Akio Kawamura

Akio Kawamura
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Storyboard Episode director Key animation Layout
Years active:	1986-present
Aliases:	かわむらあきお
Please be reminded that although he is constantly working for episodes that are done by the BIG BANG studio, Kawamura and BIG BANG are merely partnerships, he does not belong to the studio.

Akio Kawamura (河村 明夫 ,Kawamura Akio) is a Japanese animation producer, sub-character designer. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies. He is now credited as "かわむらあきお".

Biography

Akio Kawamura was originally affiliated with Axel Corporation (アクセル), but he quit the studio after a few years, and currently a freelance animator.

Kawamura joined the production of the Detective Conan anime since the beginning. With the first episode credited was Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case. As such, he is considered the second animation director for the anime, after Masatomo Sudo. Since then, he consistently did animation direction works, and also served a storyboard artist and sub-character designer for some episodes as well.

Kawamura was absent from the anime production during the second half of 1998, due to him working on the Two Hour Special Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case that was scheduled to air in 1999. He was responsible for a few famous scenes in that episode. For example, the scene which Haibara deliberately scared Conan was from his hands. After this episode, Kawamura stopped doing works for the anime for ten years. However, he still served as animation director, assistant animation director, layout, technical director and key animator for the movies.

In 2009, Kawamura returned to the anime production team, and served as the animation director for episodes outsourced to BIG BANG until present. From this point onwards, his name in the credits had changed from the full kanji "河村明夫" to full kana "かわむらあきお".

