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{{nihongo|'''Masatomo Sudo'''|須藤 昌朋|Sudō Masatomo}} is a Japanese anime director, and character designer born in Hokkaido. He is best known for designing characters for the anime ''[[Detective Conan]]'' and working with the anime ''[[Lupin III]]''. He works as character designer for Detective Conan anime, except from episodes 356 to 504, which was done by [[Mari Tominaga]]. He also works as character designer and chief animation director for the movies. Later, he also works as character design supervisor for ''[[Zero's Tea Time]]'' anime.
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{{nihongo|'''Masatomo Sudo'''|須藤 昌朋|Sudō Masatomo}} is a Japanese anime director, and character designer born in Hokkaido. He is best known for designing characters for the anime ''Detective Conan'' and working with the anime ''[[Lupin III]]''. He works as character designer for Detective Conan anime, except from episodes 356 to 504, which was done by [[Mari Tominaga]]. He also works as character designer and chief animation director for the movies. Later, he also works as character design supervisor for [[Zero's Tea Time]] anime.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
His first exposure to the industry was in 1980, when he did the in-between animation for ''[[wikipedia:Ashita no Joe|Ashita no Joe 2]]'' <small>({{lang|ja|あしたのジョー2}})</small>. His first attempt of being an animation director was for ''PEACHBOY LEGEND'' <small>({{lang|ja|桃太郎伝説}})</small>, in 1989. He then served as the chief animation director and character design for two movies of ''Lupin III'' <small>({{lang|ja|ルパン三世}})</small>, from 1994 to 1995. He is currently a freelance animator, but formerly belonged to Studio AnnaPluck <small>({{lang|ja|スタジオあんなぷる}})</small>, he mainly works for [[TMS Entertainment]].
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Masatomo Sudo started animation in 1980, when he did in-between animation for ''[[wikipedia:Ashita no Joe|Ashita no Joe 2]]'' {{jp|あしたのジョー2}}; his first attempt as an animation director was for ''PEACHBOY LEGEND'' {{jp|桃太郎伝説}}, in 1989. Afterwards, he served as the chief animation director and character design for two movies of ''Lupin III'' {{jp|ルパン三世}}, from 1994 to 1995. He is currently a freelance animator, but formerly belonged to Studio AnnaPluck {{jp|スタジオあんなぷる}} and mainly works for [[TMS Entertainment]].
  
'''Masatomo Sudo is the person with the greatest influence on the animation style''' of the ''Detective Conan'' anime. He has served as the character designer of the anime since episode 1. After that, he did animation director work for some other episodes as well. Due to the fact that the character settings from the original manga had not yet been optimised and mature, Sudo's animation style unsteady too, which in turn contributed to more round-like character facial features. After a year progressed, the character design of the anime had settled down; the outlines of the characters' chins became rather appreciable. However, in 1997, Sudo's activity in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] had decreased sharply, as he focused more on [[movies]] (Sudo has always served as the chief animation director and character design for the movies). But he still returned for some prominent episodes, such as [[Diplomat Murder Case]], [[The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case]], [[The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case]] etc.
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'''Masatomo Sudo is the person with the greatest influence on the animation style''' of the ''Detective Conan'' anime. He has served as the character designer of the anime since episode 1. Due to the fact that the character settings from the original manga had not yet been optimised and matured, Sudo's animation style was unsteady too - which contributed to more round-like character facial features. After a year progressed, the character design of the anime had settled down; the outlines of the characters' chins became rather appreciable. However, in 1997, Sudo's activity in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] had decreased sharply, this was because that he focused more on the [[movies]] (Sudo has always served as the chief animation director and character design for the movies). Occasionally, he still returned for some prominent episodes, examples include [[Diplomat Murder Case|'''Episodes 48~49''': Diplomat Murder Case]], [[The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case|'''Episode 174''': The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case]], and [[The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case|'''Episodes 238~239''': The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case]] etc.
  
Notably, in 2000, Sudo altered the character design of the series: Conan's jaw became more angular, and so was the other characters, they had a high resemblance to the original manga. In addition to those capable animation directors that the anime production team hired back then (for example [[Atsushi Aono]], [[Miwa Oshima]], [[Keiko Sasaki]]...), this increased the quality of the animation. In 2002, the anime switched to full-digital production. As a result, Sudo had done some fine-tuning on his character design, making the characters' chins even more noticeable. Allegedly, he himself disclosed that in order to make his character design sheets as close to the original work as possible, he always draws and traces some paintings from the manga before alterating the character design.
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Notably, in 2000, Sudo altered the character design of the series: Conan's jaw became more angular, and so was the other characters, thus having a higher resemblance to the original manga, which increased the quality of the animation greatly. In 2002, the anime switched to full-digital production; as a result, Sudo had done some fine-tuning on his character design, making the characters' chins even more noticeable. In addition, he himself disclosed that in order to make his character design sheets as close to the original work as possible, he always draws and traces some paintings from the manga before altering the character sheets.
  
