Akiko Kawashima

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Akiko Kawashima

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Gender: Female
Location: Japan
Position: Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
Studio: Sunshine Corporation

Akiko Kawashima (川島 明子 Kawashima Akiko?) is a Japanese animator. She does key animation and animation director works in Detective Conan anime. She is affiliated with Sunshine Corporation.

Biography

Akiko Kawashima joined the production of the Detective Conan anime in 1996, starting with Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case, and served as a regular key animator for anime episodes. In 2002, she began to work as an animation director, starting with the 1st part of The Secret Rushed Omission; she replaced Keiichi Ishida, a former regular animation director, in terms of the position. Thereafter, she officially delegated the studio for Detective Conan production, being the core animator of Sunshine Corporation.

Starting with the 2nd part of The Similar Princesses, the episodes that she worked on started to credit the studio as production cooperation, after director Masato Sato became the director (most likely because that those episodes were not fully outsourced so the company name was not credited). Back then, director Sato altered the anime character design - from Masatomo Sudo to Mari Tominaga; owing to the lack of proficiency on the strangeness character design, her exquisite drawing style was affected upon that. However, there were many signs indicating that she was impersonating those superb animators' style from that time - the quintessential Keiko Sasaki styled character eyes (episode 360); along with the character face shapes in Mari Tominaga's style (episode 367).

