Michitaka Yamamoto

Michitaka Yamamoto
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Key animation 2nd key animation
Studio:	Azeta Pictures
Years active:	1988-present

Michitaka Yamamoto (山本 道隆 ,Yamamoto Michitaka) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Michitaka Yamamoto has been working as an animator since 1988. He first did in-between animation, then began doing key animation in 1989, and became an animation director in 2004. He usually follows Azeta Pictures for animation production.

Yamamoto joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 2007, starting with Episode 488: The Devil of the TV Station as animation director. In the following year, he started to represent Azeta Pictures and worked as animation director under the episodes produced by the studio to this day. Yamamoto has also started participating the production of the Detective Conan movies under the name of a freelance animator in recent years.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Michitaka Yamamoto

Anime

Participation in: 116 cases (120 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
488	532-533	The Devil of the TV Station	October 22, 2007	Animation director	1 hour
519	568	Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Decipherment Chapter)	December 8, 2008	Animation director	Mystery tour
523	574	What She Truly Wants to Ask	February 2, 2009	Animation director
524	575	The Blue Spark of Hate (Part 1)	February 9, 2009	Animation director
528	579	Might Over Mystery (Part 1)	March 9, 2009	Animation director
533	584	The Scar that Evokes the Past	May 9, 2009	Animation director
541	592	The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 2)	July 18, 2009	Animation director
548	599	Two Days with the Culprit (Second Day)	September 26, 2009	Animation director
553	604	The Interrogation Room	October 31, 2009	Animation director
560	611	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (The Late Komei)	December 19, 2009	Animation director
566	617	The Partner is Santa-san	February 27, 2010	Animation director
573	624	The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 1)	May 15, 2010	Animation director
579	630	The Suggestion of Black Thirteen	July 3, 2010	Animation director
586	637	The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark	September 4, 2010	Animation director
592	643	The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 2)	October 23, 2010	Animation director
597	648	The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room (Part 1)	November 27, 2010	Animation director
605	656	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room)	February 12, 2011	Animation director
610	661	The Victim is Shinichi Kudo	April 9, 2011	Animation director
615	666	The Secret Played by the Diary (Part 2)	May 14, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
620	671	Holmes' Revelation (Grass Court Queen)	June 18, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
626	677	The Screaming Operation Room (Part 2)	July 30, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
633	684	The Guardian of Time's Sword (Part 2)	October 8, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
637	688	The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)	November 19, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
643	694	Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 2)	January 14, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
648	699	The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak)	March 3, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
652	704	The Design of Poison and Mirage (EYE)	April 21, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
657	709	The Professor's Video Site (Part 2)	May 26, 2012	Animation director
661	713	Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Part 1)	June 23, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
668	720	Wedding Eve (Part 2)	September 8, 2012	Animation director
670	722	The Dark Tower's Hidden Treasure (Part 2)	September 22, 2012	Animation director
676	728	Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter (Part 2)	November 17, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
680	732	Cactus Capriccio	December 15, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
685	737	Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2)	February 2, 2013	Animation director Key animation
690	742	Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Part 1)	March 9, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
695	747	The Roses in the Vineyard	April 27, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
700	752	The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 2)	June 15, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
705	757	Conan in a Locked Room	August 10, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
710	762	Everyone Saw (Part 1)	September 21, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
716	768	Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion (Part 1)	November 2, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
722	774	Sweet and Cold Delivery Service (Part 1)	December 14, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
728	780	The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 2)	February 1, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
733	785	The Wedding Reception and the Two Gunshots	March 22, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
737	790	The Suspicious Walking Path	May 3, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
743	796	Two Coincidental Successes	June 21, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
748	801	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Confession)	August 2, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
753	806	The Blind Spot in the Share House	October 4, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
759	812	The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1)	November 22, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
765	818	Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case Creek (Part 1)	January 24, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
771	824	The Tense Tea Party (Part 2)	March 14, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
777	830	Detective Boys vs. Elderly Detective League	May 9, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
785	838	Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 1)	July 18, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
790	843	Bekapon's Bleeding Service	September 5, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
797	850	The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction	October 24, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
803	856	The Pitfall of Fire Precautions	December 12, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
811	866	The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 2)	March 5, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
817	872	The Missing Fiancée	May 14, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
824	879	The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain	July 9, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
830	885	A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 1)	September 3, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
837	892	The Unfriendly Girls Band (Part 2)	October 22, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
843	898	The Detective Boys in a Grove (Part 1)	December 17, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
848	903	Chiba's Difficult UFO Case (Part 2)	February 4, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
856	911	The Secret of the Celebrity Couple	April 22, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
860	915	The Security System's Pitfall	May 20, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
868	923	The Whistling Bookstore	July 29, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
875	930	The Mysterious Prophetic Buddha	September 30, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
