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September 1, 2025
Masatomo Sudo (須藤 昌朋 Sudō Masatomo), born January 28, 1961, in Hokkaido, is a Japanese anime director, and character designer. He is best known for designing characters for the anime series Detective Conan and for his involvement with the anime series Lupin III. He is the character designer for the Detective Conan anime series since its inception in 1996, except for a short period of four years from episodes 356 to 504, where the work was done by Mari Tominaga. He also works as character designer and chief animation director for the movies. Later, he also worked as character design supervisor for Zero's Tea Time anime. Active since 1980, he landed irregular animation jobs for various series before being animation director for the first time in 1994. Shortly after, his career expanded, and he joined the Detective Conan production team. While still being the character designer for the series, he worked with other television animation projects in the 2000s, including Hamtaro, Angel Heart and Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Since 2007, Sudo works exclusively in the production team of Detective Conan. Read more...
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May
May 5, 2026
Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night (黒の組織と真っ向勝負満月の夜の二元ミステリー Kuro no Soshiki to Makkō Shōbu Mangetsu no Yoru no Nigen Misuterī) is the 345th episode of Detective Conan anime. Adapted from files 429-434 in volume 42, it is the first two-and-a-half-hour special to be aired, split in five thirty-minute segments. It was storyboarded by Yasuichiro Yamamoto and Chika Ichimaru, and animated by Keiko Sasaki, Rei Masunaga, Atsushi Aono, Akiko Kawashima and Katsunori Enomoto. It is one of the most important episodes of the series, being the culmination of the Vermouth Arc. Taking place at a mysterious off-season halloween party on a pirate ship in Tokyo Bay where the event organizer is killed, it shows a confrontation between Conan and Vermouth, the latter knowing Conan's real identity as Shinichi Kudo and planning for him to arrive at the event so the Black Organization can corner him. However, Conan has prepared a cunning plan to take down Vermouth, as she is also targeting Ai Haibara, the runaway scientist from the Organization. The case's conclusion results with Conan's discovery of the Boss's cellphone number. It is regarded by many fans as one of the best episodes of the series, due to its contrived plot surrounding Conan's plan to take down Vermouth and for the major revelations that will be important later on in the series. It also makes use of quality animation from experienced animators, showing the potential of digital animation in the early days of the series. Read more...
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