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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Kawashima joined the production of the ''Detective Conan'' anime in 1996, starting with [[Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case]], and served as a regular key animator for anime episodes. In 2002, she began to work as an animation director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Secret Rushed Omission]]; she replaced [[Keiichi Ishida]], a former regular animation director, in terms of the position.
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Akiko Kawashima joined the production of the ''Detective Conan'' anime in 1996, starting with [[Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case]], and served as a regular key animator for anime episodes. In 2002, she began to work as an animation director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Secret Rushed Omission]]; she replaced [[Keiichi Ishida]], a former regular animation director, in terms of the position. Thereafter, she officially delegated the studio for ''Detective Conan'' production, being the core animator of Sunshine Corporation.
  
Kawashima only started to delegate the studio and do animation directing work from the 2nd part of [[The Similar Princesses]] onwards (most likely because that those episodes were not fully outsourced so the company name was not credited). After that, she constantly worked under the episodes done by Sunshine Corporation, but also quit the production team after finishing the key animation work of [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding]], along with the studio.
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Starting with the 2nd part of [[The Similar Princesses]], the episodes that she worked on started to credit the studio as production cooperation, after director [[Masato Sato]] became the director (most likely because that those episodes were not fully outsourced so the company name was not credited). Back then, director Sato altered the anime character design - from [[Masatomo Sudo]] to [[Mari Tominaga]]; owing to the lack of proficiency on the strangeness character design, her exquisite drawing style was affected upon that. However, there were many signs indicating that she was impersonating those superb animators' style from that time - the quintessential [[Keiko Sasaki]] styled character eyes (episode 360); along with the character face shapes in Mari Tominaga's style (episode 367).
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Kawashima's art style in ''Detective Conan'' anime can be described as unsteady; yet she contributed to many impressive frames and even performed exceedingly wonderful at times with her corrected frames (especially during the Masato Sato directional era when there was a shortage of animator). Nonetheless, she ceased serving as animation director after the 2nd part of [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7]]; her position was then offered to [[Ayako Tauchi]]. She eventually quit the production team after finishing the key animation work of [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding]], along with the studio.
  
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
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|10||10||[[Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case]]||March 11, 1996||Key animation||
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|10||10||[[Episode 10|Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case]]||March 11, 1996||Key animation||
 
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|18||19||[[An Elevator Murder Case]]||June 3, 1996||Key animation||
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|18||19||[[Episode 18|An Elevator Murder Case]]||June 3, 1996||Key animation||
 
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|41||42||[[Victory Flag Tearing Case]]||December 9, 1996||Key animation||
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|41||42||[[Episode 41|Victory Flag Tearing Case]]||December 9, 1996||Key animation||
 
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|46||47||[[Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case]]||February 3, 1997||Key animation||
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|46||47||[[Episode 46|Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case]]||February 3, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|51||52||[[The Golf Driving Range Murder Case]]||March 10, 1997||Key animation||
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|51||52||[[Episode 51|The Golf Driving Range Murder Case]]||March 10, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|59||61||[[The First Errand Murder Case]]||May 19, 1997||Key animation||
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|59||61||[[Episode 59|The First Errand Murder Case]]||May 19, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|64||66||[[The Third Fingerprint Murder Case]]||June 23, 1997||Key animation||
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|64||66||[[Episode 64|The Third Fingerprint Murder Case]]||June 23, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|71||73||[[A Stalker's Murder Case]]||August 11, 1997||Key animation||
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|71||73||[[Episode 71|A Stalker's Murder Case]]||August 11, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|75||77||[[Loan Company President's Murder Case]]||September 8, 1997||Key animation||
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|75||77||[[Episode 75|Loan Company President's Murder Case]]||September 8, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|79||82||[[The Bank Heist Murder Case]]||November 3, 1997||Key animation||
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|79||82||[[Episode 79|The Bank Heist Murder Case]]||November 3, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|83||86||[[General Hospital Murder Case]]||December 1, 1997||Key animation||
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|83||86||[[Episode 83|General Hospital Murder Case]]||December 1, 1997||Key animation||
 
