Nariyuki Takahashi

Nariyuki Takahashi
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Key animation
Years active:	1995-present

Nariyuki Takahashi (高橋 成之 ,Takahashi Nariyuki) is a Japanese animator, sub-character designer. He does key animation, animation directing, sub-character design works in Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Nariyuki Takahashi has become active among the industry since 1995, and joined the Detective Conan anime production team in 2004, initially working on the key animation of Movie 8: Magician of the Silver Sky. Then he started to do some key animation work in the anime as well, starting with Episode 377: Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour (Part 1). First serving as an animation director for Detective Conan in Episode 783: The Scarlet Truth, working along with Chiemi Hironaka. Notably, he also served as the assistant animation director role in the prominant arc series Episode 927~928: The Scarlet School Trip. Moreover, he was also involved in the production of the remade The Moonlight Sonata Murder (key animation for the 2nd part).

In the Detective Conan movie wise, he has been an animation director since 2014, starting with movie 18, he now focuses on the movies.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Nariyuki Takahashi

Anime

Participation in: 14 cases (16 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
377	408	Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour (Part 1)	November 8, 2004	Key animation
742	795	Promise with a J-Leaguer	June 14, 2014	Key animation
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
792	845	Three First Discoverers (Part 1)	September 19, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
927	982-983	The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)	January 5, 2019	Assistant animation director	1 hour
928	984-985	The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)	January 12, 2019	Assistant animation director	1 hour
946	1003	The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 1)	July 13, 2019	Assistant animation director
984	1041	Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 2)	October 10, 2020	Key animation
1001	1058	The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2)	March 13, 2021	Key animation	Remake
1079	1137	The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)	April 8, 2023	Animation director
1088	1146	The Unfortunate and Suspicious Victim‎‎	June 24, 2023	Sub-character design
1093	1151	Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Part 1)	August 5, 2023	Sub-character design
1094	1152	Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Part 2)	August 12, 2023	Sub-character design
1101	1159	Pride of the Immortal Man	October 21, 2023	Sub-character design
1102	1160	The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men	November 4, 2023	Sub-character design
1118	1176	Girls Day Mystery 2	March 23, 2024	Sub-character design

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 5 openings and 3 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP43	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru	世界はあなたの色になる	Key animation
OP50	ANSWER	ANSWER	Key animation
OP52	JUST BELIEVE YOU	JUST BELIEVE YOU	Key animation
OP53	ZERO kara Hajimete	ZEROからハジメテ	Key animation
OP56	SPARKLE	SPARKLE	Key animation
ED
ED56	Kamikaze Express	神風エクスプレス	Key animation
ED60	Sissy Sky	Sissy Sky	Key animation
ED63	Reboot	Reboot	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 18 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
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
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Key animation
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Key animation
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Key animation
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Key animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Animation director
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Animation director
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Animation director
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Animation director, 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	Animation director
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• The Beast Player Erin: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director
• Black Cat: 1st Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director
• Bleach: Key Animation
• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Kiddy Grade: Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
• Kuroko's Basketball: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
• Moriarty the Patriot S1+S2: Sub-Prop Design, Animation Director, Key Animation
• Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles: Animation Director, Key Animation
• The Prince of Tennis: Ending Animation, Key Animation, Opening Animation
• Samurai 7: Animation Director, Animation Cooperation, Assistant Animation Director, End Card Animation
• Sisters of Wellber: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
• Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -Chaos in Urbanrama-: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Chief Assistant Animation Director
• Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director

Movies

• Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse: Animation Director
• Tennis no Oujisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono: Animation Director, Assistant Character Design, Key Animation

References

1. 高橋成之 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. Anime News Network