Mari Tominaga

Mari Tominaga
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Gender:	Female
Date of birth:	March 18, 1965
Place of birth:	Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position:	Character Design Chief Animation Director Animation Director Assistant Animation Director Sub-Character Design Key Animation Layout
Years active:	1981-present
Aliases:	富永真里 富永まり
Website:	Twitter Account

Mari Tominaga (とみなが まり ,Tominaga Mari), real name "富永真理", is a Japanese animator and character designer. She was a member of Studio Live and is now currently working as a freelancer. Tominaga worked as a character designer for Detective Conan anime in episode 219 and 263 with Masatomo Sudo , then later served as the character designer from episode 356 to 504.

Biography

Tominaga first worked on the Detective Conan anime as a key animator starting with Episode 11: Moonlight Sonata Murder Case. Later, she worked as the sub-character designer for Episode 55 : The Train Trick Murder Case, and animation director starting with Episode 162: The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case. She then occasionally did key animation and animation direction works afterwards.

In 2003, the production staff had undergone a huge reshuffling, which led to Tominaga replacing Masatomo Sudo as the anime's character designer. She would served as the chief animation director for two TV specials, Episode 304: The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages and Episode 356: Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk.

Meanwhile, she was also responsible for animation direction works for many openings and endings. In mid-2007, Tominaga stopped doing works for the openings and endings; as a consequence, this task was then assigned to Keiko Sasaki.

In 2008, Tominaga stepped down as the anime's character designer. Replaced by Masatomo Sudo and Junko Yamanaka. Since then, she consistently worked as a key animator for the Detective Conan movies.

When Tominaga worked on Episode 928: The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc) as a key animator. She received a compliment from Detective Conan's original author Gosho Aoyama for her two keyframes of Shinichi and Ran kissing.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Mari Tominaga

Anime

Participation in: 35 cases (35 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
11	11-12	Moonlight Sonata Murder Case	April 8, 1996	Key animation	1 hour
15	16	Missing Corpse Murder Case	May 13, 1996	Key animation
20	21	A Haunted Mansion Murder Case	June 17, 1996	Key animation
28	29	Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Part 2)	August 12, 1996	Key animation
33	34	Detective Boys Survival Case	October 14, 1996	Key animation
37	38	Cactus's Flower Murder Case	November 11, 1996	Key animation
47	48	Sports Club Murder Case	February 10, 1997	Key animation
48	49	Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1)	February 17, 1997	Key animation
54	56	Game Company Murder Case	April 14, 1997	Key animation
55	57	The Train Trick Murder Case	April 21, 1997	Sub-character design
61	63	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 1)	June 2, 1997	Key animation
69	71	Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion)	July 28, 1997	Key animation
76	78-79	Conan vs. Kaitou Kid	September 22, 1997	Key animation	1 hour
124	131	A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 1)	November 16, 1998	Key animation
129	136-139	The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case	June 25, 1999	Key animation	2 hours
131	141	The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Part 2)	January 18, 1999	Key animation
136	146	The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 1)	February 22, 1999	Key animation
162	172-173	The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case	September 27, 1999	Animation director	1 hour
165	176	The Disappearing Detective Boys Case	October 25, 1999	Animation director
166	177	Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Case)	November 1, 1999	Key animation
174	185-188	The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case	January 3, 2000	Key animation	2 hours
190	205	The Desperate Revival - The Third Choice	May 15, 2000	Key animation
195	210	The Significant Music Box (Part 2)	June 19, 2000	Key animation
199	214	Kogoro Mouri, Suspect (Part 1)	July 17, 2000	Key animation
205	220	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 1)	August 28, 2000	Key animation
208	224-225	The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus	October 9, 2000	Key animation	1 hour
219	235-238	The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid	January 8, 2001	Animation director	2 hours
246	265	The Mystery in the Net (Part 1)	August 13, 2001	Key animation
304	326-329	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages	January 6, 2003	Chief animation director	2 hours
356	386-387	Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk	April 12, 2004	Chief animation director	1 hour
414	448	The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase	September 12, 2005	Animation director
418	452	Home of Beika's Grenier	October 31, 2005	Animation director
907	962	The J League Bodyguard	July 14, 2018	Animation director
928	984-985	The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)	January 12, 2019	Key animation	1 hour
965	1022	Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue)	January 4, 2020	Assistant animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 7 openings and 8 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP9	destiny	destiny	Key animation
OP13	Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made	君と約束した優しいあの場所まで	Animation director
OP14	START	START	Animation director
OP15	Hoshi no Kagayaki yo	星のかがやきよ	Animation director
OP17	Shōdō	衝動	Animation director
OP18	100 Mono Tobira	100もの扉	Animation director
OP19	Kumo ni Notte	雲に乗って	Animation director
ED
ED17	Ashita o Yume Mite	明日を夢見て	Key animation
ED19	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o	眠る君の横顔に微笑みを	Animation director
ED20	Wasurezaki	忘れ咲き	Animation director
ED21	June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~	ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～	Animation director
ED22	Sekai Tomete	世界 止めて	Animation director
ED23	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything	Animation director
ED25	Mō Kimi Dake o Hanashitari wa Shinai	もう君だけを離したりはしない	Animation director
ED26	Shiroi Yuki	白い雪	Animation director

Movies

Participation in: 25 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
1	The Time-Bombed Skyscraper	April 19, 1997	Key animation
2	The Fourteenth Target	April 18, 1998	Key animation
3	The Last Wizard of the Century	April 17, 1999	Key animation
4	Captured in Her Eyes	April 22, 2000	Layout, Key animation
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Key animation
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	Key animation
8	Magician of the Silver Sky	April 17, 2004	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	Key animation
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Key animation
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Key animation
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Key animation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Key animation
16	The Eleventh Striker	April 14, 2012	Key animation
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Key animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Animation director
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Assistant animation director
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Assistant animation director, Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 4 OVAs

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
4	Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother	March 3, 2004	Character design, Chief animation director
5	The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report	March 9, 2005	Character design, Chief animation director
6	Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!	March 15, 2006	Character design, Chief animation director
Shogakukan Illustrated Encyclopedia Series 6	Chase the Mysterious Comet Monster!	November 9, 2001	Key animation

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	Key animation

Games

Participation in: 3 games

Title	Release date	Role	Note
Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People	August 10, 2000	Animation director
Detective Conan: The Greatest Partner	April 25, 2002	Character design, Animation director
Detective Conan: Legacy of the British Empire	November 18, 2004	Character design, Animation director

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 1 ending

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
Only involved in: * Find the truth (ED1): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Cardfight!! Vanguard: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director
• D. Gray-man: Key Animation
• Dr. Stone: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
• Dragon Ball: In-Between Animation, Key Animation
• Monster: Key Animation
• Naruto: Key Animation
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology: Character Design, Animation Director
• Sailor Moon S: Animation Director

Movies

• Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison: Key Animation
• Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower: Key Animation
• Naruto Shippūden: The Will of Fire: Key Animation
• One Piece Film Gold: Key Animation
• Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle: Key Animation

OVAs

• Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories: Key Animation
• Black Butler II: Animation Director
• Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation

Trivia

Anime version.

• In episode 219, a Kaitou Kid girls' fan club member in a journal photo is named after her.

See also

• Masato Sato
• Masatomo Sudo

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of August 14th, 2023.
2. かわむらあきお - Wikipedia
3. かわむらあきお - Allcinema
4. Mari Tominaga - Anime News Network
5. Detective Conan Staff Listing