Ken Araya

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Ken Araya

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Profile
Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
2nd key animation
Years active: 1990-present
Last name possibly read "Shintani", "Shinya", "Niitani", etc.[1] First name possibly "Nori".

Ken Araya (新谷 憲 Araya Ken?) is a Japanese animation director. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Ken Araya started animation in 1990 and became staff in Detective Conan for the first time in 2012 for Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker - as key animation. In the Detective Conan anime, he first started in March 2013 in Episode 692: The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Part 1), being part of the key animation group.

He first became animation director in July 2017, starting with Episode 867: The Betrayal's Stage (Part 2) and is still active to this day; taking on the roles of key animation, animation director and assistant animation director alternatively. In the Detective Conan movies, he became assistant animation director for the first time in 2018 in Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer. In 2022, Araya was animation director in four episodes of the spin-off story Hanzawa the Criminal.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 23 cases (26 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
692 744 The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Part 1) March 23, 2013 Key animation
742 795 Promise with a J-Leaguer June 14, 2014 Key animation
781 834 The Scarlet Intersection June 13, 2015 Key animation
783 836 The Scarlet Truth June 27, 2015 Key animation
789 842 The Queen's Weather Forecast August 15, 2015 Key animation
804 857-858 Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1) January 9, 2016 Key animation 1 hour
867 922 The Betrayal's Stage (Part 2) July 22, 2017 Animation director
873 928 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Claw) September 16, 2017 Key animation
907 962 The J League Bodyguard July 14, 2018 Animation director
923 978 A Day Without Conan December 1, 2018 Animation director
926 981 The Heartfelt Strap (Part 2) December 22, 2018 Key animation
927 982-983 The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc) January 5, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation 1 hour
928 984-985 The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc) January 12, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation 1 hour
930 987 A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2) February 9, 2019 Animation director
943 1000 The Tokyo Barls Collection June 15, 2019 Animation director
948 1005 The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur July 27, 2019 Assistant animation director
965 1022 Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Prologue) January 4, 2020 Assistant animation director
984 1041 Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Part 2) October 10, 2020 Key animation
988 1045 The Feuding Girls November 14, 2020 Assistant animation director, Key animation
1018 1075 The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden (Part 1) September 11, 2021 Assistant animation director
1020 1077 The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden (Part 3) September 25, 2021 Assistant animation director
1079 1137 The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) April 8, 2023 Key animation
1087 1145 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3 June 17, 2023 Key animation
1104 1162 The True Culprit is On the Run November 18, 2023 Animation director
1114 1172 The Holed-Up Sensation February 10, 2024 Animation director, Key animation
1125 1183 The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 June 1, 2024 Animation director

Movies

Participation in: 12 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
16 The Eleventh Striker April 14, 2012 Key animation
Crossover Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie December 7, 2013 Key animation
18 Dimensional Sniper April 19, 2014 Key animation
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Key animation
20 The Darkest Nightmare April 16, 2016 Key animation
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Key animation
22 Zero the Enforcer April 13, 2018 Assistant animation director, Key animation
23 The Fist of Blue Sapphire April 12, 2019 Assistant animation director, Key animation
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Key animation
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Assistant animation director, Key animation
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Assistant animation director, Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 2 specials

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
5 The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History December 26, 2014 Key animation
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Key animation

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 4 episodes

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
3 Inescapable Hell October 18, 2022 Animation director
4 The Jet-Black Shower Scene October 25, 2022 Animation director
7 The Part-Time Workers' Requiem November 15, 2022 Animation director
11 Oh! Fortune December 13, 2022 Animation director

Works in Magic Kaito

Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief

Participation in: 7 episodes

Special Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
3 The Princess Prefers Magic August 13, 2011 Key animation, 2nd key animation
4 A Witch Sheds No Tears September 24, 2011 Key animation, 2nd key animation
5 The Fated Blue Birthday October 29, 2011 Key animation
6 Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve December 24, 2011 Key animation
7 The Splendid Rivals August 4, 2012 Key animation
9 The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief September 29, 2012 Key animation
10 The Reminiscent Golden Eye November 3, 2012 Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • Actually, I Am… : Key animation
  • Baki : Animation director, Key animation
  • D.Gray-man : Key animation
  • Fist of the North Star : Key animation
  • Lupin III : Key animation
  • Pokémon : Key animation
  • Many more including Anpanman, Chibi Maruko-chan, Ultraman, etc.

References

  1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of October 29, 2023.
  2. 新谷憲 - Atwiki
  3. Ken Araya - IMDb
  4. Ken Araya - Anime News Network
  5. Detective Conan Staff Listing