Junko Yamanaka

**Junko Yamanaka**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Female
**Place of birth:**
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
**Position:**
Character design
Animation supervisor
Animation director
Assistant animation director
In-between director
Design works
Key animation
**Years active:**
1993-present
**Junko Yamanaka** (山中 純子 ,*Yamanaka Junko*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animator, and character designer from Hyogo Prefecture. She served as key animator, animation director, and animation supervisor[[Note 1]](#cite_note-1) in *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime"), [movies](/wiki/Movies "Movies") and [OVAs](/wiki/OVAs "OVAs"). Another thing worth mentioning, she did character designing for the anime from episode 505 to episode 576, working along with [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [2.2 Openings and Endings](#Openings_and_Endings)
+ [2.3 Movies](#Movies)
+ [2.4 OVAs](#OVAs)
+ [2.5 Specials](#Specials)
* [3 Works in Magic Kaito](#Works_in_Magic_Kaito)
+ [3.1 Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief](#Magic_Kaito:_Kid_the_Phantom_Thief)
* [4 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime_2)
+ [4.2 Movies](#Movies_2)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
* [6 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
After graduating from secondary school, Junko Yamanaka joined the [Yumeta Company](/wiki/index.php?title=Yumeta_Company&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yumeta Company (page does not exist)") (梦太カンパニー), a Japanese animation studio. She then became freelance after quitting the studio.
Yamanaka joined the production of the *Detective Conan* anime in 1997, starting with [**Episode 55**: The Train Trick Murder Case](/wiki/The_Train_Trick_Murder_Case "The Train Trick Murder Case"). Later on, she constantly served as the key animator for some anime episodes. Her first time as assistant animation director in *Detective Conan* was [**Episode 174**: The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case](/wiki/The_Twenty_Year_Old_Murderous_Intent:_The_Symphony_Serial_Murder_Case "The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case"). After that, she began to work with Masatomo Sudo[[Note 2]](#cite_note-2) more often. In 2002, she served as the animation director of openings and endings, alongside Sudo. Until 2004, Yamanaka temporarily quit the production of the *Detective Conan* anime and focused more on the movies.
After [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") stepped down from the director role, Yamanaka returned to the anime and was in charge of the character design of the anime starting episode 505, working with Sudo once again. She then quit the anime production in 2010, after finishing the animation directing work of [**Episode 561**: The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Empty Fort Strategy)](/wiki/The_Mansion_of_Death_and_the_Red_Wall "The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall") and stepped down from the character designer role some months later. Thereafter, she has only done key animation for two anime episodes: [**Episode 783**: The Scarlet Truth](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Return "The Scarlet Return") in 2015 and [**Episode 964**: Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri%27s_Grand_Lecture "Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture") in 2019.
Ending credits of The Scarlet Alibi.
For the *Detective Conan* movies, her participation can be even dated back to [movie 3](/wiki/Movie_3 "Movie 3"), when she began to do animation directing regularly, eventually until [movie 14](/wiki/Movie_14 "Movie 14"); she quit the movie production after [movie 20](/wiki/Movie_20 "Movie 20"). Yet ever since the compilation recap movies have been promoted from 2021 onwards, Yamanka became the main animator responsible for them[[Note 3]](#cite_note-3): in 2021, she returned to the series as key animator for the new scenes of [The Scarlet Alibi](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Alibi "The Scarlet Alibi"); and in 2023, she did character design and key animation for the new scenes of [The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~](/wiki/The_Story_of_Ai_Haibara_~Black_Iron_Mystery_Train~ "The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~").
Interestingly, she was involved in some of the anime episodes during the director [Koujin Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") era, and served as the animation supervisor, but she was not credited back then. This was only revealed later in the ending credits of the compilation movie [The Scarlet Alibi](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Alibi "The Scarlet Alibi").
