Kiyotaka Iida
Key animation
Kiyotaka Iida (飯田 清貴 Iida Kiyotaka) is a Japanese animation director and key animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan movies.
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Biography
Kiyotaka Iida is from Chiba Prefecture[2]. He was first active as an animator in 1993, being credited as in-between animation in anime series Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle. He became affiliated with Studio Comet in the same year and was credited for the first time as key animation in Black Jack. He continued being active throughout 1993 and 1994 but was last credited that year as in-between animation in Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture. He returned in 1998, being credited as key animation and assistant animation director in episode 1 of Initial D. Active in 1999, he disappeared before making a breakthrough by becoming animation director in 2001-2002 series Ask Dr. Rin!. He has since then been active sporadically as an animator while being affiliated with Studio Comet and sometimes being featured as a freelancer.
Iida first worked with Detective Conan in 2016, by becoming a key animator for movie 20, The Darkest Nightmare. He returned the next year, becoming animation director in the 21st movie The Crimson Love Letter, credited with Studio Comet. He has not returned since.
Since the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, he has been working remotely.
Works in Detective Conan
Movies
Participation in: 2 movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | The Darkest Nightmare | April 16, 2016 | Key animation | |
| 21 | The Crimson Love Letter | April 15, 2017 | Animation director, key animation |
Works in Magic Kaito
Magic Kaito 1412
Participation in: 1 episode
| Jpn# | Eng# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | The Adult's Charm | November 22, 2014 | Key animation |
Other notable works
Anime
- Captain Tsubasa J: Key animation
- Fire Force: Animation director
- Inazuma Eleven: Animation director, assistant animation director
- Initial D: Assistant animation director, key animation
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: Key animation
- Rent-A-Girlfriend: Animation director, key animation
- Urusei Yatsura: Animation director
