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| name                = Ayu Imoto
 
| name                = Ayu Imoto
 
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| gender              = Female
 
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| date-of-birth      = unknown
 
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| place-of-birth      = Japan
 
 
| location            = Japan
 
| location            = Japan
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| position            = Animation director <br> Assistant animation director <br> Key animation <br> 2nd key animation <br> In-between animation
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| years-active        = 2006-present
 
| nicknames          =
 
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{{nihongo|'''Ayu Imoto'''|井元 愛夕|Imoto Ayu}} is a Japanese animator. She does key animation and animation direction for ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] and [[movies]].
 
{{nihongo|'''Ayu Imoto'''|井元 愛夕|Imoto Ayu}} is a Japanese animator. She does key animation and animation direction for ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] and [[movies]].
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== Biography ==
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Ayu Imoto was initially from [[wikipedia:ja:スタジオ・ムー|Studio Mu]] {{jp|スタジオ・ムー}}. In 2006, she joined the ''Detective Conan'' anime production, starting with [[The Sealed Western-Style Window|'''Episode 446''': The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 1)]], in which she did the in-between animation. The following year, she was promoted to key animator, and continued working in the series for seven years. Then, in 2014, she was shortly promoted to assistant animation director for [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|'''Episode 749''': Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Truth)]]. After that, her work in the ''Detective Conan'' anime was an interlace between key animation and animation director, as well as assistant animation director.
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Regarding her key animation work, from 2011 to 2013, she was mainly active in [[Kenichi Otomo]]'s key animation group; from 2014 to 2016, she was mainly active in [[Nobuyuki Iwai]]'s key animation group; from 2018 to 2020, she was mainly active in [[Asuka Tsubuki]]'s key animation group. In addition, since 2017, she has been drawing key animation for openings and endings frequently.
  
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
 
* See [[:category:Animation directed by Ayu Imoto|Animation directed by Ayu Imoto]]
 
* See [[:category:Animation directed by Ayu Imoto|Animation directed by Ayu Imoto]]
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Ayu was initially from Studio Mu. She joined the anime production in 2006, starting with the 1st part of [[The Sealed Western-Style Window]], in which she did the in-between animation. The following year, she was promoted to key animator, and continued working in the series for seven years. Then, in 2014, she was shortly promoted to assistant animation director for the 2nd part of [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9]]. After that, her work in the ''Detective Conan'' anime was an interlace between key animation and animation director, as well as assistant animation director.
 
