Ai Nakatani

**Ai Nakatani**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Female
**Location:**
Japan
**Position:**
Animation director
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Mouse](/wiki/Mouse "Mouse")
**Years active:**
2017-present
**Ai Nakatani** (中谷 藍 ,*Nakatani Ai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animator. She takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") and [movies](/wiki/Movies "Movies").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [2.2 Movies](#Movies)
+ [2.3 Spin-offs](#Spin-offs)
- [2.3.1 Zero's Tea Time](#Zero.27s_Tea_Time)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime_2)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Ai Nakatani is affiliated with [**Mouse**](/wiki/Mouse "Mouse"). Nakatani has been involved in the *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") production since 2021, starting with [**Episode 1021**: Rondo in Bad Company](/wiki/Rondo_in_Bad_Company "Rondo in Bad Company") as a key animator. She became animation director for the first time in the *Detective Conan* anime in [**Episode 1032**: Ran Mouri, The Model](/wiki/Ran_Mouri,_The_Model "Ran Mouri, The Model"), thereafter also continuously worked as the role during the first-half of 2023, which seemed to had acted as a temporary substitute for [Kosei Takahashi](/wiki/Kosei_Takahashi "Kosei Takahashi").
Starting [**Episode 1086**: The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Inauspicious_Matchmaking "The Inauspicious Matchmaking"), the previously absent animator Takahashi returned to the *Detective Conan* anime production; as such, Nakatani stepped down from the animation director role. She later returned as animation director in [**Episode 1135**: Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 1)](/wiki/Momiji_Ooka%27s_Sweet_Trap "Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap").
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Ai Nakatani](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Ai_Nakatani "Category:Animation directed by Ai Nakatani")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **10** cases (10 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1021 | 1078 | [Rondo in Bad Company](/wiki/Episode_1021 "Episode 1021") | October 2, 2021 | Key animation |  |
| 1032 | 1089 | [Ran Mouri, The Model](/wiki/Episode_1032 "Episode 1032") | December 25, 2021 | Animation director |  |
| 1045 | 1102 | [The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1045 "Episode 1045") | June 4, 2022 | Key animation |  |
| 1076 | 1133 | [The Charismatic CEO's Secret Plan](/wiki/Episode_1076 "Episode 1076") | March 4, 2023 | Animation director |  |
| **R133** | 1134 | [Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Rei Furuya](/wiki/Episode_R133 "Episode R133") | March 11, 2023 | Key animation |  |
| 1082 | 1140 | [The Alley of Sad Betrayal](/wiki/Episode_1082 "Episode 1082") | April 29, 2023 | Animation director |  |
| 1086 | 1144 | [The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_1086 "Episode 1086") | June 10, 2023 | Key animation |  |
| 1086 | 1144 | [Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_1086 "Episode 1086") | June 10, 2023 | Key animation |  |
| 1123 | 1181 | [The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1123 "Episode 1123") | May 11, 2024 | Key animation |  |
| 1135 | 1193 | [Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1135 "Episode 1135") | September 21, 2024 | Animation director |  |
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Movies")]
Participation in: **1** movie
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 22 | [Zero the Enforcer](/wiki/Zero_the_Enforcer "Zero the Enforcer") | April 13, 2018 | Key animation |  |
### Spin-offs[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Spin-offs")]
#### [Zero's Tea Time](/wiki/Zero%27s_Tea_Time_(anime) "Zero's Tea Time (anime)")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Zero's Tea Time")]
Participation in: **2** episodes
| Jpn# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | [TIME.2](/wiki/TIME.2 "TIME.2") | April 12, 2022 | Animation director |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ai_Nakatani&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Blue Period*: Animation director
* *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Dr. Stone*: Key animation
* *Last Hope*: Assistant animation director, 2nd key animation (Mouse)
* *The Price of Smiles*: Key animation
* *PuraOre! Pride of Orange*: Animation director
* *TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-*: Animation director
* *Zoids Wild Zero*: Animation director, 2nd key animation (Mouse)