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

Hiroaki Takagi started being active as animator in 2014. He started working in Detective Conan as key animator in The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea and has since been key animator in the episodes animated by Studio Wanpack. In 2016, he first became assistant animation director in Turning Point on a Driving Date. He also started to work as assistant episode director in the 2nd part of Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend, and episode director since The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion.

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 The Cost of Likes.

Organizer and Storyboard

Number of manga cases adapted: 2 (2 episodes)

• The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Episode 952 only)
• Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Episode 1025 only)

Number of case storyboards done: 11 (14 episodes)

• The Cost of Likes (Episodes 944-945)
• The Whistling Bookstore 2 (Episode 951)
• The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Episode 952 only)
• Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys (Episode 960) along with Nobuharu Kamanaka
• Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episodes 965-966 only) along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto in episode 965 and along with Nobuharu Kamanaka in episode 966
• Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (Episode 979)
• The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 990-991)
• The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared (Episode 1010)
• Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Episode 1025 only)
• Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake (Episode 1028)
• The Unstated Alibi (Episode 1041)

Episode and Animation Director

Number of episodes directed: 13 (13 episodes, 1 as assistant)

• Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Episode 872 only) as assistant
• The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion (Episode 880) along with Yoko Fukushima (assistant)
• Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Episode 887 only)
• The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Episode 895 only)
• Result of the Draw (Episode 904)
• The Job Request from Inspector Megure (Episode 911)
• The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Episode 917 only)
• A Day Without Conan (Episode 923)
• A Woman Standing by the Window (Episode 930 only)
• Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episodes 965 only)
• Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (Episode 979)
• The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 991 only)
• The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared (Episode 1010)

Number of case animations directed: 5 (5 episodes, 4 as assistant)

• Turning Point on a Driving Date (Episode 842) as assistant
• The Dark Mountain Route (Episode 859) as assistant
• The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird (Episode 865) as assistant
• The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur (Episode 948) as assistant
• The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 991 only)

Movies

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