Kana Miyai

Kana Miyai
Profile
Gender:	Female
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Key animation
Years active:	2008-present

Kana Miyai (宮井 加奈 ,Miyai Kana) is a Japanese animation director, key animator, and character designer. She takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Kana Miyai was originally affiliated with Studio Wanpack. Miyai graduated from Yoyogianimeshongakuin Osakako (代々木アニメーション学院大阪校). In 2009, she joined the production of the Detective Conan anime, starting with Episode 526: A Present from the True Culprit and served as a key animator.

From Episode 542: Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Part 1) onwards, Miyai began to do animation direction in the anime. Nonetheless, her works in Detective Conan had noticeable collapsed tendencies in the animation, it only until the end of 2011 that the situation had improved.

In 2012, after finishing the work in Episode 654: The Design of Poison and Mirage (Poison), Miyai stepped down from the animation director role. After that, the regular animation director of Studio Wanpack was changed to Miho Tanaka.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Kana Miyai

Anime

Participation in: 31 cases (31 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
526	577	A Present from the True Culprit	February 23, 2009	Key animation
532	583	The Scar of First Love	May 2, 2009	Key animation
537	588	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Part 1)	June 13, 2009	Key animation
542	593	Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Part 1)	July 25, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
549	600	The Revolving Sushi Mystery (Part 1)	October 10, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
556	607	Intersection of Fear	November 21, 2009	Animation director
562	613	Rainbow Color Kidnapping	January 16, 2010	Animation director
567	618	Murderous Intent Raining on an Outdoor Spa	March 6, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
572	623	Battle of the Haunted Warehouse's Treasure (Part 2)	May 8, 2010	Animation director
577	628	The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies	June 19, 2010	Animation director
583	634	Kobayashi-sensei's Love	August 14, 2010	Animation director
591	642	The House with the Aquarium	October 16, 2010	Animation director
596	647	The Alibi of the Fall	November 20, 2010	Animation director
602	653	The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court	January 8, 2011	Animation director
608	659	White Day of Betrayal (Part 1)	March 5, 2011	Animation director
613	664	Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog (Chapter of Princess)	April 30, 2011	Animation director
619	670	Holmes' Revelation (Code Break)	June 11, 2011	Animation director
625	676	The Screaming Operation Room (Part 1)	July 23, 2011	Animation director
631	682	What the Flower Clock Knew	September 17, 2011	Animation director
639	690	Solving Mysteries at the Red Leaf Palace (Part 2)	December 13, 2011	Animation director
645	696	Ramen So Good, It's to Die For (Part 2)	February 11, 2012	Animation director
650	701	The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Release)	March 17, 2012	Animation director
654	706	The Design of Poison and Mirage (Poison)	May 5, 2012	Animation director
775	828	The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 1)	April 25, 2015	Key animation
788	841	The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 2)	August 8, 2015	Key animation
815	870	The Actress Blogger's Locked Room Case (Part 2)	April 30, 2016	Key animation
828	883	Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Part 2)	August 6, 2016	Key animation
859	914	The Dark Mountain Route	May 13, 2017	Key animation
865	920	The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird	July 8, 2017	Key animation
872	927	Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing)	September 9, 2017	Key animation
880	935	The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion	November 11, 2017	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Key animation

Works in Magic Kaito

Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief

Participation in: 1 episode

Special	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
2	Kaitou Kid's Busy Date	August 6, 2011	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• The Apothecary Diaries: Chief animation director, Sub-character design, Animation director, Key animation
• Attack on Titan: Animation director, Key animation
• Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Sub-character design
• Castle Town Dandelion: Sub-character design, Prop design, Clothing design
• Dragon Collection: Animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia: Character design, Chief animation director, Ending illustrations
• I Don't Like You At All, Big Brother!!: Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Monogatari Series S2: Animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Rail Wars!: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation (Studio Wanpack)
• Zoids Wild Zero: Chief animation director, Animation director, Key animation

See also

• Studio Wanpack

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of November 3rd, 2023.
2. 宮井加奈 - Wikipedia
3. 宮井加奈 - Atwiki
4. Kana Miyai - Anime News Network
5. Detective Conan Staff Listing