Yasumi Mikamoto

Yasumi Mikamoto
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	1945
Place of birth:	Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Position:	Organizer Storyboard Episode director
Years active:	1975-present
Aliases:	石原泰三

Yasumi Mikamoto (三家本 泰美 ,Mikamoto Yasumi), born 1945, is a Japanese technical director and storyboard artist from Shimane Prefecture. He used to work with the name Taizo Ishihara (石原 泰三 ,Ishihara Taizō).

Biography

After working at an advertising agency, Yasumi Mikamoto joined Mushi Production (虫プロダクション) in 1975 and worked there notably on TV commercials. After moving to Tokyo Movie (subsidiary of SEGA), he took part in the production of several animation works like The Gutsy Frog (ど根性ガエル) and Space Battleship Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト); whereupon he also served as the director and main storyboardist of the anime Lupin the 3rd Part II (ルパン三世 TV第2シリーズ).

After that, he worked as an assistant director under Director Takahata, holding a position in the anime Jarinko Chie ( じゃりン子チエ) of assistant director. At Tokyo Movie's American subsidiary, he began working mainly on animated joint productions with foreign countries. After that, he moved to Disney Japan and worked for Sunrise (サンライズ) and Animaruya (エクラアニマル); but in recent years, he has returned to domestic production and has been doing a lot of directing work for Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー).

Mikamoto's career with Detective Conan was short lived, lasting only from 2002 to 2005, but many cases were storyboarded: joined the Detective Conan anime production in 2002 starting with the 2nd part of Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro, and quit the production in 2005 with the 2nd part of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 27 cases (34 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
265	287	Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 2)	January 21, 2002	Storyboard
273	295	Riddle Granny Disappearance Case	April 8, 2002	Storyboard
276	298	The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case	May 6, 2002	Storyboard
277	299	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002	Organizer, Storyboard
282	304	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002	Storyboard
284	306	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 1)	July 1, 2002	Organizer, Storyboard
297	319	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 1)	October 21, 2002	Storyboard
298	320	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 2)	October 28, 2002	Storyboard
307	332	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 1)	January 27, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
308	333	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 2)	February 3, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
309	334	Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)	February 10, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
311	336	Contact with the Black Organization (Desperation)	February 24, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
312	337	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 1)	March 3, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
313	338	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 2)	March 10, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
315	340	Place Exposed to the Sun	April 14, 2003	Storyboard
320	345	The Art of Ninja Alibi Craft	May 19, 2003	Storyboard
322	347	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 2)	June 2, 2003	Storyboard
328	353	The Birthday Wine Mystery	July 14, 2003	Storyboard
332	357	The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Part 2)	August 18, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
335	360	Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio (Part 1)	September 8, 2003	Organizer, Storyboard
337	362	Hidden Circumstances of the Falling Incident	October 13, 2003	Storyboard
342	367-368	The Bride of Huis ten Bosch	November 17, 2003	Storyboard	1 hour
346	376	Find the Buttock's Mark (Part 1)	January 12, 2004	Organizer, Storyboard
348	378	Love, Ghosts, and World Heritage (Part 1)	January 26, 2004	Storyboard
349	379	Love, Ghosts, and World Heritage (Part 2)	February 2, 2004	Storyboard
352	382	The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 1)	February 23, 2004	Storyboard
356	386-387	Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk	April 12, 2004	Organizer, Storyboard	1 hour
370	401	Running Away in a Game	February 23, 2004	Storyboard
375	406	A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)	October 25, 2004	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
379	410	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 1)	November 22, 2004	Storyboard
380	411	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2)	November 29, 2004	Storyboard
384	418	The Target is Kogoro Mouri	January 17, 2005	Storyboard, Episode director
390	424	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 1)	February 28, 2005	Organizer, Storyboard
391	425	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2)	February 28, 2005	Organizer, Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

• Astro Boy (2003): Episode Director
• Black Clover: Episode Director
• Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Lupin III: Part II: Director, Storyboard, Episode Director
• Naruto Shippūden: Episode Director
• Reideen the Brave: Storyboard, Episode Director
• The Super Dimension Century Orguss: Chief Director, Director, Storyboard, Episode Director
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: Episode Director
• Lupin III: Part II: Storyboard (Credited as "石原泰三")

References

1. Page completely or partially translated from the Chinese version of December 2, 2023.
2. 三家本泰美 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network