Iwao Teraoka

Iwao Teraoka
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	May 5, 1969
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan
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Iwao Teraoka (寺岡 厳 ,Teraoka Iwao) is a Japanese animation producer, sub-character designer. He does storyboard, key animation, action animation director, and art setting for Detective Conan anime and movies. He is affiliated with Ad Cosmo (アド・コスモ).

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Iwao Teraoka

Teraoka's first participation in Detective Conan was doing key animation for the anime episode Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic in 2008, and this was the only time that he was involved in the TV anime. From 2011 onwards, Teraoka began to serve as the storyboard assistant for the Detective Conan movies regularly, mainly responsible for the storyboard of action scenes.

Apart from the movies, Teraoka also did storyboard for two openings, in 2016 and 2021 respectively. In 2022, he did the storyboard for the Detective Conan spin-off story, Zero's Tea Time (TIME. 2, 3, and 4).

Participation in: 12 movies + 1 recap movie

• Quarter of Silence (Movie 15): Storyboard Assistant
• The Eleventh Striker (Movie 16): Storyboard Assistant
• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Storyboard
• Dimensional Sniper (Movie 18): Storyboard Assistant, Key animation
• Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19): Storyboard Assistant, Key animation
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20): Storyboard Assistant
• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21): Storyboard Assistant, Action animation director, Art setting
• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Storyboard Assistant, Action animation director, Art setting
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Storyboard, Key animation, Art setting
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24): Storyboard, Key animation, Art setting
• The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25): Storyboard, Animation director, Art setting
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26): Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation, Art setting
• The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~: Key Animation

Participation in: 2 openings

• Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru (Opening 43): Storyboard
• ZERO kara Hajimete (Opening 53): Storyboard

Participation in: 3 specials

• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (Special 5): Storyboard assistant
• Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small (Special 6): Storyboard
• Love Story at Police Headquarters ~Wedding Eve~ (Special 7): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Storyboard
• The Brave Police J-Decker: Animation Director, Guest Character Design, Guest Mecha Design, Key Animation (AD Cosmo), Opening Animation
• Full Metal Panic!: Animation Director, Design, Key Animation (Ad Cosmo), Mechanical Design Director
• GaoGaiGar: King of the Braves: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Getsumen to Heiki Mina: Key Animation, Main Animator, Transformation Animation
• Hayate the Combat Butler: Storyboard, Key Animation
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto'': Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation
• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Storyboard, Key Animation
• My Hero Academia: Storyboard

Movies

• Gekijōban Kuroko no Basuke Last Game: Storyboard
• Hunter × Hunter -The Last Mission-: Storyboard
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision: Character Design, Mechanical Key Animation
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue: Character Design, Key Animation
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Second: Storyboard, Character Design
• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes: Storyboard
• Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary: Storyboard

References

1. Twitter Account (Japanese)
2. 寺岡巌 - Atwiki (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network