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|90||93||[[The Flower Scent Murder Case]]||February 9, 1998||Key animation||
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|90||93||[[Episode 90|The Flower Scent Murder Case]]||February 9, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|94||97||[[TV94|Snow Woman Legend Murder Case]]||March 9, 1998||Key animation||
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|94||97||[[Episode 94|Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case]]||March 9, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|102||108||[[The Historical Actor Murder Case|The Historical Actor Murder Case (Part 1)]]||May 25, 1998||Key animation||
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|102||108||[[Episode 102|The Historical Actor Murder Case (Part 1)]]||May 25, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|106||112||[[Scoop Picture Murder Case]]||June 22, 1998||Key animation||
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|106||112||[[Episode 106|Scoop Picture Murder Case]]||June 22, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|112||118||[[The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case]]||August 10, 1998||Key animation||
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|112||118||[[Episode 112|The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case]]||August 10, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|116||122||[[The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case|The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1)]]||September 7, 1998||Key animation||
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|116||122||[[Episode 116|The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1)]]||September 7, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|120||127||[[A Honey Cocktail Murder Case]]||October 19, 1998||Key animation||
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|120||127||[[Episode 120|A Honey Cocktail Murder Case]]||October 19, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|126||133||[[The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case|The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1)]]||November 30, 1998||Key animation||
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|126||133||[[Episode 126|The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1)]]||November 30, 1998||Key animation||
 
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|132||142||[[Magic Lover's Murder Case|Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Case)]]||January 25, 1999||Key animation||
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|132||142||[[Episode 132|Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Case)]]||January 25, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|138||148||[[The Final Screening Murder Case|The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 1)]]||March 8, 1999||Key animation||
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|138||148||[[Episode 138|The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 1)]]||March 8, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|143||153||[[The Suspicious Astronomical Observation]]||May 3, 1999||Key animation||
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|143||153||[[Episode 143|The Suspicious Astronomical Observation]]||May 3, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|149||159||[[The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case]]||June 21, 1999||Key animation||
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|149||159||[[Episode 149|The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case]]||June 21, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|155||165||[[Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case]]||August 2, 1999||Key animation||
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|155||165||[[Episode 155|Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case]]||August 2, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|160||170||[[The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda|The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 2)]]||September 13, 1999||Key animation||
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|160||170||[[Episode 160|The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 2)]]||September 13, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|167||178||[[Tottori Spider Mansion Demon|Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Suspicion)]]||November 8, 1999||Key animation||
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|167||178||[[Episode 167|Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Suspicion)]]||November 8, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|173||184||[[The Revival of the Dying Message|The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2)]]||December 20, 1999||Key animation||
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|173||184||[[Episode 173|The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2)]]||December 20, 1999||Key animation||
 
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|179||193||[[The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case]]||February 7, 2000||Key animation||
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|179||193||[[Episode 179|The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case]]||February 7, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|183||197||[[A Dangerous Recipe]]||March 6, 2000||Key animation||
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|183||197||[[Episode 183|A Dangerous Recipe]]||March 6, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|188||203||[[The Desperate Revival|The Desperate Revival - The Cavern of the Detective Boys]]||May 1, 2000||Key animation||
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|188||203||[[Episode 188|The Desperate Revival - The Cavern of the Detective Boys]]||May 1, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|194||209||[[The Significant Music Box|The Significant Music Box (Part 1)]]||June 12, 2000||Key animation||
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|194||209||[[Episode 194|The Significant Music Box (Part 1)]]||June 12, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|201||216||[[The Tenth Passenger|The Tenth Passenger (Part 1)]]||July 31, 2000||Key animation||
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|201||216||[[Episode 201|The Tenth Passenger (Part 1)]]||July 31, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|207||222||[[The Deduction That Was Too Good]]||September 11, 2000||Key animation||
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|207||222||[[Episode 207|The Deduction That Was Too Good]]||September 11, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|215||231||[[The Bay of Revenge|The Bay of Revenge (Part 1)]]||November 27, 2000||Key animation||
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|215||231||[[Episode 215|The Bay of Revenge (Part 1)]]||November 27, 2000||Key animation||
 
