Kenji Kodama

Kenji Kodama
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	December 13, 1949

Kenji Kodama (こだま 兼嗣 ,Kodama Kenji), born December 13, 1949, is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing the anime Detective Conan and working with the anime Lupin III. He directed the anime from episode 1 to 118. He was later replaced by Yasuichiro Yamamoto and became chief director from episode 119 to 252. He was also the director for the first 7 movies.

Works in Detective Conan

• Roller Coaster Murder Case (Episode 1): Storyboard and episode director
• Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Episode 2): Storyboard
• Moonlight Sonata Murder Case (Episode 11): Organizer and storyboard along with Kuchiru Kazehara
• Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case (Episode 22 only): Organizer and storyboard
• Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Episodes 27-28): Storyboard
• Coffee Shop Murder Case (Episode 32): Organizer and storyboard
• Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case (Episode 43): Organizer and storyboard
• Stage Actress Murder Case (Episode 67): Storyboard
• Conan vs. Kaitou Kid (Episode 76): Organizer and storyboard along with Michiyo Sakurai
• Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Episode 77 only): Organizer and storyboard
• The Wandering Artist Murder Case (Episode 80): Storyboard
• Ski Lodge Murder Case (Episode 85 only): Organizer and storyboard
• The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case (Episode 87): Storyboard
• The Historical Actor Murder Case (Episode 103 only): Organizer and storyboard
• Detective Club Pursuit Case (Episode 109): Storyboard
• Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Episode 111 only): Storyboard
• Scuba Diving Murder Case (Episode 114 only): Storyboard
• The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Episode 119): Storyboard
• A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Episode 124 only): Storyboard
• Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Episodes 146-147): Organizer and storyboard
• Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Episodes 153-154): Organizer and storyboard
• The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Episodes 159-160): Storyboard
• The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant (Episode 161): Storyboard
• The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case (Episode 162): Organizer and storyboard along with Masato Sato
• The Desperate Revival (Episode 190 only): Organizer and storyboard
• The Tenth Passenger (Episode 201-202): Storyboard
• The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus (Episode 208): Storyboard
• The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Episode 236-237): Storyboard
• The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle (Episode 263): Organizer and storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

• City Hunter series: Director
• Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Haigure Maô: Inbetweener
• Flanders no Inu, Boku no Patrasche: Director
• Lupin III: Part II: Storyboard (4 episodes), Character design
• Sonic X: Key animation
• Tokyo Mew Mew: Key animation

Non-anime

• Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats: Layout artist

Gallery

Kenji Kodama at Japan Expo 2010

References

1. こだま兼嗣 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. Kenji KODAMA (director) - Anime News Network