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I’ll try to translate something, but it’s mostly unimportant / already known stuff: beginning is stuff about him going to meet Gōshō, about the weather etc. ・20周年では大きな組織編をしたい。 I want to make a big case with the OB for the 20th anniversary. (he may mean he wants to make a whole volume about it) ・安室はボクシングをしている。 Amuro is doing boxing. ・新一と快斗が似ている理由、裏設定はあるが、描かないかも？ The resemblance between Shin’ichi and Kaitō has a reason, but I may not draw it. everything else either was already known or I didn’t understand it… guess I’ll just paste what I didn’t understand: ・由良駅をコナン駅にしたいという話がある。 something about making Yura Station into Conan Station…? O_o ・コミックのおまけ(探偵図鑑等)は大変。 something about drawing extras being troublesome? 毎シリーズに登場するゲストキャラ(旗本一家など)の再登場はないのですか？→容疑者役じゃないけど、次の新シリーズに懐かしい人が登場。 something about guest characters, I don’t get it

OK So I've gone to the blog where Justwantanaccount found the reports about the meeting held last year and I think that this person also attended the meeting this year as well. I've found 2 entries that I think are relevant to the Q&As: Link 1 (posted on 2013.1.4) Link 2 (posted on 2013.1.5) Well, since my Japanese is very limited I don't think I can translate it this time. But judging from the content, I don't think that he/she knows more than what we know so far though. But who knows ? And we should need a source from the Japanese fans as well, even though it isn't very detailed and is also informal. AND PLEASE CHECK THAT BLOG AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS ANY IMPORTANT ENTRY !!! And maybe we should have this site bookmarked so we can come back next year...

Conan smiled. Agasa had finished the update he'd requested and brought him a change of clothes for when he'd shrunk. He regretted that he couldn't visit Ran, but given the circumstances he knew much more was at stake. "Thanks." Agasa nodded, replying, "It's no problem, Shinichi. All I had to do was adjust them and the frequency will trace that button anywhere." The professor sighed, "I have to go back home. Ai-chan and the Detective Boys are helping me do some tinkering with old inventions, and if I leave for too long, I'm afraid my house will be gone when I return." Conan laughed. "I understand... You haven't told her where I'm going, have you?" "Who, Ai-chan?" With a nod, Conan added, "Don't let her know. I don't want her involved. She'll do something dangerous." Agasa frowned, watching him as he exited the yellow beetle. "Be careful Shinichi," he called. With a smile and a wave the shrunken detective turned and raced down the sidewalk, following the signal from his modified tracking glasses that led to the tracer he'd planted on Amontillado. "This is my thanks to you, Subaru-san... I won't let anything happen to her." Ten miles away, Amontillado entered her boss' favorite hideout, a second floor apartment with a front office he used to hold meetings. She took a deep breath, gripping the spare button on her jacket. Erru attributed it to nerves that she didn't remember having the spare before and left it at that. "Boss... You said this morning that you needed to see me?" From the shadows a figure appeared, striding to a chair and sitting grandly. Tall and lean, the boss towered over her even from his seat, beckoning for her to sit. Of course he's wearing his stupid mask, Amontillado thought, rolling her eyes as she took a seat parallel to his. Every time they'd met, he was wearing his childish mask and using a voice-changer, making Amontillado believe he was afraid to have his identity known, scared that someone would find out. "Amontillado, you've been in my employ for about three years, and now that you have your codename, are you content?" "What?" She tried to keep her voice level and blank, hoping she wouldn't betray her confusion. The boss' ever present smile remained frozen in place on the mask that had become his face as he responded to her inquiry. "Is this what you wanted when you joined us? Are you happy with things as they are, with you as a full member, with everything as it is?" How much did he know? This time, she couldn't keep her voice from cracking. "Why do you ask?" The boss shrugged, the shadows over his mask warping the plastered smile into a malicious grin. "I just thought," he began, taking something from his pocket, "That you