Hajime Kamegaki

Hajime Kamegaki
Profile
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	August 21, 1957
Location:	Japan
Position:	Director Screenplay Organizer Storyboard Storyboard cooperation Episode director Mechanical supervisor Mecahnical animation director Key animation
Years active:	1984-present

Hajime Kamegaki (亀垣 一 ,Kamegaki Hajime), born 21 august 1957, is a Japanese screenplay writer, film director, storyboard artist and producer famous for his movies. He was nominated at 2013 edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year for Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie.

Biography

Hajime Kamegaki graduated from the animation department of Tokyo Designer Gakuin Vocational School (専門学校東京デザイナー学院), presently known as Tokyo Cool Japan Vocational School. After he debuted as an animator via the anime Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (無敵超人ザンボット3), he has worked at Studio Z and Studio Z5, and has directed countless works. Surprisingly, still active on the front lines for over 20 years. He often works with fellow anime director Osamu Nabeshima, and is often in charge of direction and storyboarding. Furthermore, whenever he works with Hideyuki Motohashi, they share the penname Shuichi Kamemoto (亀本 秀一 ,Kamemoto Shūichi).

Kamegaki first involved in the Detective Conan anime in 2000, starting with the Two Hour Special episode of the new millennium, Episode 174: The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case, and was in charge of its organizer, storyboard, and episode director work; meanwhile manifesting his capability and receiving numerous praises due to the high quality. In 2016, he served as the storyboard for Episodes 804~805: Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery, which was made for the 20th anniversary of Detective Conan anime. He was also responsible for the processing of some mechanical shots in the anime: he served as the mechanical supervisor for Episodes 779~783: The Scarlet Return series, and mechanical animation director for Episode 955: The Secret of the Insect Man.

It is worth mentioning that Kamegaki was the director for the crossover special Lupin III vs. Detective Conan.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 1 (1 episode)

• The J League Bodyguard (Episode 907)

Other works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 8 cases (14 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
174	185-188	The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case	January 3, 2000	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director	2 hours
377	408	Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour (Part 1)	November 8, 2004	Storyboard
378	409	Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour (Part 2)	November 15, 2004	Storyboard
518	567	Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Investigation Chapter)	December 1, 2008	Storyboard	Mystery tour
519	568	Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Decipherment Chapter)	December 8, 2008	Storyboard	Mystery tour
555	606	Stork Mystery Tour (Haruna's Pursuit Chapter)	November 14, 2009	Key animation	Mystery tour
779	832	The Scarlet Prologue	May 30, 2015	Mechanical supervisor
780	833	The Scarlet Pursuit	June 6, 2015	Mechanical supervisor
781	834	The Scarlet Intersection	June 13, 2015	Mechanical supervisor
782	835	The Scarlet Return	June 20, 2015	Mechanical supervisor
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Mechanical supervisor
791	844	Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs	September 12, 2015	Key animation
804	857-858	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1)	January 9, 2016	Storyboard, Episode director	1 hour
805	859-860	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 2)	January 16, 2016	Storyboard	1 hour
907	962	The J League Bodyguard	July 14, 2018	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
955	1012	The Secret of the Insect Man	September 28, 2019	Mecahnical animation director, Key animation
968	1025	Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale)	January 25, 2020	Key animation
1016	1073	The Monorail Sniper Case (Part 1)	August 28, 2021	Key animation
1067	1124	The Shopping Center in Love	December 24, 2022	Storyboard

Movies

Participation in: 17 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Key animation
8	Magician of the Silver Sky	April 17, 2004	Key animation
9	Strategy Above the Depths	April 9, 2005	Storyboard cooperation
10	The Private Eyes' Requiem	April 15, 2006	Storyboard cooperation
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Storyboard cooperation
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Storyboard cooperation
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Key animation
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Storyboard cooperation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Storyboard cooperation
16	The Eleventh Striker	April 14, 2012	Storyboard cooperation, Key animation
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Key animation
Crossover	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	December 7, 2013	Director, Storyboard, Mechanical animation director, Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 2 specials

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
3	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan	March 27, 2009	Director, Storyboard, Technical director, Mechanical design, Mechanical animation director
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Storyboard, Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Digimon: Key animation
• KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple: Director, storyboard, episode director
• Kinkyuu Hasshin Saver Kids: Chief director, screenplay, storyboard, episode director, animation director
• Ganbarist! Shun: Director, Storyboard, Episode Director
• Naruto: Key animation
• Lupin III: Mechanical animation director, key animation, mechanical design, storyboard, unit director, director, episode director, animation director
• Shin Tetsujin 28 (1980): In-between animation, key animation, mechanical animation director
• Tetsujin 28-go FX: Storyboard, episode director, mechanical animation director
• Many more including Mobile Suit Gundam, Sailor Moon, Sonic and Urusei Yatsura etc.

Movies

• GoShogun: Mechanical design
• Kaiketsu Zorori: Director, storyboard
• Naruto Shippūden: Director, storyboard
• One Piece: Episode of Chopper - The Miracle Winter Cherry Blossom: Storyboard assistant

References

1. 亀垣一 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. IMDb
3. Anime News Network