Susumu Nishizawa

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Susumu Nishizawa

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: July 9, 1962
Place of birth: Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Position: Character Design[Note 1]
Storyboard
Episode director
Key animation
Years active: 1981-present
Nicknames: 西沢晋
Website: Personal Diary
Also known as Fu Chisaka.

Susumu Nishizawa (西澤 晋 Nishizawa Susumu?), born 9 July 1962 in Okayama, is a Japanese storyboard artist and animation director. He has previously used the pseudonym Fu Chisaka (千坂 ふう Chisaka Fū?) while working on Detective Conan, which seems to have been contract related.[1]

He was actually miscredited before as Fu Nishizawa (西沢 普) and Fu Ishizawa (石沢 普).

Biography

Susumu Nishizawa was from Nakamura Production (中村プロダクション). He made his debut as an animator in the anime Fang of the Sun Dougram (太陽の牙ダグラム) in 1981. Nishizawa was fairly active in the 90s, when he worked within Studio Z5 (スタジオZ5). After that, he worked for Marvie Jack for a while too, however, due to the disbandment of the company's animation department, he became freelance and now affiliated with company R.I.C. (動仕会社R.I.C). Furthermore, his blood type is O.

Nishizawa joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 2012, starting with The Rainy Night Menace, whereupon he spontaneously did storyboard works throughout the anime. Until 2014, The Diamond, the Painting, and the Great Actress, he quit the Detective Conan production team. He then returned to the production in 2018, however this time using the alias Fu Chisaka (千坂 ふう), serving as technical director for opening 47.

In 2023, he was in charge of the character design of the Detective Conan spin-off story: The Culprit Hanzawa.

Works in Detective Conan

As Susumu Nishizawa

Anime

Participation in: 7 cases (7 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
666 718 The Rainy Night Menace July 21, 2012 Storyboard
688 740 Detective Takagi Finds 30 Million Yen February 23, 2013 Storyboard
689 741 The Client's Message March 2, 2013 Storyboard
692 744 The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Part 1) March 23, 2013 Storyboard, Key animation
707 759 The Framed Great Detective August 31, 2013 Storyboard
718 770 The Devil's Circuit November 16, 2013 Storyboard
729 781 The Diamond, the Painting, and the Great Actress February 8, 2014 Storyboard

Movies

Participation in: 2 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
Crossover Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie December 7, 2013 Technical director
27 The Million-dollar Pentagram April 12, 2024 Storyboard

As Fu Chisaka

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 1 opening

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP47 Countdown カウントダウン Storyboard, Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

  • Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa S1: Character Design (Credited as "千坂ふう")
  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King: Key Animation
  • Cat's Eye: Key Animation
  • City Hunter: Key Animation
  • Fairy Tail: Storyboard
  • Gintama: Storyboard
  • Golgo 13: Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation, Animation Director, Storyboard, Episode Director

Movies

  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King: Key Animation
  • Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero: Storyboard
  • InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass: Continuity, Key Animation, Production Director, Segment Director

References

  1. 西澤晋 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  2. 千坂ふう - Atwiki (Japanese)
  3. Anime News Network
  1. ^ Note: His participation in the Detective Conan series under the name of Fu Chisaka (千坂 ふう Chisaka Fū?) is merely a speculation by fans. For now, there are yet no solid evidence which may testify these set of information.