During the director [[Masato Sato]] era, the anime production undertook a big alteration. In which Sudo was transformed to work for the movies completely, accordingly, the ''Detective Conan'' anime character design was changed to [[Mari Tominaga]]. Sudo then became the anime character design again in 2008, working along with [[Junko Yamanaka]], and later also with [[Seiji Muta]] and [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] respectively. During this time when [[Koujin Ochi]] was in charge of the ''Detective Conan'' anime direction, Sudo began to serve as "animation supervisor"<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' This role was in fact only properly introduced by the next director [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]], despite Ochi being the one who first created the notion of this role. This role basically corrects the the work that has already been corrected by an animation director from the frames the key animators drew.</ref> for the anime in episodes 507-517; even he was not credited, but his peculiar art style was being recognised by several fans<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' Junko Yamanaka's art style was also being recognised. In the ending credits of the compilation movie [[The Scarlet Alibi]], it was clearly shown that Yamanaka worked as an animation supervisor during this period, which backs up this "fan speculation".</ref>.
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During the director [[Masato Sato]] era, the anime production undertook a big alteration - in which Sudo was transformed to work on the movies completely; accordingly, the ''Detective Conan'' anime character design was changed to [[Mari Tominaga]]. He was only restored with this position in 2008, working along with [[Junko Yamanaka]], and later also with [[Seiji Muta]] and [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] respectively. During this time when [[Koujin Ochi]] was in charge of the ''Detective Conan'' anime direction, Sudo began to serve as "animation supervisor"<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' This role was in fact only properly introduced by the next director [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]], despite Ochi being the one who first created the notion of this role. This role basically corrects the the work that has already been corrected by an animation director from the frames the key animators drew.</ref> for the anime in episodes 507-517; even he was not credited, but his peculiar art style was being recognised by several fans<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' Junko Yamanaka's art style was also being recognised. In the ending credits of the compilation movie [[The Scarlet Alibi]], it was clearly shown that Yamanaka worked as an animation supervisor during this period, which backs up this "fan speculation".</ref>.
  
In 2012, Ochi stepped down as director, and [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] became the director again. After that, animation supervisors began to get their credits in the ending of the anime. Sudo, meanwhile, started to experiment with different drawing techniques; thick outlines were widely used thereupon. Especially after 2021's 1000 remake of [[The Moonlight Sonata Murder]], Sudo extended the use of thick outlines, and many other animators had also begun to use them. Nevertheless, Sudo's involvement in the ''Detective Conan'' anime has decreased drastically nowadays, but he still returns and occasionally serves as the animation supervisor or chief animation director for some significant anime episodes.
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In 2012, Ochi stepped down as director and [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] became the director again. After that, animation supervisors began to get their credits in the ending of the anime. Sudo, meanwhile, started to experiment with different drawing techniques; thick outlines were widely used thereupon. Especially after the 1000 remake of [[The Moonlight Sonata Murder|'''Episodes 1000~1001''': The Moonlight Sonata Murder]] in 2021, Sudo extended the use of thick outlines, and many other animators had also begun to use them.
  
 
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=== Anime ===
 
=== Anime ===
Participation in: '''112''' cases (160 episodes)
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Participation in: '''117''' cases (166 episodes)
 
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|672||724||[[Episode 672|Detectives' Nocturne (Kidnapping)]]||October 13, 2012||Animation supervisor||
 
|672||724||[[Episode 672|Detectives' Nocturne (Kidnapping)]]||October 13, 2012||Animation supervisor||
 
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|673||725||[[Episode 673|Detectives' Nocturne (Deduction)]]||October 20, 2012||Animation supervisor||
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|674||726||[[Episode 674|Detectives' Nocturne (Bourbon)]]||October 27, 2012||Animation supervisor||
 
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|678||730||[[Episode 678|Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (End of the Edo)]]||December 1, 2012||Animation supervisor||
 
|678||730||[[Episode 678|Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (End of the Edo)]]||December 1, 2012||Animation supervisor||
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|1109||1167||[[Episode 1109|Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1)]]||January 6, 2024||Animation director||New Year's Greeting only
 
|1109||1167||[[Episode 1109|Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1)]]||January 6, 2024||Animation director||New Year's Greeting only
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|1121||1179||[[Episode 1121|The Dangerous Melon Field]]||April 27, 2024||Animation supervisor||
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|1122||1180||[[Episode 1122|Stakeout 3]]||May 4, 2024||Animation supervisor||
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|1123||1181||[[Episode 1123|The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1)]]||May 11, 2024||Animation supervisor||
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|1124||1182||[[Episode 1124|The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 2)]]||May 18, 2024||Animation supervisor||
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|1127||1185||[[Episode 1127|The Interrogation Room 2]]||June 15, 2024||Animation supervisor||
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|1136||1194||[[Episode 1136|Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 2)]]||September 28, 2024||'''Chief animation director'''||
 
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=== Openings and Endings ===
 
=== Openings and Endings ===
Participation in: '''42''' openings and '''56''' endings
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Participation in: '''42''' openings and '''57''' endings
 