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Junko_Yamanaka "Category:Animation directed by Junko Yamanaka")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **19** cases (20 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 55 | 57 | [The Train Trick Murder Case](/wiki/The_Train_Trick_Murder_Case "The Train Trick Murder Case") | April 21, 1997 | Key animation |  |
| 61 | 63 | [A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 1)](/wiki/A_Ghost_Ship_Murder_Case "A Ghost Ship Murder Case") | June 2, 1997 | Key animation |  |
| 110 | 116 | [Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 1)](/wiki/Cooking_Classroom_Murder_Case "Cooking Classroom Murder Case") | July 27, 1998 | Key animation |  |
| 115 | 121 | [Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 2)](/wiki/Scuba_Diving_Murder_Case "Scuba Diving Murder Case") | August 31, 1998 | Key animation |  |
| 121 | 128 | [The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1)](/wiki/The_Locked_Bathroom_Murder_Case "The Locked Bathroom Murder Case") | October 26, 1998 | Key animation |  |
| 125 | 132 | [A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 2)](/wiki/A_Mysterious_Sniper_Murder_Case "A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case") | November 23, 1998 | Key animation |  |
| 154 | 164 | [Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 2)](/wiki/Sonoko%27s_Dangerous_Summer_Story "Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story") | July 26, 1999 | Key animation |  |
| 174 | 185-188 | [The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case](/wiki/The_Twenty_Year_Old_Murderous_Intent:_The_Symphony_Serial_Murder_Case "The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case") | January 3, 2000 | Assistant animation director, Key animation | 2 hours |
| 195 | 210 | [The Significant Music Box (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Significant_Music_Box "The Significant Music Box") | June 19, 2000 | Key animation |  |
| 218 | 234 | [Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 2)](/wiki/Megure%27s_Sealed_Secret "Megure's Sealed Secret") | December 18, 2000 | Key animation |  |
| 239 | 258 | [The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case (Part 2)](/wiki/The_3_%22K%22s_of_Osaka_Case "The 3 \"K\"s of Osaka Case") | June 25, 2001 | Key animation |  |
| 286 | 308 | [Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case)](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo%27s_New_York_Case "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case") | July 15, 2002 | Animation director |  |
| 536 | 587 | [The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece](/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Vanished_Masterpiece "The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece") | May 30, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 539 | 590 | [A Fool's Inheritance](/wiki/A_Fool%27s_Inheritance "A Fool's Inheritance") | July 4, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 546 | 597 | [The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Witch_Enshrouded_by_Fog "The Witch Enshrouded by Fog") | September 12, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 554 | 605 | [Stork Mystery Tour (Ran's Search Chapter)](/wiki/Stork_Mystery_Tour "Stork Mystery Tour") | November 7, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 555 | 606 | [Stork Mystery Tour (Haruna's Pursuit Chapter)](/wiki/Stork_Mystery_Tour "Stork Mystery Tour") | November 14, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 561 | 612 | [The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Empty Fort Strategy)](/wiki/The_Mansion_of_Death_and_the_Red_Wall "The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall") | December 26, 2009 | Animation director |  |
| 783 | 836 | [The Scarlet Truth](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Return "The Scarlet Return") | June 27, 2015 | Key animation |  |
| 964 | 1021 | [Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri%27s_Grand_Lecture "Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture") | December 21, 2019 | Key animation |  |
**Note:** Junko Yamanaka served as design works role in episodes 172-173, 176-187, 194-218, 220-262, and 264-344; which is not listed in the table above.
