Seiji Muta

Seiji Muta
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Location:	Japan
Nicknames:	むた せいじ

Seiji Muta (牟田 清司 ,Muta Seiji) is a Japanese anime director and character designer. Along with Masatomo Sudo, he works as character designer for Detective Conan from episode 627 to 680, and he had been a regular animation supervisor for ten years.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Seiji Muta

Muta was from Studio Z5 (スタジオZ5). He debuted in the anime series Space Carrier Blue Noah (宇宙空母ブルーノア) in 1979. He then finally got involved in the production of Detective Conan anime in 1996, starting with the 1st episode Roller Coaster Murder Case, which he served as a key animator. After that, he constantly worked as a key animator under the episodes in which the animation was directed by Masatomo Sudo, Hiromi Muranaka, and Atsushi Aono.

In 2004, he started to work as animation director (and chief animation director occasionally), starting with Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour. In 2009, he completely quit doing key animation for Detective Conan episodes. From 2011 to 2012, Muta worked with Sudo as character designer and animation director for openings and endings. Since 2012, Muta become regular animation supervisor (the role emerged due to unstable drawing that was caused by outsourcing). In 2023, after finish supervising the 1st part of The Black Organization's Scheme, he stepped down and quit the production team.

Other notable works

• Akira (movie): Key Animation
• Cat's Eye: Key Animation
• Kinkyuu Hasshin Saver Kids: Animation Director
• Fushigi Yuugi: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Tōhō Kenbunroku ~Another Page~: Assistant Chief Animation Director
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie: Animation Director
• Magic Knight Rayearth: Key Animation
• Jarinko Chie: Key Animation
• Requiem from the Darkness: Key Animation
• Sonic X: Key Animation (OP and ED)
• Space Adventure Cobra: Key Animation
• Tetsujin 28-go FX: Key Animation (25 episodes)

See also

• Masatomo Sudo
• Junko Yamanaka
• Nobuyuki Iwai

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 27th, 2023.
2. 牟田清司 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. 牟田清司 - Atwiki (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network
5. MyAnimeList