Kawashima's art style in Detective Conan anime can be described as unsteady; yet she contributed to many impressive frames and even performed exceedingly wonderful at times with her corrected frames (especially during the Masato Sato directional era when there was a shortage of animator). Nonetheless, she ceased serving as animation director after the 2nd part of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7; her position was then offered to Ayako Tauchi. She eventually quit the production team after finishing the key animation work of Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding, along with the studio.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 82 cases (83 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
10 10 Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case March 11, 1996 Key animation
18 19 An Elevator Murder Case June 3, 1996 Key animation
41 42 Victory Flag Tearing Case December 9, 1996 Key animation
46 47 Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case February 3, 1997 Key animation
51 52 The Golf Driving Range Murder Case March 10, 1997 Key animation
59 61 The First Errand Murder Case May 19, 1997 Key animation
64 66 The Third Fingerprint Murder Case June 23, 1997 Key animation
71 73 A Stalker's Murder Case August 11, 1997 Key animation
75 77 Loan Company President's Murder Case September 8, 1997 Key animation
79 82 The Bank Heist Murder Case November 3, 1997 Key animation
83 86 General Hospital Murder Case December 1, 1997 Key animation
90 93 The Flower Scent Murder Case February 9, 1998 Key animation
94 97 Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case March 9, 1998 Key animation
102 108 The Historical Actor Murder Case (Part 1) May 25, 1998 Key animation
106 112 Scoop Picture Murder Case June 22, 1998 Key animation
112 118 The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case August 10, 1998 Key animation
116 122 The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1) September 7, 1998 Key animation
120 127 A Honey Cocktail Murder Case October 19, 1998 Key animation
126 133 The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1) November 30, 1998 Key animation
132 142 Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Case) January 25, 1999 Key animation
138 148 The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 1) March 8, 1999 Key animation
143 153 The Suspicious Astronomical Observation May 3, 1999 Key animation
149 159 The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case June 21, 1999 Key animation
155 165 Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case August 2, 1999 Key animation
160 170 The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 2) September 13, 1999 Key animation
167 178 Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Suspicion) November 8, 1999 Key animation
173 184 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2) December 20, 1999 Key animation
179 193 The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case February 7, 2000 Key animation
183 197 A Dangerous Recipe March 6, 2000 Key animation
188 203 The Desperate Revival - The Cavern of the Detective Boys May 1, 2000 Key animation
194 209 The Significant Music Box (Part 1) June 12, 2000 Key animation
201 216 The Tenth Passenger (Part 1) July 31, 2000 Key animation
207 222 The Deduction That Was Too Good September 11, 2000 Key animation
215 231 The Bay of Revenge (Part 1) November 27, 2000 Key animation
220 239 The Client Full of Lies (Part 1) January 15, 2001 Key animation
225 244 The Secret of the High Sales February 19, 2001 Key animation
233 252 The Evidence That Didn't Disappear (Part 1) May 14, 2001 Key animation
237 256 The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 2) June 11, 2001 Key animation Mystery tour
243 262 Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 1) July 23, 2001 Key animation
248 267 The Alibi of the Soothing Forest August 27, 2001 Key animation
253 272 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 1) October 15, 2001 Key animation
258 277 The Man from Chicago (Part 1) November 19, 2001 Key animation
261 280 The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1) December 10, 2001 Key animation
266 288 The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Case) January 28, 2002 Key animation
269 291 The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 1) February 18, 2002 Key animation
271 293 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1) March 11, 2002 Animation director
276 298 The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case May 6, 2002 Animation director
281 303 The Small Eye-Witnesses June 10, 2002 Animation director
287 309 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction) July 22, 2002 Animation director
291 313 Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case) August 19, 2002 Key animation
293 315 Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution) September 2, 2002 Animation director
295 317 The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2) September 16, 2002 Key animation
299 321 The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1) November 4, 2002 Animation director Mystery tour
302 324 Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2) December 2, 2002 Animation director, Key animation
305 330 The Unseen Suspect (Part 1) January 13, 2003 Key animation
309 334 Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation) February 10, 2003 Animation director
314 339 The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence March 17, 2003 Animation director
319 344 The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2) May 12, 2003 Animation director
324 349 Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 2) June 16, 2003 Animation director
329 354 A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1) July 28, 2003 Animation director
334 359 The Similar Princesses (Part 2) September 1, 2003 Animation director
338 363 The Four Porsches (Part 1) October 20, 2003 Key animation
342 367-368 The Bride of Huis ten Bosch November 17, 2003 Animation director 1 hour
345 371-375 Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night January 5, 2004 Animation director 2.5 hours
353 383 The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 2) March 1, 2004 Animation director
360 391 A Mysterious Spring Beetle May 17, 2004 Animation director
367 398 The Tragedy of the Pier in Plain Sight (Part 2) July 12, 2004 Animation director, Key animation
370 401 Running Away in a Game August 9, 2004 Animation director
380 411 The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 2) November 29, 2004 Animation director
383 414-417 Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon December 20, 2004 Assistant animation director 2 hours
389 423 Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 2) February 21, 2005 Animation director
396 431 Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Resolution) May 2, 2005 Animation director
401 435 A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed (Part 1) June 6, 2005 Animation director
404 438 The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 2) June 27, 2005 Animation director, Key animation
408 442 Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Resolution) August 1, 2005 Animation director
412 446 The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 2) August 29, 2005 Animation director
416 450 The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Suspicion) October 17, 2005 Animation director
425 459-463 Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out January 9, 2006 Assistant animation director 2.5 hours
432 470 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 (Part 2) February 27, 2006 Animation director
438 476 The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail May 15, 2006 Key animation
442 480 The Man Obstructed by the Steel Frame June 12, 2006 Key animation
447 485 The Sealed Western-Style Window (Part 2) July 31, 2006 Key animation
449 487-488 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding August 21, 2006 Key animation 1 hour

Other notable works

Anime

  • The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Animation Director
  • Golden Time: Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
  • Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin: Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Mewkledreamy: Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
  • Naruto: Key Animation
  • Pokémon: Key Animation
  • Saint Tail: Key Animation
  • Yu-Gi-Oh!: Key Animation

Movies

  • Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Jungle: In-Between Animation (Kyoto Animation)
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Windmasters: In-Between Animation
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Winged Braves: In-Between Animation
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom: In-Between Animation

See also

References

  1. 川島明子 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  2. 川島明子 - Allcinema (Japanese)
  3. IMDb
  4. Anime News Network