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Hiroaki Takagi
Profile Position:
Organizer Storyboard Episode directorTechnical director Assistant episode director Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation 2nd key animation
Years active:
2014-present
First name can also be pronounced Keimei. Last name can be read Takaki or Suzuki.[ 1]
Hiroaki Takagi (高木 啓明 , Takagi Hiroaki ? ) , also credited as "髙木啓明", is a Japanese organizer, storyboard artist and animator. He was formerly affiliated with Studio Wanpack .
Biography
Hiroaki Takagi started being active as an animator in 2014. He started working in Detective Conan as key animator in Episode 750 : The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea and has since been key animator in the episodes animated by Studio Wanpack. In 2016, he first became assistant animation director in Episode 842 : Turning Point on a Driving Date . He has also started to work as assistant episode director, and episode director since Episode 872 : Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing) .
After Studio Wanpack disbanded in 2018, he along with Miho Tanaka and Yui Ushinohama from the same studio continued to work in Detective Conan . In 2019, he first worked as storyboad artist in the case Episode 944~945 : The Cost of Likes .
He is famously-known for his abundance of the resplendent ideas when working on the episode direction for animation works. He usually contributes to several interesting scenes, even if the overall production is poor, he can still perform impressively. In 2023, he became a director for the first time and was in charge of the direction of the anime My One-Hit Kill Sister (異世界ワンターンキル姉さん〜姉同伴の異世界生活はじめました〜 ) : in the first episode, he was responsible for the storyboard and devised more than 20 battle key shots; he also invited Jun Arai (新井 淳 ) to serve as the effects animation director, and the general atmosphere of the anime suggested a strong "Yoshinori Kanada style". Likewise, in the Detective Conan anime , his storyboard and episode directions are rather mesmerising and charming - he uses desaturated colour tones and unique colour filters to articulate the case characters' emotions and thoughts, the most typical example would be Episode 1010 : The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared .
Anime
Participation in: 42 cases (46 episodes)
Jpn#
Int#
Episode title
Original broadcast
Role
Note
750
803
The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea
September 6, 2014
Key animation
755
808
The Tragedy of the Red Woman|The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Evil Spirit)
October 18, 2014
Key animation
761
814
Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour|Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kanazawa Part)
December 6, 2014
Key animation
Mystery tour
767
820
The Lover Gone Missing in a Snowstorm
February 7, 2015
Key animation
775
828
The Manipulated Great Detective|The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 1)
April 25, 2015
Key animation
788
841
The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool|The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 2)
August 8, 2015
Key animation
796
849
The Lovebirds' Ruse
October 17, 2015
Key animation
802
855
Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour|Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour (Tottori Part)
December 5, 2015
Key animation
Mystery tour
815
870
The Actress Blogger's Locked Room Case|The Actress Blogger's Locked Room Case (Part 2)
April 30, 2016
Key animation
821
876
The Hidden Secret of Dongaraji Temple
June 11, 2016
Key animation
828
883
Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Part 2)
August 6, 2016
Key animation
835
890
The Man Who Died Twice|The Man Who Died Twice (Part 2)
October 8, 2016
Key animation
842
897
Turning Point on a Driving Date
December 10, 2016
Assistant animation director, Key animation
859
914
The Dark Mountain Route
May 13, 2017
Assistant animation director, Key animation
865
920
The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird
July 8, 2017
Assistant animation director, Key animation
872
927
Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend|Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing)
September 9, 2017
Assistant episode director, Key animation
880
935
The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion
November 11, 2017
Episode director, Key animation
887
942
Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box|Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Part 1)
January 6, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
895
950
The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door|The Tokyo-Style Detective Show Next Door (Part 2)
March 10, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
904
959
Result of the Draw
June 16, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
911
966
The Job Request from Inspector Megure
September 1, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
917
972
The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery|The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2)
October 13, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
923
978
A Day Without Conan
December 1, 2018
Episode director, Key animation
928
984-985
The Scarlet School Trip|The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love)
January 12, 2019
2nd key animation
930
987
A Woman Standing by the Window|A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2)
February 9, 2019
Episode director
934
991
Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case|Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case (Part 2)
March 16, 2019
Key animation
944
1001
The Cost of Likes|The Cost of Likes (Part 1)
June 22, 2019
Storyboard
945
1002
The Cost of Likes|The Cost of Likes (Part 2)
June 29, 2019
Storyboard
948
1005
The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur
July 27, 2019
Assistant animation director
951
1008
The Whistling Bookstore 2
August 17, 2019
Storyboard
952
1009
The Unsolved Cocktail Case|The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 1)
August 31, 2019
Organizer, Storyboard
955
1012
Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys
September 28, 2019
Key animation
960
1017
The Secret of the Insect Man
November 30, 2019
Storyboard
965
1022
Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba|Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue)
January 4, 2020
Storyboard, Episode director
966
1023
Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba|Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Interlude)
January 11, 2020
Storyboard
968
1025
Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba|Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale)
January 25, 2020
Key animation
979
1036
Leading a Detective Around By the Nose
August 29, 2020
Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
990
1047
The Automatic Tragedy|The Automatic Tragedy (Part 1)
December 12, 2020
Storyboard
991
1048
The Automatic Tragedy|The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2)
December 19, 2020
Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
1010
1067
The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared
June 26, 2021
Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
1015
1072
Stakeout
August 14, 2021
Key animation
1025
1082
Momiji Ooka's Challenge|Momiji Ooka's Challenge (Part 2)
November 6, 2021
Organizer, Storyboard
1028
1085
Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake
November 27, 2021
Storyboard
1038
1095
Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Wataru Date
March 12, 2022
Key animation
1041
1098
The Unstated Alibi
April 30, 2022
Storyboard
1079
1137
The Black Organization's Scheme|The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)
April 8, 2023
Key animation
1102
1160
The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men
November 4, 2023
Storyboard
1109
1167
Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1)
January 6, 2024
Organizer, Storyboard
1110
1168
Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 2)
January 13, 2024
Organizer, Storyboard
Movies
Participation in: 3 movies
Other notable works
Anime
Magic Kaito 1412 (Episode 7 ): Key animation
Beyblade (Episode 7): Key animation
A Certain Scientific Accelerator : Storyboard (2 episodes), episode director (3 episodes) and key animation (3 episodes)
The Files of Young Kindaichi Returns (Episode 17): Key animation
Ghost in a Shell (Episode 22): Key animation
Goblin Slayer : Storyboard (episode 6), episode director (episode 6) and key animation (2 episodes + movie)
My Hero Academia (Episode 35): Key animation
Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Episode 30): Episode director
The Promised Neverland (Episode 6): Key animation
Many more including Seven Deadly Sins , Owarimonogatari , Sailor Moon , etc.
See also
References
高木啓明 - Atwiki (Japanese)
Anime News Network