Miwa Oshima

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Miwa Oshima

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Profile
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Sub-character design
Key animation
2nd key animation
Studio: Studio Live
Years active: 1989-present

Miwa Oshima (大島 美和 Ōshima Miwa?) is a Japanese animation director and character designer from Tokyo. She does key animation, animation director, and sub-character designing in Detective Conan anime and movies. She is affiliated with Studio Live.

Biography

Oshima joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 1997, starting with Episode 47: Sports Club Murder Case and did key animation for the anime. She was then promoted to do animation direction in the end of 1998, starting with Episode 124: A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 1). She quit the anime production in 2000, after finishing the animation direction work for the 1st part of Episode 210: The Water Palace of Five Colors Legend (Part 1). As an animator in general, she is known for her character design as well, in the Detective Conan anime, she also served as the sub-character design for a few cases, for example, Episodes 141~142: The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case and Episodes 146~147: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story.

In 2017, Oshima returned to the anime production team, starting with the 2nd part of Episode 873: Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing). And she served as key animator, animation director, and assistant animation director for some anime episodes, until present.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 25 cases (29 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
47 48 Sports Club Murder Case February 10, 1997 Key animation
48 49 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1) February 17, 1997 Key animation
54 56 Game Company Murder Case April 14, 1997 Key animation
69 71 Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion) July 28, 1997 Key animation
76 78-79 Conan vs. Kaitou Kid September 22, 1997 Key animation 1 hour
124 131 A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 1) November 16, 1998 Animation director, Key animation
131 141 The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Part 2) January 18, 1999 Animation director, Key animation
136 146 The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 1) February 22, 1999 Animation director, Key animation
141 151 The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (Part 1) April 19, 1999 Sub-character design
142 152 The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (Part 2) April 26, 1999 Sub-character design, Animation director, Key animation
146 156 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Part 1) May 24, 1999 Sub-character design
147 157 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Part 2) May 31, 1999 Sub-character design
162 172-173 The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case September 27, 1999 Assistant animation director, Key animation 1 hour
166 177 Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Case) November 1, 1999 Animation director, Key animation
172 183 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 1) December 13, 1999 Animation director, Key animation
180 194 The Nocturne of Red Murderous Intent (Part 1) February 14, 2000 Animation director, Key animation
184 198-199 A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs March 13, 2000 Animation director, Key animation 1 hour
190 205 The Desperate Revival - The Third Choice May 15, 2000 Animation director, Key animation
196 211 The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation June 26, 2000 Animation director, Key animation
203 218 The Black Wings of Icarus (Part 1) August 14, 2000 Animation director, Key animation
210 226 The Water Palace of Five Colors Legend (Part 1) October 23, 2000 Animation director, Key animation
219 235-238 The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid January 8, 2001 Key animation 2 hours
873 928 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Squealing) September 16, 2017 Animation director
874 929 Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Resolution) September 23, 2017 Key animation
892 947 Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Hagi Part) February 10, 2018 Key animation
991 1048 The Automatic Tragedy (Part 2) December 19, 2020 Assistant animation director
994 1051 Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2) January 16, 2021 Assistant animation director
1078 1136 The Black Organization's Scheme (Landing) April 1, 2023 Key animation
1079 1137 The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity) April 8, 2023 Animation director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 1 opening

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP36 Q&A Q&A Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 12 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Key animation
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Key animation
5 Countdown to Heaven April 21, 2001 Key animation
7 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital April 19, 2003 Key animation
9 Strategy Above the Depths April 9, 2005 Key animation
17 Private Eye in the Distant Sea April 20, 2013 Animation director
19 Sunflowers of Inferno April 18, 2015 Assistant animation director
21 The Crimson Love Letter April 15, 2017 Key animation
24 The Scarlet Bullet April 16, 2021 Assistant animation director, 2nd key animation
25 The Bride of Halloween April 15, 2022 Assistant animation director
26 Black Iron Submarine April 14, 2023 Key animation, 2nd key animation
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Assistant animation director, Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 1 special

Special Title Original airdate Role Note
6 Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small December 9, 2016 Key animation

Games

Participation in: 1 game

Title Release date Role Note
Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People August 10, 2000 Key animation Opening animation

Spin-offs

Zero's Tea Time

Participation in: 1 episode + 1 ending

Jpn# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
1 TIME.1 April 5, 2022 Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Dragon Ball Z: In-Between Animation
  • Grenadier: Key Animation
  • Honey and Clover: Key Animation
  • Koihime Musō: Character Design, Chief Animation Director
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Key Animation
  • The Story of Saiunkoku: Character Design

References

  1. 大島美和 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. Anime News Network