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|ED70||[[You & I]]||You & I||'''Chief animation director'''||
 
|ED70||[[You & I]]||You & I||'''Chief animation director'''||
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|ED71||[[Yume de Aimashō]]||夢で逢いましょう||'''Chief animation director'''||
 
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|17||[[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]||April 20, 2013||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
 
|17||[[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]||April 20, 2013||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
 
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|Crossover||[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]||December 7, 2013||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
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|[[Crossover]]||[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]||December 7, 2013||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
 
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|18||[[Dimensional Sniper]]||April 19, 2014||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
 
|18||[[Dimensional Sniper]]||April 19, 2014||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
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|6||[[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]]||December 9, 2016||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
 
|6||[[Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small]]||December 9, 2016||Character design, '''Chief animation director'''||
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== Works in [[Magic Kaito]] ==
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=== [[Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief]] ===
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Participation in: '''2''' openings
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== Other notable works ==
 
== Other notable works ==
* ''Hamtaro'': Character Design
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=== Anime ===
* ''Hitohira'': Character Design
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* ''Hamtaro'': Character design
* ''KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple'': Character Design, Animation Director
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* ''Hitohira'': Character design
* ''Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi'': Character Design, Animation Director
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* ''KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple'': Character design, Animation director
* ''Lupin III vs. Detective Conan'': Character Design (Conan), Chief Animation Director
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* ''Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi'': Character design, Animation director
* ''Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis'': Key Animation
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* ''Magnetic Rose'': Key animation
* ''Lupin III: Dragon of Doom'': Character Design, Chief Animation Director
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* ''Roujin Z'': Key animation
* ''Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure'': Character Design, Chief Animation Director
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* ''Shinkai no Kantai - Submarine 707'': Character design
* ''Magnetic Rose'': Key Animation
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* ''Shonan Junai-gumi!'': Character design
* ''Roujin Z'': Key Animation
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* ''Tobé! Kujira no Peek'': Key animation
* ''Shinkai no Kantai - Submarine 707'': Character Design
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* ''You Are Umasou'': Animation director
* ''Shonan Junai-gumi!'': Character Design
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* ''Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie'': Animation
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=== Movies ===
* ''Tobé! Kujira no Peek'': Key Animation
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* ''Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis'': Key animation
* ''Tottoko Hamutarō: Ham Ham Ham - Jya! Maboroshi no Princess'': Character Design
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* ''Lupin III: Dragon of Doom'': Character design, Chief animation director
* ''Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Paradi-chu! Hamutarō to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto'': Animation Director
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* ''Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure'': Character design, Chief animation director
* ''Tottoko Hamutaro: Hamutaro no Otanjōbi - Mama o Tazunete Sanzen Techitechi'': Character Design
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* ''Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie'': In-between animation
* ''Urban Square - Kohaku no Tsuigeki'': Key Animation
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* ''Tottoko Hamutarō: Ham Ham Ham - Jya! Maboroshi no Princess'': Character design
* ''You Are Umasou'': Animation Director
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* ''Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Paradi-chu! Hamutarō to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto'': Animation director
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* ''Tottoko Hamutaro: Hamutaro no Otanjōbi - Mama o Tazunete Sanzen Techitechi'': Character design
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
# Page partially or completely translated from the '''Chinese''' version of August 10th, 2023.
 
# Page partially or completely translated from the '''Chinese''' version of August 10th, 2023.
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 8 November 2024

Masatomo Sudo

Masatomo Sudo.jpg

Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: January 28, 1961
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Position: Character design
Chief animation director
Animation supervisor
Animation director
Key animation
Years active: 1980-present

Masatomo Sudo (須藤 昌朋 Sudō Masatomo?) is a Japanese anime director, and character designer born in Hokkaido. He is best known for designing characters for the anime Detective Conan and working with the anime Lupin III. He works as character designer for Detective Conan anime, except from episodes 356 to 504, which was done by Mari Tominaga. He also works as character designer and chief animation director for the movies. Later, he also works as character design supervisor for Zero's Tea Time anime.

Biography

Masatomo Sudo started animation in 1980, when he did in-between animation for Ashita no Joe 2 (あしたのジョー2); his first attempt as an animation director was for PEACHBOY LEGEND (桃太郎伝説), in 1989. Afterwards, he served as the chief animation director and character design for two movies of Lupin III (ルパン三世), from 1994 to 1995. He is currently a freelance animator, but formerly belonged to Studio AnnaPluck (スタジオあんなぷる) and mainly works for TMS Entertainment.

Masatomo Sudo is the person with the greatest influence on the animation style of the Detective Conan anime. He has served as the character designer of the anime since episode 1. Due to the fact that the character settings from the original manga had not yet been optimised and matured, Sudo's animation style was unsteady too - which contributed to more round-like character facial features. After a year progressed, the character design of the anime had settled down; the outlines of the characters' chins became rather appreciable. However, in 1997, Sudo's activity in the Detective Conan anime had decreased sharply, this was because that he focused more on the movies (Sudo has always served as the chief animation director and character design for the movies). Occasionally, he still returned for some prominent episodes, examples include Episodes 48~49: Diplomat Murder Case, Episode 174: The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case, and Episodes 238~239: The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case etc.