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Akio Kawamura

Anime

Participation in: 114 cases (120 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
3	3	An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case	January 22, 1996	Animation director
9	9	Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case	March 4, 1996	Animation director
14	15	The Mysterious Shooting Message Case	April 29, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
19	20	An Elevator Murder Case	June 10, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
25	26	The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case	July 22, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
30	31	Alibi Testimony Murder Case	August 26, 1996	Key animation
35	36	Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 2)	October 28, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
42	43	Karaoke Box Murder Case	December 16, 1996	Animation director, Key animation
61	63	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 1)	June 2, 1997	Animation director
69	71	Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion)	July 28, 1997	Animation director
70	72	Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution)	August 4, 1997	Storyboard
77	80	Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 1)	October 20, 1997	Animation director, Key animation
88	91	Dracula's Villa Murder Case (Part 1)	January 26, 1998	Key animation
100	106	The Memories of First Love Case (Part 1)	May 11, 1998	Animation director, Sub-character design
101	107	The Memories of First Love Case (Part 2)	May 18, 1998	Sub-character design
129	136-139	The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case	January 4, 1999	Animation director	2 hours
544	595	The Hand That Plays in Dissonance	August 8, 2009	Animation director
551	602	The Culprit is Genta's Dad (Part 1)	October 17, 2009	Animation director	Name crediting changed to かわむらあきお
559	610	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Item in Hand)	December 12, 2009	Animation director
565	616	The Eyewitness Who Did Not See	February 6, 2010	Animation director
571	622	Battle of the Haunted Warehouse's Treasure (Part 1)	May 1, 2010	Animation director
576	627	The Alibi of the Black Dress (Part 2)	June 5, 2010	Animation director
582	633	The Night the Zombie Died	July 24, 2010	Animation director
588	639	The Trap of the Rooftop Farm	September 18, 2010	Animation director
593	644	The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 2)	October 30, 2010	Animation director
601	652	The Dream the Kappa Saw (Part 2)	December 25, 2010	Animation director
606	657	Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi (Part 1)	February 19, 2011	Animation director
617	668	Holmes' Revelation (Love is 0)	May 28, 2011	Animation director
623	674	Emergency Situation 252 (Part 2)	July 9, 2011	Animation director
629	680	The Promo Video Shooting Case (Part 1)	September 3, 2011	Animation director
636	687	The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 1)	November 12, 2011	Animation director
642	693	Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 1)	January 7, 2012	Animation director
647	698	Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel (Part 2)	February 25, 2012	Animation director
660	712	Co-Investigating with a First Love (Part 2)	June 16, 2012	Animation director
665	717	The Suspicious Initial K	July 21, 2012	Animation director
672	724	Detectives' Nocturne (Kidnapping)	October 13, 2012	Animation director
693	745	The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Part 2)	March 10, 2013	Animation director
702	754	The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Tunnel)	July 20, 2013	Animation director
708	760	The Man Who Fell Slowly	September 7, 2013	Animation director
720	772	Fire and Water Mystery Tour (Aso Part)	November 30, 2014	Animation director	Mystery tour
726	778	A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness	January 18, 2014	Animation director
735	788	The Coded Invitation	April 19, 2014	Animation director	M18 pre-story
740	793	Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well (Part 1)	May 31, 2014	Animation director
746	799	Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku (Part 1)	July 19, 2014	Animation director
751	804	The Case of the Lucky Calico (Part 1)	September 20, 2014	Animation director
757	810	The Comedian Who Turned Himself In (Part 1)	November 1, 2014	Animation director
764	817	Conan and Heiji, Code of Love (Part 2)	January 17, 2015	Animation director
770	823	The Tense Tea Party (Part 1)	March 7, 2015	Animation director
776	829	The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 2)	May 2, 2015	Animation director
780	833	The Scarlet Pursuit	June 6, 2015	Animation director
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Assistant animation director
787	840	The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 1)	August 1, 2015	Animation director
794	847	Bodyguard Kogoro Mouri	October 3, 2015	Animation director
799	828	Detective Boys' Locked Room Mystery Battle	November 14, 2015	Animation director
807	862	The Ventriloquist's Illusion (Part 2)	February 6, 2016	Animation director
813	868	The Shadow Approaching Amuro	April 16, 2016	Animation director
826	881	The Beauty, The Lies, and The Secrets	July 23, 2016	Animation director
833	888	The Great Detective's Weakness	September 24, 2016	Animation director
839	894	You Can Hear The Tengu's Voice	November 12, 2016	Animation director
845	900	Conan Cornered in the Darkness (Part 1)	January 7, 2017	Animation director	New Year's Greeting inclusive
851	906	The Descent Into Hell Tour of Love (Beppu Chapter)	March 4, 2017	Animation director	Mystery tour
857	912	The Shifting Mystery of Beika City (Part 1)	April 29, 2017	Animation director
863	918	The Spirit Detective's Murder (Part 1)	June 17, 2017	Animation director
870	925	Conan Disappeared on the Cliff (Part 2)	August 12, 2017	Animation director
877	932	A Pair of Crossing Fates	October 14, 2017	Animation director
884	939	The Pop-up Book Bomber (Part 2)	December 9, 2017	Animation director
893	948	The Mystery of the Michelin Starred Restaurant	February 24, 2018	Animation director
899	954	The Real Culprit's Scream	April 28, 2018	Animation director
900	955	Solving Mysteries in a Locked Room	May 5, 2018	Sub-character design
905	960	Eyewitness Testimony Seven Years Later (Part 1)	June 23, 2018	Animation director, Sub-character design
906	961	Eyewitness Testimony Seven Years Later (Part 2)	June 30, 2018	Sub-character design
912	967	The Detective Boys Become Models	September 8, 2018	Animation director
916	971	The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 1)	October 6, 2018	Sub-character design
917	972	The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part 2)	October 13, 2018	Sub-character design
918	973	The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase	October 27, 2018	Animation director
925	980	The Heartfelt Strap (Part 1)	December 15, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
