Takashi Kawaguchi

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Takashi Kawaguchi

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Profile
Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Assistant animation director
Key animation
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Years active: 1987-present
Aliases: かわぐち たかし

Takashi Kawaguchi (川口 隆 Kawaguchi Takashi?) is a Japanese animatior. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Takashi Kawaguchi was originally from the Telecom Animation Film, and is now affiliated with TMS Entertainment; Kawaguchi debuted as an animator by virtue of Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀).

In 2000, he joined the Detective Conan anime production, starting with Episode 192: The Desperate Revival - Shinichi's Return; he left the anime production in 2001. Starting 2022, he returned to the anime production team and began to serve as key animator irregularly, for example, he did key animation of Episode 1042: Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara in 2022; key animation of Episode 1089: The Genius Restaurant in 2023 etc.

After Kawaguchi quit the Detective Conan anime production in 2001, he remained active in the Detective Conan movie production and was almost present in all Detective Conan movie key animation teams. In addition, he was one of the assistant animation directors in movies 19-20.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 13 cases (13 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
192 207 The Desperate Revival - Shinichi's Return May 29, 2000 Key animation
197 212 The Super Car's Trap (Part 1) July 3, 2000 Key animation
204 219 The Black Wings of Icarus (Part 2) August 21, 2000 Key animation
209 225 The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case October 16, 2000 Key animation
213 229 Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys (Part 2) November 13, 2000 Key animation
218 234 Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 2) December 18, 2000 Key animation
235 254 The Locked Wine Cellar May 28, 2001 Key animation
241 260 The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2) July 9, 2001 Key animation
246 265 The Mystery in the Net (Part 1) August 13, 2001 Key animation
251 270 The Tragedy at the OK Corral September 17, 2001 Key animation
1042 1099 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara May 7, 2022 Key animation
1089 1147 The Genius Restaurant July 8, 2023 Key animation
1125 1183 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 June 1, 2024 Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 7 openings and 2 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP23 Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you 一秒ごとに Love for you Key animation
OP25 Revive Revive Key animation
OP26 Everlasting Luv Everlasting Luv Key animation
OP38 Greed Greed Key animation
OP43 Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru 世界はあなたの色になる Key animation
OP47 Countdown カウントダウン Key animation
OP53 ZERO kara Hajimete ZEROからハジメテ Key animation
ED
ED31 GO YOUR OWN WAY GO YOUR OWN WAY Key animation
ED32 Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara 恋心 輝きながら Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 24 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Key animation
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Key animation
5 Countdown to Heaven April 21, 2001 Key animation
6 The Phantom of Baker Street April 20, 2002 Key animation
7 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital April 19, 2003 Key animation
8 Magician of the Silver Sky April 17, 2004 Key animation
9 Strategy Above the Depths April 9, 2005 Key animation
10 The Private Eyes' Requiem April 15, 2006 Key animation
11 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure April 21, 2007 Key animation
12 Full Score of Fear April 19, 2008 Key animation
14 The Lost Ship in the Sky April 17, 2010 Key animation
15 Quarter of Silence April 16, 2011 Key animation
16 The Eleventh Striker April 14, 2012 Key animation
17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea April 20, 2013 Key animation
Crossover Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie December 7, 2013 Key animation
18 Dimensional Sniper April 19, 2014 Key animation
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Assistant animation director, Key animation
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Assistant animation director, Key animation
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Key animation
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Key animation
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Key animation
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Key animation
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 2 specials

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
5 The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History December 26, 2014 Key animation
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Key animation

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode + 1 opening

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
2 Encountering People is Such A Mysterious Thing October 11, 2022 Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • Drifters: Animation director
  • Fractale: Key animation
  • Gurren Lagann: Key animation
  • Heroman: Key animation
  • How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Key animation
  • Kaiba: 2nd key animation, Key animation
  • Soul Eater: Key animation
  • Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW: Key animation
  • Wolf's Rain: Key animation

Movies

  • Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers : Key animation (character)
  • Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland: In-between animation
  • Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy: In-between animation
  • Ojisan Kaizō Kōza: In-between animation

References

  1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of July 8th, 2023.
  2. 川口隆 - Wikipedia
  3. 川口隆 - Atwiki
  4. Takashi Kawaguchi - Anime News Network
  5. Detective Conan Staff Listing