Kenji Kodama
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- See also: Kenji Kodama - Wikipedia
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | December 13, 1949 |
| Place of birth: | Hokkaido, Japan |
Kenji Kodama (こだま 兼嗣 Kodama Kenji), born December 13, 1949, is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing the anime Detective Conan and working with the anime Lupin III. He directed the anime from episode 1 to 118. He was later replaced by Yasuichiro Yamamoto and became chief director from episode 119 to 252. He was also the director for the first 7 movies.
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Works in Detective Conan
As Kenji Kodama
Participation in: 29 cases (35 episodes)
- Roller Coaster Murder Case (Episode 1): Storyboard and episode director
- Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Episode 2): Storyboard
- Moonlight Sonata Murder Case (Episode 11): Organizer and storyboard along with Kuchiru Kazehara
- Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case (Episode 22 only): Organizer and storyboard
- Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Episodes 27-28): Storyboard
- Coffee Shop Murder Case (Episode 32): Organizer and storyboard
- Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Episode 43): Organizer and storyboard
- Stage Actress Murder Case (Episode 67): Storyboard
- Conan vs. Kaitou Kid (Episode 76): Organizer and storyboard along with Michiyo Sakurai
- Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Episode 77 only): Organizer and storyboard
- The Wandering Artist Murder Case (Episode 80): Storyboard
- Ski Lodge Murder Case (Episode 85 only): Organizer and storyboard
- The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case (Episode 87): Storyboard
- The Historical Actor Murder Case (Episode 103 only): Organizer and storyboard
- Detective Club Pursuit Case (Episode 109): Storyboard
- Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Episode 111 only): Storyboard
- Scuba Diving Murder Case (Episode 114 only): Storyboard
- The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Episode 119): Storyboard
- A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Episode 124 only): Storyboard
- Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Episodes 146-147): Organizer and storyboard
- Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Episodes 153-154): Organizer and storyboard
- The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Episodes 159-160): Storyboard
- The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant (Episode 161): Storyboard
- The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case (Episode 162): Organizer and storyboard along with Masato Sato
- The Desperate Revival (Episode 190 only): Organizer and storyboard
- The Tenth Passenger (Episode 201-202): Storyboard
- The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus (Episode 208): Storyboard
- The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Episode 236-237): Storyboard
- The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle (Episode 263): Organizer and storyboard
Participation in: 3 openings and 3 endings
- Mune ga Dokidoki (Opening 1): Storyboard and technical director
- Feel Your Heart (Opening 2): Storyboard and technical director
- Nazo (Opening 3): Storyboard
- STEP BY STEP (Ending 1): Storyboard and technical director
- Meikyū no Lovers (Ending 2): Storyboard and technical director
- Hikari to Kage no Roman (Ending 3): Storyboard
Participation in: 7 movies
- The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie 1): Director and storyboard
- The Fourteenth Target (Movie 2): Director and storyboard
- The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3): Director and storyboard
- Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Director and storyboard
- Countdown to Heaven (Movie 5): Director and storyboard
- The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie 6): Director and storyboard
- Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (Movie 7): Director and storyboard
Under pseudonyms
- Troublesome Kindness (episode 999) : Storyboard (as Chonin Kamikawa (上川 町人 Kamikawa Chōnin)[1])
Other notable works
Anime
- City Hunter series: Director
- Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Haigure Maô: Inbetweener
- Flanders no Inu, Boku no Patrasche: Director
- Lupin III: Part II: Storyboard (4 episodes), Character design
- Sonic X: Key animation
- Tokyo Mew Mew: Key animation
Non-anime
- Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats: Layout artist
Gallery
References
- こだま兼嗣 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- Kenji KODAMA (director) - Anime News Network
- ^ Suggested reading.