### Openings and Endings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Openings and Endings")]
Participation in: **9** openings and **10** endings
| # | Song name | Original title | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OP | | | | |
| OP11 | [I can't stop my love for you♥](/wiki/I_can%27t_stop_my_love_for_you%E2%99%A5 "I can't stop my love for you♥") | I can't stop my love for you♥ | Animation director |  |
| OP12 | [Kaze no Lalala](/wiki/Kaze_no_Lalala "Kaze no Lalala") | 風のららら | Animation director |  |
| OP23 | [Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you](/wiki/Ichiby%C5%8Dgoto_ni_Love_for_you "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you") | 一秒ごとに Love for you | Animation director |  |
| OP24 | [Mysterious](/wiki/Mysterious "Mysterious") | Mysterious | Animation director |  |
| OP25 | [Revive](/wiki/Revive "Revive") | Revive | Animation director |  |
| OP26 | [Everlasting Luv](/wiki/Everlasting_Luv "Everlasting Luv") | Everlasting Luv | Animation director |  |
| OP27 | [MAGIC](/wiki/MAGIC "MAGIC") | MAGIC | Animation director |  |
| OP28 | [As the Dew](/wiki/As_the_Dew "As the Dew") | As the Dew | Animation director |  |
| OP37 | [Butterfly Core](/wiki/Butterfly_Core "Butterfly Core") | Butterfly Core | Key animation |  |
| ED | | | | |
| ED15 | [Mushoku](/wiki/Mushoku "Mushoku") | 無色 | Key animation |  |
| ED17 | [Ashita o Yume Mite](/wiki/Ashita_o_Yume_Mite "Ashita o Yume Mite") | 明日を夢見て | Animation director |  |
| ED18 | [Kimi to Iu Hikari](/wiki/Kimi_to_Iu_Hikari "Kimi to Iu Hikari") | 君という光 | Animation director |  |
| ED30 | [Summer Memories](/wiki/Summer_Memories "Summer Memories") | Summer Memories | Animation director |  |
| ED31 | [GO YOUR OWN WAY](/wiki/GO_YOUR_OWN_WAY "GO YOUR OWN WAY") | GO YOUR OWN WAY | Animation director |  |
| ED32 | [Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara](/wiki/Koigokoro_Kagayaki_Nagara "Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara") | 恋心 輝きながら | Animation director |  |
| ED33 | [Doing all right](/wiki/Doing_all_right "Doing all right") | Doing all right | Animation director |  |
| ED34 | [Hikari](/wiki/Hikari "Hikari") | 光 | Animation director |  |
| ED35 | [Hello Mr. my yesterday](/wiki/Hello_Mr._my_yesterday "Hello Mr. my yesterday") | Hello Mr. my yesterday | Animation director |  |
| ED73 | [Fun! Fun! Fun!](/wiki/Fun!_Fun!_Fun! "Fun! Fun! Fun!") | Fun! Fun! Fun! | Animation supervisor |  |
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Movies")]
Participation in: **21** movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | [The Last Wizard of the Century](/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century "The Last Wizard of the Century") | April 17, 1999 | Animation director, Key animation, In-between director, Design works |  |
| 4 | [Captured in Her Eyes](/wiki/Captured_in_Her_Eyes "Captured in Her Eyes") | April 22, 2000 | Animation director, Design works |  |
| 5 | [Countdown to Heaven](/wiki/Countdown_to_Heaven "Countdown to Heaven") | April 21, 2001 | Key animation |  |
| 6 | [The Phantom of Baker Street](/wiki/The_Phantom_of_Baker_Street "The Phantom of Baker Street") | April 20, 2002 | Animation director |  |
| 7 | [Crossroad in the Ancient Capital](/wiki/Crossroad_in_the_Ancient_Capital "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital") | April 19, 2003 | Animation director |  |
| 8 | [Magician of the Silver Sky](/wiki/Magician_of_the_Silver_Sky "Magician of the Silver Sky") | April 17, 2004 | Animation director, Design works |  |
| 9 | [Strategy Above the Depths](/wiki/Strategy_Above_the_Depths "Strategy Above the Depths") | April 9, 2005 | Animation director, Design works |  |
| 10 | [The Private Eyes' Requiem](/wiki/The_Private_Eyes%27_Requiem "The Private Eyes' Requiem") | April 15, 2006 | Animation director, Design works |  |
| 11 | [Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure](/wiki/Jolly_Roger_in_the_Deep_Azure "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure") | April 21, 2007 | Animation director, Design works |  |
| 12 | [Full Score of Fear](/wiki/Full_Score_of_Fear "Full Score of Fear") | April 19, 2008 | Animation director, Key animation, Design works |  |
| 13 | [The Raven Chaser](/wiki/The_Raven_Chaser "The Raven Chaser") | April 18, 2009 | Animation director, Key animation, Design works |  |
| 14 | [The Lost Ship in the Sky](/wiki/The_Lost_Ship_in_the_Sky "The Lost Ship in the Sky") | April 17, 2010 | Animation director, Key animation, Design works |  |
| 15 | [Quarter of Silence](/wiki/Quarter_of_Silence "Quarter of Silence") | April 16, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 16 | [The Eleventh Striker](/wiki/The_Eleventh_Striker "The Eleventh Striker") | April 14, 2012 | Key animation |  |
| 17 | [Private Eye in the Distant Sea](/wiki/Private_Eye_in_the_Distant_Sea "Private Eye in the Distant Sea") | April 20, 2013 | Key animation |  |