  
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Regarding her key animation work, from 2011 to 2013, she was mainly active in [[Kenichi Otomo]]'s key animation group; from 2014 to 2016, she was mainly active in [[Nobuyuki Iwai]]'s key animation group; from 2018 to 2020, she was mainly active in [[Asuka Tsubuki]]'s key animation group.
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=== Anime ===
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Participation in: '''75''' cases (84 epsiodes)
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:5%;"|Int#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|446||484||[[Episode 446|The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 1)]]||July 24, 2006||In-between animation||
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|476||516||[[Episode 476|Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1)]]||June 25, 2007||Key animation||
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|484||527||[[Episode 484|Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 1)]]||August 20, 2007||Key animation||
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|489||534-535||[[Episode 489|Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness]]||November 26, 2007||Key animation||1 hour
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|492||539||[[Episode 492|Clash of Red and Black (Blood Relative)]]||January 21, 2008||Key animation||
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|498||545||[[Episode 498|Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance)]]||March 3, 2008||Key animation||
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|502||549||[[Episode 502|Clash of Red and Black (Innocence)]]||April 28, 2008||Key animation||
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|509||556||[[Episode 509|Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys]]||July 14, 2008||Key animation||
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|516||564-565||[[Episode 516|Furinkazan - The Mysterious Armored Warrior]]||November 3, 2008||Key animation||1 hour
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|522||572-573||[[Episode 522|Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears]]||January 26, 2009||Key animation||1 hour
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|536||587||[[Episode 536|The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece]]||May 30, 2009||Key animation||
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|546||597||[[Episode 546|The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 2)]]||September 12, 2009||Key animation||
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|600||651||[[Episode 600|The Dream the Kappa Saw (Part 1)]]||December 18, 2010||Key animation||
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|638||689||[[Episode 638|Solving Mysteries at the Red Leaf Palace (Part 1)]]||November 26, 2011||Key animation||
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|678||730||[[Episode 678|Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (End of the Edo)]]||December 1, 2012||Key animation||Mystery tour
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|683||735||[[Episode 683|The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Enter the Scene)]]||January 19, 2013||Key animation||
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|688||740||[[Episode 688|Detective Takagi Finds 30 Million Yen]]||February 23, 2013||Key animation||
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|698||750||[[Episode 698|Unbelievable! The Case of the Crashed UFO]]||May 18, 2013||Key animation||
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|704||756||[[Episode 703|The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Intersection)]]||August 3, 2013||Key animation||
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|715||767||[[Episode 715|Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (4)]]||October 26, 2013||Key animation||
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|721||773||[[Episode 721|Fire and Water Mystery Tour (Kumamoto Part)]]||December 7, 2013||Key animation||Mystery tour
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|727||779||[[Episode 727|The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 1)]]||January 25, 2014||Key animation||
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|742||795||[[Episode 742|Promise with a J-Leaguer]]||June 14, 2014||Key animation||
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|749||802||[[Episode 749|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Truth)]]||August 9, 2014||Assistant animation director||
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|754||807||[[Episode 754|The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Steam)]]||October 11, 2014||Key animation||
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|756||809||[[Episode 756|The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Revenge)]]||October 25, 2014||Animation director||
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|762||815||[[Episode 762|Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kaga Part)]]||December 13, 2014||Key animation||Mystery tour
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|768||821||[[Episode 768|Ai Haibara Imprisonment Case]]||February 21, 2015||Key animation||
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|773||826||[[Episode 773|Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Part 2)]]||March 28, 2015||Key animation||
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|778||831||[[Episode 778|Mirage of the Disappearing Angel]]||May 16, 2015||Key animation||
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|782||835||[[Episode 782|The Scarlet Return]]||June 20, 2015||Key animation||
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|783||836||[[Episode 783|The Scarlet Truth]]||June 27, 2015||Key animation||
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|791||844||[[Episode 791|Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]]||September 12, 2015||Key animation||
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|798||851||[[Episode 798|The Moving Target]]||November 7, 2015||Key animation||
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|804||857-858||[[Episode 804|Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1)]]||January 9, 2016||Key animation||1 hour
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|805||859-860||[[Episode 805|Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 2)]]||January 16, 2016||Assistant animation director||1 hour
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|806||861||[[Episode 806|The Ventriloquist's Illusion (Part 1)]]||January 30, 2016||Key animation||
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|812||867||[[Episode 812|The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 3)]]||March 12, 2016||Animation director, Key animation||
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|818||873||[[Episode 818|Kogoro's Pursuit of Rage (Part 1)]]||May 21, 2016||Animation director||
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|825||880||[[Episode 825|The Tidal Park Comeback Case]]||July 16, 2016||Key animation||
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|832||887||[[Episode 832|A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 3)]]||September 17, 2016||Animation director, Key animation||
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|841||896||[[Episode 841|The Rainy Bus Stop]]||November 26, 2016||Key animation||
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|847||902||[[Episode 847|Chiba's Difficult UFO Case (Part 1)]]||January 28, 2017||Key animation||
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|853||908||[[Episode 854|Memories from Sakura Class (Shinichi BOY)]]||March 18, 2017||Animation director, Key animation||
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|862||917||[[Episode 862|Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene (Part 2)]]||June 10, 2017||Key animation||
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|866||921||[[Episode 866|The Betrayal's Stage (Part 1)]]||July 15, 2017||Key animation||
