Hiroaki Takagi
| Hiroaki Takagi | |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Location: | Japan |
| Position: | Organizer Storyboard Episode director Assistant episode director Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation 2nd key animation |
| Years active: | 2014-present |
| Aliases: | たかぎひろあき |
| Website: | Twitter Account |
| 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 takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies. He was formerly affiliated with Studio Wanpack.
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Biography
Hiroaki Takagi started being active as an animator in 2014. He started working in Detective Conan as key animator in Episode 750: 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 Episode 842: Turning Point on a Driving Date. He has also started to work as assistant episode director, and episode director since Episode 872: Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing).
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 case Episodes 944~945: The Cost of Likes.
He is famously-known for his abundance of the resplendent ideas when working on episode direction for anime. He usually contributes to several interesting scenes; even if the overall production is poor, he can still perform impressively. In 2023, he became a director for the first time and directed My One-Hit Kill Sister (異世界ワンターンキル姉さん〜姉同伴の異世界生活はじめました〜): in the first episode, he was responsible for the storyboard and devised more than 20 battle key shots; he also invited Jun Arai (新井 淳) to serve as the effects animation director, and the general atmosphere of the anime suggested a strong "Yoshinori Kanada style". Likewise, in the Detective Conan anime, his storyboard and episode directions are rather mesmerising and charming - he uses desaturated colour tones and unique colour filters to articulate the case characters' emotions and thoughts, the most typical example would be Episode 1010: The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared.
Works in Detective Conan
Anime
Participation in: 42 cases (46 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 750 | 803 | The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea | September 6, 2014 | Key animation | |
| 755 | 808 | The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Evil Spirit) | October 18, 2014 | Key animation | |
| 761 | 814 | Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kanazawa Part) | December 6, 2014 | Key animation | Mystery tour |
| 767 | 820 | The Lover Gone Missing in a Snowstorm | February 7, 2015 | Key animation | |
| 775 | 828 | The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 1) | April 25, 2015 | Key animation | |
| 788 | 841 | The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 2) | August 8, 2015 | Key animation | |
| 796 | 849 | The Lovebirds' Ruse | October 17, 2015 | Key animation | |
| 802 | 855 | Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour (Tottori Part) | December 5, 2015 | Key animation | Mystery tour |
| 815 | 870 | The Actress Blogger's Locked Room Case (Part 2) | April 30, 2016 | Key animation | |
| 821 | 876 | The Hidden Secret of Dongaraji Temple | June 11, 2016 | Key animation | |
| 828 | 883 | Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Part 2) | August 6, 2016 | Key animation | |
| 835 | 890 | The Man Who Died Twice (Part 2) | October 8, 2016 | Key animation | |
| 842 | 897 | Turning Point on a Driving Date | December 10, 2016 | Assistant animation director, Key animation | |
| 859 | 914 | The Dark Mountain Route | May 13, 2017 | Assistant animation director, Key animation | |
| 865 | 920 | The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird | July 8, 2017 | Assistant animation director, Key animation | |
| 872 | 927 | Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing) | September 9, 2017 | Assistant episode director, Key animation | |
| 880 | 935 | The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion | November 11, 2017 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 887 | 942 | Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Part 1) | January 6, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 895 | 950 | The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Part 2) | March 10, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 904 | 959 | Result of the Draw | June 16, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 911 | 966 | The Job Request from Inspector Megure | September 1, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 917 | 972 | The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2) | October 13, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 923 | 978 | A Day Without Conan | December 1, 2018 | Episode director, Key animation | |
| 928 | 984-985 | The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc) | January 12, 2019 | 2nd key animation | |
| 930 | 987 | A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2) | February 9, 2019 | Episode director | |
| 934 | 991 | Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case (Part 2) | March 16, 2019 | Key animation | |
| 944 | 1001 | The Cost of Likes (Part 1) | June 22, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 945 | 1002 | The Cost of Likes (Part 2) | June 29, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 948 | 1005 | The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur | July 27, 2019 | Assistant animation director | |
| 951 | 1008 | The Whistling Bookstore 2 | August 17, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 952 | 1009 | The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 1) | August 31, 2019 | Organizer, Storyboard | |
| 955 | 1012 | Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys | September 28, 2019 | Key animation | |
| 960 | 1017 | The Secret of the Insect Man | November 30, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 965 | 1022 | Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue) | January 4, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director | |
| 966 | 1023 | Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Interlude) | January 11, 2020 | Storyboard | |
| 968 | 1025 | Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale) | January 25, 2020 | Key animation | |
| 979 | 1036 | Leading a Detective Around By the Nose | August 29, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation | |
| 990 | 1047 | The Automatic Tragedy (Part 1) | December 12, 2020 | Storyboard | |
| 991 | 1048 | The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2) | December 19, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1010 | 1067 | The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared | June 26, 2021 | Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation | |
| 1015 | 1072 | Stakeout | August 14, 2021 | Key animation | |
| 1025 | 1082 | Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Part 2) | November 6, 2021 | Organizer, Storyboard | |
| 1028 | 1085 | Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake | November 27, 2021 | Storyboard | |
| 1038 | 1095 | Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Wataru Date | March 12, 2022 | Key animation | |
| 1041 | 1098 | The Unstated Alibi | April 30, 2022 | Storyboard | |
| 1079 | 1137 | The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) | April 8, 2023 | Key animation | |
| 1102 | 1160 | The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men | November 4, 2023 | Storyboard | |
| 1109 | 1167 | Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1) | January 6, 2024 | Organizer, Storyboard | |
| 1110 | 1168 | Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 2) | January 13, 2024 | Organizer, Storyboard |
Movies
Participation in: 4 movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
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| 21 | The Crimson Love Letter | April 15, 2017 | Key animation | |
| 23 | The Fist of Blue Sapphire | April 12, 2019 | Key animation | |
| 24 | The Scarlet Bullet | April 16, 2021 | Key animation | |
| 27 | The Million-dollar Pentagram | April 12, 2024 | Technical director |
Works in Magic Kaito
Magic Kaito 1412
Participation in: 1 episode
| Jpn# | Eng# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 7 | 7 | Kaito Kuroba's Busy Holiday | November 15, 2014 | Key animation |
Other notable works
Anime
- Beyblade: Key animation
- A Certain Scientific Accelerator: Storyboard, episode director, Key animation
- The Files of Young Kindaichi Returns: Key animation
- Ghost in a Shell: Key animation
- Goblin Slayer: Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
- My Hero Academia: Key animation
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series: Episode director
- The Promised Neverland: Key animation
- Many more including Seven Deadly Sins, Owarimonogatari, Sailor Moon etc.
