Akihiro Okuzawa

Akihiro Okuzawa
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan
Nicknames:	奥沢明裕

Akihiro Okuzawa (奥澤 明裕 ,Okuzawa Akihiro) is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. He does storyboard and key animation for Detective Conan anime and movies. When he is responsible for the storyboard work, he occasionally uses the alias Sohon Okuzawa (奥澤 粗笨 ,Okuzawa Sohon), but never in Detective Conan. He was from Studio Giants, and now affiliated with Studio Guts.

Biography

Okuzawa debuted as an animator in 1989, via the anime Prestigious! Third Baseball Club (名門!第三野球部). He first joined the production of the Detective Conan in 2016, and worked on the "Episode ONE" TV special, then he went to do key animation for the anime, starting with the 1st part of Conan Disappeared on the Cliff. Okuzawa was then promoted to a storyboard artist in 2023, starting with The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy, until present.

Works in Detective Conan

Participation in: 13 cases (13 episodes + 1 special)

• Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small (Special 6): Key animation
• Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Episode 869 only): Key animation
• The Mechanical Witness (Episode 876): Key animation
• Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Episode 892 only): Key animation
• The Woman with White Hands (Episode 897 only): Key animation
• Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed (Episode 908): Key animation
• The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Episode 917): Key animation
• The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase (Episode 918): Key animation
• The Heartfelt Strap (Episode 925): Key animation
• The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur (Episode 948): Key animation
• The Whistling Bookstore 2 (Episode 951): Key animation
• The Secret of the Insect Man (Episode 955): Key animation
• The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy (Episode 1070): Storyboard
• The Freezing Cold Men (Episode 1084): Storyboard

Participation in: 2 movies

• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Key animation
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Key Animation
• Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa: Key Animation
• Kendo Rage: Key Animation
• Detective (1999): Animation Director, Key Animation
• Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi: Storyboard

See also

• Studio Guts

References

1. 奥澤明裕 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. 奥澤明裕 - Allcinema (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network