Takashi Saijo

Takashi Saijo
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	November 14, 1949
Place of birth:	Hokkaido, Japan
Position:	Animation director Key animation
Studio:	Tama Production
Years active:	1969-2008

Takashi Saijo (西城 隆詞 ,Saijō Takashi) is a Japanese animator from Hokkaido. He does key animation and animation director works in Detective Conan anime and OVAs. He is affiliated with Tama Production.

Biography

In 1965, Takashi Saijo was involved in the production of Uchuu Patrol Hopper (宇宙パトロールホッパ) and Astro Boy (鉄腕アトム) via the studio Hatena Production (ハテナプロ). In the same year, he entered the company found by his brother, Eiji Tanaka, Tama Production (タマ・プロダクション).

After all of that, he finally began to serve as a key animator for anime works such as Speed Racer (マッハGoGoGo) and Judo Boy (紅三四郎), via the animation company Tatsunoko Production (タツノコプロ). In 1982, after his brother had passed away, Saijo was still active as a main animator of Tama Production. In 1997, Saijo became an animation director for the first time, in the anime Zenderman (ゼンダマン). In 1986, he served as the chief animation director and character designer for Go-Q-Chōji Ikkiman (剛Q超児イッキマン). He had cooperated with the director of that anime, Nobutaka Nishizawa, for 14 years, since Shonan Bakusozoku (湘南爆走族).

In the Detective Conan anime production, Saijo was only involved in the production of Detective Conan anime in 2004, in which he only did key animation for The City Crows. Furthermore, he was also involved in the production of two OVAs, in 2004 and 2008 respectively, along with Akira Watanabe.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Takashi Saijo

Anime

Participation in: 1 case (1 episode)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
363	394	The City Crows	June 7, 2004	Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 2 OVAs

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
4	Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother	March 3, 2004	Animation director, Key animation
Magic File 2	Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab	April 19, 2008	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Angel Heart: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director
• Death Note: Animation Director
• Golgo 13: Key Animation
• Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman: Episode Director, Animation Director
• Transformers: Animated (U.S.): Animation Director

Movies

• One Piece Film Strong World: Key Animation
• Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Junai no Shō: Key Animation

See also

• Tama Production

References

1. 西城隆詞 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. 西城隆詞 - Atwiki (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network
4. Bangumi (Chinese)