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|220||239||[[The Client Full of Lies|The Client Full of Lies (Part 1)]]||January 15, 2001||Key animation||
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|220||239||[[Episode 220|The Client Full of Lies (Part 1)]]||January 15, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|225||244||[[The Secret of the High Sales]]||February 19, 2001||Key animation||
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|225||244||[[Episode 225|The Secret of the High Sales]]||February 19, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|233||252||[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|The Evidence That Didn't Disappear (Part 1)]]||May 14, 2001||Key animation||
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|233||252||[[Episode 233|The Evidence That Didn't Disappear (Part 1)]]||May 14, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|237||256||[[The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour|The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 2)]]||June 11, 2001||Key animation||Mystery tour
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|237||256||[[Episode 237|The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 2)]]||June 11, 2001||Key animation||Mystery tour
 
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|243||262||[[Kogoro Mouri's Imposter|Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 1)]]||July 23, 2001||Key animation||
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|243||262||[[Episode 243|Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 1)]]||July 23, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|248||267||[[The Alibi of the Soothing Forest]]||August 27, 2001||Key animation||
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|248||267||[[Episode 248|The Alibi of the Soothing Forest]]||August 27, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|253||272||[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 1)]]||October 15, 2001||Key animation||
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|253||272||[[Episode 253|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 1)]]||October 15, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|258||277||[[The Man from Chicago|The Man from Chicago (Part 1)]]||November 19, 2001||Key animation||
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|258||277||[[Episode 258|The Man from Chicago (Part 1)]]||November 19, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|261||280||[[The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night|The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1)]]||December 10, 2001||Key animation||
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|261||280||[[Episode 261|The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1)]]||December 10, 2001||Key animation||
 
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|266||288||[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Case)]]||January 28, 2002||Key animation||
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|266||288||[[Episode 266|The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Case)]]||January 28, 2002||Key animation||
 
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|269||291||[[The Forgotten Memento from the Crime|The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 1)]]||February 18, 2002||Key animation||
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|269||291||[[Episode 269|The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 1)]]||February 18, 2002||Key animation||
 
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|271||293||[[The Secret Rushed Omission|The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)]]||March 11, 2002||Animation director||
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|271||293||[[Episode 271|The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)]]||March 11, 2002||Animation director||
 
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|276||298||[[The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case]]||May 6, 2002||Animation director||
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|276||298||[[Episode 276|The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case]]||May 6, 2002||Animation director||
 
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|281||303||[[The Small Eye-Witnesses]]||June 10, 2002||Animation director||
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|281||303||[[Episode 281|The Small Eye-Witnesses]]||June 10, 2002||Animation director||
 
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|287||309||[[Shinichi Kudo's New York Case|Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)]]||July 22, 2002||Animation director||
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|287||309||[[Episode 287|Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)]]||July 22, 2002||Animation director||
 
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|291||313||[[Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace|Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case)]]||August 19, 2002||Key animation||
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|291||313||[[Episode 291|Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case)]]||August 19, 2002||Key animation||
 
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|293||315||[[Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace|Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution)]]||September 2, 2002||Animation director||
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|293||315||[[Episode 293|Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution)]]||September 2, 2002||Animation director||
 
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|295||317||[[The Smash of Determination and Love|The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2)]]||September 16, 2002||Key animation||
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|295||317||[[Episode 295|The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2)]]||September 16, 2002||Key animation||
 
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|299||321||[[The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent|The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)]]||November 4, 2002||Animation director||Mystery tour
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|299||321||[[Episode 299|The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)]]||November 4, 2002||Animation director||Mystery tour
 
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|302||324||[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)]]||December 2, 2002||Animation director, Key animation||
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|302||324||[[Episode 302|Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)]]||December 2, 2002||Animation director, Key animation||
 
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|305||330||[[The Unseen Suspect|The Unseen Suspect (Part 1)]]||January 13, 2003||Key animation||
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|305||330||[[Episode 305|The Unseen Suspect (Part 1)]]||January 13, 2003||Key animation||
 
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|309||334||[[Contact with the Black Organization|Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)]]||February 10, 2003||Animation director||
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|309||334||[[Episode 309|Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)]]||February 10, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|314||339||[[The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence]]||March 17, 2003||Animation director||
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|314||339||[[Episode 314|The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence]]||March 17, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|319||344||[[The Lucky Cigar Case|The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2)]]||May 12, 2003||Animation director||
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|319||344||[[Episode 319|The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2)]]||May 12, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|324||349||[[Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation!|Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 2)]]||June 16, 2003||Animation director||
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|324||349||[[Episode 324|Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 2)]]||June 16, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|329||354||[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1)]]||July 28, 2003||Animation director||
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|329||354||[[Episode 329|A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1)]]||July 28, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|334||359||[[The Similar Princesses|The Similar Princesses (Part 2)]]||September 1, 2003||Animation director||
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|334||359||[[Episode 334|The Similar Princesses (Part 2)]]||September 1, 2003||Animation director||
 
