Ayako Tauchi

Ayako Tauchi
Profile
Gender:	Female
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation
Studio:	Sunshine Corporation
Years active:	2001-present
Aliases:	田内あやこ
Last name can also be Tanai.

Ayako Tauchi (田内 亜矢子 ,Tauchi Ayako) is a Japanese animator. She does in-between animation, key animation and animation director works in Detective Conan anime. She is mostly credited as "たないあやこ", but not in Detective Conan.

Biography

Ayako Tauchi mostly worked under the episodes done by Sunshine Corporation. She joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 2001, starting with the 1st part of Kogoro Mouri's Imposter, and did in-between animation back then. The following year, she was promoted to a key animator after the 2nd part of The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent.

In 2005, Tauchi began to serve as assistant animation director in the 2nd part of The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code, assisting the main animation director - also from Sunshine Corporation, Akiko Kawashima. Until the 2nd part of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7, she became a proper animation director; she was in charge of the animation correction in the first-half of the episode, and clearly her own style was progressively developing, becoming somewhat different from Kawashima's. Starting The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail, Tauchi took over the animation director position (subsequently after Kawashima stepped down from the animation director role) and worked alone as animation director.

She quit the anime production team after finishing the animation directing work for Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding and has not returned yet.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Ayako Tauchi

Anime

Participation in: 33 cases (33 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
243	262	Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 1)	July 16, 2001	In-between animation
258	277	The Man from Chicago (Part 1)	November 19, 2001	In-between animation
261	280	The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1)	December 10, 2001	In-between animation
299	321	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)	November 4, 2002	Key animation	Mystery tour
302	324	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)	December 2, 2002	Key animation
309	334	Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)	February 10, 2003	Key animation
314	339	The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence	March 17, 2003	Key animation
319	344	The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2)	May 12, 2003	Key animation
324	349	Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 1)	June 9, 2003	Key animation
329	354	A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1)	July 28, 2003	Key animation
334	359	The Similar Princesses (Part 2)	August 25, 2003	Key animation
342	367-368	The Bride of Huis ten Bosch	November 17, 2003	Key animation	1 hour Mystery tour
345	371-375	Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night	January 5, 2004	Key animation	2.5 hours
353	383	The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 2)	March 1, 2004	Key animation
360	391	A Mysterious Spring Beetle	May 17, 2004	Key animation
367	398	The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight (Part 2)	July 12, 2004	Key animation
370	401	Running Away in a Game	August 9, 2004	Key animation
380	411	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2)	November 29, 2004	Key animation
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Key animation	2 hours
389	423	Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 2)	February 14, 2005	Key animation
393	427	A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems	March 21, 2005	Key animation
396	430	Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Resolution)	May 2, 2005	Key animation
401	435	A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed	June 6, 2005	Key animation
404	438	The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 2)	June 27, 2005	Key animation
408	442	Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Resolution)	August 1, 2005	Key animation
412	446	The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 2)	August 29, 2005	Assistant animation director, Key animation
416	450	The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Suspicion)	October 17, 2005	Key animation
425	459-463	Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out	January 9, 2006	Key animation	2.5 hours
432	470	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2)	February 27, 2006	Animation director
438	476	The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail	May 15, 2006	Animation director, Key animation
442	480	The Man Obstructed by the Steel Frame	June 12, 2006	Animation director, Key animation
447	485	The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 2)	July 31, 2006	Animation director, Key animation
449	487-488	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding	August 21, 2006	Animation director	1 hour

Other notable works

Anime

• Banished From The Heroes' Party: Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation, Prop Design
• Battle Spirits Double Drive: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Hungry Heart - Wild Striker: In-Between Animation (Sunshine Corporation)
• Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear: Assistant Animation Director
• SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director

Movies

• Doraemon: Ganbare! Gian!!: In-Between Animation
• Gekijōban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Gyakushū no Milky Holmes: Key Animation
• Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW: Key Animation

See also

• Sunshine Corporation

References

1. 田内亜矢子 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. 田内亜矢子 - Allcinema (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network