Kenji Kodama

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Kenji Kodama

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: December 13, 1949
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan

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

As Kenji Kodama

Participation in: 29 cases (35 episodes)

Participation in: 3 openings and 3 endings

Participation in: 7 movies

Under pseudonyms

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
    1. ^ Suggested reading.