927	982-983	The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)	January 5, 2019	Sub-character design	1 hour
928	984-985	The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)	January 12, 2019	Sub-character design	1 hour
932	989	The Northern Kyushu Mystery Tour (Moji Arc)	February 23, 2019	Animation director, Key animation	Mystery tour
937	994	The Killer Fist of Talos (Part 1)	April 20, 2019	Animation director, Key animation
939	996	The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip	May 4, 2019	Animation director
941	998	Search for Maria-chan! (Part 1)	June 1, 2019	Sub-character design
942	999	Search for Maria-chan! (Part 2)	June 8, 2019	Sub-character design
944	1001	The Cost of Likes (Part 1)	June 22, 2019	Animation director
948	1005	The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur	July 27, 2019	Sub-character design
949	1006	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Challenge Arc)	August 3, 2019	Animation director
957	1014	The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 2)	October 19, 2019	Animation director
962	1019	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 1)	December 7, 2019	Animation director
969	1026	The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 1)	February 15, 2020	Animation director
978	1035	The Case On the Opposite Shore	August 15, 2020	Animation director
985	1042	The Two Faces (Part 1)	October 24, 2020	Animation director
990	1047	The Automatic Tragedy (Part 1)	December 12, 2020	Animation director
991	1048	The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2)	December 19, 2020	Assistant animation director
992	1049	Murder at the Townhouse Café	December 26, 2020	Sub-character design
997	1054	Intrigue at Smile Village	February 13, 2021	Animation director
1001	1058	The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2)	March 13, 2021	Animation director	Remake
1007	1064	Out for Revenge (Part 1)	June 5, 2021	Animation director, Sub-character design
1008	1065	Out for Revenge (Part 2)	June 12, 2021	Sub-character design
1012	1069	Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (Part 2)	July 17, 2021	Animation director
1017	1074	The Monorail Sniper Case (Part 2)	September 4, 2021	Animation director
1023	1080	The Whistling Bookstore 3	October 16, 2021	Animation director
1030	1087	The Blank Year (Part 1)	December 11, 2021	Animation director
1036	1093	Whiteout (Part 1)	January 29, 2022	Animation director
1041	1098	The Unstated Alibi	April 30, 2022	Animation director
1047	1104	The Red Sheep's Eerie Game (Part 1)	June 18, 2022	Animation director
1051	1108	Intrigue at Morikawa Mansion (Part 2)	July 23, 2022	Animation director
1055	1112	The Ghost's Revenge	September 3, 2022	Animation director
1062	1119	The Spiral of Rain and Malice	November 5, 2022	Animation director
1071	1128	Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show (Part 1)	January 28, 2023	Animation director
1073	1130	The Detective Boys' Pursuit of the Purse-snatcher	February 11, 2023	Animation director
1080	1138	The Cameras Targeting Haibara	April 15, 2023	Animation director	M26 pre-story
1085	1143	The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 1)	June 3, 2023	Animation director
1093	1151	Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Part 1)	August 5, 2023	Animation director
1099	1157	Chihaya Hagiwara, Goddess of the Wind (Part 2)	September 30, 2023	Animation director
1103	1161	The Teen Novel That Smells Like Guilt	November 11, 2023	Animation director
1110	1168	Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 2)	January 13, 2024	Animation director
1117	1175	Karate Teacher Ran Mouri	March 16, 2024	Animation director
1122	1180	Stakeout 3	May 4, 2024	Animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 2 openings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP48	Timeline	タイムライン	Key animation
OP50	ANSWER	ANSWER	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 20 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
1	The Time-Bombed Skyscraper	April 19, 1997	Animation director, Sub-character design
2	The Fourteenth Target	April 18, 1998	Layout, Key animation
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Animation director
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	Layout
8	Magician of the Silver Sky	April 17, 2004	Key animation
9	Strategy Above the Depths	April 9, 2005	Assistant animation director
10	The Private Eyes' Requiem	April 15, 2006	Assistant animation director
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Technical director
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Assistant animation director
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Assistant animation director
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Key animation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Animation director
16	The Eleventh Striker	April 14, 2012	Animation director
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Animation director
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Animation director
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Animation director
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Assistant animation director
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Animation director
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Animation director

Specials

Participation in: 1 special

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	December 26, 2014	Animation director

Games

Participation in: 1 game

Title	Release date	Role	Note
Detective Conan: The Greatest Partner	April 25, 2002	Storyboard, Technical director, Sub-character design

Works in Yaiba

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba

Participation in: 3 episodes

Jpn#	Eng#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
32	32	Yaiba Loses the Seven Orbs!?	November 12, 1993	Key animation
37	37	Large Sinking! Onimaru's Floating Castle	December 17, 1993	Animation director, Key animation
43	43	Sayaka's In Trouble! Hurry, Yaiba	January 28, 1994	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Aoashi: Animation director, Assistant animation director
• Bleach: Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation
• Lupin III: Dragon of Doom: Key animation
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure: Key animation
• Red Baron: Animation Director, Mecha design, Key animation
• Tantei Gakuen Q: Animation Director, Key animation
• Tenshi na Konamaiki: Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
• Tokyo Mew Mew: Animation director, Key animation

Movies

• Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody: Assistant animation director
• Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black: Animation director
• Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion: Animation director, Key animation

See also

• Kumiko Shishido
• BIG BANG

References

1. かわむらあきお - Wikipedia
2. かわむらあきお - Atwiki
3. Akio Kawamura - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing