Masato Sato

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Masato Sato

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Profile
Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Director
Organizer
Storyboard
Episode director
Years active: 1980-present
Aliases: 大河桝玖
Also known as Masuku Taiga.
The last name can also be pronounced Okawa, Daiga, Oko or Oga[1]. The first name can either be read Masuhisa, Masuki or Masutama[2][3].

Masato Sato (佐藤 真人 Satō Masato?) is a Japanese animation director, screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director. He was assistant director from episode 318 to 332, before replacing Yasuichiro Yamamoto as director from episode 333 to 504. Occasionally he uses the alias Masuku Taiga (大河 桝玖 Taiga Masuku?) for some storyboard and episode directing work[4].

Biography

Masato Sato used to work as a video operator at Ajia-do (亜細亜堂). After switching to do directing, he established his own animation studio named Axel (アクセル).

He was involved in the Detective Conan anime production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case; during this period, he also had been the director of the anime in episode 162 and episode 219. Afterwards, he became the assistant director, starting with Episode 318: The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 1); then the long-term director, starting with Episode 333: The Similar Princesses (Part 1).

The departure of Akai along with the resignation of Masato Sato. (OP22)

During his period as director, the Detective Conan anime production became rather chaotic; there was a huge alteration in the staff team, most storyboard artist began to quit the anime production, and a lot of animators were diverted to work on the movies, even the anime character designer Masatomo Sudo temporarily ceased serving as the role. As a result, the anime character designer was changed to Mari Tominaga forcibly. The colour design was also switched to Fusako Nakao, and the queer colour tone had brought a few questionings. This caused the unsteadily of the animation back then, leading to the increase in the demand of the involvements of outsource companies as well.

Special extended episodes (1-2.5 hours) are more commonly found in the Masato Sato era (mostly during YTV schedule rearrangement in Fall 2007). Amusingly, they made different versions of the same opening for each special episodes - for example opening 21 has different versions of opening animation for each episodes (including the remaster episodes).

Until the last episode of the Episodes 491~504: Clash of Red and Black series, which was aired in mid 2008, Sato eventually retired from the director role; Koujin Ochi took over the director position thereafter (Sato did not take part in the Detective Conan production for some time after his resignation as director, but surprisingly returned in 2011 and served as the director for OVA Detective Conan vs. Wooo).

In 2007 and 2013, Sato worked on some episodes under the pseudonym Masuku Taiga, which seems to be a direct reference to the boxing name and manga series Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク / Taigā Masuku)[4].

