Sumito Sasaki

**Sumito Sasaki**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
July 6 *(**Error:** DateTime2 is earlier than DateTime1)*
**Location:**
Nerima, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
**Position:**
Organizer
Storyboard
Episode director
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Studio Leo](/wiki/Studio_Leo "Studio Leo")
**Years active:**
2013-present
**Website:**
[X Account](https://x.com/gfSef96g7XyK6Fk)
**Sumito Sasaki** (佐々木 純人 ,*Sasaki Sumito*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese episode director and storyboard artist. 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)
+ [3.2 Movies](#Movies)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
* [6 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Sumito Sasaki is the president of [**Studio Leo**](/wiki/Studio_Leo "Studio Leo"). Sasaki calls himself "the most unconscious director in the anime industry"[](#cite_note-slogan-1). After graduating from professional anime college, he began to participate in several productions of animation works, in which he debuted as storyboard artist and episode director in anime *[Naruto: Shippūden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto:_Shipp%C5%ABden "wikipedia:Naruto: Shippūden")* (NARUTO -ナルト- 疾風伝).
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| “ | How has it come to this and yet new jobs are coming my way? **This industry is weird.** | „ |
| — One of Sasaki's [X posts](https://x.com/gfSef96g7XyK6Fk/status/1546801954168635392) | | |
Even though his participated animation works were mainly seen as "collapsed drawings"[](#cite_note-interview-2), his highly fast-paced productivity as technical director was noticed by many people: for once he was simultaneously serving as episode director for 13 anime and drew Layout frames for the entire episode[](#cite_note-interview-2). Meanwhile, he is also an animator who never tries to hide the secret of anime industry, issues such as lacking of experienced animators, production time and budgets were frequently disclosed by him in interviews[](#cite_note-interview-2).
Due to the *Detective Conan* spin-off production, Sasaki joined the production of the *Detective Conan* anime in 2022, starting with [**Episode 1034**: Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Brilliant Move)](/wiki/Taiko_Meijin%27s_Shogi_Board "Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board"); in the same year, he declared on his X account that his studio (himself included) would cease getting involved in the *Detective Conan* production[](#cite_note-X-3), thus [**Episode 1056**: I Want My Husband Back](/wiki/I_Want_My_Husband_Back "I Want My Husband Back") was his last participation in the anime.
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **4** cases (4 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 1034 | 1091 | [Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Brilliant Move)](/wiki/Taiko_Meijin%27s_Shogi_Board "Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board") | January 15, 2022 | Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 1044 | 1101 | [The Deadly Pork Soup Signal](/wiki/The_Deadly_Pork_Soup_Signal "The Deadly Pork Soup Signal") | May 22, 2022 | Episode director, Key animation |  |
| 1049 | 1106 | [The Threat to Megure's Police Career](/wiki/The_Threat_to_Megure%27s_Police_Career "The Threat to Megure's Police Career") | July 9, 2022 | Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation |  |
| 1056 | 1113 | [I Want My Husband Back](/wiki/I_Want_My_Husband_Back "I Want My Husband Back") | September 17, 2022 | Episode director, Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Captain Tsubasa*: Episode director
* *Cells at Work*: Episode director
* *Dog & Scissors*: Episode director
* *Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin*: Episode director
* *Komi Can't Communicate S2*: Episode Director (Uncredited)
* *Naruto Shippūden* : Storyboard, Episode director
* Many more, including *Nisekoi*, *Sword Art Online*, *Monogatari* etc.
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot* : Assistant technical director
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Sumito_Sasaki&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Trivia")]
The Tohto Newspaper.
* In [The Threat to Megure's Police Career](/wiki/The_Threat_to_Megure%27s_Police_Career "The Threat to Megure's Police Career"), one of the episodes that he was responsible for; as its storyboard and episode director, Sasaki added an easter egg of his name on a newspaper as the headline, which reads "Sumito Sasaki got suspected for tax evasion".