Nobuyuki Iwai

Nobuyuki Iwai
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Character design Chief animation director Animation supervisor Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Design works Key animation
Years active:	2001-present
Website:	Instagram Account

Nobuyuki Iwai (岩井 伸之 ,Iwai Nobuyuki) is a Japanese anime director. He is best known for his work in Detective Conan. Along with Masatomo Sudo, he works as character designer for Detective Conan from episode 804 to 870.

Biography

Nobuyuki Iwai's first participation in the Detective Conan anime was in 2007, Episode 485: Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 2). After four episodes working as a key animator, Iwai began to work as an animation director in the following year, starting with Episode 498: Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance). His drawing quality increased significantly after roughly eight years being an animation director, therefore, he got promoted as character design, working along with Masatomo Sudo from episodes 804 to 870. He also become the chief animation director in Episodes 853~854: Memories from Sakura Class.

In 2019, Iwai served as animation director of the prominent series Episodes 927~973: The Scarlet School Trip. At the end of 2019, he worked with Masatomo Sudo and Seiji Muta as animation supervisors, starting with Episode 949: The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Challenge Arc). However, this was not the first time he did the role, as he supervised Episode 663: Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle in 2012, under the credit "Key Animator" (キーアニメーター ,Kīanimētā).

Iwai also participated in the production of Detective Conan movies. He started as assistant animation director in 2011, and was promoted to animation director in 2016, until present.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Nobuyuki Iwai

