Johei Matsuura

Johei Matsuura
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Organizer Storyboard Episode director
Years active:	1973-present

Johei Matsuura (松浦 錠平 ,Matsuura Jōhei) is a Japanese screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director.

Biography

Johei Matsuura has been involved in the industry since 1973. Starting with the fifth episode Episode 5: The Shinkansen's Bomb Case, he began to work regularly in the Detective Conan anime, and served as organizer, storyboardist, and episode director for several episodes. However, he quit the anime production in 1999, after doing the storyboard for Episode 143: The Suspicious Astronomical Observation.

Matsuura then returned to the production team in 2002, and only did episode direction thereafter. After directing Episode 309: Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation), he quit the production once again and has not returned yet.

During the 1996-1999 period, Matsuura usually worked with Atsushi Aono.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 35 cases (35 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
5	5	The Shinkansen's Bomb Case	February 5, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
10	10	Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case	March 11, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
13	14	The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case	April 22, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
18	19	A June Bride Murder Case	June 3, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
24	25	The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case	July 15, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
29	30	Computer Murder Case	August 19, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
36	37	Monday Night 7:30 p.m. Murder Case	November 4, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
41	42	Victory Flag Tearing Case	December 9, 1996	Storyboard, Episode director
46	47	Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case	February 3, 1997	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
51	52	The Golf Driving Range Murder Case	March 10, 1997	Storyboard, Episode director
59	61	The First Errand Murder Case	May 19, 1997	Storyboard, Episode director
64	66	The Third Fingerprint Murder Case	June 23, 1997	Storyboard, Episode director
71	73	A Stalker's Murder Case	August 11, 1997	Storyboard, Episode director
75	77	Loan Company President's Murder Case	September 8, 1997	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
79	82	The Bank Heist Murder Case	November 3, 1997	Episode director
83	86	General Hospital Murder Case	December 1, 1997	Storyboard, Episode director
90	93	The Flower Scent Murder Case	February 9, 1998	Storyboard, Episode director
94	97	Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case	March 9, 1998	Storyboard, Episode director
102	108	The Historical Actor Murder Case (Part 1)	May 25, 1998	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
106	112	Scoop Picture Murder Case	June 22, 1998	Episode director
112	118	The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case	August 10, 1998	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
116	122	The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1)	September 7, 1998	Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
120	127	A Honey Cocktail Murder Case	October 19, 1998	Storyboard, Episode director
126	133	The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1)	November 30, 1998	Episode director
131	141	The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Part 2)	January 18, 1999	Organizer, Storyboard
132	142	Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Case)	January 25, 1999	Episode director
143	153	The Suspicious Astronomical Observation	May 3, 1999	Storyboard
271	293	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)	March 11, 2002	Episode director
276	298	The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case	May 6, 2002	Episode director
281	303	The Small Eye-Witnesses	June 10, 2002	Episode director
287	309	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)	July 22, 2002	Episode director
293	315	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution)	September 2, 2002	Episode director
299	321	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)	November 4, 2002	Episode director
302	324	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)	December 2, 2002	Episode director
309	334	Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)	February 10, 2003	Episode director

Works in Yaiba

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba

Participation in: 2 episodes

Jpn#	Eng#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
11	11	Who Is the Strongest Swordsman!?	June 18, 1993	Storyboard, Episode director
17	17	Wind and Thunder Clash! Yaiba vs. Onimaru	July 30, 1993	Storyboard, Episode director

Other notable works

Anime

• Ai to Yūki no Pig Girl Tonde Būrin: Storyboard
• Dragon Ball Z: Storyboard, Episode director
• Hamtaro: Storyboard
• Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba: Director, Storyboard
• Lupin III: Part II: Storyboard
• Slayers: Storyboard, Episode director
• Super GALS: Storyboard, Episode director
• Tokyo Mew Mew: Storyboard, Episode director

See also

• Atsushi Aono

References

1. 松浦錠平 - Atwiki
2. Johei Matsuura - Anime News Network
3. Detective Conan Staff Listing