Seiji Muta

Seiji Muta
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan
Nicknames:	むた せいじ

Seiji Muta (牟田 清司 ,Muta Seiji) is a Japanese anime director and character designer. Along with Masatomo Sudo, he works as character designer for Detective Conan from episode 627 to 680, and he had been a regular animation supervisor for ten years.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Seiji Muta

Muta was from Studio Z5 (スタジオZ5). He debuted in the anime series Space Carrier Blue Noah (宇宙空母ブルーノア) in 1979. He then finally got involved in the production of Detective Conan anime in 1996, starting with the 1st episode Roller Coaster Murder Case, which he served as a key animator. After that, he constantly worked as a key animator under the episodes in which the animation was directed by Masatomo Sudo, Hiromi Muranaka, and Atsushi Aono.

In 2004, he started to work as animation director (and chief animation director occasionally), starting with Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour. In 2009, he completely quit doing key animation for Detective Conan episodes. From 2011 to 2012, Muta worked with Sudo as character designer and animation director for openings and endings. Since 2014, Muta had been the regular animation supervisor: the role emerged due to unstable drawing that was caused by outsourcing. In 2023, after he finished supervising the 1st part of The Black Organization's Scheme, he stepped down and quit the production team.

In the Detective Conan movie wise, Muta was involved in the production of movies 1 to 8; allegedly, most of his key frames did not require any animation correction or supervision.

Movies

Participation in: 19 movies

• The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie 1): Animation director, Key animation
• The Fourteenth Target (Movie 2): Animation director, Key animation, Layout
• The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3): Key animation
• Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Key animation, Layout
• Countdown to Heaven (Movie 5): Key animation
• The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie 6): Assistant animation director, Key animation, Layout
• Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (Movie 7): Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Magician of the Silver Sky (Movie 8): Assistant animation director, Key animation, Layout check
• Strategy Above the Depths (Movie 9): Assistant animation director, Key animation, Layout check
• The Private Eyes' Requiem (Movie 10): Assistant animation director, Mechanical design, Key animation, Layout check
• Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Movie 11): Assistant animation director, Mechanical design, Key animation, Layout check
• Full Score of Fear (Movie 12): Assistant animation director, Mechanical design, Key animation, Layout check
• The Raven Chaser (Movie 13): Assistant animation director, Key animation, Layout check
• The Lost Ship in the Sky (Movie 14): Animation director
• Quarter of Silence (Movie 15): Animation director, Key animation
• The Eleventh Striker (Movie 16): Chief assistant animation director
• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Animation director, Key animation
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (Crossover movie): Animation director
• Dimensional Sniper (Movie 18): Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• Cat's Eye: Key Animation
• Kinkyuu Hasshin Saver Kids: Animation Director
• Fushigi Yuugi: Key Animation
• Magic Knight Rayearth: Key Animation
• Jarinko Chie: Key Animation
• Requiem from the Darkness: Key Animation
• Sonic X: Key Animation
• Space Adventure Cobra: Key Animation
• Tetsujin 28-go FX: Key Animation

Movies

• Akira: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Tōhō Kenbunroku ~Another Page~: Assistant Chief Animation Director
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie: Animation Director

See also

• Masatomo Sudo
• Nobuyuki Iwai

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 27th, 2023.
2. 牟田清司 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. 牟田清司 - Atwiki (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network
5. MyAnimeList