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|338||363||[[The Four Porsches|The Four Porsches (Part 1)]]||October 20, 2003||Key animation||
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|338||363||[[Episode 338|The Four Porsches (Part 1)]]||October 20, 2003||Key animation||
 
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|342||367-368||[[The Bride of Huis ten Bosch]]||November 17, 2003||Animation director||1 hour
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|342||367-368||[[Episode 342|The Bride of Huis ten Bosch]]||November 17, 2003||Animation director||1 hour
 
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|345||371-375||[[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]||January 5, 2004||Animation director||2.5 hours
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|345||371-375||[[Episode 345|Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]||January 5, 2004||Animation director||2.5 hours
 
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|353||383||[[The Fishing Tournament Tragedy|The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 2)]]||March 1, 2004||Animation director||
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|353||383||[[Episode 353|The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 2)]]||March 1, 2004||Animation director||
 
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|360||391||[[A Mysterious Spring Beetle]]||May 17, 2004||Animation director||
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|360||391||[[Episode 360|A Mysterious Spring Beetle]]||May 17, 2004||Animation director||
 
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|367||398||[[The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight|The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight (Part 2)]]||July 12, 2004||Animation director, Key animation||
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|367||398||[[Episode 367|The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight (Part 2)]]||July 12, 2004||Animation director, Key animation||
 
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|370||401||[[Running Away in a Game]]||August 9, 2004||Animation director||
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|370||401||[[Episode 370|Running Away in a Game]]||August 9, 2004||Animation director||
 
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|380||411||[[The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night|The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2)]]||November 29, 2004||Animation director||
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|380||411||[[Episode 380|The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2)]]||November 29, 2004||Animation director||
 
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|383||414-417||[[Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon]]||December 20, 2004||Assistant animation director||2 hours
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|383||414-417||[[Episode 383|Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon]]||December 20, 2004||Assistant animation director||2 hours
 
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|389||423||[[Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma|Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 2)]]||February 21, 2005||Animation director||
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|389||423||[[Episode 389|Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 2)]]||February 21, 2005||Animation director||
 
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|396||431||[[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion|Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Resolution)]]||May 2, 2005||Animation director||
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|396||431||[[Episode 396|Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Resolution)]]||May 2, 2005||Animation director||
 
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|-
|401||435||[[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed (Part 1)]]||June 6, 2005||Animation director||
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|401||435||[[Episode 401|A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed (Part 1)]]||June 6, 2005||Animation director||
 
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|404||438||[[The Mysterious Angel's Mansion|The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 2)]]||June 27, 2005||Animation director, Key animation||
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|404||438||[[Episode 404|The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 2)]]||June 27, 2005||Animation director, Key animation||
 
|-
 
|-
|408||442||[[Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic|Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Resolution)]]||August 1, 2005||Animation director||
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|408||442||[[Episode 408|Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Resolution)]]||August 1, 2005||Animation director||
 
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|-
|412||446||[[The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code|The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 2)]]||August 29, 2005||Animation director||
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|412||446||[[Episode 412|The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 2)]]||August 29, 2005||Animation director||
 
|-
 
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|416||450||[[The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day|The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Suspicion)]]||October 17, 2005||Animation director||
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|416||450||[[Episode 416|The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Suspicion)]]||October 17, 2005||Animation director||
 
