Nobuyuki Iwai

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Nobuyuki Iwai

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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.

Works in Detective Conan

Iwai's first participation in the Detective Conan anime was in 2007, the 2nd part of Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph. After four episodes working as a key animator, Iwai began to work as an animation director in the following year, starting with 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 Memories from Sakura Class.

In 2019, Iwai served as animation director of the prominent series The Scarlet School Trip. At the end of 2019, he worked with Masatomo Sudo and Seiji Muta as animation supervisors, starting with The Radio Questions and Concerns Show. However, this was not the first time he did the role, as he supervised 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.

Movies

Participation in: 14 movies

Note: Also served as animation director for TV Specials The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History, Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small and Lupin III vs. Detective Conan

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

Other notable works

Anime

  • Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa: Animation director (Episode 1)
  • 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

References

  1. Instagram Account (Japanese)
  2. 岩井伸之 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  3. aniDB
  4. IMDb
  5. Anime News Network