Miwa Oshima

Miwa Oshima
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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 (スタジオ・ライブ).

Biography

Oshima joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 1997, starting with 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 the 1st part of A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case. She quit the anime production in 2000, after finishing the animation direction work for the 1st part of The Water Palace of Five Colors Legend. 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, The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case and Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story.

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

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Miwa Oshima

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

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Key Animation
• 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