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|867||922||[[Episode 867|The Betrayal's Stage (Part 2)]]||July 22, 2017||Key animation||
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|874||929||[[Episode 874|Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Resolution)]]||September 23, 2017||Key animation||
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|882||937||[[Episode 882|The Wizard of the Ripples (Part 2)]]||November 25, 2017||Key animation||
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|889||944||[[Episode 889|The New Teacher's Skeleton Case (Part 1)]]||January 20, 2018||Key animation||
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|897||952||[[Episode 897|The Woman with White Hands (Part 2)]]||March 24, 2018||Key animation||
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|902||957||[[Episode 902|Lawyer Kisaki's SOS (Part 2)]]||May 19, 2018||Key animation||
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|909||964||[[Episode 909|Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 1)]]||July 28, 2018||Key animation||
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|916||971||[[Episode 916|The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 1)]]||October 6, 2018||Key animation||
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|922||977||[[Episode 922|The Disappeared Detective Boys]]||November 24, 2018||Key animation||
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|927||982-983||[[Episode 927|The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)]]||January 5, 2019||Assistant animation director, Key animation||1 hour
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|928||984-985||[[Episode 928|The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)]]||January 12, 2019||Assistant animation director, Key animation||1 hour
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|930||987||[[Episode 930|A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2)]]||February 9, 2019||Animation director||
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|941||998||[[Episode 941|Search for Maria-chan! (Part 1)]]||June 1, 2019||Key animation||
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|946||1003||[[Episode 946|The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 1)]]||July 13, 2019||Key animation||
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|948||1005||[[Episode 948|The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur]]||July 27, 2019||Key animation||
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|954||1011||[[Episode 954|The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 3)]]||September 14, 2019||Key animation||
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|955||1012||[[Episode 955|The Secret of the Insect Man]]||September 28, 2019||Key animation||
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|961||1018||[[Episode 961|The Glamping Mystery]]||November 30, 2019||Key animation||
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|968||1025||[[Episode 968|Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale)]]||January 25, 2020||Key animation||
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|972||1029||[[Episode 972|The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (2)]]||March 14, 2020||Key animation||
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|983||1040||[[Episode 983|Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 1)]]||October 3, 2020||Key animation||
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|994||1051||[[Episode 994|Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2)]]||January 16, 2021||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|1000||1057||[[Episode 1000|The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 1)]]||March 6, 2021||Key animation||Remake
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|1001||1058||[[Episode 1001|The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2)]]||March 13, 2021||Key animation||Remake
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|1005||1062||[[Episode 1005|The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 3)]]||May 8, 2021||Key animation||
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|1013||1070||[[Episode 1013|The Man Who Loved Too Much]]||July 24, 2021||Key animation||
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|1018||1075||[[Episode 1018|The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden (Part 1)]]||September 11, 2021||Assistant animation director||
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|1029||1086||[[Episode 1029|Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Jinpei Matsuda]]||December 4, 2021||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|1046||1103||[[Episode 1046|The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment (Part 2)]]||May 7, 2022||Key animation||
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|1066||1123||[[Episode 1066|'Til Death Do Us Part]]||December 3, 2022||Key animation||
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|1068||1125||[[Episode 1068|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes]]||January 7, 2023||Key animation||New Year’s Greeting only
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|1079||1137||[[Episode 1079|The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)]]||April 8, 2023||Key animation||
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|1089||1147||[[Episode 1089|The Genius Restaurant]]||July 8, 2023||Key animation||
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|1106||1164||[[Episode 1106|Kid vs. Amuro: Queen's Bang (Part 2)]]||December 9, 2023||Key animation||
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|1109||1167||[[Episode 1109|Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1)]]||January 6, 2024||Key animation||New Year’s Greeting only
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|1114||1172||[[Episode 1114|The Holed-Up Sensation]]||February 10, 2024||Key animation||
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|1123||1181||[[Episode 1123|The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1)]]||May 11, 2024||2nd key animation||
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|1124||1182||[[Episode 1124|The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 2)]]||May 18, 2024||Key animation||
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=== Openings and Endings ===
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Participation in: '''8''' openings and '''10''' endings
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!style="width:5%;"|#!!style="width:15%;"|Song name!!style="width:15%;"|Original title!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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!colspan="5"|OP
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|OP38||[[Greed]]||Greed||Key animation||
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|OP48||[[Timeline (song)|Timeline]]||タイムライン||Key animation||
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|OP50||[[ANSWER]]||ANSWER||Key animation||
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|OP52||[[JUST BELIEVE YOU]]||JUST BELIEVE YOU||Key animation||
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|OP53||[[ZERO kara Hajimete]]||ZEROからハジメテ||Key animation||
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|OP56||[[SPARKLE]]||SPARKLE||Key animation||
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|OP57||[[RAISE INSIGHT]]||RAISE INSIGHT||Key animation||
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|OP58||[[Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~]]||Unraveling Love～少しの勇気～||Key animation||
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|-
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!colspan="5"|ED
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|-
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|ED51||[[Futari no Byōshin]]||ふたりの秒針||Key animation||
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|ED52||[[SAWAGE☆LIFE]]||SAWAGE☆LIFE||Key animation||
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|ED59||[[Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai]]||きみと恋のままで終われない いつも夢のままじゃいられない||Key animation||
 
