Anime to Manga Characters by Appearance
Contents
By first few appearances
Wataru Takagi
Wataru Takagi was first introduced in On Location, TV Drama Murder Case as an unnamed police detective who had accompanied Inspector Megure on the scene. For a time, this character only appeared in episodes that have Haruo Ogawara as the animation director. The character's name is first given as "Detective Takagi" in the credits for the Karaoke Box Murder Case despite his face not actually appearing on-screen. Although the Karaoke Box Murder Case was based on a manga story, Takagi does not appear in the original. Takagi receives his first manga canon appearance in the Actor's Apartment Case.
1. (Anime) 21 - June 24, 1996 (Anime original)
2. (Anime) 26 - July 19, 1996 (Anime original)
3. (Anime) 31 - September 2, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Anime) 38 - November 18, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
5. (Anime) 42 - December 16, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
6. (Anime) 50 - March 3, 1997 (Manga based, added in)
7. (Anime) 66 - July 7, 1997 (Anime original)
8. (Anime) 67 - July 14, 1997 (Anime original)
9. (Manga) 171-172 - July 30, 1997
10. (Anime) 75 - September 8, 1997 (Manga based)
11. (Manga) 183 - October 29, 1997
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Ninzaburo Shiratori was first introduced in The Time-Bombed Skyscraper and received his first canon manga appearance in the Treadmill Murder Case as Takagi's rival for Miwako Sato's affections.
1. (Movie) 1 - April 19, 1997
2. (Movie) 2 - April 18, 1998
3. (Manga) 209-210 - May 20, 1998
4. (Manga) 231-233 - November 4, 1998
5. (Movie) 3 - April 17, 1999
6. (Anime) 146-147 - May 24, 1999 (Manga based)
7. (Anime) 156-157 - August 9, 1999 (Manga based)
8. (Manga) 267-269 - September 1, 1999
Kazunobu Chiba
Kazunobu Chiba was first introduced in the anime version of The Final Screening Murder Case and received his first canon manga appearance in Sato's Father Case.
1. (Anime) 138-139 - March 8, 1999 (Manga based, added in)
2. (Manga) 269 - September 16, 1999
3. (Anime) 172-173 - December 13, 1999 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Manga) 289 - February 23, 2000
5. (Movie) 4 - April 22, 2000
6. (Anime) 187 - April 24, 2000 (Anime original)
Azusa Enomoto
Azusa Enomoto was first introduced in The Mysterious Old Man Disappearance Case as a waitress at Café Poirot as a background character. She receives her name and first speaking appearance in The Deduction That Was Too Good. Her first canon manga appearance occurs during the Forgotten Cellphone Case.
1. (Anime) 152 - July 12, 1999 (Anime original)
2. (Anime) 207 - September 11, 2000 (Anime original)
3. (Anime) 220 - January 15, 2001 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Manga) 438-440 - June 4, 2003
5. (Anime) 350-351 - February 9, 2004 (Manga based)
6. (Manga) 523-524 - May 18, 2005
7. (Anime) 425 - January 9, 2006 (Manga based, added in)
Midori Kuriyama
Midori Kuriyama was first introduced in The Fourteenth Target as Eri Kisaki's secretary and received her first canon manga appearance in the Eri vs. Yukiko case.
1. (Movie) 2 - April 18, 1998
2. (Movie) 4 - April 22, 2000
3. (Anime) 264-265 - January 14, 2002 (Anime original)
4. (Anime) 297-298 - October 21, 2002 (Anime original)
5. (Manga) 413 - November 13, 2002
6. (Anime) 333-334 - August 25, 2003 (Manga based)
7. (Manga) 511 - February 9, 2005
8. (Anime) 431-432 - February 20, 2006 (Manga based)
Takahiro Sanada
Takahiro Sanada was first introduced in The Eleventh Striker as a new player on the Big Osaka soccer team and received his first canon manga appearance in the Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case.
