Michiaki Sugimoto

**Michiaki Sugimoto**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Location:**
Japan
**Position:**
Animation director
Key animation
**Michiaki Sugimoto** (杉本 道明 ,*Sugimoto Michiaki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime_2)
* [4 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiaki_Sugimoto&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Michiaki Sugimoto initially only involved in the production of one *Detective Conan* anime episode in 2003. In 2025, via outsourcing, Sugimoto returned and drew key animation.
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiaki_Sugimoto&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Michiaki Sugimoto](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Michiaki_Sugimoto "Category:Animation directed by Michiaki Sugimoto")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiaki_Sugimoto&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **2** cases (2 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 310 | 335 | [Contact with the Black Organization (The Pursuit)](/wiki/Contact_with_the_Black_Organization "Contact with the Black Organization") | February 17, 2003 | Animation director |  |
| 1172 | 1230 | [The Reason He Became a Butler (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Reason_He_Became_a_Butler "The Reason He Became a Butler") | August 23, 2025 | Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiaki_Sugimoto&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Michiaki_Sugimoto&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *The Adventures of Mini-Goddess*: Animation Director, Key Animation
* *Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest*: Key Animation (studio MOTHER)
* *Gokudo*: Animation Director, Effects Animation Director, Key Animation
* *One Piece*: Key Animation
* *Yu-Gi-Oh!* (2000): Animation Director, Key Animation