Masako Sato

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Masako Sato

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Profile
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position: Episode director
Studio: Studio Ghibli
Years active: 2001-present
Website: Twitter Account
Last name can also be Satou.

Masako Sato (佐藤 雅子 Satō Masako?) is a Japanese technical director, animation director, and storyboard artist from Tokyo. As of now, she only did episode directing for Detective Conan spin-offs The Culprit Hanzawa.

Biography

Masako Sato belongs to Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ), she usually participates in the production of sports-themed anime, and has been in charge of the episode directing of the anime series Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!) for a while, and became the series director for its fourth season.

Ever since the Detective Conan spin-off The Culprit Hanzawa has broadcast, Sato got involved in the production of the animation: sequentially served as an episode director throughout Season 1.

Works in Detective Conan

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 4 episodes

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
1 Along Came A Culprit October 4, 2022 Episode director
2 Encountering People is Such A Mysterious Thing October 11, 2022 Episode director
11 Oh! Fortune December 13, 2022 Episode director
12 The First Target December 20, 2022 Episode director

Other notable works

Anime

  • Haikyu!!: Storyboard
  • Haikyu!! S2: Storyboard, Episode Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
  • Haikyu!! S3: Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
  • Haikyu!! To The Top S4: Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director

Movies

  • Naruto Shippūden: Background Scan (Scanya)

References

  1. 佐藤雅子 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. IMDb
  3. Anime News Network