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|1123||1181||[[Episode 1123|The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1)]]||May 11, 2024||2nd key animation||
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|ED60||[[Sissy Sky]]||Sissy Sky||Key animation||
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|ED61||[[Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu]]||少しづつ 少しづつ||Key animation||
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|ED63||[[Reboot]]||Reboot||Key animation||
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|ED64||[[Veronica]]||ベロニカ||Key animation||
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|ED68||[[Kuufuku]]||クウフク||Key animation||
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|ED69||[[…and Rescue Me]]||…and Rescue Me||Key animation||
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|ED70||[[You & I]]||You & I||Key animation||
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|}
  
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Participation in: '''14''' movies
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=== Movies ===
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* [[The Raven Chaser]] (Movie 13): Key animation
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Participation in: '''15''' movies
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* [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]] (Movie 14): Key animation
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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* [[Quarter of Silence]] (Movie 15): Key animation
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!style="width:5%;"|Movie!!style="width:15%;"|Title!!style="width:10%;"|Original airdate!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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* [[The Eleventh Striker]] (Movie 16): Key animation
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* [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]] (Movie 17): Key animation
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|13||[[The Raven Chaser]]||April 18, 2009||Key animation||
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* [[Dimensional Sniper]] (Movie 18): Key animation
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* [[Sunflowers of Inferno]] (Movie 19): Key animation
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|14||[[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]||April 17, 2010||Key animation||
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* [[The Darkest Nightmare]] (Movie 20): Key animation
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* [[The Crimson Love Letter]] (Movie 21): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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|15||[[Quarter of Silence]]||April 16, 2011||Key animation||
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* [[Zero the Enforcer]] (Movie 22): Animation director, Key animation
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* [[The Fist of Blue Sapphire]] (Movie 23): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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|16||[[The Eleventh Striker]]||April 14, 2012||Key animation||
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* [[The Scarlet Bullet]] (Movie 24): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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* [[The Bride of Halloween]] (Movie 25): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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|17||[[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]||April 20, 2013||Key animation||
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* [[Black Iron Submarine]] (Movie 26): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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|18||[[Dimensional Sniper]]||April 19, 2014||Key animation||
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|19||[[Sunflowers of Inferno]]||April 18, 2015||Key animation||
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|20||[[The Darkest Nightmare]]||April 16, 2016||Key animation||
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|21||[[The Crimson Love Letter]]||April 15, 2017||Assistant animation director||
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|22||[[Zero the Enforcer]]||April 13, 2018||Animation director, Key animation||
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|23||[[The Fist of Blue Sapphire]]||April 12, 2019||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|24||[[The Scarlet Bullet]]||April 16, 2021||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|-
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|25||[[The Bride of Halloween]]||April 15, 2022||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|-
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|26||[[Black Iron Submarine]]||April 14, 2023||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|27||[[The Million-dollar Pentagram]]||April 12, 2024||Key animation||
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|}
  
