Jiro Kanai

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Jiro Kanai

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Gender: Male
Location: Japan

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

Kanai has been working for the Detetcive Conan series since 2002, when he first did key animation work for movie 6; however, after finishing the animation correction work for movie 11 in 2007, he temporarily left the production team.

In 2016, he was back and started to serve as a regular storyboard artist (also storyboard assistant) for the movies. He also began to work for the anime after that, having his first participation being the storyboard work of The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion. In 2018, he was involved in the production of openings and endings as well.

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 Organizer, 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

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 6 openings and 2 endings

Movies

Participation in: 12 movies

Other notable works

Anime

  • Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Storyboard (TIME.2, TIME.6)
  • 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.

References

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