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| name                = Keitaro Motonaga
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| gender              = Male
 
| gender              = Male
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| place-of-birth      = Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
| place-of-birth      = Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture
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| location            = Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan<ref name="venue">[https://twitter.com/350812 筑豊太郎 - Twitter]</ref>
| location            = Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture<ref>https://twitter.com/350812</ref>
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| position            = {{Bracket|Episode director|Technical director}}
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| years-active        = 1986-present
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| aliases            = 筑豊太郎
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| website            = [https://twitter.com/350812 Twitter Account]
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{{nihongo|'''Keitaro Motonaga'''|元永 慶太郎|Motonaga Keitarō}} is a Japanese animation director and producer. His name is also written as '''もとなが けいたろう''', while his pseudonym is {{nihongo|'''Taro Chikuho'''|筑豊 太郎|Chikuhō Tarō}}, from the ancient province of Chikuho, which is now in Fukuoka Prefecture, where he lives.
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{{nihongo|'''Keitaro Motonaga'''|元永 慶太郎|Motonaga Keitarō}} is a Japanese animation director and producer. His name is also written as "もとなが けいたろう"; while his pseudonym is {{nihongo|'''Taro Chikuho'''|筑豊 太郎|Chikuhō Tarō}}, from the ancient province of Chikuho, which is now in Fukuoka Prefecture, where he lives.
  
== Works in Detective Conan ==
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== Biography ==
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Keitaro Motonaga was born in Fukuoka Prefecture<ref name="venue"/>; he used to be affiliated with Studio X {{jp|スタジオX}}<ref name="studio"/>, despite that the studio had been disbanded since 2005, Motonaga still collaborated with some animators who belonged to that studio as well. Furthermore, he once mentioned in an interview that he never consults the original manga/work when executing the anime adaptation<ref name="interview"/>. As such, many of his animation adapted works were fairly far from the original, which brought up some controversial refutes. He is sometimes joked by the fans as {{nihongo|"original work crusher"|原作粉砕機}}</small><ref name="Twitter"/><ref name="nickname"/>.
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Motonaga only served as an episode director in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]], in one single episode and two episodes of Two Hour Special.
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== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
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=== Anime ===
 
Participation in: '''3''' cases (3 episodes)
 
Participation in: '''3''' cases (3 episodes)
* [[Art Museum Owner Murder Case]] (Episode 8): Episode director
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* [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases]] (Episode 96): Episode director (along with [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]])
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:5%;"|Int#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
* [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]] (Episode 129): Episode director (along with [[Toshiya Shinohara]])
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|8||8||[[Episode 8|Art Museum Owner Murder Case]]||February 26, 1996||Episode director||
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|96||99-102||[[Episode 96|The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases]]||March 23, 1998||Episode director||2 hours
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|129||136-139||[[Episode 129|The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]]||January 4, 1999||Episode director||2 hours
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== Other notable works ==
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=== Anime ===
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* ''Getbackers'': Director, Episode director
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* ''Katanagatari'': Director, Storyboard, Episode director
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* ''Lupin III: From Russia With Love'': Assistant director
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* ''Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary'': Assistant director
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* ''Magic Knight Rayearth'': Episode director, Animation producer
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* ''Magic Knight Rayearth 2'': Episode director, Animation producer
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* ''Patlabor The Mobile Police'': Assistant director
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* ''Princess Princess'': Director
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* ''School Days'': Director
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* ''Tayutama - Kiss on My Deity'': Director
  
==Other notable works==
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== References ==
===Anime===
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# [[wikipedia:ja:元永慶太郎|元永慶太郎 - Wikipedia]] (Japanese)
*''Getbackers'': Director, Episode director
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# [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=603 Anime News Network]
*''Katanagatari'': Director, Storyboard, Episode director
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# [https://bangumi.tv/person/702 Bangumi] (Chinese)
*''Lupin III: From Russia With Love'': Assistant director
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<references>
*''Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary'': Assistant director
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<ref name="studio">{{Cite web|和書|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/studio-x/|title=stエックス|accessdate=2024-05-03}}</ref>
*''Magic Knight Rayearth'': Episode director, Animation producer
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<ref name="interview">{{Cite web|title=クリエイターズ・セレクション バンダイチャンネル|url=https://www.b-ch.com/contents/feat_creators_selection/backnumber/v27/index.html|website=Bandai Channel|date=2015-11-27|access-date=2024-05-03}}</ref>
*''Magic Knight Rayearth 2'': Episode director, Animation producer
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<ref name="Twitter">https://twitter.com/makotokakumei/status/1785245231329550670</ref>
*''Patlabor The Mobile Police'': Assistant director
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<ref name="nickname">{{Cite web|title=「原作粉砕機」|url=https://bokete.jp/boke/tag/%E5%8E%9F%E4%BD%9C%E7%B2%89%E7%A0%95%E6%A9%9F|access-date=2024-05-03}}</ref>
*''Princess Princess'': Director
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</references>
*''School Days'': Director
 
*''Tayutama - Kiss on My Deity'': Director
 
  
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Motonaga, Keitaro}}
# [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E6%B0%B8%E6%85%B6%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E 元永慶太郎 - Wikipedia] (Japanese)
 
# [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=603 Keitaro MOTONAGA - Anime News Network]
 
<references/>
 
  
{{DEFAULTSORT:Motonaga Keitaro}}
 
 
[[Category:Technical directors]]
 
[[Category:Technical directors]]
  
 
[[zh:元永庆太郎]]
 
[[zh:元永庆太郎]]

Latest revision as of 18:11, 8 May 2024

Keitaro Motonaga

Keitaro Motonaga.jpg

Profile
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Location: Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan[1]
Position: Episode director
Years active: 1986-present
Aliases: 筑豊太郎
Website: Twitter Account

Keitaro Motonaga (元永 慶太郎 Motonaga Keitarō?) is a Japanese animation director and producer. His name is also written as "もとなが けいたろう"; while his pseudonym is Taro Chikuho (筑豊 太郎 Chikuhō Tarō?), from the ancient province of Chikuho, which is now in Fukuoka Prefecture, where he lives.

Biography

Keitaro Motonaga was born in Fukuoka Prefecture[1]; he used to be affiliated with Studio X (スタジオX)[2], despite that the studio had been disbanded since 2005, Motonaga still collaborated with some animators who belonged to that studio as well. Furthermore, he once mentioned in an interview that he never consults the original manga/work when executing the anime adaptation[3]. As such, many of his animation adapted works were fairly far from the original, which brought up some controversial refutes. He is sometimes joked by the fans as "original work crusher" (原作粉砕機 ?)[4][5].

Motonaga only served as an episode director in the Detective Conan anime, in one single episode and two episodes of Two Hour Special.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 3 cases (3 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
8 8 Art Museum Owner Murder Case February 26, 1996 Episode director
96 99-102 The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases March 23, 1998 Episode director 2 hours
129 136-139 The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case January 4, 1999 Episode director 2 hours

Other notable works

Anime

  • Getbackers: Director, Episode director
  • Katanagatari: Director, Storyboard, Episode director
  • Lupin III: From Russia With Love: Assistant director
  • Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary: Assistant director
  • Magic Knight Rayearth: Episode director, Animation producer
  • Magic Knight Rayearth 2: Episode director, Animation producer
  • Patlabor The Mobile Police: Assistant director
  • Princess Princess: Director
  • School Days: Director
  • Tayutama - Kiss on My Deity: Director

References

  1. 元永慶太郎 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. Anime News Network
  3. Bangumi (Chinese)