Notably, in 2000, Sudo altered the character design of the series: Conan's jaw became more angular, and so was the other characters, thus having a higher resemblance to the original manga, which increased the quality of the animation greatly. In 2002, the anime switched to full-digital production; as a result, Sudo had done some fine-tuning on his character design, making the characters' chins even more noticeable. In addition, he himself disclosed that in order to make his character design sheets as close to the original work as possible, he always draws and traces some paintings from the manga before altering the character sheets.

During the director Masato Sato era, the anime production undertook a big alteration - in which Sudo was transformed to work on the movies completely; accordingly, the Detective Conan anime character design was changed to Mari Tominaga. He was only restored with this position in 2008, working along with Junko Yamanaka, and later also with Seiji Muta and Nobuyuki Iwai respectively. During this time when Koujin Ochi was in charge of the Detective Conan anime direction, Sudo began to serve as "animation supervisor"[Note 1] for the anime in episodes 507-517; even he was not credited, but his peculiar art style was being recognised by several fans[Note 2].

In 2012, Ochi stepped down as director and Yasuichiro Yamamoto became the director again. After that, animation supervisors began to get their credits in the ending of the anime. Sudo, meanwhile, started to experiment with different drawing techniques; thick outlines were widely used thereupon. Especially after the 1000 remake of Episodes 1000~1001: The Moonlight Sonata Murder in 2021, Sudo extended the use of thick outlines, and many other animators had also begun to use them.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 117 cases (166 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
1 1 Roller Coaster Murder Case January 8, 1996 Animation director
2 2 Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case January 15, 1996 Animation director
11 11-12 Moonlight Sonata Murder Case April 8, 1996 Animation director 1 hour
17 18 Hijacked Department Store Case May 27, 1996 Animation director
20 21 A Haunted Mansion Murder Case June 17, 1996 Animation director
23 24 Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case (Part 2) July 8, 1996 Animation director
28 29 Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Part 2) August 12, 1996 Animation director
32 33 Coffee Shop Murder Case September 9, 1996 Animation director
48 49 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1) February 10, 1997 Animation director
49 50 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2) February 17, 1997 Animation director
76 78-79 Conan vs. Kaitou Kid September 22, 1997 Animation director, Key animation 1 hour
154 164 Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 2) July 26, 1999 Animation director
174 185-188 The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case January 3, 2000 Animation director 2 hours
195 210 The Significant Music Box (Part 2) June 19, 2000 Animation director
218 234 Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 2) December 18, 2000 Animation director
239 258 The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case (Part 2) June 25, 2001 Animation director
286 308 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case) July 15, 2002 Animation director
536 587 The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece May 30, 2009 Animation director
539 590 A Fool's Inheritance July 4, 2009 Animation director
546 597 The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 2) September 12, 2009 Animation director
554 605 Stork Mystery Tour (Ran's Search Chapter) November 7, 2009 Animation director
555 606 Stork Mystery Tour (Haruna's Pursuit Chapter) November 14, 2009 Animation director
561 612 The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Empty Fort Strategy) December 26, 2009 Animation director
669 721 The Dark Tower's Hidden Treasure (Part 1) September 15, 2012 Animation supervisor
671 723 Detectives' Nocturne (The Case) October 6, 2012 Animation supervisor
672 724 Detectives' Nocturne (Kidnapping) October 13, 2012 Animation supervisor
674 726 Detectives' Nocturne (Bourbon) October 27, 2012 Animation supervisor
678 730 Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (End of the Edo) December 1, 2012 Animation supervisor
681 733 The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Begin Broadcasting) January 5, 2013 Animation supervisor
682 734 The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Desperate Situation) January 12, 2013 Animation supervisor
685 737 Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2) February 2, 2013 Animation supervisor
699 751 The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 1) June 8, 2013 Animation supervisor
700 752 The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 2) June 15, 2013 Animation supervisor
701 753 The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Departure) July 13, 2013 Animation supervisor
702 754 The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Tunnel) July 20, 2013 Animation supervisor
703 755 The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Intersection) July 27, 2013 Animation supervisor
704 756 The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Destination) August 3, 2013 Animation supervisor
705 757 Conan in a Locked Room August 10, 2013 Animation supervisor
706 758 Bourbon Figures It Out August 17, 2013 Animation supervisor
724 776 Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid (Part 1) January 4, 2014 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
726 778 A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness January 18, 2014 Animation supervisor