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=== OVAs ===
 
Participation in: '''1''' OVA
 
Participation in: '''1''' OVA
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* [[Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata|Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata]] (Magic File 3): Key animation
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|OVA!!style="width:15%;"|Title!!style="width:10%;"|Original airdate!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|Magic File 3||[[Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata|Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata]]||April 18, 2009||Key animation||
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|}
  
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=== Specials ===
 
Participation in: '''3''' specials
 
Participation in: '''3''' specials
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* [[Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri]] (Special 4): Key animation
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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* [[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]] (Special 5): Key animation
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!style="width:5%;"|Special!!style="width:15%;"|Title!!style="width:10%;"|Original airdate!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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* [[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]] (Special 6): Assistant animation director, Key animation
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|-
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|4||[[Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri|Happy New Year, Kogoro Mouri]]||January 3, 2015||Key animation||
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|5||[[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]]||December 26, 2014||Key animation||
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|6||[[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]]||December 9, 2016||Assistant animation director, Key animation||
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|}
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=== Spin-offs ===
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==== [[Zero's Tea Time (anime)|Zero's Tea Time]] ====
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Participation in: '''1''' episode
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|-
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|1||[[TIME.1]]||April 5, 2022||Animation director, Key animation||
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|}
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==== [[The Culprit Hanzawa]] ====
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Participation in: '''1''' episode
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|-
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|3||[[Inescapable Hell]]||October 18, 2022 ||Key animation||
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|}
  
 
== Other notable works ==
 
== Other notable works ==
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
# Page partially or completely translated from the '''Chinese''' version of July 8th, 2023.
 
# Page partially or completely translated from the '''Chinese''' version of July 8th, 2023.
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# [https://w.atwiki.jp/anime_wiki/pages/18435.html 井元愛夕 - Atwiki] (Japanese)
 
# [https://anilist.co/staff/157541/Ayu-Imoto AniList]
 
# [https://anilist.co/staff/157541/Ayu-Imoto AniList]
 
# [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5251706/ IMDb]
 
# [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5251706/ IMDb]
 
# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=79690 Anime News Network]
 
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Ayu Imoto

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Profile
Gender: Female
Location: Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
2nd key animation
In-between animation
Years active: 2006-present

Ayu Imoto (井元 愛夕 Imoto Ayu?) is a Japanese animator. She does key animation and animation direction for Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Ayu Imoto was initially from Studio Mu (スタジオ・ムー). In 2006, she joined the Detective Conan anime production, starting with Episode 446: The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 1), in which she did the in-between animation. The following year, she was promoted to key animator, and continued working in the series for seven years. Then, in 2014, she was shortly promoted to assistant animation director for Episode 749: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Truth). After that, her work in the Detective Conan anime was an interlace between key animation and animation director, as well as assistant animation director.

