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. He was formerly affiliated with Studio Wanpack.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Hiroaki Takagi

Hiroaki Takagi started being active as animator in 2014. He started working in Detective Conan as key animator in episode 750 and has since been key animator in the episodes animated by Studio Wanpack. In 2016, he first became assistant animation director in episode 842. He also started to work as assistant episode director in episode 872, and episode director since episode 880.

After Studio Wanpack disbanded in 2018, he along with Miho Tanaka and Yui Ushinohama from the same studio continued to work in Detective Conan. In 2019, he first worked as storyboad artist in episodes 944-945.

Participation in: 42 cases (46 episodes)

• The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea (Episode 750): Key animation
• The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Episode 755 only): Key animation
• Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Episode 761 only): Key animation
• The Lover Gone Missing in a Snowstorm (Episode 767): Key animation
• The Manipulated Great Detective (Episode 775 only): Key animation
• The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Episode 788 only): Key animation
• The Lovebirds' Ruse (Episode 796 only): Key animation
• Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour (Episode 802 only): Key animation
• The Actress Blogger's Locked Room Case (Episode 815 only): Key animation
• The Hidden Secret of Dongaraji Temple (Episode 821): Key animation
• Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Episode 828): Key animation
• The Man Who Died Twice (Episode 835): Key animation
• Turning Point on a Driving Date (Episode 842): Assistant animation director, Key animation
• The Dark Mountain Route (Episode 859): Assistant animation director, Key animation
• The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird (Episode 865): Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Episode 872 only): Assistant episode director (along with Yoko Fukushima (head)), Key animation
• The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion (Episode 880): Episode director (along with Yoko Fukushima (assistant)), Key animation
• Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Episode 887 only): Episode director, Key animation
• The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Episode 895 only): Episode director, Key animation
• Result of the Draw (Episode 904): Episode director, Key animation
• The Job Request from Inspector Megure (Episode 911): Episode director, Key animation
• The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Episode 917 only): Episode director, Key animation
• A Day Without Conan (Episode 923): Episode director, Key animation
• The Scarlet School Trip (Episode 928 only): 2nd key animation
• A Woman Standing by the Window (Episode 930 only): Episode director
• Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case (Episode 834 only): Key animation
• 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, Storyboard
• Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys (Episode 960): Storyboard (along with Nobuharu Kamanaka)
• Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episodes 965-966, 968 only): Storyboard (along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto in 965; along with Nobuharu Kamanaka in 966), Episode director (965), Key animation (968)
• Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (Episode 979): Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
• The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 990-991): Storyboard, Animation director (991), Episode director (991), Key animation
• The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared (Episode 1010): Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
• Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Episode 1025 only): Organizer, Storyboard
• Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake (Episode 1028): Storyboard
• Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Wataru Date (Episode 1038): Key animation
• The Unstated Alibi (Episode 1041): Storyboard
• The Black Organization's Scheme (Episode 1079 only): Key animation
• The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men (Episode 1102): Storyboard
• Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Episodes 1109-1110): Organizer, Storyboard

Participation in: 3 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

• Magic Kaito 1412 (Episode 7): Key animation
• 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)
• 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.

See also

• Studio Wanpack

References

1. Twitter Account (Japanese)
2. 高木啓明 - Atwiki (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network
4. ^ Japanese Kanji Name Dictionary