Kenichi Otomo

Kenichi Otomo
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan

Kenichi Otomo (大友 健一 ,Ōtomo Ken'ichi) is a Japanese animation director active since 1984. He does animation director and key animation works in Detective Conan anime, movies, OVAs and spin-offs.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Kenichi Otomo

Otomo first started in Detective Conan in 2009, as key animator in A Fool's Inheritance. The rhythm of his commissions then progressively augmented and, in 2010, Otomo was appointed to animation director for episode 587, which he directed along with Miharu Nagano. Since then, he has mainly worked with Nobuharu Kamanaka, Nobuyuki Iwai, Chiemi Hironaka, Miharu Nagano and Akira Yoshimura.

In 2011 and 2012, Otomo participed in the Magic Kaito TV specials. Under Koujin Ochi, Otomo was mainly paired with Akira Yoshimura. Later on, with the arrival of Yasuichiro Yamamoto as director, Otomo worked with Kamanaka. After Kamanaka was appointed as co-director, Otomo's participations became less frequent.

Movies

Participation in: 5 movies

• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (Crossover movie): Key animation
• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Key animation
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Assistant animation director
• The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25): Assistant animation director
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26): Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 2 OVAs

• The Stranger from Ten Years Later (OVA 9): Key animation
• The Miracle of Excalibur (OVA 12): Animation director

Note: also served as key animation for Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Animation Director
• Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa: Animation Director, Key Animation, Prop Design
• Battle Royal High School: In-between animation
• Blood Blockade Battlefront: Key animation
• Bungo Stray Dogs: Key animation
• Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Key animation
• Eden of the East: 2nd key animation
• Hoshi Neko Fullhouse: Key animation
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Key animation, In-between animation
• Maryū Senki: In-between animation
• Mazinger Edition Z: Key animation
• My Hero Academia: Key animation
• Soreike! Anpanman: Tobase! Kibō no Handkerchief: Key animation
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya: Line animation director
• To Love Ru: Darkness: Key animation
• Topo Gigio: Animation check, Key animation, In-between animation
• Yumemiru Topo Gigio: Animation check, Key animation

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of November 1st, 2022.
2. IMDB
3. Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing