Joji Yanase

Joji Yanase
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Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation
Years active:	1995-present

Joji Yanase (柳瀬 譲二 ,Yanase Jōji) is a Japanese animation director, who works for Detective Conan anime and movies. He was initially from the studio Oh! Production.

Biography

Joji Yanase did numerous key animation works in the anime ever since his debut in 1996. However, in 2000, Yanase left the production team temporarily, after finishing the key animation work of the One Hour Special Episode 208: The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus. In 2007, Yanase returned to the Detective Conan anime production team, and just the following year, he was promoted to animation director, starting from Episode 515: Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic. After that, he had done a few works in the anime irregularly until 2020.

Starting 2022, from Episode 1054: The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 2) onwards, Yanase began to serve as animation director regularly for the Detective Conan anime.

Among the staff list of Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween and The Culprit Hanzawa, Yanase's name can also be seen, as the role of animation director.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Joji Yanase

Anime

Participation in: 27 cases (29 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
30	31	Alibi Testimony Murder Case	August 26, 1996	Key animation
37	38	Cactus's Flower Murder Case	November 11, 1996	Key animation
42	43	Karaoke Box Murder Case	December 16, 1996	Key animation
69	71	Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion)	July 28, 1997	Key animation
95	98	Kogoro's Date Murder Case	March 16, 1998	Key animation
154	164	Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 2)	July 26, 1999	Key animation
163	174	The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Part 1)	October 11, 1999	Key animation
164	175	The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Part 2)	October 18, 1999	Key animation
208	223-224	The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus	October 9, 2000	Key animation	1 hour
468	508	Mysterious Case Near the Pond	March 12, 2007	Key animation
473	513	Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Part 2)	May 21, 2007	Key animation
476	516	Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1)	June 25, 2007	Key animation
484	527	Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 1)	August 20, 2007	Key animation
490	536-537	Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope!	December 3, 2007	Key animation	1 hour
492	539	Clash of Red and Black (Blood Relative)	January 21, 2008	Key animation
503	550	Clash of Red and Black (Ready to Die)	May 12, 2008	Key animation
515	562-563	Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic	October 20, 2008	Animation director, Key animation
762	815	Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kaga Part)	December 23, 2014	Animation director
974	1031	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4)	March 28, 2020	Animation director
1054	1111	The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 2)	August 13, 2022	Animation director
1060	1117	Yoko Okino and the Locked Attic (Part 2)	October 16, 2022	Animation director
1067	1124	The Shopping Center in Love	December 24, 2022	Animation director
1070	1127	The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy	January 21, 2023	Animation director
1081	1139	My Beloved Dog Pan-kun Is a Good Boy	April 22, 2023	Animation director
1087	1145	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3	June 17, 2023	Animation director
1090	1148	The Culprit Who Disappeared Into the Sleeping Town	July 15, 2023	Animation director
1104	1162	The True Culprit is On the Run	November 18, 2023	Animation director
1111	1169	Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1)	January 20, 2024	Animation director
1114	1172	The Holed-Up Sensation	February 10, 2024	Animation director

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
3	The Last Wizard of the Century	April 17, 1999	Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Assistant animation director

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
12	The Miracle of Excalibur	April 11, 2012	Key animation

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
6	Countdown to Move Out	November 8, 2022	Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• Magic Kaito 1412: Key animation
• Saint Seiya: Key animation
• Sailor Moon S: Animation director
• Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple: Animation director
• Hitori no Shita: The Outcast: Animation director
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Animation director

Movies

• Lupin III: Episode 0 'First Contact': Key animation
• Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure: Key animation
• Lupin III: Angel Tactics: Key animation
• Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody: Animation director
• Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night - Mahō no Lamp wa Akumu no Yokan: Animation director
• Lupin III: Tōhō Kenbunroku ~Another Page~: Animation director

Games

• Street Fighter IV: Assistant animation director, Character design, 2D movie animator creator

References

1. 柳瀬譲二 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. IMDb
3. Anime News Network