Jiro Kanai

Jiro Kanai
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Assistant director Organizer Storyboard Storyboard cooperation Technical director Action animation director Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation Layout checker
Years active:	1986-present
Aliases:	神木鈴 金井次郎

Jiro Kanai (金井 次朗 ,Kanai Jirō), also known as Bell Sherwood (神木 鈴 / ベルシャーウッド ,Shiboku Rin / Beru Shāuddo) is a Japanese organizer, storyboard artist and animation director.

Biography

Kanai has been working for the Detetcive Conan series since 2002, when he first did key animation work for movie 6; however, after finishing the animation correction work for movie 11 in 2007, he temporarily left the production team.

In 2016, he was back and started to serve as a regular storyboard artist (also storyboard cooperation) for the movies. He also began to work for the anime after that, having his first participation being the storyboard work of The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion. In 2018, he was involved in the production of openings and endings as well. When he worked on the Detective Conan movies, he usually partnered with Iwao Teraoka when drawing storyboards. In addition, he also took part in the production of Detective Conan spin-off story Zero's Tea Time in 2022.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 7 cases (13 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
880	935	The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion	November 11, 2017	Storyboard
971	1028	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (1)	March 7, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
972	1029	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (2)	March 14, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
973	1030	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (3)	March 21, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
974	1031	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4)	March 28, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
993	1050	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 1)	January 9, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
994	1051	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2)	January 16, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
995	1052	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 3)	January 23, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
1061	1118	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi	October 29, 2022	Organizer, Storyboard
R133	1134	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Rei Furuya	March 11, 2023	Organizer, Storyboard
1078	1136	The Black Organization's Scheme (Landing)	April 1, 2023	Key animation
1079	1137	The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)	April 8, 2023	Key animation
1089	1147	The Genius Restaurant	July 8, 2023	Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 6 openings and 2 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP43	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru	世界はあなたの色になる	Key animation
OP47	Countdown	カウントダウン	Key animation
OP48	Timeline	タイムライン	Key animation
OP53	ZERO kara Hajimete	ZEROからハジメテ	Key animation
OP54	YURA YURA	YURA YURA	Key animation
OP55	SLEEPLESS	SLEEPLESS	Key animation
ED
ED57	Sadame	さだめ	Storyboard, Technical director, 1st key animation
ED62	Hoshiai	星合	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 13 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	Key animation
7	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	April 19, 2003	Key animation
9	Strategy Above the Depths	April 9, 2005	Key animation
10	The Private Eyes' Requiem	April 15, 2006	Key animation
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Assistant animation director, Layout checker
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Storyboard, Action animation director, Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Storyboard, Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Storyboard, Key animation
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Assistant director, Storyboard, Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 1 special

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Storyboard (TIME.2, TIME.6)
• Berserk: Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation, Unit Director
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Key Animation
• Many others including Saint Tail, Street Fighter and X etc.

See also

• Iwao Teraoka

References

1. 金井次朗 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. IMDb
3. Anime News Network