1. (Movie) 16 - April 14, 2012
2. (Manga) 885-887 - January 22, 2014
3. (Anime) 742 - June 14, 2014 (Anime original)
4. (Anime) 766 - January 31, 2015 (Manga based)
5. (Manga) 925 - July 22, 2015
6. (Anime) 822 - June 18, 2016 (Manga based)
Yuya Kazami
Yuya Kazami was first introduced as Amuro's PSB subordinate in The Darkest Nightmare and received his first canon manga appearance in The Heartfelt Strap.
1. (Movie) 20 - April 16, 2016
2. (Manga) 998 - July 19, 2017
3. (Movie) 22 - April 13, 2018
4. (Anime) 926 (Manga based) - December 22, 2018
Fumimaro Ayanokoji
Fumimaro Ayanokoji was first introduced in Crossroad in the Ancient Capital as an Inspector from Kyoto Prefectural Police and received his first canon manga appearance in The Scarlet School Trip case.
1. (Movie) 7 - April 19, 2003
2. (Movie) 13 - April 18, 2009
3. (Anime) 694 - April 20, 2013 (Anime original)
4. (Movie) 17 - April 20, 2013
5. (Movie) 18 - April 19, 2014
6. (Movie) 21 - April 15, 2017
7. (Manga) 1001 - August 23, 2017
8. (Anime) 927 (Manga based) - January 5, 2019
Special circumstances
Momiji Ooka and Muga Iori
Originally Momiji Ooka was a character created for The Crimson Love Letter for the purpose of being a love rival in the Heiji/Kazuha relationship. In The Darkest Nightmare celebration on 04/15/2016, Aoyama decided to let Momiji briefly show up in the manga series so that her later appearance in the movie wouldn't seem too abrupt. Muga Iori was originally designed by Aoyama himself, however his original design was to be an old man, then later changed to a young man. (The Crimson Love Letter guide book, information from FirefoxAPTX)
1. (Manga) 958-962 - Apr 27, 2016 - Jun 8, 2016
2. (Manga) 981-983 - Dec 07, 2016 - Dec 21, 2016
3. (Manga) 990-993 - Mar 22, 2017 - Apr 19, 2017
4. (Movie) 21 - April 15, 2017
5. (Manga) 1000-1005 - Aug 09, 2017 - Sep 20, 2017
6. (Anime) 872-874 - Sep 09, 2017 - Sep 23, 2017 (Manga based)
Chihaya Hagiwara
Originally Gosho wanted to intoduce Chihaya Hagiwara in the spin off series Wild Police Story. However, he ended up not being able to do it (Wild Police Story Volume 2 Q&A). Later, he decided to introduced her in the main manga series. When Wild Police Story was adapated as the part of the main anime, the anime staff decided to add a cameo appearance of Chihaya in Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Wataru Date, where she was seen hugging Kenji in flashback.
1. (Manga) 1073-1075 - May 26, 2021 - Jun 9, 2021
2. (Manga) 1085-1087 - Jan 19, 2022 - Feb 2, 2022
3. (Anime) 1038 - Mar 12, 2022 (Spin-off based)
4. (Anime) 1098-1099 - Sep 23, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023 (Manga based)
Trivia
- Since Gosho Aoyama has supervisioned the animation production's storyboard from the beginning, they aren't anime-original characters, but only introduced in the anime version before the manga. Of course, at their first canon appearance, the author must always use some statements to exclude the non-canon anime introduction.
- The plot of the first movie was intended as a story arc for Magic Kaito for a while. The author said that he already wrote the plot back in school, and considered it for Yaiba once, but it didn't fit the kind of story it was, and then for Magic Kaito, but there wasn't any opportunity to integrate it. When he got told that Detective Conan was getting a movie adaptation, he proposed the plot for this project, but says that he regrets it by now, since Teiji Moriya, the main antagonist, was based on James Moriarty and he would have preferred to tell a story like that in the manga. Because of this, Shiratori was originally designed as a character for Magic Kaito before transitioning him to Detective Conan together with the plot he debuted in.
