Akihiro Okuzawa

Akihiro Okuzawa
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Storyboard Key animation
Studio:	Studio Giants → Studio Guts
Years active:	1988-present
Aliases:	奥沢明裕 奥澤粗笨

Akihiro Okuzawa (奥澤 明裕 ,Okuzawa Akihiro) is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. He does storyboard and key animation for Detective Conan anime and movies. He was from Studio Giants, and now affiliated with Studio Guts.

Biography

Akihiro Okuzawa debuted as an animator in 1989, via the anime Prestigious! Third Baseball Club (名門!第三野球部). He first joined the production of the Detective Conan in 2016, and worked on the "Episode ONE" TV special, then he went to do key animation for the anime, starting with Episode 869: Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Part 1). Okuzawa was then promoted to a storyboard artist in 2023, starting with Episode 1070: The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy, until present.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 13 cases (13 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
869	924	Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Part 1)	August 5, 2017	Key animation
876	931	The Mechanical Witness	October 17, 2017	Key animation
892	947	Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Hagi Arc)	February 10, 2018	Key animation
897	952	The Woman with White Hands (Part 2)	March 24, 2018	Key animation
908	963	Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed	July 21, 2018	Key animation
917	972	The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2)	October 13, 2018	Key animation
918	973	The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase	October 27, 2018	Key animation
925	980	The Heartfelt Strap (Part 1)	December 15, 2018	Key animation
948	1005	The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur	July 27, 2019	Key animation
951	1008	The Whistling Bookstore 2	August 17, 2019	Key animation
955	1012	The Secret of the Insect Man	September 28, 2019	Key animation
1070	1127	The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy	January 21, 2023	Storyboard
1084	1142	The Freezing Cold Men	May 20, 2023	Storyboard

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 1 special

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Key animation

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 2 episodes

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
2	TIME.2	April 12, 2022	Key animation
6	TIME.6	May 9, 2022	Key animation

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 2 episodes

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
1	Along Came A Culprit	October 4, 2022	Key animation
10	Dimensional Visitor	December 6, 2022	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Kendo Rage: Key Animation
• Detective (1999): Animation Director, Key Animation
• Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi: Storyboard

See also

• Studio Guts

References

1. 奥澤明裕 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. 奥澤明裕 - Allcinema (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network