Daisuke Niinuma

Daisuke Niinuma
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Chief animation director Animation director Design works Key animation In-between animation
Studio:	Studio Boomerang → MAPPA
Years active:	2001-present
Aliases:	新沼大裕

Daisuke Niinuma (新沼 大祐 ,Niinuma Daisuke) is a Japanese animation animator. He does in-between animation, key animation, animation director, and design works in Detective Conan anime, movies and OVAs. He was formerly affiliated with Studio Boomerang.

Biography

Daisuke Niinuma joined the Detective Conan anime production in 2002, starting with Episode 300: The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 2), and served as a key animator. He became animation director from Episode 429: Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1) onwards, but stepped down in 2007. He later left Studio Boomerang, but still worked in some Detective Conan episodes irregularly as freelance animator.

Niinuma had also shortly been the prop designer from episodes 429 to 432. In addition, he served as the chief animation director of Episode 464: The Shadow of the Black Organization (Shining Star of Pearl), working along with Rei Masunaga.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Daisuke Niinuma

Anime

Participation in: 44 cases (46 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
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
318	343	The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 1)	May 5, 2003	Key animation
322	347	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 1)	June 2, 2003	Key animation
327	352	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Resolution)	July 7, 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	Key animation	2.5 hours
352	382	The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 1)	February 23, 2004	Key animation
356	386-387	Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk	April 12, 2004	Key animation	1 hour
358	389	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5 (Part 1)	May 3, 2004	Key animation
364	395	The Synchronicity Case (Part 1)	June 14, 2004	Key animation
379	410	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 1)	November 22, 2004	Key animation
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Key animation	2 hours
388	422	Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 1)	February 14, 2005	Key animation
391	425	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2)	February 28, 2005	Key animation
395	429	Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Mechanism)	April 25, 2005	Key animation
403	437	The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 1)	June 20, 2005	Key animation
407	441	Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Mansion)	July 25, 2005	Key animation
410	444	The Simultaneous Stage Advance and Kidnapping (Part 2)	August 15, 2005	Key animation
411	445	The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 1)	August 22, 2005	Key animation
415	449	The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Case)	October 10, 2005	Key animation
421	455	Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 1)	November 21, 2005	Key animation
425	459-463	Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out	January 9, 2006	Key animation	2.5 hours
429	467	Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1)	February 6, 2006	Animation director, Design works
430	468	Two People Who Can't Return (Part 2)	February 13, 2006	Design works
431	469	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 1)	February 20, 2006	Design works
432	470	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2)	February 27, 2006	Design works
433	471	Conan: A Strange Child	March 6, 2006	Key animation
437	475	Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago	May 8, 2006	Animation director
439	477	And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared	May 22, 2006	Key animation
443	481	Clam Digging With a Sigh (Part 1)	June 26, 2006	Animation director
448	486	The Meguro Sanma Case	August 14, 2006	Animation director
449	487-488	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding	August 21, 2006	Key animation	1 hour
452	491-492	The Phantom of the Konpira	September 11, 2006	Animation director	1 hour
454	494	The Overturned Conclusion (Part 1)	October 30, 2006	Animation director
459	499	A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations	December 4, 2006	Animation director
464	504	The Shadow of the Black Organization (Shining Star of Pearl)	February 12, 2007	Chief animation director
466	506	The Unsmashable Snowman (Part 1)	February 26, 2007	Animation director
471	511	The Uncontrollable Rental Car!	May 7, 2007	Animation director
472	512	Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Part 1)	May 14, 2007	Key animation
475	515	Bad Luck Grand Prix	June 18, 2007	Key animation
479	519-522	Three Days with Heiji Hattori	July 16, 2007	Animation director	2 hours
578	629	The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen	June 26, 2010	Key animation
594	645	The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour (Miyajima Part)	November 6, 2010	Key animation
600	651	The Dream the Kappa Saw (Part 1)	December 18, 2010	Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 4 openings and 3 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP12	Kaze no Lalala	風のららら	Key animation
OP15	Hoshi no Kagayaki yo	星のかがやきよ	Key animation
OP16	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart	Key animation
OP17	Shōdō	衝動	Key animation
ED
ED18	Kimi to Iu Hikari	君という光	Key animation
ED21	June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~	ジューンブライド～あなたしか見えない～	Key animation
ED22	Sekai Tomete	世界 止めて	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 3 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	In-between animation
7	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	April 19, 2003	In-between animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 3 OVAs

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
2	16 Suspects!?	January 16, 2002	In-between animation
4	Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother	March 3, 2004	Design works
Magic File 3	Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata	April 18, 2009	Key animation

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
7	The Part-Time Workers' Requiem	November 15, 2022	Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Attack on Titan Final Season: Chief Animation Director, Sub-Character Design
• Rage of Bahamut: Genesis: Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
• Space Dandy: 2nd Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
• to the abandoned Sacred Beasts: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Chief Assistant Animation Director
• The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation, Prop Design

Movies

• Broken Blade (movie series): Key Animation
• Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather: Animation Director

See also

• Studio Boomerang

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 23rd, 2023.
2. 新沼大祐 - Atwiki (Japanese)
3. 新沼大祐 - Allcinema (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network