Michitaka Yamamoto
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| Michitaka Yamamoto | |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Location: | Japan |
| Position: | Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Key animation 2nd key animation |
| Studio: | Azeta Pictures |
| Years active: | 1988-present |
Michitaka Yamamoto (山本 道隆 Yamamoto Michitaka) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.
Biography
Michitaka Yamamoto has been working as an animator since 1988. He first did in-between animation, then began doing key animation in 1989, and became an animation director in 2004. He usually follows Azeta Pictures for animation production.
Yamamoto joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 2007, starting with Episode 488: The Devil of the TV Station as animation director. In the following year, he started to represent Azeta Pictures and worked as animation director under the episodes produced by the studio to this day. Yamamoto has also started participating the production of the Detective Conan movies under the name of a freelance animator in recent years.
Works in Detective Conan
Anime
Participation in: 114 cases (118 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 488 | 532-533 | The Devil of the TV Station | October 22, 2007 | Animation director | 1 hour |
| 519 | 568 | Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Decipherment Chapter) | December 8, 2008 | Animation director | Mystery tour |
| 523 | 574 | What She Truly Wants to Ask | February 2, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 524 | 575 | The Blue Spark of Hate (Part 1) | February 9, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 528 | 579 | Might Over Mystery (Part 1) | March 9, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 533 | 584 | The Scar that Evokes the Past | May 9, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 541 | 592 | The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 2) | July 18, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 548 | 599 | Two Days with the Culprit (Second Day) | September 26, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 553 | 604 | The Interrogation Room | October 31, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 560 | 611 | The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (The Late Komei) | December 19, 2009 | Animation director | |
| 566 | 617 | The Partner is Santa-san | February 27, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 573 | 624 | The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 1) | May 15, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 579 | 630 | The Suggestion of Black Thirteen | July 3, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 586 | 637 | The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark | September 4, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 592 | 643 | The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 2) | October 23, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 597 | 648 | The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room (Part 1) | November 27, 2010 | Animation director | |
| 605 | 656 | The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room) | February 12, 2011 | Animation director | |
| 610 | 661 | The Victim is Shinichi Kudo | April 9, 2011 | Animation director | |
| 615 | 666 | The Secret Played by the Diary (Part 2) | May 14, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 620 | 671 | Holmes' Revelation (Grass Court Queen) | June 18, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 626 | 677 | The Screaming Operation Room (Part 2) | July 30, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 633 | 684 | The Guardian of Time's Sword (Part 2) | October 8, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 637 | 688 | The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2) | November 19, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 643 | 694 | Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 2) | January 14, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 648 | 699 | The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak) | March 3, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 652 | 704 | The Design of Poison and Mirage (EYE) | April 21, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 657 | 709 | The Professor's Video Site (Part 2) | May 26, 2012 | Animation director | |
| 661 | 713 | Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Part 1) | June 23, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 668 | 720 | Wedding Eve (Part 2) | September 8, 2012 | Animation director | |
| 670 | 722 | The Dark Tower's Hidden Treasure (Part 2) | September 22, 2012 | Animation director | |
| 676 | 728 | Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter (Part 2) | November 17, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 680 | 732 | Cactus Capriccio | December 15, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 685 | 737 | Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2) | February 2, 2013 | Animation director Key animation | |
| 690 | 742 | Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Part 1) | March 9, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 695 | 747 | The Roses in the Vineyard | April 27, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 700 | 752 | The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 2) | June 15, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 705 | 757 | Conan in a Locked Room | August 10, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 710 | 762 | Everyone Saw (Part 1) | September 21, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 716 | 768 | Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion (Part 1) | November 2, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 722 | 774 | Sweet and Cold Delivery Service (Part 1) | December 14, 2013 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 728 | 780 | The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 2) | February 1, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 733 | 785 | The Wedding Reception and the Two Gunshots | March 22, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 737 | 790 | The Suspicious Walking Path | May 3, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 743 | 796 | Two Coincidental Successes | June 21, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 748 | 801 | Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Confession) | August 2, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 753 | 806 | The Blind Spot in the Share House | October 4, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 759 | 812 | The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1) | November 22, 2014 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 765 | 818 | Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case Creek (Part 1) | January 24, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 771 | 824 | The Tense Tea Party (Part 2) | March 14, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 777 | 830 | Detective Boys vs. Elderly Detective League | May 9, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 785 | 838 | Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 1) | July 18, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 790 | 843 | Bekapon's Bleeding Service | September 5, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 797 | 850 | The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction | October 24, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 803 | 856 | The Pitfall of Fire Precautions | December 12, 2015 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 811 | 866 | The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 2) | March 5, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 817 | 872 | The Missing Fiancée | May 14, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 824 | 879 | The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain | July 9, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 830 | 885 | A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 1) | September 3, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 837 | 892 | The Unfriendly Girls Band (Part 2) | October 22, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 843 | 898 | The Detective Boys in a Grove (Part 1) | December 17, 2016 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 848 | 903 | Chiba's Difficult UFO Case (Part 2) | February 4, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 856 | 911 | The Secret of the Celebrity Couple | April 22, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 860 | 915 | The Security System's Pitfall | May 20, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 868 | 923 | The Whistling Bookstore | July 29, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 875 | 930 | The Mysterious Prophetic Buddha | September 30, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 883 | 938 | The Pop-up Book Bomber (Part 1) | December 2, 2017 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 891 | 946 | Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Yamaguchi Part) | February 3, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | Mystery tour |
