Nobuharu Kamanaka

Nobuharu Kamanaka
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	February 14, 1974
Place of birth:	Hokkaido, Japan
Location:	Japan

Nobuharu Kamanaka (鎌仲 史陽 ,Kamanaka Nobuharu) is a Japanese anime director, episode director, and storyboard artist. Since episode 975, he is the director of Detective Conan anime, along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto.

Biography

Kamanaka has participated animation productions since 1997. In 2007, he joined the Detective Conan anime production, starting with The Strange Illumination. He afterwards constantly did organizer, storybaord, and episode director. After Koujin Ochi became a director, Kamanaka mainly served as the director of openings and endings.

From 2008 to 2012, Kamanaka accompanied with Nobuyuki Iwai and served as a delegate for Iwai's animation team. After Yasuichiro Yamamoto became a director in 2012, Kamanaka got transformed to work as episode director under Kenichi Otomo's animation team. Owing to he was the director of the series A Certain Scientific Accelerator (とある科学の一方通行) in 2019, he temporarily ceased working for Detective Conan. He was back in 2020 and served as the director of Detective Conan anime along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto. Starting with The Secret of the Search for his Wife.

Works in Detective Conan

Participation in: 77 cases (94 episodes)

• The Shadow of the Black Organization (Episode 463 only): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Masato Sato)
• The Unsmashable Snowman (Episode 467 only): Episode director
• Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces (Episode 470 only): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• The Uncontrollable Rental Car! (Episode 471): Storyboard, Episode director
• Real 30 Minutes (Episode 478): Episode director
• Three Days with Heiji Hattori (Episode 479): Episode director
• Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope! (Episode 490): Organizer, Storyboard (along with Masato Sato and Yuzo Aoki), Episode director (along with Minoru Tozawa and Yoshio Suzuki)
• Clash of Red and Black (Episode 493-494, 503 only): Storyboard (493, 494), Episode director (493, 503)
• Conan vs. Double Code Mystery (Episode 509, 510 only): Storyboard (509; along with Yuzo Aoki), Episode director (510; along with Yuzo Aoki)
• Furinkazan - The Mysterious Armored Warrior (Episode 516 only): Episode director
• Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Episode 518 only): Episode director
• The Blue Spark of Hate (Episode 525 only): Episode director
• The Malice Hidden Behind the Masque (Episode 527): Episode director
• The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (Episode 530 only): Episode director
• The New Scar and the Whistling Man (Episode 534 only): Episode director
• Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Episode 538 only): Episode director
• Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Episode 543 only): Episode director
• Two Days with the Culprit (Episode 547 only): Episode director
• The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Episode 558 only): Episode director
• Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Episode 564 only): Episode director
• Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom (Episodes 568-569): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (569)
• The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Episode 574 only): Episode director
• The Black Time Limit Drawing Near (Episode 580 only): Episode director
• Kid vs. the Four Divine Detective Boys (Episode 587 only): Episode director
• The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour (Episode 594 only): Episode director
• The Dream the Kappa Saw (Episode 600 only): Episode director
• Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog (Episode 612 only): Episode director
• Holmes' Revelation (Episode 618 only): Episode director
• A Video Letter of First Love (Episode 624): Episode director
• The Super Narrow Shop Crime Scene (Episode 634): Storyboard
• The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches (Episode 641 only): Episode director
• Detectives' Nocturne (Episode 673 only): Episode director
• Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (Episode 678 only): Episode director
• The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Episode 683 only): Episode director
• Detective Takagi Finds 30 Million Yen (Episode 688): Episode director
• The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Episode 692 only): Episode director
• Unbelievable! The Case of the Crashed UFO (Episode 692): Episode director
• An Unconfirmed Shocking Case (Episode 709): Storyboard, Episode director
• Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (Episode 715 only): Episode director
• Fire and Water Mystery Tour (Episode 721 only): Episode director
• The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Episode 727 only): Episode director
• The Tragedy of the Red Woman (Episodes 754-756): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (756)
• Kaga Hyakumangoku Mystery Tour (Episode 762 only): Episode director
• Ai Haibara Imprisonment Case (Episode 768): Episode director
• Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case (Episode 773 only): Episode director
• The Scarlet Return (Episodes 781-782 only): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (781)
• The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Episodes 810-812): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (810)
• The Unfriendly Girls Band (Episode 836 only): Episode director
• The Detective Boys in a Grove (Episode 844 only): Episode director
• The Marriage Registration's Password (Episode 850 only): Episode director
• The Descent Into Hell Tour of Love (Episodes 851-852): Storyboard (along with Shigenori Kageyama)
• The Shifting Mystery of Beika City (Episodes 857-858): Storyboard (along with Masaharu Okuwaki)
• Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene (Episodes 861-862): Storyboard (along with Hiroshi Matsuzono)
• The Betrayal's Stage (Episodes 866-867): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Episode 874 only): Episode director
• The Wizard of the Ripples (Episode 881 only): Episode director
• The Woman with White Hands (Episode 896 only): Episode director
• Lawyer Kisaki's SOS (Episode 901 only): Episode director
• Result of the Draw (Episode 904): Storyboard (along with Masaharu Okuwaki)
• Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed (Episode 908): Episode director
• Conan Kidnapped  (Episode 914 only): Episode director
• The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café (Episode 920 only): Episode director
• The Heartfelt Strap (Episode 926 only): Episode director (along with Yasuichiro Yamamoto)
• Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys (Episode 960): Storyboard (along with Hiroaki Takagi)
• Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episode 966 only): Storyboard (along with Hiroaki Takagi), Episode director
• The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (Episode 973 only): Episode director
• Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips (Episodes 983-984): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime (Episode 996): Storyboard
• The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Episode 1002): Storyboard, Episode director
• The 36-Cell Perfect Game (Episodes 1003-1005): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director (1005)
• Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Jinpei Matsuda (Episode 1029): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Episode 1039): Storyboard
• Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara (Episode 1042): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes (Episode 1068; New Year Greeting only): Storyboard, Episode director
• The Black Organization's Scheme (Episode 1079 only): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
• The Cameras Targeting Haibara (Episode 1080): Storyboard
• Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (Episodes 1093-1094): Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director