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|-
|425||459-463||[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out]]||January 9, 2006||Assistant animation director||2.5 hours
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|425||459-463||[[Episode 425|Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out]]||January 9, 2006||Assistant animation director||2.5 hours
 
|-
 
|-
|432||470||[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2)]]||February 27, 2006||Animation director|
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|432||470||[[Episode 432|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2)]]||February 27, 2006||Animation director||
 
|-
 
|-
|438||476||[[The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail]]||May 15, 2006||Key animation||
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|438||476||[[Episode 438|The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail]]||May 15, 2006||Key animation||
 
|-
 
|-
|442||480||[[The Man Obstructed by the Steel Frame]]||June 12, 2006||Key animation||
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|442||480||[[Episode 442|The Man Obstructed by the Steel Frame]]||June 12, 2006||Key animation||
 
|-
 
|-
|447||485||[[The Sealed Western-Style Window|The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 2)]]||July 31, 2006||Key animation||
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|447||485||[[Episode 447|The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 2)]]||July 31, 2006||Key animation||
 
|-
 
|-
|449||487-488||[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding]]||August 21, 2006||Key animation||1 hour
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|449||487-488||[[Episode 449|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding]]||August 21, 2006||Key animation||1 hour
 
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Akiko Kawashima

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Profile
Gender: Female
Location: Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
Studio: Sunshine Corporation

Akiko Kawashima (川島 明子 Kawashima Akiko?) is a Japanese animator. She does key animation and animation director works in Detective Conan anime. She is affiliated with Sunshine Corporation.

Biography

Akiko Kawashima joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 1996, starting with Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case, and served as a regular key animator for anime episodes. In 2002, she began to work as an animation director, starting with the 1st part of The Secret Rushed Omission; she replaced Keiichi Ishida, a former regular animation director, in terms of the position. Thereafter, she officially delegated the studio for Detective Conan production, being the core animator of Sunshine Corporation.

Starting with the 2nd part of The Similar Princesses, the episodes that she worked on started to credit the studio as production cooperation, after director Masato Sato became the director (most likely because that those episodes were not fully outsourced so the company name was not credited). Back then, director Sato altered the anime character design - from Masatomo Sudo to Mari Tominaga; owing to the lack of proficiency on the strangeness character design, her exquisite drawing style was affected upon that. However, there were many signs indicating that she was impersonating those superb animators' style from that time - the quintessential Keiko Sasaki styled character eyes (episode 360); along with the character face shapes in Mari Tominaga's style (episode 367).