Works in Detective Conan

As Masato Sato

Anime

Participation in: 55 cases (74 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
3 3 An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case January 22, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
9 9 Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case March 4, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
14 15 The Mysterious Shooting Message Case April 29, 1996 Episode director
19 20 An Elevator Murder Case June 10, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
25 26 The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case July 22, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
30 31 Alibi Testimony Murder Case August 26, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
35 36 Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 2) October 28, 1996 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
42 43 Karaoke Box Murder Case December 16, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
48 49 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1) February 17, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
49 50 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2) February 24, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
68 70 Night Baron Murder Case (The Case) July 28, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
69 71 Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion) August 4, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
70 72 Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution) August 11, 1997 Organizer
77 80 Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 1) October 20, 1997 Episode director
79 82 The Bank Heist Murder Case November 3, 1997 Storyboard
86 89 The Kidnapping Location Case January 12, 1998 Storyboard
110 116 Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 1) July 27, 1998 Storyboard
115 121 Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 2) August 31, 1998 Storyboard
121 128 The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1) October 26, 1998 Organizer, Storyboard
122 129 The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 2) November 2, 1998 Organizer, Storyboard
162 172-173 The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case September 27, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 1 hour
165 176 The Disappearing Detective Boys Case October 25, 1999 Storyboard, Episode director
172 183 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 1) December 13, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
173 184 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2) December 20, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard
196 211 The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation June 26, 2000 Episode director
205 220 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 1) August 28, 2000 Organizer, Storyboard
206 221 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2) September 4, 2000 Organizer, Storyboard
219 235-238 The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid January 8, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 2 hours
226 245 The Battle Game Trap (Part 1) February 26, 2001 Episode director
230 249 The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1) April 16, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
231 250 The Mysterious Passenger (Part 2) April 23, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
240 259 The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 1) July 2, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
241 260 The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2) July 9, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
245 264 The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate August 6, 2001 Storyboard
258 277 The Man from Chicago (Part 1) November 19, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
259 278 The Man from Chicago (Part 2) November 26, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
271 293 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1) March 11, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
272 294 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2) March 18, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
286 308 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case) July 15, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
287 309 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction) July 22, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
288 310 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution) July 29, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
304 326-329 The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages January 6, 2003 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 2 hours
344 370 The Convenience Store Trap (Part 2) December 8, 2003 Episode director
345 371-375 Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night January 5, 2004 Episode director 2.5 hours
383 414-417 Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon December 20, 2004 Organizer, Storyboard 2 hours
390 424 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 1) February 28, 2005 Organizer, Storyboard
391 425 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2) March 7, 2005 Organizer, Storyboard
393 427 A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems March 21, 2005 Episode director
414 448 The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase September 12, 2005 Storyboard
418 452 Home of Beika's Grenier October 31, 2005 Storyboard
421 455 Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 1) November 21, 2005 Episode director
422 456 Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 2) November 28, 2005 Episode director
425 459-463 Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out January 9, 2006 Episode director 2.5 hours
429 467 Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1) February 6, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
430 468 Two People Who Can't Return (Part 2) February 13, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
435 473 Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 1) April 17, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
436 474 Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 2) April 24, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
437 475 Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago May 8, 2006 Storyboard
449 487-488 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding August 21, 2006 Episode director 1 hour
454 494 The Overturned Conclusion (Part 1) October 30, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
456 496 The Mystery I Loved November 13, 2006 Storyboard
457 497 Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 1) November 20, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
458 498 Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 2) November 27, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
463 503 The Shadow of the Black Organization (The Strange Illumination) February 5, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
467 507 The Unsmashable Snowman (Part 2) March 5, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
468 508 Mysterious Case Near the Pond March 12, 2007 Episode director
485 528 Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 2) August 27, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
487 530-531 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger October 15, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard 1 hour
490 536-537 Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope! December 3, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard 1 hour
498 545 Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance) March 3, 2008 Storyboard
499 546 Clash of Red and Black (Disguise) March 10, 2008 Storyboard
501 548 Clash of Red and Black (Suspicion) April 14, 2008 Storyboard
503 550 Clash of Red and Black (Ready to Die) May 12, 2008 Storyboard
504 551 Clash of Red and Black (Killed in the Line of Duty) May 19, 2008 Storyboard, Episode director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 5 openings and 6 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP3 Nazo 謎 Technical director
OP5 TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ Storyboard, Technical director
OP8 Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense 恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス Storyboard, Technical director
OP10 Winter Bells Winter Bells Technical director
OP12 Kaze no Lalala 風のららら Technical director
ED
ED8 Free Magic Free Magic Storyboard, Technical director
ED12 always always Technical director
ED14 Yume Mita Ato de 夢みたあとで Storyboard, Technical director
ED15 Mushoku 無色 Storyboard, Technical director
ED17 Ashita o Yume Mite 明日を夢見て Storyboard, Technical director
ED18 Kimi to Iu Hikari 君という光 Storyboard, Technical director

Movies

Participation in: 4 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
1 The Time-Bombed Skyscraper April 19, 1997 Storyboard, Technical director
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Storyboard, Technical director
3 The Last Wizard of the Century April 17, 1999 Technical director
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Technical director

OVAs

Participation in: 5 OVAs

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
4 Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother March 3, 2004 Director
5 The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report March 9, 2005 Director
6 Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! March 15, 2006 Director
Detective Conan vs. Wooo 1 Fatuous Detective!? Kogoro Mouri April 22, 2011 Director
Detective Conan vs. Wooo 2 Television Personality Maomi Yuki's Worries June 23, 2011 Director

As Masuku Taiga

Anime

Participation in: 5 cases (5 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
465 505 The Shadow of the Black Organization (Shining Star of Pearl) February 19, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
476 516 Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1) June 25, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
486 529 Beckoning Cat from Right to Left September 3, 2007 Episode director
488 532-533 The Devil of the TV Station October 22, 2007 Episode director 1 hour
687 739 The Unsolvable Ice Trap February 16, 2013 Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

  • Lupin III: Part III: Original drawings
  • Soreike! Anpanman: Technical director
  • Slayers: Technical director, Storyboard
  • Slayers Next: Storyboard
  • Doraemon: Technical director, Storyboard
  • Yatterman: Storyboard
  • Ultimate Otaku Teacher: Storyboard (Credited as "大河桝玖")

References

  1. 佐藤真人 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. 大河桝玖 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  3. 大河桝玖 - AllCinema (Japanese)
  4. Masato Sato - Anime News Network
  5. Detective Conan Staff Listing (Japanese)
  1. ^ https://myoji-yurai.net/myojiPrefectureRanking.htm?myojiKanji=%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3
  2. ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9D
  3. ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96
  4. ^ a b SeesaaWiki 大河桝玖
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