Keitaro Motonaga

**Keitaro Motonaga**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Place of birth:**
Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
**Location:**
Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan[](#cite_note-venue-1)
**Position:**
Episode directorTechnical director
**Years active:**
1986-present
**Alias:**
筑豊太郎
**Website:**
[X Account](https://twitter.com/350812)
**Keitaro Motonaga** (元永 慶太郎 ,*Motonaga Keitarō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animation director and producer. His name is also written as "もとなが けいたろう"; while his pseudonym is **Taro Chikuho** (筑豊 太郎 ,*Chikuhō Tarō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), from the ancient province of Chikuho, which is now in Fukuoka Prefecture, where he lives.
## 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=Keitaro_Motonaga&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Keitaro Motonaga was born in Fukuoka Prefecture[](#cite_note-venue-1); he used to be affiliated with Studio X (スタジオX)[](#cite_note-studio-2), despite that the studio had been disbanded since 2005, Motonaga still collaborated with some animators who belonged to that studio as well. Furthermore, he once mentioned in an interview that he never consults the original manga/work when executing the anime adaptation[](#cite_note-interview-3). As such, many of his animation adapted works were fairly far from the original, which brought up some controversial refutes. He is sometimes joked by the fans as "original work crusher" (原作粉砕機 [?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-X-4)[](#cite_note-nickname-5).
Motonaga only served as an episode director in the *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime"), in one single episode and two episodes of Two Hour Special.
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keitaro_Motonaga&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keitaro_Motonaga&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **3** cases (3 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 | 8 | [Art Museum Owner Murder Case](/wiki/Art_Museum_Owner_Murder_Case "Art Museum Owner Murder Case") | February 26, 1996 | Episode director |  |
| 96 | 99-102 | [The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases](/wiki/The_Cornered_Famous_Detective!_Two_Big_Murder_Cases "The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases") | March 23, 1998 | Episode director | 2 hours |
| 129 | 136-139 | [The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case](/wiki/The_Girl_from_the_Black_Organization_and_the_University_Professor_Murder_Case "The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case") | January 4, 1999 | Episode director | 2 hours |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keitaro_Motonaga&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keitaro_Motonaga&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Getbackers*: Director, Episode director
* *Katanagatari*: Director, Storyboard, Episode director
* *Lupin III: From Russia With Love*: Assistant director
* *Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary*: Assistant director
* *Magic Knight Rayearth*: Episode director, Animation producer
* *Magic Knight Rayearth 2*: Episode director, Animation producer
* *Patlabor The Mobile Police*: Assistant director
* *Princess Princess*: Director
* *School Days*: Director
* *Tayutama - Kiss on My Deity*: Director