Rei Masunaga

Rei Masunaga
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Gender:	Female
Date of birth:	unknown
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan

Rei Masunaga (増永 麗 ,Masunaga Rei) is a japanese animation director and character designer main known for her work in Detective Conan. She was formerly affiliated with Studio Boomerang.

Biography

Rei Masunaga started being active as animator in 1994 and became key animator in 1995. She joined the Detective Conan animation team in 1996 and started as a key animator in episode 34. She then started working regularly in the episodes in which Keiko Sasaki is the animation director.

Since late 2003, Keiko Sasaki became irregular animator for Studio Boomerang, thus Rei Masunaga was promoted as animation director, starting with episode 345 under Sasaki's supervision. In 2010, Chiemi Hironaka was appointed as regular animation director for Studio Boomerang, thus Masunaga stopped being animation director and continuedd to work as key animator starting episode 568.

In 2014, Masunaga left Studio Boomerang and joined TMS Entertainment's animation team, and since then has taken various positions including key animation, sub-character design, and animation director. She was notably assistant animation director in movie 23 and movie 26.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Rei Masunaga

Anime

Participation in:

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
1	1	Roller Coaster Murder Case	January 8, 1996	In-between animation
3	3	An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case	January 22, 1996	In-between animation
34	35	Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 1)	October 21, 1996	Key animation
40	41	Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Part 2)	December 2, 1996	Key animation
45	46	Facial Mask Murder Case	January 27, 1997	Key animation
57	59	Holmes Freak Murder Case (Part 1)	May 5, 1997	Key animation
62	64	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 2)	June 9, 1997	Key animation
68	70	Night Baron Murder Case (The Case)	July 21, 1997	Key animation
74	76	The Death God Jinnai Murder Case	September 1, 1997	Key animation
78	81	Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 2)	October 27, 1997	Key animation
82	85	The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case (Part 2)	November 24, 1997	Key animation
87	90	The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case	January 19, 1998	Key animation
91	94	The Bank Robber's Hospitalization Case	February 16, 1998	Key animation
96	99-102	The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases	March 23, 1998	Key animation	2 hours
97	103	The Farewell Wine Murder Case	April 13, 1998	Key animation
101	107	The Memories of First Love Case (Part 2)	May 18, 1998	Key animation
104	110	The Mysterious Mansion of a Band of Thieves Case (Part 1)	June 8, 1998	Key animation
107	113	The Mysterious Mole Alien Case (Part 1)	June 29, 1998	Key animation
111	117	Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 2)	August 3, 1998	Key animation
118	124-125	The Naniwa Serial Murder Case	September 21, 1998	Key animation	1 hour
121	128	The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1)	October 26, 1998	Key animation
123	130	The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case	November 9, 1998	Key animation
128	135	The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case	December 14, 1998	Key animation
135	145	The Disappearing Weapon Search Case	February 15, 1999	Key animation
140	150	SOS! Messages from Ayumi	April 11, 1999	Key animation
145	155	The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (Part 2)	May 10, 1999	Key animation
151	161	The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Part 2)	July 5, 1999	Key animation
156	166	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Part 1)	August 9, 1999	Key animation
161	171	The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant	September 20, 1999	Key animation
168	179	Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Resolution)	November 15, 1999	Key animation
175	189	The Man Who Was Killed Four Times	January 10, 2000	Key animation
181	195	The Nocturne of Red Murderous Intent (Part 2)	February 21, 2000	Key animation
184	198-199	A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs	March 13, 2000	Key animation	1 hour
187	202	The Unknown Gunshot That Rings in the Dark	April 24, 2000	Key animation
193	208	The Desperate Revival - The Promised Place	June 5, 2000	Key animation
200	215	Kogoro Mouri, Suspect (Part 2)	July 24, 2000	Key animation
206	221	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2)	September 4, 2000	Key animation
212	228	Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys (Part 1)	November 6, 2000	Key animation
217	222	Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 1)	December 11, 2000	Key animation
224	243	And Then There Were No Mermaids (The Resolution)	February 12, 2001	Key animation
230	249	The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1)	April 16, 2001	Key animation
236	255	The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 1)	June 4, 2001	Key animation	Mystery tour
242	261	Boy Genta's Misfortune	July 16, 2001	Key animation
247	266	The Mystery in the Net (Part 2)	August 20, 2001	Key animation
252	271	The Kidnapper in the Picture	October 8, 2001	Key animation
257	276	The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven	November 12, 2001	Key animation
262	281	The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 2)	December 17, 2001	Key animation
272	294	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)	March 18, 2002	Key animation
277	299	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002	Key animation
282	304	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002	Key animation
288	310	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)	July 29, 2002	Key animation
294	316	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 1)	September 9, 2002	Key animation
300	322	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 2)	November 18, 2002	Key animation	Mystery tour
301	323	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 1)	November 25, 2002	Key animation
304	326-329	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages	January 6, 2003	Key animation	2 hours
311	336	Contact with the Black Organization (Desperation)	February 24, 2003	Key animation
316	341	The Sullied Masked Hero (Part 1)	April 21, 2003	Key animation
322	347	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 2)	June 2, 2003	Key animation
327	352	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Resolution)	July 7, 2003	Key animation
338	362	The Four Porsches (Part 1)	October 20, 2003	Key animation
345	371-375	Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night	January 5, 2004	Animation director	2.5 hours
352	382	The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 1)	February 23, 2004	Animation director
356	386-387	Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk	April 12, 2004	Animation director	1 hour
364	395	The Synchronicity Case (Part 1)	June 14, 2004	Animation director
373	404	Deadly Poisonous Spider Trap	September 6, 2004	Animation director
379	410	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 1)	November 22, 2004	Animation director
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Animation director supplement	2 hours
388	422	Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 1)	February 14, 2005	Animation director
391	425	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2)	March 7, 2005	Animation director
395	429	Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Mechanism)	April 25, 2005	Animation director
398	432	The Strange Family's Request (Part 1)	May 16, 2005	Animation director
403	437	The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 1)	June 20, 2005	Animation director
407	441	[[Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic|Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Mansion)]	July 25, 2005	Animation director
410	444	The Simultaneous Stage Advance and Kidnapping (Part 2)	August 15, 2005	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Akachan to Boku: Key animation
• Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!: Key animation
• City Hunter: Secret Service: In-between animation
• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Key animation (TIME.6)
• Dororo: Key animation
• Glass Mask Season 2: Key animation
• Hamtaro (opening/ending): Key animation
• Inazuma Eleven: Key animation
• Kids on the Slope: Key animation, 2nd key animation
• Lupin III: In-between animation
• Miami Guns: Key animation
• Polar Bear's Café: Key animation
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology: Key animation
• Saint Tail: Key animation
• Sentimental Journey: Key animation
• Space Brothers: Key animation
• Squid Girl Season 2: Key animation
• T.P. Sakura - Time Paladin Sakura - Jikū Bōeisen (OVA): Key animation
• Teekyū, Teekyū Season 2: Key animation, in-between animation
• Tenshi na Konamaiki: Key animation
• Terror in Resonance: Key animation
• Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun: Key animation
• Yosuga no Sora - In solitude where we are least alone: Key animation

Movies

• The Boy Who Saw the Wind: Key animation
• Kaiketsu Zorori Da-Da-Da-Daibōken!: Key animation
• Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus: In-between animation
• Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice: Key animation
• Soreike! Anpanman Kagayake! Kurun to Inochi no Hoshi: Key animation

See also

• Studio Boomerang

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of April 22nd, 2023.
2. Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. Atwiki (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network
5. The Movie DB