Regarding her key animation work, from 2011 to 2013, she was mainly active in Kenichi Otomo's key animation group; from 2014 to 2016, she was mainly active in Nobuyuki Iwai's key animation group; from 2018 to 2020, she was mainly active in Asuka Tsubuki's key animation group. In addition, since 2017, she has been drawing key animation for openings and endings frequently.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 75 cases (84 epsiodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
446 484 The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 1) July 24, 2006 In-between animation
476 516 Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1) June 25, 2007 Key animation
484 527 Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 1) August 20, 2007 Key animation
489 534-535 Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness November 26, 2007 Key animation 1 hour
492 539 Clash of Red and Black (Blood Relative) January 21, 2008 Key animation
498 545 Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance) March 3, 2008 Key animation
502 549 Clash of Red and Black (Innocence) April 28, 2008 Key animation
509 556 Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys July 14, 2008 Key animation
516 564-565 Furinkazan - The Mysterious Armored Warrior November 3, 2008 Key animation 1 hour
522 572-573 Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears January 26, 2009 Key animation 1 hour
536 587 The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece May 30, 2009 Key animation
546 597 The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 2) September 12, 2009 Key animation
600 651 The Dream the Kappa Saw (Part 1) December 18, 2010 Key animation
638 689 Solving Mysteries at the Red Leaf Palace (Part 1) November 26, 2011 Key animation
678 730 Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (End of the Edo) December 1, 2012 Key animation Mystery tour
683 735 The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Enter the Scene) January 19, 2013 Key animation
688 740 Detective Takagi Finds 30 Million Yen February 23, 2013 Key animation
698 750 Unbelievable! The Case of the Crashed UFO May 18, 2013 Key animation
704 756 The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Intersection) August 3, 2013 Key animation
715 767 Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (4) October 26, 2013 Key animation
721 773 Fire and Water Mystery Tour (Kumamoto Part) December 7, 2013 Key animation Mystery tour
727 779 The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 1) January 25, 2014 Key animation
742 795 Promise with a J-Leaguer June 14, 2014 Key animation
749 802 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Truth) August 9, 2014 Assistant animation director
754 807 The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Steam) October 11, 2014 Key animation
756 809 The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Revenge) October 25, 2014 Animation director
762 815 Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kaga Part) December 13, 2014 Key animation Mystery tour
768 821 Ai Haibara Imprisonment Case February 21, 2015 Key animation
773 826 Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Part 2) March 28, 2015 Key animation
778 831 Mirage of the Disappearing Angel May 16, 2015 Key animation
782 835 The Scarlet Return June 20, 2015 Key animation
783 836 The Scarlet Truth June 27, 2015 Key animation
791 844 Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs September 12, 2015 Key animation
798 851 The Moving Target November 7, 2015 Key animation
804 857-858 Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1) January 9, 2016 Key animation 1 hour
805 859-860 Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 2) January 16, 2016 Assistant animation director 1 hour
806 861 The Ventriloquist's Illusion (Part 1) January 30, 2016 Key animation
812 867 The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 3) March 12, 2016 Animation director, Key animation
818 873 Kogoro's Pursuit of Rage (Part 1) May 21, 2016 Animation director
825 880 The Tidal Park Comeback Case July 16, 2016 Key animation
832 887 A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 3) September 17, 2016 Animation director, Key animation
841 896 The Rainy Bus Stop November 26, 2016 Key animation
847 902 Chiba's Difficult UFO Case (Part 1) January 28, 2017 Key animation
853 908 Memories from Sakura Class (Shinichi BOY) March 18, 2017 Animation director, Key animation
862 917 Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene (Part 2) June 10, 2017 Key animation
866 921 The Betrayal's Stage (Part 1) July 15, 2017 Key animation
867 922 The Betrayal's Stage (Part 2) July 22, 2017 Key animation
874 929 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Resolution) September 23, 2017 Key animation
882 937 The Wizard of the Ripples (Part 2) November 25, 2017 Key animation
889 944 The New Teacher's Skeleton Case (Part 1) January 20, 2018 Key animation
897 952 The Woman with White Hands (Part 2) March 24, 2018 Key animation
902 957 Lawyer Kisaki's SOS (Part 2) May 19, 2018 Key animation
909 964 Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 1) July 28, 2018 Key animation
916 971 The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 1) October 6, 2018 Key animation
922 977 The Disappeared Detective Boys November 24, 2018 Key animation
927 982-983 The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc) January 5, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation 1 hour
928 984-985 The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc) January 12, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation 1 hour
930 987 A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2) February 9, 2019 Animation director