747 800 Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku (Part 2) July 26, 2014 Animation supervisor
748 801 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Confession) August 2, 2014 Animation supervisor
749 802 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Truth) August 9, 2014 Animation supervisor
750 803 The Man Who Was Betrayed by the Sea September 6, 2014 Animation supervisor
751 804 The Case of the Lucky Calico (Part 1) September 20, 2014 Animation supervisor
752 805 The Case of the Lucky Calico (Part 2) September 27, 2014 Animation supervisor
763 816 Conan and Heiji, Code of Love (Part 1) January 10, 2015 Animation supervisor
764 817 Conan and Heiji, Code of Love (Part 2) January 17, 2015 Animation supervisor
766 819 Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case (Part 2) January 31, 2015 Animation supervisor
771 824 The Tense Tea Party (Part 2) March 14, 2015 Animation supervisor
772 825 Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Part 1) March 21, 2015 Animation supervisor
773 826 Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Part 2) March 28, 2015 Animation supervisor
779 832 The Scarlet Prologue May 30, 2015 Animation supervisor
780 833 The Scarlet Pursuit June 6, 2015 Animation supervisor
781 834 The Scarlet Intersection June 13, 2015 Animation supervisor
782 835 The Scarlet Return June 20, 2015 Animation supervisor
783 836 The Scarlet Truth June 27, 2015 Animation supervisor
784 837 Welcome to Club Orihime July 11, 2015 Animation supervisor
785 838 Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 1) July 18, 2015 Animation supervisor
786 839 Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 2) July 25, 2015 Animation supervisor
787 840 The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 1) August 1, 2015 Animation supervisor
788 841 The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Poolol (Part 2) August 8, 2015 Animation supervisor
789 842 The Queen's Weather Forecast August 15, 2015 Animation supervisor
790 843 Bekapon's Bleeding Service September 5, 2015 Animation supervisor
791 844 Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs September 12, 2015 Animation supervisor
792 845 Three First Discoverers (Part 1) September 19, 2015 Animation supervisor
793 846 Three First Discoverers (Part 2) September 26, 2015 Animation supervisor
795 848 The Secret of the Missing Young Lady October 10, 2015 Animation supervisor
796 849 The Lovebirds' Ruse October 17, 2015 Animation supervisor
797 850 The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction October 24, 2015 Animation supervisor
798 851 The Moving Target November 7, 2015 Animation supervisor
800 853 After That Hundred Million Yen November 21, 2015 Animation supervisor
804 857-858 Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1) January 9, 2016 Animation supervisor 1 hour
805 859-860 Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 2) January 16, 2016 Animation supervisor 1 hour
818 873 Kogoro's Pursuit of Rage (Part 1) May 21, 2016 Animation supervisor
820 875 The Seven People in the Waiting Room June 4, 2016 Animation supervisor
821 876 The Hidden Secret of Dongaraji Temple June 11, 2016 Animation supervisor
822 877 The Suspects Are a Passionate Couple (Part 1) June 18, 2016 Animation supervisor
823 878 The Suspects Are a Passionate Couple (Part 2) June 25, 2016 Animation supervisor
825 880 The Tidal Park Comeback Case July 16, 2016 Chief animation director
845 900 Conan Cornered in the Darkness (Part 1) January 7, 2017 Chief animation director New Year's Greeting only
853 908 Memories from Sakura Class (Ran GIRL) March 18, 2017 Animation supervisor
854 909 Memories from Sakura Class (Shinichi BOY) March 25, 2017 Animation supervisor
861 916 Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene (Part 1) June 3, 2017 Animation supervisor
862 917 Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene (Part 2) June 10, 2017 Animation supervisor
863 918 The Spirit Detective's Murder (Part 1) June 17, 2017 Animation supervisor
864 919 The Spirit Detective's Murder (Part 2) June 24, 2017 Animation supervisor
865 920 The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird July 8, 2017 Animation supervisor
866 921 The Betrayal's Stage (Part 1) July 15, 2017 Animation supervisor
867 922 The Betrayal's Stage (Part 2) July 22, 2017 Animation supervisor
868 923 The Whistling Bookstore July 29, 2017 Animation supervisor
869 924 Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Part 1) August 5, 2017 Animation supervisor
870 925 Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Part 2) August 12, 2017 Animation supervisor
871 926 The Nobunaga 450 Case September 02, 2017 Animation supervisor
872 927 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing) September 9, 2017 Animation supervisor
873 928 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Claw) September 16, 2017 Animation supervisor
874 929 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Resolution) September 23, 2017 Animation supervisor
875 930 The Mysterious Prophetic Buddha September 30, 2017 Animation supervisor
876 931 The Mechanical Witness October 7, 2017 Animation supervisor
877 932 A Pair of Crossing Fates October 14, 2017 Animation supervisor
878 933 The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room (Part 1) October 28, 2017 Animation supervisor
879 934 The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room (Part 2) November 4, 2017 Animation supervisor
880 935 The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion November 11, 2017 Animation supervisor
881 936 The Wizard of the Ripples (Part 1) November 18, 2017 Animation supervisor
882 937 The Wizard of the Ripples (Part 2) November 25, 2017 Animation supervisor
