Window (Episode 930 only) : Episode director
• The Cost of Likes (Episodes 944-945) : Storyboard
• The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur (Episode 948) : Assistant animation director
• The Whistling Bookstore 2 (Episode 951) : Storyboard
• The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Episode 952 only) : Organizer and storyboard
• Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys (Episode 960) : Storyboard, along with Nobuharu Kamanaka
• Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episode 965 only) : Storyboard and episode director
• Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (Episode 979) : Storyboard and episode director
• The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 990-991) : Storyboard, animation director (episode 991) and episode director (episode 991)
• The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared (Episode 1010) : Storyboard and episode director
• Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Episode 1025 only) : Organizer and storyboard
• Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake (Episode 1028) : Storyboard

Movies

• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21) : Key animation
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23) : Key animation
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24) : Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Beyblade (Episode 7) : Key animation
• A Certain Scientific Accelerator : Storyboard (2 episodes), episode director (3 episodes) and key animation (3 episodes)
• The Files of Young Kindaichi Returns (Episode 17) : Key animation
• Ghost in a Shell (Episode 22) : Key animation
• Goblin Slayer : Storyboard (episode 6), episode director (episode 6) and key animation (2 episodes + movie)
• Magic Kaito 1412 (Episode 7) : Key animation
• My Hero Academia (Episode 35) : Key animation
• Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Episode 30) : Episode director
• The Promised Neverland (Episode 6) : Key animation
• Many more including Seven Deadly Sins, Owarimonogatari, Sailor Moon, etc.

References

1. Atwiki (Japanese)
2. Anime News Network
3. Personal blog
4. ^ http://www.hipenpal.com/tool/japanese-names-search-and-converter-in-english.php?vp=&sp=&lang=&od=e&startchk=OK&keyword=%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8+%E5%95%93%E6%98%8E&to=Search&lastname=checked&malename=checked&femalename=checked