Yuko Iwasa

Yuko Iwasa
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Gender:	Female
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Key animation
First name can also be Yuuko and Yûko.

Yuko Iwasa (岩佐 裕子 ,Iwasa Yūko) is a Japanese animation director, character designer, and key animator. She takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Yuko Iwasa was sporadically involved in the production of the Detective Conan anime: with some trivial key animation works distributed in 2000 and 2018 repectively.

Iwasa had relatively significant contributions towards the Detective Conan movies, in which she was mainly animation director starting the crossover movie Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie up until Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Yuko Iwasa

Anime

Participation in: 2 cases (2 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
208	223-224	The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus	October 9, 2000	Key animation	1 hour
907	962	The J League Bodyguard	July 14, 2018	Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 2 openings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP24	Mysterious	Mysterious	Key animation
OP46	Everything OK!!	Everything OK!!	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 9 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
Crossover	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	December 7, 2013	Animation director
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Assistant animation director, Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Assistant animation director, Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Assistant animation director, Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Animation director

Specials

Participation in: 2 specials

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	December 26, 2014	Animation director
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Assistant animation director

Other notable works

Anime

• Astro Boy (2003) : Key animation
• Dr. Stone: Character design, Chief animation director, Animation director
• Glass Mask (2005): Animation director, Key animation
• Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch: Animation director, Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology: Animation director, Key animation
• Zetman: Chief animation director, Sub-character design, Animation director, 2nd key animation, Key animation

References

1. 岩佐裕子 - Atwiki
2. Yuko Iwasa - Anime News Network
3. Detective Conan Staff Listing