Anime

Participation in: 117 cases (156 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
485	528	Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 2)	August 27, 2007	Key animation	First time as key animator
488	532-533	The Devil of the TV Station	October 22, 2007	Key animation	1 hour
491	538	Clash of Red and Black (The Beginning)	January 14, 2008	Key animation
495	543	Clash of Red and Black (Coma)	February 11, 2008	Key animation
498	545	Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance)	March 3, 2008	Animation director, Key animation	First time as animation director
502	549	Clash of Red and Black (Innocence)	April 28, 2008	Animation director, Key animation
508	555	The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box (Part 2)	July 7, 2008	Animation director, Key animation
513	560	Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention (Part 1)	September 1, 2008	Animation director, Key animation
516	564-565	Furinkazan - The Mysterious Armored Warrior	November 3, 2008	Animation director, Key animation	1 hour
518	567	Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Investigation Chapter)	December 1, 2008	Animation director, Key animation
522	572-573	Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears	January 26, 2009	Animation director	1 hour
525	576	The Blue Spark of Hate (Part 2)	February 16, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
527	578	The Malice Hidden Behind the Masque	March 2, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
530	581	The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (Part 1)	April 18, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
534	585	The New Scar and the Whistling Man	May 16, 2009	Animation director, Key animation
538	589	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Part 2)	June 20, 2009	Animation director
543	594	Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Part 2)	August 1, 2009	Animation director
547	598	Two Days with the Culprit (First Day)	September 19, 2009	Animation director
552	603	The Culprit is Genta's Dad (Part 2)	October 24, 2009	Animation director
558	609	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Three Visits)	December 5, 2009	Animation director, Design works
559	610	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Item in Hand)	December 12, 2009	Design works
560	611	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (The Late Komei)	December 19, 2009	Design works
561	612	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Empty Fort Strategy)	December 26, 2009	Design works
562	613	Rainbow Color Kidnapping	January 16, 2010	Design works
564	615	Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Silence)	January 30, 2010	Animation director
568	619	Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom (Part 1)	March 13, 2010	Sub-character design	First time as sub-character designer
569	620	Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom (Part 2)	March 20, 2010	Animation director, Sub-character design
574	625	The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 2)	May 22, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
578	629	The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen	June 26, 2010	Animation director
580	631	The Black Time Limit Drawing Near	July 10, 2010	Animation director
585	636	Timeless Sakura's Love	August 28, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
589	640	The Worst Birthday (Part 1)	September 25, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
594	645	The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour (Miyajima Part)	November 6, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
598	649	The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room (Part 2)	December 4, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
602	653	The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court	January 8, 2011	Sub-character design
603	654	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (First Locked Room)	January 29, 2011	Sub-character design
604	655	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Second Locked Room)	February 5, 2011	Animation director, Sub-character design
605	656	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room)	February 12, 2011	Sub-character design
607	658	Courtroom Confrontation IV: Juror Sumiko Kobayashi (Part 2)	February 26, 2011	Animation director
612	663	Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog (Footsteps Chapter)	April 23, 2011	Animation director
618	669	Holmes' Revelation (Satan)	June 4, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
624	675	A Video Letter of First Love	July 16, 2011	Animation director
628	679	Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure (Part 2)	August 27, 2011	Animation director
634	685	The Super Narrow Shop Crime Scene	October 15, 2011	Animation director, Sub-character design
635	686	Beware of Dieting	November 5, 2011	Animation director
641	692	The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches (Kurashiki Part)	December 17, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
646	697	Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel (Part 1)	February 18, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
651	702-703	Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West	March 24, 2012	Animation director, Key animation	1 hour
652	704	The Design of Poison and Mirage (EYE)	April 21, 2012	Sub-character design
653	705	The Design of Poison and Mirage (S)	April 28, 2012	Sub-character design
654	706	The Design of Poison and Mirage (Poison)	May 5, 2012	Sub-character design
655	707	The Design of Poison and Mirage (Illusion)	May 12, 2012	Sub-character design
663	715	Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle	July 7, 2012	Key animator(キーアニメーター), Sub-character design	First time as animation supervisor
664	716	The Great Dog Coeur's Triumph 2	July 14, 2012	Animation director
667	719	Wedding Eve (Part 1)	September 1, 2012	Animation director
671	723	Detectives' Nocturne (The Case)	October 6, 2012	Animation director
675	727	Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter (Part 1)	November 10, 2012	Animation director
681	733	The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Begin Broadcasting)	January 5, 2013	Animation director
686	738	A Car Carrying a Time Bomb	February 9, 2013	Animation director
691	743	Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Part 2)	March 16, 2013	Animation director
696	748	The Flowerbed Vandal's Scheme	May 4, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
701	753	The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Departure)	July 13, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
707	759	The Framed Great Detective	August 31, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
713	765	Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (2)	October 12, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
719	771	A Dispute Over a Platinum Ticket	November 23, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
725	777	Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid (Part 2)	January 11, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
727	779	The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 1)	January 25, 2014	Cooperative animation director
730	782	The Figure That Was Too Good	February 22, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
734	786-787	Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap	March 29, 2014	Animation director	1 hour
739	792	Kogoro in the Bar (Part 2)	May 17, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
745	798	The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku (Part 2)	July 5, 2014	Animation director
749	802	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Truth)	August 9, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
754	807	The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Steam)	October 11, 2014	Animation director
756	809	The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Revenge)	October 25, 2014	Animation director
762	815	Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kaga Part)	December 13, 2014	Animation director
766	819	Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case (Part 2)	January 31, 2015	Animation director
772	825	Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Part 1)	March 21, 2015	Animation director
778	831	Mirage of the Disappearing Angel	May 16, 2015	Animation director
779	832	The Scarlet Prologue	May 30, 2015	Sub-character design
780	833	The Scarlet Pursuit	June 6, 2015	Sub-character design
781	834	The Scarlet Intersection	June 13, 2015	Sub-character design
782	835	The Scarlet Return	June 20, 2015	Animation director, Sub-character design
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Assistant animation director, Sub-character design
791	844	Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs	September 12, 2015	Animation director, animation
798	851	The Moving Target	November 7, 2015	Animation director, animation
805	859-860	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 2)	January 16, 2016	Animation director	1 hour
806	861	The Ventriloquist's Illusion (Part 1)	January 30, 2016	Animation director
812	867	The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 3)	March 12, 2016	Animation director
818	873	Kogoro's Pursuit of Rage (Part 1)	May 21, 2016	Animation director
