Takashi Saijo

**Takashi Saijo**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
November 14, 1949 *(76)*
**Place of birth:**
Hokkaido, Japan
**Position:**
Animation director
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Tama Production](/wiki/Tama_Production "Tama Production")
**Years active:**
1969-2008
**Takashi Saijo** (西城 隆詞 ,*Saijō Takashi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animator from Hokkaido. He takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") and [OVAs](/wiki/OVAs "OVAs").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [2.2 OVAs](#OVAs)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime_2)
+ [3.2 Movies](#Movies)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Takashi Saijo is affiliated with [**Tama Production**](/wiki/Tama_Production "Tama Production"). In 1965, Saijo was involved in the production of *[Uchuu Patrol Hopper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchuu_Patrol_Hopper "wikipedia:Uchuu Patrol Hopper")* (宇宙パトロールホッパ) and *[Astro Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy "wikipedia: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](/wiki/Tama_Production "Tama Production").
After all of that, he finally began to serve as a key animator for anime works such as *[Speed Racer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Racer "wikipedia:Speed Racer")* (マッハGoGoGo) and *[Judo Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo_Boy "wikipedia:Judo Boy")* (紅三四郎), via the animation company [Tatsunoko Production](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsunoko_Production "wikipedia: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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenderman "wikipedia:Zenderman")* (ゼンダマン). In 1986, he served as the chief animation director and character designer for *[Go-Q-Chōji Ikkiman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Q-Ch%C5%8Dji_Ikkiman "wikipedia: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 [**Episode 363**: The City Crows](/wiki/The_City_Crows "The City Crows"). Furthermore, he was also involved in the production of two OVAs, in 2004 and 2008 respectively, along with [Akira Watanabe](/wiki/Akira_Watanabe "Akira Watanabe").
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Takashi Saijo](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Takashi_Saijo "Category:Animation directed by Takashi Saijo")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **1** case (1 episode)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 363 | 394 | [The City Crows](/wiki/The_City_Crows "The City Crows") | June 7, 2004 | Key animation |  |
### OVAs[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: OVAs")]
Participation in: **2** OVAs
| OVA | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | [Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother](/wiki/Conan,_Kid,_and_the_Crystal_Mother "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](/wiki/Magic_File_2:_Shinichi_Kudo,_The_Case_of_the_Mysterious_Wall_and_the_Black_Lab "Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab") | April 19, 2008 | Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: 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[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Saijo&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *One Piece Film Strong World*: Key animation
* *Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Junai no Shō*: Key animation