885 940 Solving Mysteries at the Poirot Café (Part 1) December 16, 2017 Animation supervisor
886 941 Solving Mysteries at the Poirot Café (Part 2) December 23, 2017 Animation supervisor
887 942 Kaitou Kid and the Trick Box (Part 1) January 6, 2018 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
889 944 The New Teacher's Skeleton Case (Part 1) January 20, 2018 Animation supervisor
890 945 The New Teacher's Skeleton Case (Part 2) January 27, 2018 Animation supervisor
926 981 The Heartfelt Strap (Part 2) December 22, 2018 Animation supervisor
927 982-983 The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc) January 5, 2019 Chief animation director 1 hour
928 984-985 The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc) January 12, 2019 Chief animation director 1 hour
941 998 Search for Maria-chan! (Part 1) June 1, 2019 Animation supervisor
942 999 Search for Maria-chan! (Part 2) June 8, 2019 Animation supervisor
943 1000 The Tokyo Barls Collection June 15, 2019 Animation supervisor
944 1001 The Cost of Likes (Part 1) June 22, 2019 Animation supervisor
945 1002 The Cost of Likes (Part 2) June 29, 2019 Animation supervisor
946 1003 The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 1) July 13, 2019 Animation supervisor
947 1004 The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 2) July 20, 2019 Animation supervisor
948 1005 The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur July 27, 2019 Animation supervisor
949 1006 The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Challenge Arc) August 3, 2019 Animation supervisor
950 1007 The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc) August 10, 2019 Animation supervisor
951 1008 The Whistling Bookstore 2 August 17, 2019 Animation supervisor
952 1009 The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 1) August 31, 2019 Animation supervisor
953 1010 The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 2) September 7, 2019 Animation supervisor
954 1011 The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 3) September 14, 2019 Animation supervisor
955 1012 The Secret of the Insect Man September 28, 2019 Animation supervisor
956 1013 The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 1) October 12, 2019 Animation supervisor
957 1014 The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 2) October 19, 2019 Animation supervisor
958 1015 The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 1) November 9, 2019 Animation supervisor
959 1016 The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 2) November 16, 2019 Animation supervisor
960 1017 Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys November 23, 2019 Animation supervisor
983 1040 Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 1) October 3, 2020 Animation supervisor
984 1041 Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 2) October 10, 2020 Animation supervisor
985 1042 The Two Faces (Part 1) October 24, 2020 Animation supervisor
986 1043 The Two Faces (Part 2) October 31, 2020 Animation supervisor
987 1044 The Company Dissolution Party November 7, 2020 Animation supervisor
993 1050 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 1) January 9, 2021 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
1000 1057 The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 1) March 6, 2021 Chief animation director Remake
1001 1058 The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2) March 13, 2021 Chief animation director Remake
1004 1061 The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 2) May 01, 2021 Animation supervisor
1033 1090 Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move) January 8, 2022 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
1061 1118 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi October 29, 2022 Chief animation director
1068 1125 Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes January 7, 2023 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
1072 1128 Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show (Part 2) February 4, 2023 Animation supervisor
R133 1134 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Rei Furuya March 11, 2023 Animation supervisor
1079 1137 The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) April 8, 2023 Animation supervisor
1083 1141 Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals May 13, 2023 Animation supervisor
1085 1143 The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 1) June 3, 2023 Animation supervisor
1086 1144 The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 2) June 10, 2023 Animation supervisor
1089 1147 The Genius Restaurant July 8, 2023 Animation supervisor
1094 1152 Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Part 2) August 12, 2023 Animation supervisor
1095 1153 The Missing Man's Dream September 02, 2023 Animation supervisor
1096 1154 Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes 2 September 9, 2023 Animation supervisor
1097 1155 Did I Do It? September 16, 2023 Animation supervisor
1098 1156 Chihaya Hagiwara, Goddess of the Wind (Part 1) September 23, 2023 Animation supervisor
1099 1157 Chihaya Hagiwara, Goddess of the Wind (Part 2) September 30, 2023 Animation supervisor
1109 1167 Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1) January 6, 2024 Animation director New Year's Greeting only
1121 1179 The Dangerous Melon Field April 27, 2024 Animation supervisor
1122 1180 Stakeout 3 May 4, 2024 Animation supervisor
1123 1181 The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1) May 11, 2024 Animation supervisor
1124 1182 The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 2) May 18, 2024 Animation supervisor
1127 1185 The Interrogation Room 2 June 15, 2024 Animation supervisor
