Ken Araya
| Ken Araya | |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| 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 is animation director in Detective Conan anime and movies.
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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: 22 cases (25 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 |
Movies
Participation in: 12 movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
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| 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 |
Other notable works
Anime
- The Culprit Hanzawa : Animation director (3, 4, 7, 11)
- Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief: 2nd key animation, key animation
- 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
- Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of October 29, 2023.
- 新谷憲 - Atwiki (Japanese)
- IMDB
- Anime News Network