Participation in: 8 openings and 10 endings

• Everlasting Luv (Opening 26): Technical director
• MAGIC (Opening 27): Technical director
• As the Dew (Opening 28): Technical director
• tear drops (Opening 30): Technical director
• Misty Mystery (Opening 32): Technical director
• Miss Mystery (Opening 33): Technical director
• Timeline (Opening 48): Storyboard, Technical director
• YURA YURA (Opening 54): Storyboard, Technical director
• SPARKLE (Opening 56): Storyboard
• Doing all right (Ending 33): Technical director
• Hikari (Ending 34): Technical director
• Hello Mr. my yesterday (Ending 35): Technical director
• Tomorrow is the last Time (Ending 36): Technical director
• Jūgoya Crisis ~ Kimi ni Aitai ~ (Ending 37): Technical director
• Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne (Ending 41): Technical director
• Overwrite (Ending 42): Technical director
• YESTERDAY LOVE (Ending 53): Storyboard, Technical director
• Kamikaze Express (Ending 56): Storyboard, Technical director
• Reboot (Ending 63): Storyboard, Technical director
• Veronica (Ending 64): Storyboard, Technical director

Participation in: 1 movie

• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Technical director

Participation in: 2 OVAs

• A Secret Order From London (OVA 11): Storyboard, Technical director
• The Miracle of Excalibur (OVA 12): Director, Storyboard, Technical director

Other notable works

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files: Storyboard, Unit Director
• Big Order: Director, Storyboard
• Birdy the Mighty: Decode: Episode Director
• Dance in the Vampire Bund: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Demonbane: Unit Director
• Di Gi Charat: Screenplay
• Galaxy Angel: Storyboard, Unit Director
• Lupin III: the Last Job: Assistant Director
• Oreca Battle: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Persona 4: The Animation: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Porfy no Nagai Tabi: Episode Director
• Tenkai Knights: Storyboard, Episode Director
• Transformers: Cybertron: Episode Director
• We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky: Storyboard, Episode Director, Assistant Director
• Yo-kai Watch: Storyboard

See also

• Yasuichiro Yamamoto

References

1. Twitter Account (Japanese)
2. 鎌仲史陽 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. 鎌仲史陽 - Atwiki (Japanese)
4. 鎌仲史陽 - Talent TV (Japanese)
5. Anime News Network