1136 1194 Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 2) September 28, 2024 Chief animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 42 openings and 57 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP3 Nazo Animation director
OP4 Unmei no Roulette Mawashite 運命のルーレット廻して Animation director
OP5 TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ Animation director
OP7 Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes Animation director
OP8 Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense 恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス Animation director
OP9 destiny destiny Animation director
OP10 Winter Bells Winter Bells Animation director
OP11 I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ Animation director
OP12 Kaze no Lalala 風のららら Animation director
OP23 Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you 一秒ごとに Love for you Animation director
OP24 Mysterious Mysterious Animation director
OP25 Revive Revive Animation director
OP26 Everlasting Luv Everlasting Luv Animation director
OP27 MAGIC MAGIC Animation director
OP28 As the Dew As the Dew Animation director
OP29 SUMMER TIME GONE SUMMER TIME GONE Animation director
OP30 Tear drops tear drops Animation director
OP31 Don't Wanna Lie Don't Wanna Lie Animation director
OP32 Misty Mystery Misty Mystery Animation director
OP33 Miss Mystery Miss Mystery Animation director
OP34 Kimi no Namida ni Konna ni Koi Shiteru 君の涙にこんなに恋してる Animation director
OP35 TRY AGAIN TRY AGAIN Animation director
OP36 Q&A Q&A Animation director
OP37 Butterfly Core Butterfly Core Animation director
OP38 Greed Greed Animation director
OP39 DYNAMITE DYNAMITE Animation director
OP40 WE GO WE GO Animation director
OP41 Nazo (La PomPon) 謎(La PomPon) Animation director
OP42 Hane Animation director
OP43 Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru 世界はあなたの色になる Animation director
OP44 Ikusen no Meikyū de Ikusen no Nazo o Toite 幾千の迷宮で 幾千の謎を解いて Animation director
OP45 Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, Lie, Animation director
OP46 Everything OK!! Everything OK!! Animation director
OP47 Countdown カウントダウン Animation director
OP48 Timeline タイムライン Animation director
OP50 ANSWER ANSWER Animation director
OP52 JUST BELIEVE YOU JUST BELIEVE YOU Chief animation director
OP53 ZERO kara Hajimete ZEROからハジメテ Chief animation director
OP55 SLEEPLESS SLEEPLESS Chief animation director
OP56 SPARKLE SPARKLE Chief animation director
OP57 RAISE INSIGHT RAISE INSIGHT Chief animation director
OP58 Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~ Unraveling Love~少しの勇気~ Chief animation director
ED
ED3 Hikari to Kage no Roman 光と影のロマン Animation director
ED4 Kimi ga Inai Natsu 君がいない夏 Animation director, Key animation
ED5 Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake 願い事ひとつだけ Animation director
ED6 Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni 氷の上に立つように Animation director
ED7 Still for your love Still for your love Animation director
ED8 Free Magic Free Magic Animation director
ED9 Secret of my heart Secret of my heart Animation director
ED10 Natsu no Maboroshi 夏の幻 Animation director
ED11 Start in my life Start in my life Animation director
ED12 always always Animation director
ED13 Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni 青い青いこの地球に Animation director
ED14 Yume Mita Ato de 夢みたあとで Animation director
ED15 Mushoku 無色 Animation director
ED16 Overture Overture Animation director
ED17 Ashita o Yume Mite 明日を夢見て Animation director
ED18 Kimi to Iu Hikari 君という光 Animation director
ED30 Summer Memories Summer Memories Animation director
ED31 GO YOUR OWN WAY GO YOUR OWN WAY Animation director
ED32 Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara 恋心 輝きながら Animation director
ED33 Doing all right Doing all right Animation director
ED34 Hikari Animation director
ED35 Hello Mr. my yesterday Hello Mr. my yesterday Animation director
ED36 Tomorrow is the last Time Tomorrow is the last Time Animation director
ED37 Jūgoya Crisis ~ Kimi ni Aitai ~ 十五夜クライシス~君に逢いたい~ Animation director
ED38 Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō 月夜の悪戯の魔法 Animation director
ED40 Your Best Friend Your Best Friend Animation director
ED41 Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne 悲しいほど 今日の夕陽 きれいだね Animation director
ED42 Overwrite オーバーライト Animation director
ED43 Koi ni Koishite 恋に恋して Animation director
ED44 Hitomi no Melody 瞳のメロディ Animation director
ED45 Kimi no Egao ga Nani Yori mo Suki Datta 君の笑顔がなによりも好きだった Animation director
ED46 Ima Aitakute... いま逢いたくて… Animation director
ED47 RAIN MAN RAIN MAN Animation director
ED48 Muteki na Heart 無敵なハート Animation director
ED49 Kimi e no Uso 君への嘘 Animation director
ED50 Unmei no Roulette Mawashite (La PomPon) 運命のルーレット廻して(La PomPon) Animation director
ED51 Futari no Byōshin ふたりの秒針 Animation director
ED52 SAWAGE☆LIFE SAWAGE☆LIFE Animation director
ED53 YESTERDAY LOVE YESTERDAY LOVE Animation director
ED54 Yume Monogatari 夢物語 Animation director
ED55 Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~ 渡月橋~君 想ふ~ Animation director
ED56 Kamikaze Express 神風エクスプレス Animation director
ED57 Sadame さだめ Animation director
ED58 Aozolighter Aozolighter Animation director
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 Animation director
ED60 Sissy Sky Sissy Sky Animation director
ED61 Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu 少しづつ 少しづつ Chief animation director
ED62 Hoshiai 星合 Animation director
ED63 Reboot Reboot Chief animation director
ED64 Veronica ベロニカ Chief animation director
ED65 SWEET MOONLIGHT SWEET MOONLIGHT Chief animation director
ED66 Karappo no Kokoro 空っぽの心 Chief animation director
ED67 Playmaker プレイメーカー Chief animation director
ED68 Kuufuku クウフク Chief animation director
ED69 …and Rescue Me …and Rescue Me Chief animation director
ED70 You & I You & I Chief animation director
ED71 Yume de Aimashō 夢で逢いましょう Chief animation director

