Masatomo Sudo

Masatomo Sudo
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	January 28, 1961
Place of birth:	Hokkaido, Japan
Location:	Japan

Masatomo Sudo (須藤 昌朋 ,Sudō Masatomo, born January 28, 1961 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese anime director, and character designer. 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

His first exposure to the industry was in 1980, when he did the in-between animation for Ashita no Joe 2 (あしたのジョー2). His first attempt of being an animation director was for PEACHBOY LEGEND (桃太郎伝説), in 1989. He then served as the chief animation director and character design for two movies of Lupin III (ルパン三世), from 1994 to 1995.

Sudo is currently a freelance animator, but formerly belonged to Studio AnnaPluck (スタジオあんなぷる), he mainly works for TMS Entertainment.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Masatomo Sudo

Sudo has worked for the Detective Conan anime since the beginning, 1996. He was the character design starting with episode 1. Later on, he did animation director work for some episodes. His works in Detective Conan anime decreased sharply in 1997, 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.

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. Currently, he still serves as the animation supervisor or chief animation director for some significant anime episodes.

Participation in: 27 movies

• The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie 1): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Fourteenth Target (Movie 2): Character design, Chief animation director, Key animation
• The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3): Character design, Chief animation director
• Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Character design, Chief animation director
• Countdown to Heaven (Movie 5): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie 6): Character design, Chief animation director
• Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (Movie 7): Character design, Chief animation director
• Magician of the Silver Sky (Movie 8): Character design, Chief animation director
• Strategy Above the Depths (Movie 9): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Private Eyes' Requiem (Movie 10): Character design, Chief animation director
• Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Movie 11): Character design, Chief animation director
• Full Score of Fear (Movie 12): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Raven Chaser (Movie 13): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Lost Ship in the Sky (Movie 14): Character design, Chief animation director
• Quarter of Silence (Movie 15): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Eleventh Striker (Movie 16): Character design, Chief animation director
• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Character design, Chief animation director
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (Crossover movie): Character design, Chief animation director
• Dimensional Sniper (Movie 18): Character design, Chief animation director
• Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21): Character design, Chief animation director
• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24): Character design, Chief animation director
• The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25): Character design, Chief animation director
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26): Character design, Chief animation director

Participation in: 14 OVAs

• Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (OVA 1): Character design
• 16 Suspects!? (OVA 2): Character design
• Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (OVA 3): Character design
• A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (OVA 7): Character design
• The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki (OVA 8): Character design
• The Stranger from Ten Years Later (OVA 9): Character design
• Kid in Trap Island (OVA 10): Character design
• A Secret Order From London (OVA 11): Character design
• The Miracle of Excalibur (OVA 12): Character design
• Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (Magic File 2): Character design
• Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (Magic File 3): Character design
• The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (Magic File 4): Character design
• Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (Magic File 5): Character design
• Flower of Fantasista (Bonus File 1): Character design

Participation in: 4 specials

• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (Special 3): Character design, Chief animation director
• Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri (Special 4): Chief animation director
• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (Special 5): Character design, Chief animation director
• Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small (Special 6): Character design, Chief animation director

Other notable works

• Hamtaro: Character Design
• Hitohira: Character Design
• KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple: Character Design, Animation Director (3 episodes)
• Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi: Character Design, Animation Director
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: Character Design (Conan), Chief Animation Director
• 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
• Magnetic Rose: Key Animation
• Roujin Z: Key Animation
• Shinkai no Kantai - Submarine 707: Character Design
• Shonan Junai-gumi!: Character Design
• Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie: Animation
• Tobé! Kujira no Peek: Key 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
• Urban Square - Kohaku no Tsuigeki: Key Animation
• You Are Umasou: Animation Director

See also

• Junko Yamanaka
• Nobuyuki Iwai
• Seiji Muta

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of August 10th, 2023.
2. 須藤昌朋 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network