might want to be yourself, if only for a short while, Erru." Between his thumb and forefinger he held a red and white capsule. "You..." "Of course I know who you are. I figured it out quite some time ago, when I learned of that detective brat's condition. You were so familiar, it didn't take me long to realize that you were that brat from ten years ago, Kinzie's precious daughter... When I remembered that Sherry's mother was the one Gin asked to dispose of you that day, everything became clear. You were given the second prototype of Apotoxin 4869. That's why you appear to be the same as you were then. You spent another childhood observing us and joined when you were once again of age to infiltrate our little syndicate, Erru." His free hand went to his chin in an attempt at appearing thoughtful, but rather than childish, he now looked sinister. "What a scenario... I may have to use it in a story," he mumbled with a laugh. She glanced back at the door, where Gin was now standing, blocking her way and glaring coldly in her direction. "Now, I'm going to tell you exactly the circumstances before you make your decision. I am going to kill you. There's no way around that. But here's the catch: I'll let you decide how." Erru clenched her fists at her sides, watching the unmoving, mocking grin as one undoubtedly appeared behind it. "Option one," he began, holding up a finger, "You give in right now and take this capsule. It contains an antidote that will return you to yourself, as well as a time-released portion of potassium cyanide. You will become your true age within minutes and die soon after. Of course, we'll also have you bound, so you can't try anything" At Erru's icy stare he chuckled, "You were never one for surrender... no, I don't think you'll go for that option..." She fiddled with the tassle on her jacket, working over escape plans in her mind. There's no way to get out now, she thought as panic rose in her like bile from her core. Gin's armed, and there's no way I'd get past him and the boss without being shot or taken down... I'll have to play his game. At least until I figure out a plan. As her heart raced, her expression retained its neutrality, and she managed to enunciate properly in her reply. "So what's option two?" The boss' right hand disappeared into his pocket as he dropped the poison capsule back into it. "It's quite simple," he explained, "You lead that detective brat here by any means you wish. Once we have him, you will be bound and left here with him to rot. That is the only painless death I can offer an FBI rat like yourself, no matter how loyal you have pretended to be." Erru shook her head, snapping, "I would never bring you another victim. Kudou Shinichi is under my protection as of today!" The boss laughed, "His little guardian angel? A fallen angel with broken wings. Fitting, Amontillado. Just like your mother. Would you like me to tell you what she told me just before I killed her, Erru? "She said that she would never give up the targets we were after, because she wanted her daughter to believe in justice at all self-cost." Erru's eyes teared up, and her fists shook. "Of course, I told her that nonsense would be the end of both of you, but she didn't believe me. And what do you know? My pistol went off, right in my hands. The bullet pierced her heart, Erru. That heart that bled with pity for every poor lost soul, bleeding out because of the one she pitied most." "Shut up!" Erru bolted up, grabbing her boss' shoulders, and glared straight through his mask. "Don't you DARE talk about my mother!" A ceaseless laugh picked up, and she released him as he shook with laughter, a hand over the false mouth that still grinned at her. "You really don't know, do you, Erru? After I left your mother, I found someone much more suitable, continuing to do my true work in secret. "My wife never questions me, never wonders why I spend so long away, alone on business, because she does the same. Kinzie knew too much from the day we married, and I've regretted it every day since." "My mother would NEVER marry someone like you!" Erru shouted, shaking her head. "She wouldn't! Besides, my dad was the only man in mom's life, and he died a star detective, not a murderous bastard who hid behind a mask!" "Oh, can't I be both? Besides, what I really regretted was the birth of our daughter. A son to take my