Jiro Kanai

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Jiro Kanai
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Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan

Jiro Kanai (金井 次朗 ,Kanai Jirō), also known as Bell Sherwood (神木 鈴 / ベルシャーウッド ,Shiboku Rin / Beru Shāuddo) is a Japanese organizer, storyboard artist and animation director.

Biography

Kanai has been working for the Detetcive Conan series since 2002, when he first did key animation work for movie 6; however, after finishing the animation correction work for movie 11 in 2007, he temporarily left the production team.

In 2016, he was back and started to serve as a regular storyboard artist (also storyboard assistant) for the movies. He also began to work for the anime after that, having his first participation being the storyboard work of The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion. In 2018, he was involved in the production of openings and endings as well.

In addition, he also took part in the production of Detective Conan spin-off story Zero's Tea Time in 2022.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 7 cases (13 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
880	935	The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion	November 11, 2017	Organizer, Storyboard
971	1028	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (1)	March 7, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
972	1029	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (2)	March 14, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
973	1030	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (3)	March 21, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
974	1031	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4)	March 28, 2020	Organizer, Storyboard
993	1050	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 1)	January 9, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
994	1051	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 2)	January 16, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
995	1052	Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy (Part 3)	January 23, 2021	Organizer, Storyboard
1061	1118	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi	October 29, 2022	Organizer, Storyboard
R133	1134	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Rei Furuya	March 11, 2023	Organizer, Storyboard
1078	1136	The Black Organization's Scheme (Landing)	April 1, 2023	Key animation
1079	1137	The Black Organization's Scheme (Identity)	April 8, 2023	Key animation
1089	1147	The Genius Restaurant	July 8, 2023	Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 6 openings and 2 endings

• Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru (Opening 43): Key animation
• Countdown (Opening 47): Key animation
• Sadame (Ending 57): Storyboard, Technical director, First key animation
• Timeline (Opening 48): Key animation
• Hoshiai (Ending 62): Key animation
• ZERO kara Hajimete (Opening 53): Key animation
• YURA YURA (Opening 54): Key animation
• SLEEPLESS (Opening 55): Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 12 movies

• The Phantom of Baker Street (Movie 6): Key animation
• Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (Movie 7): Key animation
• Strategy Above the Depths (Movie 9): Key animation
• The Private Eyes' Requiem (Movie 10): Key animation
• Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Movie 11): Assistant animation director, Layout checker
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20): Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21): Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Storyboard cooperation, Action animation director, Key animation
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Storyboard, Action animation director, Key animation
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24): Storyboard, Key animation
• The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25): Storyboard, Key animation
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26): Storyboard, Animation director, Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Storyboard (TIME.2, TIME.6)
• Berserk: Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation, Unit Director
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Key Animation
• Many others including Saint Tail, Street Fighter and X etc.

References

1. 金井次朗 - Atwiki (Japanese)
2. IMDb
3. Anime News Network