Kawashima's art style in Detective Conan anime can be described as unsteady; yet she contributed to many impressive frames and even performed exceedingly wonderful at times with her corrected frames (especially during the Masato Sato directional era when there was a shortage of animator). Nonetheless, she ceased serving as animation director after the 2nd part of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7; her position was then offered to Ayako Tauchi. She eventually quit the production team after finishing the key animation work of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding, along with the studio.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 82 cases (83 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
10 10 Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case March 11, 1996 Key animation
18 19 An Elevator Murder Case June 3, 1996 Key animation
41 42 Victory Flag Tearing Case December 9, 1996 Key animation
46 47 Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case February 3, 1997 Key animation
51 52 The Golf Driving Range Murder Case March 10, 1997 Key animation
59 61 The First Errand Murder Case May 19, 1997 Key animation
64 66 The Third Fingerprint Murder Case June 23, 1997 Key animation
71 73 A Stalker's Murder Case August 11, 1997 Key animation
75 77 Loan Company President's Murder Case September 8, 1997 Key animation
79 82 The Bank Heist Murder Case November 3, 1997 Key animation
83 86 General Hospital Murder Case December 1, 1997 Key animation
90 93 The Flower Scent Murder Case February 9, 1998 Key animation
94 97 Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case March 9, 1998 Key animation
102 108 The Historical Actor Murder Case (Part 1) May 25, 1998 Key animation
106 112 Scoop Picture Murder Case June 22, 1998 Key animation
112 118 The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case August 10, 1998 Key animation
116 122 The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1) September 7, 1998 Key animation
120 127 A Honey Cocktail Murder Case October 19, 1998 Key animation
126 133 The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1) November 30, 1998 Key animation
132 142 Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Case) January 25, 1999 Key animation
138 148 The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 1) March 8, 1999 Key animation
143 153 The Suspicious Astronomical Observation May 3, 1999 Key animation
149 159 The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case June 21, 1999 Key animation
155 165 Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case August 2, 1999 Key animation
160 170 The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 2) September 13, 1999 Key animation
167 178 Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Suspicion) November 8, 1999 Key animation
173 184 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2) December 20, 1999 Key animation
179 193 The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case February 7, 2000 Key animation
183 197 A Dangerous Recipe March 6, 2000 Key animation
188 203 The Desperate Revival - The Cavern of the Detective Boys May 1, 2000 Key animation
194 209 The Significant Music Box (Part 1) June 12, 2000 Key animation
201 216 The Tenth Passenger (Part 1) July 31, 2000 Key animation
207 222 The Deduction That Was Too Good September 11, 2000 Key animation
215 231 The Bay of Revenge (Part 1) November 27, 2000 Key animation
220 239 The Client Full of Lies (Part 1) January 15, 2001 Key animation
225 244 The Secret of the High Sales February 19, 2001 Key animation
233 252 The Evidence That Didn't Disappear (Part 1) May 14, 2001 Key animation
237 256 The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 2) June 11, 2001 Key animation Mystery tour
243 262 Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 1) July 23, 2001 Key animation
248 267 The Alibi of the Soothing Forest August 27, 2001 Key animation
253 272 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 1) October 15, 2001 Key animation
258 277 The Man from Chicago (Part 1) November 19, 2001 Key animation
261 280 The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1) December 10, 2001 Key animation
266 288 The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Case) January 28, 2002 Key animation
269 291 The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 1) February 18, 2002 Key animation
271 293 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1) March 11, 2002 Animation director
276 298 The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case May 6, 2002 Animation director
281 303 The Small Eye-Witnesses June 10, 2002 Animation director
287 309 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction) July 22, 2002 Animation director
291 313 Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case) August 19, 2002 Key animation
293 315 Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution) September 2, 2002 Animation director
295 317 The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2) September 16, 2002 Key animation
299 321 The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1) November 4, 2002 Animation director Mystery tour
302 324 Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2) December 2, 2002 Animation director, Key animation
305 330 The Unseen Suspect (Part 1) January 13, 2003 Key animation
309 334 Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation) February 10, 2003 Animation director
314 339 The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence March 17, 2003 Animation director
319 344 The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2) May 12, 2003 Animation director
324 349 Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 2) June 16, 2003 Animation director
329 354 A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1) July 28, 2003 Animation director
334 359 The Similar Princesses (Part 2) September 1, 2003 Animation director
338 363 The Four Porsches (Part 1) October 20, 2003 Key animation
342 367-368 The Bride of Huis ten Bosch November 17, 2003 Animation director 1 hour
345 371-375 Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night January 5, 2004 Animation director 2.5 hours
353 383 The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 2) March 1, 2004 Animation director
360 391 A Mysterious Spring Beetle May 17, 2004 Animation director
367 398 The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight (Part 2) July 12, 2004 Animation director, Key animation
370 401 Running Away in a Game August 9, 2004 Animation director
380 411 The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2) November 29, 2004 Animation director
383 414-417 Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon December 20, 2004 Assistant animation director 2 hours
389 423 Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 2) February 21, 2005 Animation director
396 431 Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Resolution) May 2, 2005 Animation director
401 435 A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed (Part 1) June 6, 2005 Animation director
404 438 The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 2) June 27, 2005 Animation director, Key animation
408 442 Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Resolution) August 1, 2005 Animation director
412 446 The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 2) August 29, 2005 Animation director
416 450 The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Suspicion) October 17, 2005 Animation director
425 459-463 Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out January 9, 2006 Assistant animation director 2.5 hours
432 470 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2) February 27, 2006 Animation director
438 476 The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail May 15, 2006 Key animation
442 480 The Man Obstructed by the Steel Frame June 12, 2006 Key animation
447 485 The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 2) July 31, 2006 Key animation
449 487-488 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding August 21, 2006 Key animation 1 hour

Other notable works

Anime

  • The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Animation Director
  • Golden Time: Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
  • Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin: Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Mewkledreamy: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Naruto: Key Animation
  • Pokémon: Key Animation
  • Saint Tail: Key Animation
  • Yu-Gi-Oh!: Key Animation

Movies

  • Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Jungle: In-Between Animation (Kyoto Animation)
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Windmasters: In-Between Animation
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Winged Braves: In-Between Animation
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom: In-Between Animation

See also

References

  1. 川島明子 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  2. 川島明子 - Allcinema (Japanese)
  3. IMDb
  4. Anime News Network