Akane Imada

Akane Imada
Profile
Gender:	Female
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation In-between animation
Years active:	2013-present

Akane Imada (今田 茜 ,Imada Akane) is a Japanese animation producer and sub-scharacter designer. She takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Akane Imada was originally affiliated with Studio Wanpack. Imade joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 2009, starting with Episode 532: The Scar of First Love, in which she was in charge of in-between animation. Some time later, she began to do key animation as well.

In 2014, Imada took over Miho Tanaka's position as the animation director for Studio Wanpack.

In 2015, after doing the animation direction work of Episode 802: Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour (Tottori Part), Imada left Studio Wanpack, but still returned in 2017 and served as animation director for another three anime episodes. Her latest work in the Detective Conan anime is the key animation of Episode 917: The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2) from 2018.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Akane Imada

Anime

Participation in: 24 cases (24 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
532	583	The Scar of First Love	May 2, 2009	In-between animation
537	588	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Part 1)	June 13, 2009	In-between animation
562	613	Rainbow Color Kidnapping	January 16, 2010	Key animation
654	706	The Design of Poison and Mirage (Poison)	May 5, 2012	Key animation
703	755	The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Intersection)	July 27, 2013	Key animation
712	764	Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (1)	May 18, 2013	Assistant animation director
718	770	The Devil's Circuit	November 16, 2013	Assistant animation director
724	776	Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid (Part 1)	January 4, 2014	Assistant animation director
732	784	The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene (Part 2)	March 8, 2014	Assistant animation director
738	791	Kogoro in the Bar (Part 1)	May 10, 2014	Animation director
744	797	The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku (Part 1)	June 28, 2014	Animation director
750	803	The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea	August 9, 2014	Animation director
755	808	The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Evil Spirit)	October 18, 2014	Animation director
761	814	Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kanazawa Part)	December 6, 2014	Animation director	Mystery tour
767	820	The Lover Gone Missing in a Snowstorm	February 7, 2015	Animation director
775	828	The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 1)	April 25, 2015	Animation director
788	841	The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 2)	August 8, 2015	Animation director
796	849	The Lovebirds' Ruse	October 17, 2015	Animation director
802	855	Tottori Sand Dunes Mystery Tour (Tottori Part)	December 5, 2015	Animation director	Mystery tour
855	910	The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt	April 15, 2017	Animation director	M21 pre-story
873	928	Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Claw)	September 16, 2017	Animation director
886	941	Solving Mysteries at the Poirot Café (Part 2)	December 23, 2017	Animation director
917	972	The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2)	October 13, 2018	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 1 movie

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Aikatsu!: Animation director
• Chu-Bra!!: 2nd key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Dragon Collection: Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!: Animation director, Key animation
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II: Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Love Live! School idol project: 2nd key animation (Studio Wanpack), Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: Key animation (LandQ Studios)

See also

• Studio Wanpack

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 29, 2023.
2. 今田茜 - Atwiki
3. Akane Imada - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing