Masato Sato

Masato Sato
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan
Also known as Masuku Taiga. The last name can also be pronounced Okawa, Daiga, Oko or Oga. The first name can either be read Masuhisa, Masuki or Masutama.

Masato Sato (佐藤 真人 ,Satō Masato) is a Japanese animation director, screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director. He was assistant director from episode 318 to 332, before replacing Yasuichiro Yamamoto as director from episode 333 to 504. Occasionally he uses the alias Masuku Taiga (大河 桝玖 ,Taiga Masuku) for some storyboard and episode directing work.

Biography

He used to work as a video operator at Ajia-do (亜細亜堂). After switching to do directing, he established his own animation studio named Axel (アクセル).

He was involved in the Detective Conan anime production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for the third episode An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case; during this period, he also had been the director of the anime in episode 162 and episode 219. Afterwards, he became the assistant director, starting with the 1st part of The Lucky Cigar Case; then the long-term director, starting with the 1st part of The Similar Princesses. Until the last episode of the Clash of Red and Black series, which was in the beginning of 2008, Sato eventually retired from the director role; Koujin Ochi took over the director position thereafter.

In 2007 and 2013, Sato worked on some episodes under the pseudonym Masuku Taiga, which seems to be a direct reference to the boxing name and manga series Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク / Taigā Masuku).

Works in Detective Conan

As Masuku Taiga

Participation in: 5 cases (5 episodes)

• The Shadow of the Black Organization (Episode 465 only): Organizer, Storyboard
• Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Episode 476 only): Organizer, Storyboard
• Beckoning Cat from Right to Left (Episode 486): Episode director
• The Devil of the TV Station (Episode 488): Episode director (along with Makoto Nagao)
• The Unsolvable Ice Trap (Episode 687): Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

• Lupin III: Part III: Original drawings
• Soreike! Anpanman: Technical director
• Slayers: Technical director, Storyboard
• Slayers Next: Storyboard
• Doraemon: Technical director, Storyboard
• Yatterman: Storyboard
• Ultimate Otaku Teacher: Storyboard (Credited as "大河桝玖")

References

1. 佐藤真人 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. 大河桝玖 - Atwiki (Japanese)
3. 大河桝玖 - AllCinema (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network