Joji Yanase

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Joji Yanase

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Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation

Joji Yanase (柳瀬 譲二 Yanase Jōji?) is a Japanese animation director, who works for Detective Conan anime and movies. He was initially from the studio Oh! Production (オープロダクション).

Biography

Yanase did numerous key animation works in the anime ever since his debut in 1996. However, in 2000, Yanase left the production team temporarily, after finishing the key animation work of the 1 Hour Special The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus. In 2007, Yanase returned to the Detective Conan anime production team, and just the following year, he was promoted to animation director, starting from Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic. After that, he had done a few works in the anime irregularly until 2020.

Starting 2022, from the 2nd part of The Spark That Fell on the Ranch onwards, Yanase began to serve as animation director regularly for the Detective Conan anime.

Among the staff list of movie 25 and The Culprit Hanzawa, Yanase's name can also be seen, as the role of animation director.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 27 cases (29 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
30 31 Alibi Testimony Murder Case August 26, 1996 Key animation
37 38 Cactus's Flower Murder Case November 11, 1996 Key animation
42 43 Karaoke Box Murder Case December 16, 1996 Key animation
69 71 Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion) July 28, 1997 Key animation
95 98 Kogoro's Date Murder Case March 16, 1998 Key animation
154 164 Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 2) July 26, 1999 Key animation
163 174 The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Part 1) October 11, 1999 Key animation
164 175 The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Part 2) October 18, 1999 Key animation
208 223-224 The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus October 9, 2000 Key animation 1 hour
468 508 Mysterious Case Near the Pond March 12, 2007 Key animation
473 513 Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Part 2) May 21, 2007 Key animation
476 516 Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1) June 25, 2007 Key animation
484 527 Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 1) August 20, 2007 Key animation
490 536-537 Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope! December 3, 2007 Key animation 1 hour
492 539 Clash of Red and Black (Blood Relative) January 21, 2008 Key animation
503 550 Clash of Red and Black (Ready to Die) May 12, 2008 Key animation
515 562-563 Kaitou Kid's Teleportation Magic October 20, 2008 Animation director, Key animation
762 815 Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Kaga Part) December 23, 2014 Animation director
974 1031 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4) March 28, 2020 Animation director
1054 1111 The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 2) August 13, 2022 Animation director
1060 1117 Yoko Okino and the Locked Attic (Part 2) October 16, 2022 Animation director
1067 1124 The Shopping Center in Love December 24, 2022 Animation director
1070 1127 The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy January 21, 2023 Animation director
1081 1139 My Beloved Dog Pan-kun Is a Good Boy April 22, 2023 Animation director
1087 1145 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3 June 17, 2023 Animation director
1090 1148 The Culprit Who Disappeared Into the Sleeping Town July 15, 2023 Animation director
1104 1162 The True Culprit is On the Run November 18, 2023 Animation director
1111 1169 Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1) January 20, 2024 Animation director
1114 1172 The Holed-Up Sensation February 10, 2024 Animation director

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
3 The Last Wizard of the Century April 17, 1999 Key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Assistant animation director

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
12 The Miracle of Excalibur April 11, 2012 Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa: Animation director
  • Magic Kaito 1412: Key animation
  • Saint Seiya: Key animation
  • Sailor Moon S: Animation director
  • Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple: Animation director
  • Hitori no Shita: The Outcast: Animation director
  • Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Animation director

Movies

  • Lupin III: Episode 0 'First Contact': Key animation
  • Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure: Key animation
  • Lupin III: Angel Tactics: Key animation
  • Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody: Animation director
  • Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night - Mahō no Lamp wa Akumu no Yokan: Animation director
  • Lupin III: Tōhō Kenbunroku ~Another Page~: Animation director

Games

  • Street Fighter IV: Assistant animation director, Character design, 2D movie animator creator

References

  1. 柳瀬譲二 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  2. IMDb
  3. Anime News Network