825	880	The Tidal Park Comeback Case	July 16, 2016	Animation director
831	886	A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 2)	September 10, 2016	Key animation
832	887	A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 3)	September 17, 2016	Animation director
853	908	Memories from Sakura Class (Ran GIRL)	March 18, 2017	Chief animation director
854	909	Memories from Sakura Class (Shinichi BOY)	March 25, 2017	Chief animation director
891	946	Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Yamaguchi Part)	February 3, 2018	Sub-character design
892	947	Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Hagi Part)	February 10, 2018	Sub-character design
904	959	Result of the Draw	June 16, 2018	Key animation
909	964	Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 1)	July 28, 2018	Sub-character design
910	965	Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 2)	August 4, 2018	Sub-character design
913	968	Conan Kidnapped (Part 1)	September 15, 2018	Sub-character design
914	969	Conan Kidnapped (Part 2)	September 22, 2018	Sub-character design
919	974	The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café (Part 1)	November 3, 2018	Sub-character design
920	975	The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café (Part 2)	November 10, 2018	Sub-character design
926	981	The Heartfelt Strap (Part 2)	December 22, 2018	Animation director
927	982-983	The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)	January 5, 2019	Animation director, Sub-character design	1 hour
928	984-985	The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)	January 12, 2019	Animation director, Sub-character design	1 hour
945	1002	The Cost of Likes (Part 2)	June 29, 2019	Animation director
946	1003	The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part 1)	July 13, 2019	Assistant animation director
949	1006	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Challenge Arc)	August 3, 2019	Animation supervisor
950	1007	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc)	August 10, 2019	Animation supervisor
951	1008	The Whistling Bookstore 2	August 17, 2019	Animation supervisor, Sub-character design
952	1009	The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 1)	August 31, 2019	Animation supervisor
953	1010	The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 2)	September 7, 2019	Animation supervisor
954	1011	The Unsolved Cocktail Case (Part 3)	September 14, 2019	Animation supervisor, Animation director
955	1012	The Secret of the Insect Man	September 28, 2019	Animation supervisor, Animation director
956	1013	The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 1)	October 12, 2019	Animation supervisor
957	1014	The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 2)	October 19, 2019	Animation supervisor
958	1015	The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 1)	November 9, 2019	Animation supervisor
959	1016	The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 2)	November 16, 2019	Animation supervisor
960	1017	Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys	November 23, 2019	Animation supervisor
961	1018	The Glamping Mystery	November 30, 2019	Animation supervisor
962	1019	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 1)	December 7, 2019	Animation supervisor
963	1020	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 2)	December 14, 2019	Animation supervisor
964	1021	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)	December 21, 2019	Animation supervisor
968	1025	Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Finale)	January 25, 2020	Animation director
969	1026	The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 1)	February 15, 2020	Sub-character design
970	1027	The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 2)	February 22, 2020	Sub-character design
979	1036	Leading a Detective Around By the Nose	August 29, 2020	Animation director
984	1041	Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 2)	October 10, 2020	Animation director
986	1043	The Two Faces (Part 2)	October 31, 2020	Animation supervisor
987	1044	The Company Dissolution Party	November 7, 2020	Animation supervisor, Sub-character design
988	1045	The Feuding Girls	November 14, 2020	Animation supervisor, Animation director
989	1046	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary	December 5, 2020	Animation supervisor
990	1047	The Automatic Tragedy (Part 1)	December 12, 2020	Animation supervisor
991	1048	The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2)	December 19, 2020	Animation supervisor, Animation director
992	1049	Murder at the Townhouse Café	December 26, 2020	Animation supervisor
993	1050	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 1)	January 9, 2021	Animation supervisor
994	1051	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2)	January 16, 2021	Animation supervisor
995	1052	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 3)	January 23, 2021	Animation supervisor
996	1053	The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime	January 30, 2021	Animation supervisor
998	1055	The Frying Pan of Hatred	February 20, 2021	Animation supervisor
999	1056	Troublesome Kindness	February 27, 2021	Animation supervisor
1000	1057	The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 1)	March 6, 2021	Animation director	Remake
1001	1058	The Moonlight Sonata Murder (Part 2)	March 13, 2021	Animation director	Remake
1003	1060	The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 1)	April 24, 2021	Animation supervisor
1004	1061	The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 2)	May 1, 2021	Animation supervisor
1005	1062	The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Part 3)	May 8, 2021	Animation supervisor
1008	1065	Out for Revenge (Part 2)	June 12, 2021	Animation supervisor
1011	1068	Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (Part 1)	July 10, 2021	Animation supervisor
1033	1090	Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move)	January 8, 2022	Key animation	New Year's Greeting only
1059	1116	Yoko Okino and the Locked Attic (Part 1)	October 8, 2022	Sub-character design
1060	1117	Yoko Okino and the Locked Attic (Part 2)	October 15, 2022	Sub-character design
1061	1118	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi	October 29, 2022	Animation director, Sub-character design
1079	1137	The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)	April 8, 2023	Animation director
1084	1142	The Freezing Cold Men	May 20, 2023	Animation supervisor
1136	1194	Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 2)	September 28, 2024	Animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 24 openings and 25 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP28	As the Dew	As the Dew	Key animation
OP30	Tear drops	tear drops	Key animation
OP31	Don't Wanna Lie	Don't Wanna Lie	Animation director
OP32	Misty Mystery	Misty Mystery	Animation director
OP33	Miss Mystery	Miss Mystery	Animation director
OP35	TRY AGAIN	TRY AGAIN	Key animation
OP36	Q&A	Q&A	Key animation
OP37	Butterfly Core	Butterfly Core	Key animation
OP38	Greed	Greed	Key animation
OP39	DYNAMITE	DYNAMITE	Key animation
OP40	WE GO	WE GO	Animation director
OP41	Nazo (La PomPon)	謎（La PomPon）	Key animation
OP42	Hane	羽	Animation director
OP43	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru	世界はあなたの色になる	Key animation
OP44	Ikusen no Meikyū de Ikusen no Nazo o Toite	幾千の迷宮で 幾千の謎を解いて	Key animation
OP46	Everything OK!!	Everything OK!!	Key animation
OP47	Countdown	カウントダウン	Key animation
OP50	ANSWER	ANSWER	Key animation
OP52	JUST BELIEVE YOU	JUST BELIEVE YOU	Animation director
OP53	ZERO kara Hajimete	ZEROからハジメテ	Animation director, Key animation
OP55	SLEEPLESS	SLEEPLESS	Animation director, Key animation
OP56	SPARKLE	SPARKLE	Animation director
OP57	RAISE INSIGHT	RAISE INSIGHT	Animation director
OP58	Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~	Unraveling Love～少しの勇気～	Animation director
ED
ED38	Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō	月夜の悪戯の魔法	Animation director
ED40	Your Best Friend	Your Best Friend	Animation director
ED41	Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne	悲しいほど 今日の夕陽 きれいだね	Animation director
ED42	Overwrite	オーバーライト	Animation director
ED43	Koi ni Koishite	恋に恋して	Key animation
ED44	Hitomi no Melody	瞳のメロディ	Key animation
ED45	Kimi no Egao ga Nani Yori mo Suki Datta	君の笑顔がなによりも好きだった	Key animation
ED47	RAIN MAN	RAIN MAN	Key animation
ED48	Muteki na Heart	無敵なハート	Key animation
ED50	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite (La PomPon)	運命のルーレット廻して（La PomPon）	Animation director
ED51	Futari no Byōshin	ふたりの秒針	Animation director
ED56	Kamikaze Express	神風エクスプレス	Key animation
ED57	Sadame	さだめ	Key animation
ED58	Aozolighter	Aozolighter	Key animation
ED59	Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai	きみと恋のままで終われない いつも夢のままじゃいられない	Animation director
ED61	Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu	少しづつ 少しづつ	Animation director
ED63	Reboot	Reboot	Animation director
ED64	Veronica	ベロニカ	Animation director
ED65	SWEET MOONLIGHT	SWEET MOONLIGHT	Animation director
ED66	Karappo no Kokoro	空っぽの心	Animation director, Key animation
ED67	Playmaker	プレイメーカー	Animation director
ED68	Kuufuku	クウフク	Animation director
ED69	…and Rescue Me	…and Rescue Me	Animation director
ED70	You & I	You & I	Animation director
ED71	Yume de Aimashō	夢で逢いましょう	Animation director