941 998 Search for Maria-chan! (Part 1) June 1, 2019 Key animation
946 1003 The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 1) July 13, 2019 Key animation
948 1005 The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur July 27, 2019 Key animation
954 1011 The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 3) September 14, 2019 Key animation
955 1012 The Secret of the Insect Man September 28, 2019 Key animation
961 1018 The Glamping Mystery November 30, 2019 Key animation
968 1025 Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale) January 25, 2020 Key animation
972 1029 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (2) March 14, 2020 Key animation
983 1040 Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 1) October 3, 2020 Key animation
994 1051 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2) January 16, 2021 Assistant animation director, Key animation
1000 1057 The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 1) March 6, 2021 Key animation Remake
1001 1058 The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2) March 13, 2021 Key animation Remake
1005 1062 The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 3) May 8, 2021 Key animation
1013 1070 The Man Who Loved Too Much July 24, 2021 Key animation
1018 1075 The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden (Part 1) September 11, 2021 Assistant animation director
1029 1086 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Jinpei Matsuda December 4, 2021 Assistant animation director, Key animation
1046 1103 The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment (Part 2) May 7, 2022 Key animation
1066 1123 'Til Death Do Us Part December 3, 2022 Key animation
1068 1125 Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes January 7, 2023 Key animation New Year’s Greeting only
1079 1137 The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) April 8, 2023 Key animation
1089 1147 The Genius Restaurant July 8, 2023 Key animation
1106 1164 Kid vs. Amuro: Queen's Bang (Part 2) December 9, 2023 Key animation
1109 1167 Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1) January 6, 2024 Key animation New Year’s Greeting only
1114 1172 The Holed-Up Sensation February 10, 2024 Key animation
1123 1181 The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1) May 11, 2024 2nd key animation
1124 1182 The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 2) May 18, 2024 Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 8 openings and 10 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP38 Greed Greed Key animation
OP48 Timeline タイムライン Key animation
OP50 ANSWER ANSWER Key animation
OP52 JUST BELIEVE YOU JUST BELIEVE YOU Key animation
OP53 ZERO kara Hajimete ZEROからハジメテ Key animation
OP56 SPARKLE SPARKLE Key animation
OP57 RAISE INSIGHT RAISE INSIGHT Key animation
OP58 Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~ Unraveling Love～少しの勇気～ Key animation
ED
ED51 Futari no Byōshin ふたりの秒針 Key animation
ED52 SAWAGE☆LIFE SAWAGE☆LIFE Key animation
ED59 Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai きみと恋のままで終われない いつも夢のままじゃいられない Key animation
ED60 Sissy Sky Sissy Sky Key animation
ED61 Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu 少しづつ 少しづつ Key animation
ED63 Reboot Reboot Key animation
ED64 Veronica ベロニカ Key animation
ED68 Kuufuku クウフク Key animation
ED69 …and Rescue Me …and Rescue Me Key animation
ED70 You & I You & I Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 15 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
13 The Raven Chaser April 18, 2009 Key animation
14 The Lost Ship in the Sky April 17, 2010 Key animation
15 Quarter of Silence April 16, 2011 Key animation
16 The Eleventh Striker April 14, 2012 Key animation
17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea April 20, 2013 Key animation
18 Dimensional Sniper April 19, 2014 Key animation
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Key animation
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Key animation
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Assistant animation director
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Animation director, Key animation
23 The Fist of Blue Sapphire April 12, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Assistant animation director, Key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Assistant animation director, Key animation
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Assistant animation director, Key animation
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
Magic File 3 Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata April 18, 2009 Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 3 specials

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
4 Happy New Year, Kogoro Mouri January 3, 2015 Key animation
5 The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History December 26, 2014 Key animation
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Assistant animation director, Key animation

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
1 TIME.1 April 5, 2022 Animation director, Key animation

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
3 Inescapable Hell October 18, 2022 Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • High School DxD: Key Animation
  • Guin Sâga: Key Animation
  • Gakuen mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD: Key Animation
  • Fairy Tail: Fearî Teiru: Key Animation
  • One Punch Man: Wanpanman: Key Animation

References

  1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of July 8th, 2023.
  2. 井元愛夕 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  3. AniList
  4. IMDb
  5. Anime News Network
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