Studio Wanpack
Studio Wanpack (スタジオワンパック Sutajio Wanpakku) is a Japanese animation studio established in 1993 used for outsourcing. It got contracted directly by TMS Entertainment since 2013.
Initially, the studio joined the production for the anime in 2009 via Kagura Co., Ltd., and was responsible for animation works. The first time when the animators from Studio Wanpack joined Detective Conan was episode 522, Masakazu Yamazaki and Shunryo Yamamura - However, they did not perform well enough as the characters from their hands were severely out of shape, thus the episode gained criticism.
After that, Studio Wanpack introduced several animation directors such as Aki Kumata, Yumiko Ishi and Kana Miyai. In the meantime, staffs such as Masakazu Yamazaki and Kana Miyai quited the studio. At the end of 2011, Miho Tanaka stepped up as animation director for Studio Wanpack. Akane Imada later replaced her in 2014. Yui Ushinohama, who was initially an assistant animation director, replaced Akane Imada afterwards. Having Yui Ushinohama, the quality of their work increased a lot.
Unfortunately, the morning sun never last a day. On January 2, 2018, the chairman of Studio Wanpack Koji Yamada passed away. Thus, it was later officially announced on February 1, 2018, that the twenty-four-year-old studio would be dismissed on February 28, 2018. On the same day, Yui Ushinohama declared on her twitter account that episode 895 would be the last time that Studio Wanpack participate the production of the anime under the name of production cooperation.
Although the studio is now dismissed, some of the past members joined TMS Entertainment or being a freelancer for further Detective Conan anime production, like Yui Ushinohama and Hiroaki Takagi.
Related staff
- Masakazu Yamazaki (affiliated)
- Aki Kumada (affiliated)
- Kana Miyai (affiliated)
- Yumiko Ishii (affiliated)
- Akane Imada (affiliated)
- Yui Ushinohama (affiliated)
- Taichi Atarashi (affiliated)
- Youko Fukushima (affiliated)
- Kanako Baba (affiliated)
- Shunsuke Nakashige (affiliated)
- Aya Sasaki (affiliated)
- Yui Kinoshita (affiliated)
- Chie Morishita (affiliated)
- Yui Kinoshita (affiliated)
- Miho Tanaka (affiliated)
- Shiro Izumi (affiliated)
- Nozomi Sakamoto (affiliated)
- Yumiko Ishi (affiliated)
- Hiroaki Takagi (affiliated)
- Makiko Hayase (affiliated)
