Mitsuru Soma

Mitsuru Soma
Profile
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan

Mitsuru Soma (相馬 満 ,Sōma Mitsuru) is a Japanese animator. He does key animation, animation director, and layout checking works in Detective Conan anime, movies and OVAs.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Mitsuru Soma

Soma joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 1997, and mostly did key animation. After doing 19 episodes of key animation, in 2000, he quit the anime production, after doing the layout check for the one hour special A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs. He was then back in the anime in 2003, and served as animation director for merely one episode.

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

• The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Movie 1): Key animation
• Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Key animation

Note: Also did key animation for TV Special Lupin III vs. Detective Conan

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

• The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki (OVA 8): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• BEM: Storyboard, Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation, LO Supervision
• CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Engage Planet Kiss Dum: Episode Director, Animation Director, 1st Key Animation, Key Animation
• Kikō Sen'nyo Rouran: Key Animation, Layout, Scene Composition
• Puzzle & Dragons X: Animation Director, Character Design Assistant, Key Animation
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Animation Director

Movies

• Lupin III: Dead or Alive: Key Animation
• Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini: Key Animation
• Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison: Key Animation
• Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower: Key Animation

References

1. 相馬満 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. 相馬満 - Allcinema (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network