Movies

Participation in: 28 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
1 The Time-Bombed Skyscraper April 19, 1997 Character design, Chief animation director
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Character design, Chief animation director, Key animation
3 The Last Wizard of the Century April 17, 1999 Character design, Chief animation director
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Character design, Chief animation director
5 Countdown to Heaven April 21, 2001 Character design, Chief animation director
6 The Phantom of Baker Street April 20, 2002 Character design, Chief animation director
7 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital April 19, 2003 Character design, Chief animation director
8 Magician of the Silver Sky April 17, 2004 Character design, Chief animation director
9 Strategy Above the Depths April 9, 2005 Character design, Chief animation director
10 The Private Eyes' Requiem April 15, 2006 Character design, Chief animation director
11 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure April 21, 2007 Character design, Chief animation director
12 Full Score of Fear April 19, 2008 Character design, Chief animation director
13 The Raven Chaser April 18, 2009 Character design, Chief animation director
14 The Lost Ship in the Sky April 17, 2010 Character design, Chief animation director
15 Quarter of Silence April 16, 2011 Character design, Chief animation director
16 The Eleventh Striker April 14, 2012 Character design, Chief animation director
17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea April 20, 2013 Character design, Chief animation director
Crossover Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie December 7, 2013 Character design, Chief animation director
18 Dimensional Sniper April 19, 2014 Character design, Chief animation director
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Character design, Chief animation director
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Character design, Chief animation director
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Character design, Chief animation director
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Character design, Chief animation director
23 The Fist of Blue Sapphire April 12, 2019 Character design, Chief animation director
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Character design, Chief animation director
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Character design, Chief animation director
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Character design, Chief animation director
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Character design, Chief animation director

OVAs

Participation in: 14 OVAs

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
1 Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! October 11, 2000 Character design
2 16 Suspects!? January 16, 2002 Character design
3 Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy March 12, 2003 Character design
7 A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys March 14, 2007 Character design
8 The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki March 12, 2008 Character design
9 The Stranger from Ten Years Later April 15, 2009 Character design
10 Kid in Trap Island April 14, 2010 Character design
11 A Secret Order From London April 13, 2011 Character design
12 The Miracle of Excalibur April 11, 2012 Character design
Magic File 2 Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab April 19, 2008 Character design
Magic File 3 Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata April 18, 2009 Character design
Magic File 4 The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey April 17, 2010 Character design
Magic File 5 Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio April 16, 2011 Character design
Bonus File 1 Flower of Fantasista April 14, 2012 Character design

Specials

Participation in: 4 specials

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
3 Lupin III vs. Detective Conan March 27, 2009 Character design, Chief animation director
4 Happy New Year, Kogoro Mouri January 3, 2015 Chief animation director
5 The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History December 26, 2014 Character design, Chief animation director
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Character design, Chief animation director

Works in Magic Kaito

Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief

Participation in: 2 openings

Special Episode title Original broadcast Role Note

Other notable works

Anime

  • Hamtaro: Character design
  • Hitohira: Character design
  • KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple: Character design, Animation director
  • Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi: Character design, Animation director
  • Magnetic Rose: Key animation
  • Roujin Z: Key animation
  • Shinkai no Kantai - Submarine 707: Character design
  • Shonan Junai-gumi!: Character design
  • Tobé! Kujira no Peek: Key animation
  • You Are Umasou: Animation director

Movies

  • Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis: Key animation
  • Lupin III: Dragon of Doom: Character design, Chief animation director
  • Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure: Character design, Chief animation director
  • Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie: In-between animation
  • Tottoko Hamutarō: Ham Ham Ham - Jya! Maboroshi no Princess: Character design
  • Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Paradi-chu! Hamutarō to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto: Animation director
  • Tottoko Hamutaro: Hamutaro no Otanjōbi - Mama o Tazunete Sanzen Techitechi: Character design

See also

References

  1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of August 10th, 2023.
  2. 須藤昌朋 - Wikipedia
  3. Masatomo Sudo - Anime News Network
  4. Detective Conan Staff Listing
  1. ^ Note: This role was in fact only properly introduced by the next director Yasuichiro Yamamoto, despite Ochi being the one who first created the notion of this role. This role basically corrects the the work that has already been corrected by an animation director from the frames the key animators drew.
  2. ^ Note: Junko Yamanaka's art style was also being recognised. In the ending credits of the compilation movie The Scarlet Alibi, it was clearly shown that Yamanaka worked as an animation supervisor during this period, which backs up this "fan speculation".