883	938	The Pop-up Book Bomber (Part 1)	December 2, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
891	946	Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Yamaguchi Part)	February 3, 2018	Animation director, Key animation	Mystery tour
898	953	The Melting Cake!	April 7, 2018	Animation director, Key animation	M22 pre-story
903	958	Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads	May 26, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
910	965	Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 2)	August 4, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
915	970	High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki	September 29, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
921	976	The Murderous Carpool	November 17, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
929	986	A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 1)	February 2, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
930	987	A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2)	February 2, 2019	Animation director
935	992	The Fortuneteller and the Three Customers‎‎	March 23, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
940	997	The Missing Girlfriend	May 11, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
943	1000	The Tokyo Barls Collection	June 15, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
950	1007	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc)	August 10, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
956	1013	The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 1)	October 12, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
960	1017	Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys	November 23, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
964	1021	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)	December 21, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
965	1022	Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue)	January 4, 2020	Animation director
970	1027	The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 2)	February 22, 2020	Animation director, Key animation	Mystery tour
974	1031	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4)	March 28, 2020	Animation director
975	1032	The Secret of the Search for his Wife	July 4, 2020	Animation director, Key animation
980	1037	An Encouragement of the Perfect Crime	September 5, 2020	Animation director, Key animation
987	1044	The Company Dissolution Party	November 7, 2020	Animation director, Key animation
991	1048	The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2)	December 19, 2020	Animation director
992	1049	Murder at the Townhouse Café	December 26, 2020	Animation director, Key animation
998	1055	The Frying Pan of Hatred	February 20, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1006	1063	Who Poisoned the Victim	May 15, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1011	1068	Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (Part 1)	July 10, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1016	1073	The Monorail Sniper Case (Part 1)	August 28, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1022	1079	The Cursed Museum	October 9, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1028	1085	Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake	November 27, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
1033	1090	Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move)	January 8, 2022	Animation director, Key animation
1034	1091	Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Brilliant Move)	January 15, 2022	Assistant animation director
1035	1092	Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Checkmate)	January 22, 2022	Animation director
1040	1097	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2	April 23, 2022	Animation director, Key animation
1047	1102	The Red Sheep's Eerie Game (Part 1)	June 18, 2022	Animation director, Key animation
1052	1109	The Detective Boys' Test of Courage	July 30, 2022	Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation
1054	1111	The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 2)	August 13, 2022	Animation director
1058	1115	The Man Who Camped Out at the Police Station	October 1, 2022	Animation director, Key animation
1064	1121	The Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Last Shot at Love	November 19, 2022	Animation director, Key animation
1068	1125	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes	January 7, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1069	1126	The Sweet Voice Heard Through the Phone	January 14, 2023	Sub-character design
1074	1131	The Boiled Fugu Mystery Tour Showdown (Mojiko & Kokura Part)	February 18, 2023	Sub-character design	Mystery tour
1075	1132	The Boiled Fugu Mystery Tour Showdown (Shimonoseki Part)	February 25, 2023	Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation	Mystery tour
1081	1139	My Beloved Dog Pan-kun Is a Good Boy	April 22, 2023	Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation
1084	1142	The Freezing Cold Men	May 20, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1090	1148	The Culprit Who Disappeared Into the Sleeping Town	July 15, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1095	1153	The Missing Man's Dream	September 2, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1100	1158	The Troublesome 20 Million Yen	October 14, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1104	1162	The True Culprit is On the Run	November 18, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
1111	1162	Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1)	January 20, 2024	Animation director
1119	1177	The Four-Person Class Reunion	April 6, 2024	Animation director
1126	1184	The Detective Who Lost His Mind	June 8, 2024	Animation director, Key animation
1131	1189	The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab (Part 2)	August 3, 2024	Animation director, Key animation
1138	1196	The Moving Police Box	October 12, 2024	Animation director, Key animation
1139	1197	The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother	October 19, 2024	Assistant animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 1 opening and 2 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP33	Miss Mystery	Miss Mystery	Key animation
ED
ED41	Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne	悲しいほど 今日の夕陽 きれいだね	Key animation
ED42	Overwrite	オーバーライト	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 5 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	2nd key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	2nd key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Assistant animation director
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Assistant animation director
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Assistant animation director

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
6	TIME.6	May 9, 2022	Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• Amanchu!: Animation director, Key animation
• Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: Key animation
• Blood+: Key animation
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Animation director
• Chōyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi: Animation director
• Kamisama Kazoku: Key animation
• Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch: Key animation
• Ray: Animation director, Key animation
• Space Brothers: Key animation
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000): Key animation

Movies

• Doraemon: Nobita at the Birth of Japan: In-between animation
• Doraemon: Nobita's Version of Saiyuki: In-between animation
• Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog: Key animation
• Lupin III: Stolen Lupin: Key animation
• Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai: 2nd key animation

See also

• Azeta Pictures

References

1. 山本道隆 - Wikipedia
2. 山本道隆 - Atwiki
3. Michitaka Yamamoto - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing