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{{nihongo|'''Junichi Iioka'''|飯岡 順一|Īoka Jun'ichi}}, born 6 september 1945, is a Japanese screenplay writer famous for his participation in [[Detective Conan]]. He used to work for [[Wikipedia:ja:東京ムービー|Tokyo Movie]] until the service became free.
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{{nihongo|'''Junichi Iioka'''|飯岡 順一|Iioka Jun'ichi}}, born 6 September 1945, is a Japanese screenplay writer famous for his participation in ''Detective Conan''. He is the series organizer of the main ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]].
  
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== Scenarios Written ==
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== Biography ==
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Number of case scenarios written : '''7''' (7 episodes)
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Junichi Iioka used to work for [[wikipedia:ja:東京ムービー|Tokyo Movie]] {{jp|東京ムービー}}, in which he was in charge of literary affairs. In 1987, he left the company and worked at Koyama Shunichiro {{jp|小山 峻一郎}}'s office WORDS. Iioka is currently freelance.
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[[File:Junichi Iioka-1.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Photo of Junichi Iioka taken in 2000.]]
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Iioka has been involved with the ''[[wikipedia:Lupin the Third|Lupin the Third]]'' {{jp|ルパン三世}} series for over 35 years since its first TV broadcast in 1971. Yet after episode 19 ''Elusive Mist'' {{jp|霧のエリューシヴ}}, he ceased his job in the anime, instead, he began editing the draft of its manga. He has remarked that "Lupin is not just about hard action, and it is not just about works with difficult themes. There is plenty of laughter, it's silly and humorous, with social satire. There is a bit of lyricism, and the action is strong. I think we need to make more Lupins like that"<ref name="biography"/>.
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Furthermore, he composed the lyrics for the theme song of ''[[wikipedia:ja:天才バカボン (アニメ)|Tensai Bakabon]]'' {{jp|天才バカボン}}; however, there was no notion of copyright at the time, and he sold it for only about 20,000 to 30,000 yen. Whilst writing screenplays for animation works, he actively hires writers of detective dramas and other works aimed at general audiences, as well as mystery writers. Outside of animation, he has also produced the documentary ''The Hopi Prophecy'' {{jp|ホピの予言}}, which was directed by [[wikipedia:ja:宮田雪|Miyata Yuki]] {{jp|宮田 雪}}.
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Ever since 1996, Iioka has been serving as story editor<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' {{nihongo|"Story Editor"|ストーリーエディター}} can also be translated as series organizer or screenplay coordinator.</ref> for both ''Detective Conan'' anime and [[movies]]<ref name="conan"/>. In 2010, he started writing individual screenplays. The first case he wrote was [[The Trap of the Rooftop Farm|'''Episode 558''': The Trap of the Rooftop Farm]]; all screenplays he wrote in ''Detective Conan'' were co-written with other screenwriters. Starting 2023, Iioka began co-serving as the position of story editor with [[Yukie Koyake]].
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== Style analysis ==
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Junichi Iioka's main job in the ''Detective Conan'' anime is coordinating the screenplays, especially the anime-original ones. As such, he hardly ever writes any individual plots/screenplays in the anime; oftentimes, he collaborates with newcomer screenplay writers who have just joined the production team, ensuring the story progresses smoothly and there is no awkward character development that is eventually broadcast on TV. The emphasis is placed on the concreteness and consistency of the tricks, and the scriptwriters are thorough that anime-original episodes do not end up being a fantasy.
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<div style="float:right;">{{cquote|The first animation work I participated in was produced by Mr. Iioka. At my age, Conan is basically my last work, so I hope to complete the last work with Mr. Iioka.|Yoshio Urasawa}}</div>
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In 2025, screenwriters [[Akatsuki Yamatoya]] and [[Yoshio Urasawa]] mentioned in their interview that Iioka formulated the restriction of the limited characters that can be utilised in a pure anime-original script. Moreover, the recent phenomenon of the rapid release of anime-original sequels in a short period of time is actually Iioka's project - his preferences, and normal screenwriters have no right to decide the promotion of sequels<ref name="newtype"/>.
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== Scenarios written ==
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Number of case scenarios written: '''11''' (11 episodes)
 
* [[The Trap of the Rooftop Farm]] with [[Yu Kaneko]] (Episode 588)
 
* [[The Trap of the Rooftop Farm]] with [[Yu Kaneko]] (Episode 588)
 
* [[The Super Narrow Shop Crime Scene]] with Yu Kaneko (Episode 634)
 
* [[The Super Narrow Shop Crime Scene]] with Yu Kaneko (Episode 634)
 
* [[The Man Who Fell Slowly]] with [[Nobuo Ogizawa]] and [[Yusuke Takeda]] (Episode 708)
 
* [[The Man Who Fell Slowly]] with [[Nobuo Ogizawa]] and [[Yusuke Takeda]] (Episode 708)
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* [[The Rainy Bus Stop]] with [[Yuki Nozuka]] (Episode 841)
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* [[The Rainy Bus Stop]] with [[Yuki Notsuka]] (Episode 841)
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* [[The Secret of the Celebrity Couple]] with Yuki Nozuka (Episode 856)
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* [[The Secret of the Celebrity Couple]] with Yuki Notsuka (Episode 856)
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* [[The Security System's Pitfall]] with Yuki Nozuka (Episode 860)
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* [[The Security System's Pitfall]] with Yuki Notsuka (Episode 860)
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* [[The Whistling Bookstore]] with Yuki Nozuka (Episode 868)
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* [[The Whistling Bookstore]] with Yuki Notsuka (Episode 868)
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* [[The Company Dissolution Party]] with [[Chisato Matsuda]] (Episode 987)
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* [[Troublesome Kindness]] with Chisato Matsuda (Episode 999)
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* [[The Lost Article That Smells Like a Case]] with Chisato Matsuda (Episode 1009)
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* [[Stakeout]] with Chisato Matsuda (Episode 1015)
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== Other works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
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=== Movies ===
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Participation in: '''28''' movies
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|1||[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]||April 19, 1997||Story editor||
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|2||[[The Fourteenth Target]]||April 18, 1998||Story editor||
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|3||[[The Last Wizard of the Century]]||April 17, 1999||Story editor||
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|4||[[Captured in Her Eyes]]||April 22, 2000||Story editor||
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|5||[[Countdown to Heaven]]||April 21, 2001||Story editor||
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|6||[[The Phantom of Baker Street]]||April 20, 2002||Story editor||
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|7||[[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]]||April 19, 2003||Story editor||
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|8||[[Magician of the Silver Sky]]||April 17, 2004||Story editor||
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|9||[[Strategy Above the Depths]]||April 9, 2005||Story editor||
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|10||[[The Private Eyes' Requiem]]||April 15, 2006||Story editor||
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|11||[[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]]||April 21, 2007||Story editor||
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|12||[[Full Score of Fear]]||April 19, 2008||Story editor||
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|13||[[The Raven Chaser]]||April 18, 2009||Story editor||
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|14||[[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]||April 17, 2010||Story editor||
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|15||[[Quarter of Silence]]||April 16, 2011||Story editor||
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|16||[[The Eleventh Striker]]||April 14, 2012||Story editor||
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|17||[[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]||April 20, 2013||Story editor||
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|18||[[Dimensional Sniper]]||April 19, 2014||Story editor||
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|19||[[Sunflowers of Inferno]]||April 18, 2015||Story editor||
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|20||[[The Darkest Nightmare]]||April 16, 2016||Story editor||
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|21||[[The Crimson Love Letter]]||April 15, 2017||Story editor||
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|22||[[Zero the Enforcer]]||April 13, 2018||Story editor||
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|23||[[The Fist of Blue Sapphire]]||April 12, 2019||Story editor||
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|24||[[The Scarlet Bullet]]||April 16, 2021||Story editor||
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|25||[[The Bride of Halloween]]||April 15, 2022||Story editor||
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|26||[[Black Iron Submarine]]||April 14, 2023||Story editor||
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|27||[[The Million-dollar Pentagram]]||April 12, 2024||Story editor||
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|28||[[One-eyed Flashback]]||April 18, 2025||Story editor||
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=== OVAs ===
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Iioka has done story-editing in all movies from 1 to 22. He has also done story-editing in the main series and in some [[OVAs]].
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Participation in: '''1''' OVA
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* [[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]] (Movie 1)
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* [[The Fourteenth Target]] (Movie 2)
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* [[The Last Wizard of the Century]] (Movie 3)
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* [[Captured in Her Eyes]] (Movie 4)
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|3||[[Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy]]||March 12, 2003||Story editor||
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* [[Countdown to Heaven]] (Movie 5)
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* [[The Phantom of Baker Street]] (Movie 6)
 
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* [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]] (Movie 7)
 
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* [[Magician of the Silver Sky]] (Movie 8)
 
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* [[Strategy Above the Depths]] (Movie 9)
 
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* [[The Private Eyes' Requiem]] (Movie 10)
 
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* [[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]] (Movie 11)
 
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* [[Full Score of Fear]] (Movie 12)
 
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* [[The Raven Chaser]] (Movie 13)
 
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* [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]] (Movie 14)
 
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* [[Quarter of Silence]] (Movie 15)
 
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* [[The Eleventh Striker]] (Movie 16)
 
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* [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea]] (Movie 17)
 
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* [[Dimensional Sniper]] (Movie 18)
 
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* [[Sunflowers of Inferno]] (Movie 19)
 
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* [[The Darkest Nightmare]] (Movie 20)
 
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* [[The Crimson Love Letter]] (Movie 21)
 
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* [[Zero the Enforcer]] (Movie 22)
 
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* [[Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy]] (OVA 3)
 
  
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==Other notable works==
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== Other notable works ==
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Other works including screenplay, literature manager and story-editing.
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=== Anime ===
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===Anime===
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* ''2001 Nights'': Producer
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*''2001 Nights'' (OVA) : Producer
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* ''Ashita no Joe 2'': Literature manager
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*''Ashita no Joe 2'' : Literature manager
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* ''Cat's Eye'': Series organizer
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*''Cat's Eye'' : Series composition
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* ''Lupin III'': Story editor, Screenplay producer, Screenplay supervision, Scenario director, Screenplay, Literature manager, Layout
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*''Lupin III'' : Various (Story editor, screenplay, literature manager, etc.)
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* Many others including ''Golgo 13'', ''Mankatsu'', ''Saint Tail'', and ''Soccer Fever''.
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* Many others including Golgo 13, Mankatsu, Saint Tail and Soccer Fever.
 
  
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==References==
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== References ==
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# [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%AF%E5%B2%A1%E9%A0%86%E4%B8%80 Wikipedia] (Japanese)
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# [[wikipedia:ja:飯岡順一|飯岡順一 - Wikipedia]]
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# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=21300 Anime News Network]
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# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=21300 Junichi Iioka - Anime News Network]
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# [https://seesaawiki.jp/w/radioi_34/d/%cc%be%c3%b5%c4%e5%a5%b3%a5%ca%a5%f3%a1%ca%a5%b7%a5%ea%a1%bc%a5%ba%a5%ea%a5%b9%a5%c8%a1%cb '''Detective Conan Staff Listing''']
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<ref name="biography">{{cite book|title=飯岡順一|date=2015|page=143}}</ref>
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<ref name="conan">{{Cite web|title=名探偵コナン {{!}} 名探偵コナン {{!}} TMS作品一覧|url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087101.html|website=アニメーションの総合プロデュース会社 トムス・エンタテインメント|access-date=2025-05-30}}</ref>
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<ref name="newtype">Newtype/Kadokawa 06/2025 浦沢義雄×大和屋暁 対談</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:01, 1 June 2025

Junichi Iioka
Junichi Iioka.jpg
Profile
Gender:
Male
Date of birth:
September 6, 1945 (80)
Place of birth:
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position:
Story editor
Screenplay
Years active:
1975-present
First name can also be written Jun'ichi. Last name can also be written Ioka or Īoka.


Junichi Iioka (飯岡 順一 Iioka Jun'ichi?), born 6 September 1945, is a Japanese screenplay writer famous for his participation in Detective Conan. He is the series organizer of the main Detective Conan anime.

Biography

Junichi Iioka used to work for Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー), in which he was in charge of literary affairs. In 1987, he left the company and worked at Koyama Shunichiro (小山 峻一郎)'s office WORDS. Iioka is currently freelance.

Photo of Junichi Iioka taken in 2000.

Iioka has been involved with the Lupin the Third (ルパン三世) series for over 35 years since its first TV broadcast in 1971. Yet after episode 19 Elusive Mist (霧のエリューシヴ), he ceased his job in the anime, instead, he began editing the draft of its manga. He has remarked that "Lupin is not just about hard action, and it is not just about works with difficult themes. There is plenty of laughter, it's silly and humorous, with social satire. There is a bit of lyricism, and the action is strong. I think we need to make more Lupins like that"[1].

Furthermore, he composed the lyrics for the theme song of Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン); however, there was no notion of copyright at the time, and he sold it for only about 20,000 to 30,000 yen. Whilst writing screenplays for animation works, he actively hires writers of detective dramas and other works aimed at general audiences, as well as mystery writers. Outside of animation, he has also produced the documentary The Hopi Prophecy (ホピの予言), which was directed by Miyata Yuki (宮田 雪).

Ever since 1996, Iioka has been serving as story editor[Note 1] for both Detective Conan anime and movies[2]. In 2010, he started writing individual screenplays. The first case he wrote was Episode 558: The Trap of the Rooftop Farm; all screenplays he wrote in Detective Conan were co-written with other screenwriters. Starting 2023, Iioka began co-serving as the position of story editor with Yukie Koyake.

Style analysis

Junichi Iioka's main job in the Detective Conan anime is coordinating the screenplays, especially the anime-original ones. As such, he hardly ever writes any individual plots/screenplays in the anime; oftentimes, he collaborates with newcomer screenplay writers who have just joined the production team, ensuring the story progresses smoothly and there is no awkward character development that is eventually broadcast on TV. The emphasis is placed on the concreteness and consistency of the tricks, and the scriptwriters are thorough that anime-original episodes do not end up being a fantasy.

“ The first animation work I participated in was produced by Mr. Iioka. At my age, Conan is basically my last work, so I hope to complete the last work with Mr. Iioka. „

— Yoshio Urasawa

In 2025, screenwriters Akatsuki Yamatoya and Yoshio Urasawa mentioned in their interview that Iioka formulated the restriction of the limited characters that can be utilised in a pure anime-original script. Moreover, the recent phenomenon of the rapid release of anime-original sequels in a short period of time is actually Iioka's project - his preferences, and normal screenwriters have no right to decide the promotion of sequels[3].

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 11 (11 episodes)

Other works in Detective Conan

Movies

Participation in: 28 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
1 The Time-Bombed Skyscraper April 19, 1997 Story editor
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Story editor
3 The Last Wizard of the Century April 17, 1999 Story editor
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Story editor
5 Countdown to Heaven April 21, 2001 Story editor
6 The Phantom of Baker Street April 20, 2002 Story editor
7 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital April 19, 2003 Story editor
8 Magician of the Silver Sky April 17, 2004 Story editor
9 Strategy Above the Depths April 9, 2005 Story editor
10 The Private Eyes' Requiem April 15, 2006 Story editor
11 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure April 21, 2007 Story editor
12 Full Score of Fear April 19, 2008 Story editor
13 The Raven Chaser April 18, 2009 Story editor
14 The Lost Ship in the Sky April 17, 2010 Story editor
15 Quarter of Silence April 16, 2011 Story editor
16 The Eleventh Striker April 14, 2012 Story editor
17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea April 20, 2013 Story editor
18 Dimensional Sniper April 19, 2014 Story editor
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Story editor
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Story editor
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Story editor
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Story editor
23 The Fist of Blue Sapphire April 12, 2019 Story editor
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Story editor
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Story editor
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Story editor
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Story editor
28 One-eyed Flashback April 18, 2025 Story editor

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
3 Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy March 12, 2003 Story editor

Other notable works

Anime

  • 2001 Nights: Producer
  • Ashita no Joe 2: Literature manager
  • Cat's Eye: Series organizer
  • Lupin III: Story editor, Screenplay producer, Screenplay supervision, Scenario director, Screenplay, Literature manager, Layout
  • Many others including Golgo 13, Mankatsu, Saint Tail, and Soccer Fever.

References

  1. 飯岡順一 - Wikipedia
  2. Junichi Iioka - Anime News Network
  3. Detective Conan Staff Listing
  1. ^ 飯岡順一. 2015. p. 143. 
  2. ^ "名探偵コナン | 名探偵コナン | TMS作品一覧". https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087101.html. 
  3. ^ Newtype/Kadokawa 06/2025 浦沢義雄×大和屋暁 対談
  1. ^ Note: "Story Editor" (ストーリーエディター ?) can also be translated as series organizer or screenplay coordinator.
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