Jiro Kanai

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Jiro Kanai

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Profile
Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Assistant director
Organizer
Storyboard
Storyboard cooperation
Technical director
Action animation director
Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
Layout checker
Years active: 1986-present
Aliases: 神木鈴
金井次郎

Jiro Kanai (金井 次朗 Kanai Jirō?), also known as Bell Sherwood (神木 鈴 / ベルシャーウッド Shiboku Rin / Beru Shāuddo?) is a Japanese organizer, storyboard artist and animation director.

Biography

Jiro Kanai has been working for the Detective Conan series since 2002, when he first did key animation for Movie 6: The Phantom of Baker Street; however, after finishing the animation correction work for Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure in 2007, he temporarily left the production team.

In 2016, he was back and started to serve as a regular storyboard artist (also storyboard cooperation) for the movies. He also began to work for the anime after that, having his first participation being the storyboard work of Episode 880: The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion. In 2018, he was involved in the production of openings and endings as well. When he worked on the Detective Conan movies, he usually partnered with Iwao Teraoka when drawing storyboards. In addition, he also took part in the production of Detective Conan spin-off story Zero's Tea Time in 2022.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 7 cases (13 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
880 935 The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion November 11, 2017 Storyboard
971 1028 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (1) March 7, 2020 Organizer, Storyboard
972 1029 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (2) March 14, 2020 Organizer, Storyboard
973 1030 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (3) March 21, 2020 Organizer, Storyboard
974 1031 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4) March 28, 2020 Organizer, Storyboard
993 1050 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 1) January 9, 2021 Organizer, Storyboard
994 1051 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2) January 16, 2021 Organizer, Storyboard
995 1052 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 3) January 23, 2021 Organizer, Storyboard
1061 1118 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi October 29, 2022 Organizer, Storyboard
R133 1134 Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Rei Furuya March 11, 2023 Organizer, Storyboard
1078 1136 The Black Organization's Scheme (Landing) April 1, 2023 Key animation
1079 1137 The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) April 8, 2023 Key animation
1089 1147 The Genius Restaurant July 8, 2023 Key animation
1135 1193 Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 1) September 21, 2024 Organizer, Storyboard
1136 1194 Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 2) September 28, 2024 Organizer, Storyboard

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 6 openings and 2 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP43 Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru 世界はあなたの色になる Key animation
OP47 Countdown カウントダウン Key animation
OP48 Timeline タイムライン Key animation
OP53 ZERO kara Hajimete ZEROからハジメテ Key animation
OP54 YURA YURA YURA YURA Key animation
OP55 SLEEPLESS SLEEPLESS Key animation
ED
ED57 Sadame さだめ Storyboard, Technical director, 1st key animation
ED62 Hoshiai 星合 Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 13 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
6 The Phantom of Baker Street April 20, 2002 Key animation
7 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital April 19, 2003 Key animation
9 Strategy Above the Depths April 9, 2005 Key animation
10 The Private Eyes' Requiem April 15, 2006 Key animation
11 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure April 21, 2007 Assistant animation director, Layout checker
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
23 The Fist of Blue Sapphire April 12, 2019 Storyboard, Action animation director, Key animation
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Storyboard, Key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Storyboard, Key animation
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Assistant director, Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 1 special

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Storyboard

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 2 episodes

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
2 TIME.2 April 12, 2022 Storyboard
6 TIME.6 May 9, 2022 Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

  • Berserk: Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation, Unit Director
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Key Animation
  • Lupin III: Key Animation
  • Many others including Saint Tail, Street Fighter and X etc.

See also

References

  1. 金井次朗 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  2. IMDb
  3. Anime News Network