Movies

Participation in: 15 movies + 1 recap movie

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Key animation
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Key animation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Assistant animation director
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Assistant animation director
Crossover	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	December 07, 2013	Key animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Assistant animation director
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Assistant animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Animation director
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Animation director
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Animation director
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Animation director, Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Animation director
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Animation director, Key animation
R3	Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief	January 5, 2023	Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Animation director

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
12	The Miracle of Excalibur	April 11, 2012	Animation director, Sub-character design

Specials

Participation in: 4 specials

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
3	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan	March 27, 2009	Animation director
4	Happy New Year, Kogoro Mouri	January 3, 2015	Cooperative animation director
5	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	December 26, 2014	Animation director
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Animation director

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
1	Along Came A Culprit	October 4, 2022	Animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• ATASHIn'CHI: In-between animation
• Bleach: Animation Director, Key animation
• Buddha: The Great Departure: Key animation
• Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z: Key animation
• Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow: Key animation
• Hayate the Combat Butler!!: Key animation
• Mirmo Zibang!: In-between animation
• Occult Academy: Key animation
• Romeo x Juliet: In-between animation

Movies

• Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Eikō no Yakiniku Road: In-between animation
• Tekkonkinkreet: In-between animation
• Sword of the Stranger: In-between animation
• The Garden of Sinners/recalled out summer: Key animation

See also

• Masatomo Sudo
• Seiji Muta

References

1. 岩井伸之 - Atwiki
2. Nobuyuki Iwai - aniDB
3. Nobuyuki Iwai - IMDb
4. Nobuyuki Iwai - Anime News Network
5. Detective Conan Staff Listing