Masato Nishikawa

Masato Nishikawa
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director
Studio:	Luminas
Years active:	2012-present

Masato Nishikawa (西川 真人 ,Nishikawa Masato) is a Japanese animation director and key animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime.

Biography

Yudai Takamoto is affiliated with Luminas. Takamoto debuted as a 2nd key animator in 2012, via the anime Nyaruko: Crawling with Love (這いよれ! ニャル子さん).

Takamoto often works under animation works done by the studio Luminas, which in 2024, Episode 1139: The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother was outsourced to the studio, thus Takamoto served as one of the animation directors; future changes remain to be seen.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Masato Nishikawa

Anime

Participation in: 1 case (1 episode)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
1139	1197	The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother	October 19, 2024	Episode director

Other notable works

Anime

• Battle Game in 5 Seconds: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Key animation
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Key animation
• A Certain Magical Index III: Key animation
• The Demon Prince of Momochi House: Animation director
• Girlfriend, Girlfriend: Animation director
• Kageki Shoujo!!: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear: Animation director, Key animation
• Lovege Chu - Miracle Seiyū Hakusho: Key animation (Anime/Double R)
• Mashle: Magic and Muscles: Animation director, Assistant animation director

See also

• Luminas

References

1. 西川真人 - Atwiki
2. 西川真人 - Bangumi
3. Masato Nishikawa - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing