Haruo Ogawara

Haruo Ogawara
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Key animation
Studio:	P.R.A
Years active:	1986-present

Haruo Ogawara (大河原 晴男 ,Ōgawara Haruo) is a Japanese animation director. He was mainly active during the first seasons of Detective Conan, specifically in 1996-1997. He is affiliated with P.R.A.

Biography

Haruo Ogawara began to participate in the production of the Detective Conan anime since the beginning, starting with the fourth episode Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case, after that, he served as an animation director regularly.

A frame of Conan by Ogawara.

He is somewhat well-known among the Detective Conan fandom owing to the radically different artstyle compared to the rest of the staffs. Though it appears to be much closer to Gosho Aoyama's early artstyle for the Detective Conan manga, and in line with Aoyama's early drafts he made for the anime production. In the beginning he performed quite decently, but afterwards, some frames collapsed, and he received some criticism. Incidentally, he collaborated with Hirohito Ochi quite well in the Episode 50: Library Murder Case, and created a horror atmosphere for that episode.

During the first-half of 1997, after doing the animation work of Episode 53: The Mystery Weapon Murder Case, he quit the anime production. However, he returned to the anime production team in 2009 and served as animation director for Episode 544: The Hand That Plays in Dissonance; he ceased being involved with the series thereafter. In addition, all of the episodes where Ogawara was the animation director, Hirohito Ochi was in charge of the episode direction as well (except for episode 53).

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Haruo Ogawara

Anime

Participation in: 12 cases (12 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
4	4	The Coded Map of the City Case	January 29, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
7	7	Once-A-Month Present Threat Case	February 19, 1996	Animation director
12	13	Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case	April 15, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
16	17	The Antique Collector Murder Case	May 20, 1996	Animation director
21	22	On Location, TV Drama Murder Case	June 24, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
26	27	Pet Dog John Murder Case	July 29, 1996	Animation director
31	32	TV Station Murder Case	September 2, 1996	Animation director
38	39	Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case	November 18, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
44	45	Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case	January 20, 1997	Animation director
50	51	Library Murder Case	March 3, 1997	Animation director
53	55	The Mystery Weapon Murder Case	April 7, 1997	Animation director
544	595	The Hand That Plays in Dissonance	August 8, 2009	Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• NieA_7: Key Animation
• Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety: Animation director
• Tayutama - Kiss on My Deity: Character design, Chief animation director

References

1. 大河原晴男 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. Anime News Network