Shigeki Awai

Shigeki Awai
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Key animation
Studio:	Azeta Pictures
Years active:	1978-present
Aliases:	粟井重記 粟井重喜

Shigeki Awai (粟井 重紀 ,Awai Shigeki) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Shigeki Awai has worked for the Detective Conan anime since 2009, starting with [[The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm]|Episode 573: The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 1)]]; he frequently worked under the episodes done by Azeta Pictures. He also began to serve as animation director in 2013, starting with Episode 685: Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2); until Episode 777: Detective Boys vs. Elderly Detective League in 2015, when he stepped down from it.

In 2016, after finishing the key animation work for Episode 830: A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 1), Awai quit the production team. In 2024, he appeared in the key animation group of Episode 1139: The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Shigeki Awai

Anime

Participation in: 47 cases (47 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
573	624	The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 1)	May 15, 2010	Key animation
579	630	The Suggestion of Black Thirteen	July 3, 2010	Key animation
586	637	The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark	September 4, 2010	Key animation
592	643	The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 1)	October 23, 2010	Key animation
597	648	The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room (Part 1)	November 27, 2010	Key animation
605	656	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room)	February 12, 2011	Key animation
610	661	The Victim is Shinichi Kudo	April 9, 2011	Key animation
615	666	The Secret Played by the Diary (Part 2)	May 14, 2011	Key animation
620	671	Holmes' Revelation (Grass Court Queen)	June 18, 2011	Key animation
626	677	The Screaming Operation Room (Part 2)	July 30, 2011	Key animation
633	684	The Guardian of Time's Sword (Part 2)	October 8, 2011	Key animation
637	688	The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)	November 19, 2011	Key animation
643	694	Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 2)	January 14, 2012	Key animation
648	699	The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak)	March 3, 2012	Key animation
652	704	The Design of Poison and Mirage (EYE)	April 21, 2012	Key animation
657	709	The Professor's Video Site (Part 2)	May 26, 2012	Key animation
661	713	Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Part 1)	June 23, 2012	Key animation
668	720	Wedding Eve (Part 2)	September 8, 2012	Key animation
670	722	The Dark Tower's Hidden Treasure (Part 2)	September 22, 2012	Key animation
676	728	Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter (Part 2)	November 17, 2012	Key animation
680	732	Cactus Capriccio	December 15, 2012	Key animation
685	737	Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2)	February 2, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
690	742	Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Part 1)	March 9, 2013	Key animation
695	747	The Roses in the Vineyard	April 27, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
700	752	The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 2)	June 15, 2013	Key animation
705	757	Conan in a Locked Room	August 10, 2013	Key animation
710	762	Everyone Saw (Part 1)	September 21, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
716	768	Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion (Part 1)	November 2, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
722	774	Sweet and Cold Delivery Service (Part 1)	December 14, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
728	780	The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 2)	February 1, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
733	785	The Wedding Reception and the Two Gunshots	March 22, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
737	790	The Suspicious Walking Path	May 3, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
743	796	Two Coincidental Successes	June 21, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
748	801	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Confession)	August 2, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
753	806	The Blind Spot in the Share House	October 4, 2014	Key animation
759	812	The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1)	November 22, 2014	Key animation
765	818	Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case (Part 1)	January 24, 2015	Key animation
771	824	The Tense Tea Party (Part 2)	March 14, 2015	Key animation
777	830	Detective Boys vs. Elderly Detective League	May 9, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
785	838	Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 1)	July 18, 2015	Key animation
790	843	Bekapon's Bleeding Service	September 5, 2015	Key animation
797	850	The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction	October 24, 2015	Key animation
803	856	The Pitfall of Fire Precautions	December 12, 2015	Key animation
811	866	The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 2)	March 5, 2016	Key animation
817	872	The Missing Fiancée	May 14, 2016	Key animation
824	879	The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain	July 9, 2016	Key animation
830	885	A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 1)	September 3, 2016	Key animation
1139	1197	The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother	October 19, 2024	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 1 movie

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls: Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
• Black Clover: Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Episode director, Animation director
• Case File nº221: Kabukicho: Animation director, Key animation
• A Certain Scientific Accelerator: Episode director, Animation director
• Dr. Stone: New World: Episode director
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Animation director, Key animation
• Hero Hero-kun: Storyboard, Episode director
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: Episode director
• Lupin the 3rd Part 6: Episode director
• Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch: Animation director, Key animation
• My Hero Academia: Key animation
• Naruto Shippūden: Animation director, Key animation
• One Punch Man: Episode director
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods: Episode director
• Transformers: Armada: Storyboard, Episode director, Opening animation

See also

• Azeta Pictures

References

1. 粟井重紀 - Atwiki
2. Shigeki Awai - Anime News Network
3. Detective Conan Staff Listing