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He was involved in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for the third episode [[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 the 1st part of [[The Lucky Cigar Case]]; then the long-term director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Similar Princesses]]. | He was involved in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for the third episode [[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 the 1st part of [[The Lucky Cigar Case]]; then the long-term director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Similar Princesses]]. | ||
− | When he was directing the anime, the ''Detective Conan'' anime 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 | + | When he was directing the anime, the ''Detective Conan'' anime 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 color design was also switched to [[Fusako Nakao]], and the queer color 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. In contrast to the Koujin Ochi era, which they splitted a manga case into several separate episodes, TV specials (1-2.5 hours) are more commonly found in the Masato Sato era, and amusingly, they made different versions of the same opening for each special - [[opening 21]] was used in four one hour specials, and they made four different versions). |
Until the last episode of the [[Clash of Red and Black]] series, which was in the beginning of 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). | Until the last episode of the [[Clash of Red and Black]] series, which was in the beginning of 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). |
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Masato Sato | |
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Gender: | Male |
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Date of birth: | unknown |
Place of birth: | Japan |
Location: | Japan |
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.
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Biography
He 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 the third episode 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 the 1st part of The Lucky Cigar Case; then the long-term director, starting with the 1st part of The Similar Princesses.
When he was directing the anime, the Detective Conan anime 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 color design was also switched to Fusako Nakao, and the queer color 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. In contrast to the Koujin Ochi era, which they splitted a manga case into several separate episodes, TV specials (1-2.5 hours) are more commonly found in the Masato Sato era, and amusingly, they made different versions of the same opening for each special - opening 21 was used in four one hour specials, and they made four different versions).
Until the last episode of the Clash of Red and Black series, which was in the beginning of 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).
Works in Detective Conan
As Masato Sato
Participation in: 55 cases (74 episodes)
- An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case (Episode 3): Storyboard, Episode director
- Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case (Episode 9): Storyboard, Episode director
- The Mysterious Shooting Message Case (Episode 14): Episode director
- An Elevator Murder Case (Episode 19): Storyboard, Episode director
- The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case (Episode 25): Storyboard, Episode director
- Alibi Testimony Murder Case (Episode 30): Storyboard, Episode director
- Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Episode 35 only): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
- Karaoke Box Murder Case (Episode 42): Storyboard, Episode director
- Diplomat Murder Case (Episodes 48-49): Organizer, Storyboard
- Night Baron Murder Case (Episodes 68-70): Organizer, Storyboard (68, 69), Episode director (69)
- Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Episode 77 only): Episode director
- The Bank Heist Murder Case (Episode 79): Storyboard
- The Kidnapping Location Case (Episode 86): Storyboard
- Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Episode 110 only): Storyboard
- Scuba Diving Murder Case (Episode 115 only): Storyboard
- The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Episodes 121-122): Organizer, Storyboard
- The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case (Episode 162): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (first two along with Kenji Kodama)
- The Disappearing Detective Boys Case (Episode 165): Storyboard, Episode director
- The Revival of the Dying Message (Episodes 172-173): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (172)
- The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation (Episode 196): Episode director
- Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Episodes 205-206): Organizer, Storyboard
- The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid (Episode 219): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (first two along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto)
- The Battle Game Trap (Episode 226 only): Episode director
- The Mysterious Passenger (Episodes 230-231): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (231)
- The Shinkansen Transport Case (Episodes 240-241): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
- The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate (Episode 245): Storyboard
- The Man from Chicago (Episode 258-259): Organizer, Storyboard
- The Secret Rushed Omission (Episodes 271-272): Organizer, Storyboard
- Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (Episodes 286-288): Organizer, Storyboard
- The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Episode 304): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (first two along with Hirohito Ochi and Mashu Ito)
- The Convenience Store Trap (Episode 344 only): Episode director
- Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night (Episode 345): Episode director (along with Minoru Tozawa)
- Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon (Episode 383): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto)
- Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Episodes 390-391): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Yasumi Mikamoto)
- A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems (Episode 393): Episode director
- The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase (Episode 414): Storyboard (along with Kumiko Habara)
- Home of Beika's Grenier (Episode 418): Storyboard (along with Kumiko Habara)
- Gingko-Colored First Love (Episodes 421-422): Episode director
- Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out (Episode 425): Episode director
- Two People Who Can't Return (Episodes 429-430): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Nana Harada)
- Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Episodes 435-436): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Minoru Tozawa)
- Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago (Episode 437): Storyboard (along with Roko Ogiwara)
- Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding (Episode 449): Episode director
- The Overturned Conclusion (Episode 454 only): Organiser, Storyboard (along with Minoru Tozawa)
- The Mystery I Loved (Episode 456): Storyboard (along with Roko Ogiwara)
- Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Episodes 457-458): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Shino Sudo)
- The Shadow of the Black Organization (Episodes 463 only): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Nobuharu Kamanaka)
- The Unsmashable Snowman (Episode 467 only): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Kazumi Kobayashi)
- Mysterious Case Near the Pond (Episode 468): Episode director
- Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Episode 485 only): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Hideyo Yamamoto)
- Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger (Episode 487): Episode director
- Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope! (Episode 490): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Yuzo Aoki and Nobuharu Kamanaka)
- Clash of Red and Black (Episodes 498-499, 501, 503-504 only): Storyboard (along with multiple animators), Episode director (551)
Participation in: 5 openings and 5 endings
- Nazo (Opening 3): Technical director
- TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ (Opening 5): Storyboard, Technical director
- Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense (Opening 8): Storyboard, Technical director
- Winter Bells (Opening 10): Technical director
- Kaze no Lalala (Opening 12): Technical director
- Free Magic (Ending 8): Storyboard, Technical director
- always (Ending 12): Technical director
- Yume Mita Ato de (Ending 14): Storyboard, Technical director
- Mushoku (Ending 15): Storyboard, Technical director
- Ashita o Yume Mite (Ending 17): Storyboard, Technical director
Participation in: 4 movies
- The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie 1): Storyboard, Technical director
- The Fourteenth Target (Movie 2): Storyboard, Technical director
- The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3): Technical director
- Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Technical director
Participation in: 5 OVAs
- Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother (OVA 4): Director
- The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report (OVA 5): Director
- Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (OVA 6): Director
- Fatuous Detective!? Kogoro Mouri (Detective Conan vs. Wooo 1): Director
- Television Personality Maomi Yuki's Worries (Detective Conan vs. Wooo 2): Director
As Masuku Taiga
Participation in: 5 cases (5 episodes)
- The Shadow of the Black Organization (Episode 465 only): Organizer, Storyboard
- Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Episode 476 only): Organizer, Storyboard
- Beckoning Cat from Right to Left (Episode 486): Episode director
- The Devil of the TV Station (Episode 488): Episode director (along with Makoto Nagao)
- The Unsolvable Ice Trap (Episode 687): 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
- 佐藤真人 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- 大河桝玖 - Atwiki (Japanese)
- 大河桝玖 - AllCinema (Japanese)
- Anime News Network