Hiroaki Takagi
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| Gender: | Male |
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| 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[1]. | |
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 episode 750 and has since been key animator in the episodes animated by Studio Wanpack. In 2016, he first became assistant animation director in episode 842. He also started to work as assistant episode director in episode 872, and episode director since episode 880.
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 episodes 944-945.
Number of manga cases adapted : 2 (2 episode)
Number of case storyboards done : 11 (14 episodes)
Number of case animations directed : 5 (5 episodes, 4 as assistant)
Number of episodes directed : 13 (13 episodes, 1 as assistant)
- Turning Point on a Driving Date (Episode 842) : Assistant animation director
- The Dark Mountain Route (Episode 859) : Assistant animation director
- The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird (Episode 865) : Assistant animation director
- Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Episode 872 only) : Assistant episode director, along with Yoko Fukushima (head)
- The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion (Episode 880) : Episode director, along with Yoko Fukushima (assistant)
- Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Episode 887 only) : Episode director
- The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Episode 895 only) : Episode director
- Result of the Draw (Episode 904) : Episode director
- The Job Request from Inspector Megure (Episode 911) : Episode director
- The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Episode 917 only) : Episode director
- A Day Without Conan (Episode 923) : Episode director
- A Woman Standing by the Window (Episode 930 only) : Episode director
- The Cost of Likes (Episodes 944-945) : Storyboard
- The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur (Episode 948) : Assistant animation director
- The Whistling Bookstore 2 (Episode 951) : Storyboard
- The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Episode 952 only) : Organizer and storyboard
- Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys (Episode 960) : Storyboard, along with Nobuharu Kamanaka
- Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episodes 965-966 only) : Storyboard (along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto in episode 965 and along with Nobuharu Kamanaka in episode 966) and episode director (episode 965 only)
- Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (Episode 979) : Storyboard and episode director
- The Automatic Tragedy (Episodes 990-991) : Storyboard, animation director (episode 991 only) and episode director (episode 991 only)
- The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared (Episode 1010) : Storyboard and episode director
- Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Episode 1025 only) : Organizer and storyboard
- Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake (Episode 1028) : Storyboard
- The Unstated Alibi (Episode 1041) : Storyboard
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
- 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)
- Magic Kaito 1412 (Episode 7) : Key animation
- 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.
