Chika Nagaoka
| Chika Nagaoka | |
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| Gender: | Female |
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| Date of birth: | 1983[1] |
| Place of birth: | Gunma Prefecture, Japan[1] |
| Position: | Director Sub director Storyboard Storyboard assistant Episode director |
| Years active: | 2012-present |
| First name can also be pronounced Tomoka.[2] | |
Chika Nagaoka (永岡 智佳 Nagaoka Chika), born 1983, is a Japanese film director and animation director, who has become the first female film director of a Detective Conan movie. The Fist of Blue Sapphire, which she directed, was also the highest grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan, with gross profits of 9.31 billion 円 (around USD $ 90 million) in Japan.
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Biography
Chika Nagaoka used to for an animation studio named J.C.Staff (ジェー・シー・スタッフ). After attaining adequate experience with respect to animation production, she made her very first debut in the animation direction wise, in 2012; she served as episode director for the anime Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (黄昏乙女×アムネジア). Thereupon, she began to hold a position in several other animation works (including TV and movies). Notably, she won the third place of "NewType" Annual Animation Director Award[Note 1] in 2019 by virtue of her eminent movie direction for Uta no Prince-sama (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪).
Nagaoka joined the production of Detective Conan in 2013. She first served as technical director for Movie 17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea, Subsequently, she contributed in the movies further. Starting Movie 21 The Crimson Love Letter, she started to become co-director. After Movie 22 Zero the Enforcer, director Yuzuru Tachikawa stepped down temporarily; thus Nagaoka took over the role, and was in charge of the Detective Conan movie direction for movies 23-24. In 2024, she returned for the director role and served as the director for Movie 27 The Million-dollar Pentagram as well.
Works in Detective Conan
Anime
Participation in: 1 case (2 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 891 | 846 | Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Yamaguchi Arc) | February 3, 2018 | Storyboard | Mystery tour |
| 892 | 847 | Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Hagi Arc) | February 10, 2018 | Storyboard | Mystery tour |
Movies
Participation in: 8 movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
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| 17 | Private Eye in the Distant Sea | April 20, 2013 | Technical director | |
| 18 | Dimensional Sniper | April 19, 2014 | Technical director | |
| 19 | Sunflowers of Inferno | April 18, 2015 | Storyboard assistant, Technical director | |
| 20 | The Darkest Nightmare | April 16, 2016 | Technical director | |
| 21 | The Crimson Love Letter | April 15, 2017 | Sub director, Storyboard assistant | |
| 23 | The Fist of Blue Sapphire | April 12, 2019 | Director, Storyboard, Technical director | |
| 24 | The Scarlet Bullet | April 16, 2021 | Director, Storyboard, Technical director | |
| 27 | The Million-dollar Pentagram | April 12, 2024 | Director, Storyboard, Technical director |
Specials
Participation in: 2 specials
| Special | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
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| 5 | The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History | December 26, 2014 | Technical director | |
| Planetarium Special Animation | Detectives' Starry Night (探偵たちの星月夜) |
2015 | Director |
Other notable works
Anime
- Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love Kingdom Movie (2019): Director
- Handa-kun: Director
- Kokoro Connect: Director
- Watashi ga motenai no wa dô kangaetemo omaera ga warui!: Director
- Sasami-san@Ganbaranai: Director
References
- 永岡智佳 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- 永岡智佳 - AllCinema (Japanese)
- IMDb
- Anime News Network
- ^ Note: "NewType" is a magazine published by the Japanese well-known bookstore Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店); in which, they held an animation voting event every year. This is achieved by utilising the online voting mechanism, and in turn may render which animation work is currently gathering all the popularity.
* For example: in the 2018-2019 session, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) won the first place in the best TV award.
