Katsumi Hashimoto

**Katsumi Hashimoto**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Location:**
Japan
**Position:**
Animation director
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Azeta Pictures](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures")
**Years active:**
1989-present
**Alias:**
はしもとかつみ
橋本勝夫
**Katsumi Hashimoto** (橋本 勝巳 ,*Hashimoto Katsumi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animation director and key animator. He takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime"). He was always being credited as "橋本かつみ" in *Detective Conan*.
## 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 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Katsumi Hashimoto is affiliated with [**Azeta Pictures**](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures"). Hashimoto joined the production of the *Detective Conan* anime in 2010, starting with [**Episode 589**: The Worst Birthday (Part 1)](/wiki/The_Worst_Birthday "The Worst Birthday"). He then constantly worked under the episodes done by [Azeta Pictures](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures"). In 2011, he got promoted from key animator to animation director, starting with [**Episode 637**: The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Most_Useful_School_in_the_World_Case "The Most Useful School in the World Case"), which he worked along with [Michitaka Yamamoto](/wiki/Michitaka_Yamamoto "Michitaka Yamamoto").
Hashimoto quit the production team after doing the animation direction work for [**Episode 648**: The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak)](/wiki/The_Case_of_the_Besieged_Detective_Agency "The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency"), and has not returned yet.
## Works in Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Katsumi Hashimoto](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Katsumi_Hashimoto "Category:Animation directed by Katsumi Hashimoto")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **8** cases (8 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 589 | 640 | [The Worst Birthday (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_589 "Episode 589") | September 25, 2010 | Key animation |  |
| 592 | 643 | [The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_592 "Episode 592") | October 23, 2010 | Key animation |  |
| 605 | 656 | [The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room)](/wiki/Episode_605 "Episode 605") | February 12, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 610 | 661 | [The Victim is Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Episode_610 "Episode 610") | April 9, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 615 | 666 | [The Secret Played by the Diary (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_615 "Episode 615") | May 14, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 637 | 688 | [The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_637 "Episode 637") | November 19, 2011 | Animation director, Key animation |  |
| 643 | 694 | [Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_643 "Episode 643") | January 14, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation |  |
| 648 | 699 | [The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak)](/wiki/Episode_648 "Episode 648") | March 3, 2012 | Animation director, Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Ace Attorney S2*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Gunma-chan*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Nintama Rantaro*: Animation director
* *Pokémon*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Rainbow Samurai*: Character design, Chief animation director, Animation director
* *Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Zillion*: Key animation (Tatsunoko Anime Tech Lab)
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Hashimoto&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *Doraemon the Movie: Nobita Drifts in the Universe*: Key animation
* *Doraemon the Movie: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer*: Key animation