| 18 | [Dimensional Sniper](/wiki/Dimensional_Sniper "Dimensional Sniper") | April 19, 2014 | Assistant animation director, Key animation |  |
| 19 | [Sunflowers of Inferno](/wiki/Sunflowers_of_Inferno "Sunflowers of Inferno") | April 18, 2015 | Assistant animation director |  |
| 20 | [The Darkest Nightmare](/wiki/The_Darkest_Nightmare "The Darkest Nightmare") | April 16, 2016 | Key animation |  |
| Compilation Movies | | | | |
| R1 | [The Scarlet Alibi](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Alibi "The Scarlet Alibi") | February 11, 2021 | Key animation |  |
| R2 | [The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~](/wiki/The_Story_of_Ai_Haibara_~Black_Iron_Mystery_Train~ "The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~") | January 6, 2023 | Character design, Key animation |  |
| R3 | [Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief](/wiki/Detective_Conan_vs._Kid_the_Phantom_Thief "Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief") | January 5, 2024 | Character design, Animation director, Key animation |  |
### OVAs[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: OVAs")]
Participation in: **6** OVAs
| OVA | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | [Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy](/wiki/Conan,_Heiji,_and_the_Vanished_Boy "Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy") | March 12, 2003 | Character design |  |
| 7 | [A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys](/wiki/A_Challenge_from_Agasa!_Agasa_vs._Conan_and_the_Detective_Boys "A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys") | March 14, 2007 | Character design |  |
| 8 | [The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/The_Casebook_of_Female_High-School_Detective_Sonoko_Suzuki "The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki") | March 12, 2008 | Character design |  |
| 9 | [The Stranger from Ten Years Later](/wiki/The_Stranger_from_Ten_Years_Later "The Stranger from Ten Years Later") | April 15, 2009 | Character design |  |
| Magic File 2 | [Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab](/wiki/Magic_File_2:_Shinichi_Kudo,_The_Case_of_the_Mysterious_Wall_and_the_Black_Lab "Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab") | April 19, 2008 | Character design |  |
| Magic File 3 | [Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata](/wiki/Magic_File_3:_Shinichi_and_Ran,_Memories_of_Mahjong_Tiles_and_Tanabata "Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata") | April 18, 2009 | Character design |  |
### Specials[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Specials")]
Participation in: **1** special
| Special | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | [Lupin III vs. Detective Conan](/wiki/Lupin_III_vs._Detective_Conan "Lupin III vs. Detective Conan") | March 27, 2009 | Animation director, Design works |  |
## Works in [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Works in Magic Kaito")]
### [Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief](/wiki/Magic_Kaito:_Kid_the_Phantom_Thief "Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief")]
Participation in: **5** episodes
| Special | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 | [A Witch Sheds No Tears](/wiki/A_Witch_Sheds_No_Tears "A Witch Sheds No Tears") | September 24, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 5 | [The Fated Blue Birthday](/wiki/The_Fated_Blue_Birthday "The Fated Blue Birthday") | October 29, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 6 | [Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve](/wiki/Love_on_the_Ski_Slope_on_Christmas_Eve "Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve") | December 24, 2011 | Key animation |  |
| 7 | [The Splendid Rivals](/wiki/The_Splendid_Rivals "The Splendid Rivals") | August 4, 2012 | Key animation |  |
| 10 | [The Reminiscent Golden Eye](/wiki/The_Reminiscent_Golden_Eye "The Reminiscent Golden Eye") | November 3, 2012 | Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Aishiteruze Baby*: Character Design, Animation Director
* *Angel Heart*: Animation Director, Design, Key Animation
* *Aoharu x Machinegun*: Character Design, Chief Animation Director
* *Diabolik Lovers*: Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
* *Dr. Stone*: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
* *Kamisama Kiss*: Character Design, Animation Director
* *Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life*: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director
* *Scarlet Nexus*: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Design Assistant, Key Animation
* *The World Is Still Beautiful*: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Junko_Yamanaka&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *Gekijōban Servamp: Alice in the Garden*: Character Design
* *Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye*: Character Design
* *Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi*: In-Between Animation