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{{nihongo|'''Atsushi Aono'''|青野 厚司|Aono Atsushi}}, born July 12, 1964, is a Japanese animation director and freelance animator.
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{{nihongo|'''Atsushi Aono'''|青野 厚司|Aono Atsushi}}, born July 12, 1964, is a Japanese animation director and freelance animator from Hokkaido. He is exceedingly well-known for his participation in ''Detective Conan'', as well as his delicate drawings for [[Ai Haibara]]; even the author [[Gosho Aoyama]] took the name "Aono" as the name for Haibara's father in the manga as a sort of tribute.
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== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
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* See [[:category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono|Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
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Aono is a freelance animator and made his debut as an in-between animator in 1985, via the anime ''[[wikipedia:Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' (機動戦士Ζガンダム); and first served as animation director in 1989 within the anime ''[[wikipedia:Madö King Granzört|Madö King Granzört]]'' (魔動王グランゾート). Since then, he has been involved in several major new animation works, until the present.
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Just like other veteran staff, Aono joined the production of the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] in the first year the anime began to broadcast - as animation director for the fifth episode [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]]. Thereafter, he kept active within the production team and constantly did key animation and animation direction in several episodes. In the beginning, his work was not that noticeable, yet after some time, he started to craft his personal style (especially when the millennium began). During the first half of 2001, Aono's drawing style increased drastically and reached its splendor - examples include the Haibara with the red hoodie in the 2nd part of [[The Mysterious Passenger]]. Most of the frames corrected/drawn by him were memorable since they were mostly close to the original manga style, and in great proportion. Another thing worth mentioning, is that in the case of [[Hooligan's Labyrinth]], Aono was responsible for the animation correction for both two parts, this is extremely rare in the ''Detective Conan'' anime.
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Nonetheless, after several years, the style of the manga has changed, and the anime character design has changed as well. Aono's peculiar style for drawing ''Detective Conan'' characters was far off the anime character design (despite undergoing the change from celluloid conventional production to digital production; the alteration in colour design and character design in [[Masato Sato]] era). Aono eventually terminated the long-term cooperation with the ''Detective Conan'' production team after 2005, after finishing the animation direction for the 1st part of [[Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic]]. After that, he only served as the chief animation director for OVA7 [[A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys]].
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It was not until 2015 that he merely returned to the ''Detective Conan'' anime and did key animation for episode 783 ([[The Scarlet Return|The Scarlet Truth]]). And surprisingly, in 2018, Atsushi Aono, was back in the anime and served as animation director after entirely 14 years. The reason behind it was to "return a favour" (there was an episode in the sixth season of anime [[wikipedia:Natsume's Book of Friends|Natsume's Book of Friends]] that was outsourced to V1 Studio). As a result, [[wikipedia:Shuka (studio)|Studio Shuka]] requested Aono to temporarily take over the job for the 2nd part of [[The New Teacher's Skeleton Case]]. During that episode, Aono worked with [[Seiji Muta]] and [[Masatomo Sudo]], and the huge difference between them and Aono can be seen, which also implied that Aono's style might not be as befitting as the current anime character design anymore.
  
 
== Other notable works ==
 
== Other notable works ==
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[:Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
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* [[Johei Matsuura]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
# [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E9%87%8E%E5%8E%9A%E5%8F%B8 青野厚司 - Wikipedia] (Japanese)
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# [https://twitter.com/at_sushi_01 Twitter Account] (Japanese)
# [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5113 Atsushi AONO - Anime News Network]
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# [[wikipedia:ja:青野厚司|青野厚司 - Wikipedia]] (Japanese)
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# [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5113 Anime News Network]
  
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Atsushi Aono

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Gender: Male
Date of birth: July 12, 1964
Place of birth: Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Location: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Atsushi Aono (青野 厚司 Aono Atsushi?), born July 12, 1964, is a Japanese animation director and freelance animator from Hokkaido. He is exceedingly well-known for his participation in Detective Conan, as well as his delicate drawings for Ai Haibara; even the author Gosho Aoyama took the name "Aono" as the name for Haibara's father in the manga as a sort of tribute.

Works in Detective Conan

Aono is a freelance animator and made his debut as an in-between animator in 1985, via the anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム); and first served as animation director in 1989 within the anime Madö King Granzört (魔動王グランゾート). Since then, he has been involved in several major new animation works, until the present.

Just like other veteran staff, Aono joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in the first year the anime began to broadcast - as animation director for the fifth episode The Shinkansen's Bomb Case. Thereafter, he kept active within the production team and constantly did key animation and animation direction in several episodes. In the beginning, his work was not that noticeable, yet after some time, he started to craft his personal style (especially when the millennium began). During the first half of 2001, Aono's drawing style increased drastically and reached its splendor - examples include the Haibara with the red hoodie in the 2nd part of The Mysterious Passenger. Most of the frames corrected/drawn by him were memorable since they were mostly close to the original manga style, and in great proportion. Another thing worth mentioning, is that in the case of Hooligan's Labyrinth, Aono was responsible for the animation correction for both two parts, this is extremely rare in the Detective Conan anime.

Nonetheless, after several years, the style of the manga has changed, and the anime character design has changed as well. Aono's peculiar style for drawing Detective Conan characters was far off the anime character design (despite undergoing the change from celluloid conventional production to digital production; the alteration in colour design and character design in Masato Sato era). Aono eventually terminated the long-term cooperation with the Detective Conan production team after 2005, after finishing the animation direction for the 1st part of Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic. After that, he only served as the chief animation director for OVA7 A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys.

It was not until 2015 that he merely returned to the Detective Conan anime and did key animation for episode 783 (The Scarlet Truth). And surprisingly, in 2018, Atsushi Aono, was back in the anime and served as animation director after entirely 14 years. The reason behind it was to "return a favour" (there was an episode in the sixth season of anime Natsume's Book of Friends that was outsourced to V1 Studio). As a result, Studio Shuka requested Aono to temporarily take over the job for the 2nd part of The New Teacher's Skeleton Case. During that episode, Aono worked with Seiji Muta and Masatomo Sudo, and the huge difference between them and Aono can be seen, which also implied that Aono's style might not be as befitting as the current anime character design anymore.

Other notable works

Anime

  • Ah! My Goddess: The Movie: Key animation
  • Baccano!: Animation director
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card: Key animation
  • Durarara!!: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation
  • Great Teacher Onizuka: Key animation
  • Last Order Final Fantasy VII: Key animation
  • Macross Plus: Animation director
  • Steamboy: Key animation
  • Vermeil in Gold: Chief animation director

See also

References

  1. Twitter Account (Japanese)
  2. 青野厚司 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  3. Anime News Network