Nobuo Ogizawa
| Nobuo Ogizawa | |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | November 29, 1956 |
| Place of birth: | Hokkaido, Japan |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nicknames: | 扇沢延男 |
Nobuo Ogizawa (扇澤 延男 Ōgizawa Nobuo), born November 29, 1956, is a Japanese screenplay writer from Hokkai. He is best known for his work on episodes of the anime Detective Conan.
He graduated from Waseda University Second Faculty of Literature (早稲田大学第二文学部). In early years, he studied under the famous screenwriter Narito Kaneko. Initially working in TV Asah for planning work, later, under the recommendation of the producer Akira Koseki, he got involved in the screenwriting of the tokusatsu Choujinki Metalder (超人機メタルダー), he was responsible for the screenplay of the 11th and the 27th episodes. After that, he joined KANOX (株式会社カノックス), a company led by Mitsuhiko Kuze, and while working on one-hour dramas and nine monthly dramas, he also worked on many genres such as special programmes for children and detective dramas.
By looking at the genealogy, Ogizawa is the grandchild of the renowned screenwriter, So Kuramoto. As time went by, along with his hard-working efforts, he became a lecturer at the Japan Screenwriters Union, and he also got involved in the "screenplay writer training course" run by TMS Entertainment. Ogizawa has been dedicated to the specialisation of the "Metal Hero series" for many years. He also met another highly productive Detective Conan anime script writer, Junichi Miyashita while he was involved in the production of these TV dramas. However, after the last work, Moero!! Robocon (燃えろ!!ロボコン) in 2000, Ogizawa mainly focused on anime and two-hour dramas afterwards.
The scripts he wrote for the Detective Conan anime mainly focus on alibis and testimonies, but he sometimes also writes nonsensical comedy stories. His cases also possess a strong smell of Shakai Detective Fiction (社会派推理) and mostly reveal tragedy, corruption, and household ethics. He currently has the highest number of Detective Conan TV original cases written, despite his absence from production of Detective Conan in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Scenarios written
Number of case scenarios written: 68 (84 episodes)
Other notable works
Anime
- Golgo 13: Screenplay
Tokusatsu
- Moero!! Robocon: Screenplay
- Choujinki Metalder: Screenplay
References
- 扇澤延男 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- Nobuo OGIZAWA - Wiki D-Addicts