| 898 | 953 | The Melting Cake! | April 7, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | M22 pre-story |
| 903 | 958 | Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads | May 26, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 910 | 965 | Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 2) | August 4, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 915 | 970 | High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki | September 29, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 921 | 976 | The Murderous Carpool | November 17, 2018 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 929 | 986 | A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 1) | February 2, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 930 | 987 | A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2) | February 2, 2019 | Animation director | |
| 935 | 992 | The Fortuneteller and the Three Customers | March 23, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 940 | 997 | The Missing Girlfriend | May 11, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 943 | 1000 | The Tokyo Barls Collection | June 15, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 950 | 1007 | The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc) | August 10, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 956 | 1013 | The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 1) | October 12, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 960 | 1017 | Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys | November 23, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 964 | 1021 | Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3) | December 21, 2019 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 965 | 1022 | Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue) | January 4, 2020 | Animation director | |
| 970 | 1027 | The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 2) | February 22, 2020 | Animation director, Key animation | Mystery tour |
| 974 | 1031 | The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4) | March 28, 2020 | Animation director | |
| 975 | 1032 | The Secret of the Search for his Wife | July 4, 2020 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 980 | 1037 | An Encouragement of the Perfect Crime | September 5, 2020 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 987 | 1044 | The Company Dissolution Party | November 7, 2020 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 991 | 1048 | The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2) | December 19, 2020 | Animation director | |
| 992 | 1049 | Murder at the Townhouse Café | December 26, 2020 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 998 | 1055 | The Frying Pan of Hatred | February 20, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1006 | 1063 | Who Poisoned the Victim | May 15, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1011 | 1068 | Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (Part 1) | July 10, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1016 | 1073 | The Monorail Sniper Case (Part 1) | August 28, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1022 | 1079 | The Cursed Museum | October 9, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1028 | 1085 | Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake | November 27, 2021 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1033 | 1090 | Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move) | January 8, 2022 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1034 | 1091 | Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Brilliant Move) | January 15, 2022 | Assistant animation director | |
| 1035 | 1092 | Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Checkmate) | January 22, 2022 | Animation director | |
| 1040 | 1097 | The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 | April 23, 2022 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1047 | 1102 | The Red Sheep's Eerie Game (Part 1) | June 18, 2022 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1052 | 1109 | The Detective Boys' Test of Courage | July 30, 2022 | Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation | |
| 1054 | 1111 | The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 2) | August 13, 2022 | Animation director | |
| 1058 | 1115 | The Man Who Camped Out at the Police Station | October 1, 2022 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1064 | 1121 | The Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Last Shot at Love | November 19, 2022 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1068 | 1125 | Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes | January 7, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1069 | 1126 | The Sweet Voice Heard Through the Phone | January 14, 2023 | Sub-character design | |
| 1074 | 1131 | The Boiled Fugu Mystery Tour Showdown (Mojiko & Kokura Part) | February 18, 2023 | Sub-character design | Mystery tour |
| 1075 | 1132 | The Boiled Fugu Mystery Tour Showdown (Shimonoseki Part) | February 25, 2023 | Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation | Mystery tour |
| 1081 | 1139 | My Beloved Dog Pan-kun Is a Good Boy | April 22, 2023 | Animation director, Sub-character design, Key animation | |
| 1084 | 1142 | The Freezing Cold Men | May 20, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1090 | 1148 | The Culprit Who Disappeared Into the Sleeping Town | July 15, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1095 | 1153 | The Missing Man's Dream | September 2, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1100 | 1158 | The Troublesome 20 Million Yen | October 14, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1104 | 1162 | The True Culprit is On the Run | November 18, 2023 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1111 | 1162 | Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1) | January 20, 2024 | Animation director | |
| 1119 | 1177 | The Four-Person Class Reunion | April 6, 2024 | Animation director | |
| 1126 | 1184 | The Detective Who Lost His Mind | June 8, 2024 | Animation director, Key animation | |
| 1131 | 1189 | The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab (Part 2) | August 3, 2024 | Animation director, Key animation |
Openings and Endings
Participation in: 1 opening and 2 endings
| # | Song name | Original title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP | ||||
| OP33 | Miss Mystery | Miss Mystery | Key animation | |
| ED | ||||
| ED41 | Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne | 悲しいほど 今日の夕陽 きれいだね | Key animation | |
| ED42 | Overwrite | オーバーライト | Key animation | |
Movies
Participation in: 5 movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | The Fist of Blue Sapphire | April 12, 2019 | 2nd key animation | |
| 24 | The Scarlet Bullet | April 16, 2021 | 2nd key animation | |
| 25 | The Bride of Halloween | April 15, 2022 | Assistant animation director | |
| 26 | Black Iron Submarine | April 14, 2023 | Assistant animation director | |
| 27 | The Million-dollar Pentagram | April 12, 2024 | Assistant animation director |
Spin-offs
Zero's Tea Time
Participation in: 1 episode
| Jpn# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | TIME.6 | May 9, 2022 | Animation director |
Other notable works
Anime
- Amanchu!: Animation director, Key animation
- Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: Key animation
- Blood+: Key animation
- Cardfight!! Vanguard: Animation director
- Chōyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi: Animation director
- Kamisama Kazoku: Key animation
- Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch: Key animation
- Ray: Animation director, Key animation
- Space Brothers: Key animation
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000): Key animation
Movies
- Doraemon: Nobita at the Birth of Japan: In-between animation
- Doraemon: Nobita's Version of Saiyuki: In-between animation
- Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog: Key animation
- Lupin III: Stolen Lupin: Key animation
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai: 2nd key animation
