Kenji Kodama
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こだま 兼嗣
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Kenji Kodama at Japan Expo 2010
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| Born | (1949-12-13) December 13, 1949 (age 74)
Hokkaido, Japan
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Seiji Miyamoto |
| Occupation | Anime director |
| Known for | Case Closed City Hunter Lupin III Part III |
| Spouse | Sachiko Kamimura |
Kenji Kodama (こだま 兼嗣, Kodama Kenji, December 13, 1949) is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for being one of the main directors on the long-running anime Case Closed, as well as the City Hunter series and Lupin III Part III.[1] Kodama is also a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association.
Kodama is married to Sachiko Kamimura, a prominent animator in the same field.
Kodama has also worked as a storyboard artist in the 1970s and 1980s under the name Seiji Miyamoto.
| Year | Title | Crew role | Notes | Source[2] |
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| 1984–85 | Lupin III Part III | Production, Storyboards | ||
| 1984–85 | Cat's Eye | Chief director, director, storyboard | 2nd TV series | |
| 1986 | Robotan | Production | 2nd TV series | |
| 1986–87 | Bug tte Honey | Director, Continuity | ||
| 1987–88 | City Hunter | Chief director, director, storyboards | [1] | |
| 1988 | City Hunter 2 | Chief director, director, storyboards | ||
| 1989 | City Hunter: .357 Magnum | Director | film | |
| 1989–90 | City Hunter 3 | Director | ||
| 1990 | The Rose of Versailles | Director | 1990 film | |
| 1990 | City Hunter: Bay City Wars | Director | OVA | |
| 1990 | City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy | Director | OVA | |
| 1991 | Reporter Blues | Director | ||
| 1991–92 | I and Myself: The Two Lottes | Director | ||
| 1992–93 | My Patrasche | Director | ||
| 1996 | City Hunter: The Secret Service | Director, Screenplay | TV special | |
| 1996–present | Case Closed | Director, General Director | ||
| 1997 | Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper | Director, Screenplay | film | |
| 1998 | Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target | Director | film | |
| 1999 | Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century | Director | film | |
| 2000 | Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes | Director | film | |
| 2001 | Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven | Director | film | |
| 2002 | Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | Director | film | |
| 2003 | Case Closed: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital | Director | film | |
| 2006 | Kekkaishi | Director | [1][3] | |
| 2008 | Tales of the Abyss | Director | Also OVA fan disc | |
| Black Jack | Storyboard | [1] | ||
| Kamichu! | Storyboard | [1] |
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