place, that's what I wanted from my relationship with Kinzie, but no, we had you instead... You, with your attachment to 'justice' and your useless emotions! The day you were born I refused to name you, and when you joined us I knew the name you'd choose regardless. Poe's alcohol, and Poe's detective?! Your mother brandished his works like a .357, always asking whether I'd encountered a case similar... Needless to say I'd initiated a few myself!" "You're not my father," Erru insisted. "You're insane! My father was famous detective Natake Yu-" "Wrong, Erru! Natake was your mother's maiden name. Because of my high profile work, I asked that she not change her name. She thought I was being chivalrous..." He spat the word chivalrous as though it left a bad taste in his mouth, then grabbed Erru by the collar of her jacket, bringing his mask close to her face in a threatening gesture of control. "No more distractions, Erru... Option three," he hissed, "Is my favorite." He took a small firearm from his pocket, handling it surprisingly safely as he showed it off to her. "If you do not bring Shinichi here, I take the pistol that ended your mother's life." He snapped his wrist toward her. "Press it against your fragile little heart." Anokata tapped his index finger against the trigger guard. "And pull the trigger." Erru was frozen. There was no way the boss was-! If he wasn't, how did he know so much?! She sighed in regretful resignation, knowing there was no way out. "My mother died staring into your eyes. I think I deserve the same right... otou-san." The boss, her father, let go of her collar and took a step back. "So it's option three, then? How fitting... Like mother, like daughter." He clicked off the safety on his pistol, leveling the firearm at her chest. "You're forgetting something..." Erru crossed her arms, and Anokata sighed in annoyance. "Now I have to readjust my aim..." Amontillado frowned, spitting, "Take off the mask, dad!" The man who called himself her father obliged, grabbing the bottom of the mask and pulling it away from his face just as the door caved in. A soccer ball rolled in to land harmlessly beside Erru's feet, and she turned to see Gin lying stunned on the floor, the dented door having hit him from behind. In the doorway stood a child's silhouette, stepping forward from the shadows. "Hello again, Erru." "Kudou-kun?!" Dropping his mask, Anokata wrapped his arm around Erru, pressing his forearm against her throat as she struggled against him. The cold barrel of his pistol resting against her temple, he snapped, "Don't take another step, Shinichi!" The shrunken detective in the doorway stood frozen. He couldn't have moved to react if Erru wasn't Anokata's hostage. His body shaking, he rasped, "Otou-san?"

Not sure, if the whole interview has already been translated to English somewhere before. Anyway, here we go: English Translation:

Hmm, the content does check out, according to this blog that talked about this interview. I guess that a Mainland Chinese person who's somewhat familiar with Japanese but not quite had typed this, or something like that. I'll do my best to translate, then. BRB . . . EDIT: Found the source on Baidu. Funnily enough, Baidu says that this interview was on OtonaFami June issue, but the Japanese fan blog (which so far has given me quality information) I mentioned above says that this was on monthly B.L.T. magazine. I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but I'll translate anyway . . . (Since the Japanese text doesn't seem completely faithful to the original, I'll translate loosely this time. The translation isn't completely direct.) Ｑ: いつ顷から、どういうきっかけでサッカーを好きになったか。 Q: Since when and how did you come to like soccer? ⇒好きになったのは“ドーハの悲剧”（1993年に开催された日本代表とイラク代表のサッカーの国际试合）の顷から。コナンが始まる前。日本中ががっかりした试合だったけど…顽张れって気持ちにもなった、あの顷からサッカーは好きですね。 A: I liked soccer since the Agony of Doha (the international soccer match between Japanese and Iraqi representative opened in 1993). This is before Conan started. Although this was a match that let down Japan, I also felt like cheering (Japan). I've liked soccer from that time, yes. Ｑ. ロベルト・バッジョ选手（イタリアの至宝と呼ばれた选手）が好きだと闻いたが、他に好きな选手は？ Q. I heard that you like Roberto Baggio (footballer who was called Italy's treasure), but who else do you like? ⇒确かにバッジョ选手は好き。他にはＣＳＫＡモスクワで活跃している本田圭佑选手もいい。喋りがかっこいいし、面白い。昔だとヒデ。コナンにもヒデがいるが、コナンの方のヒデ（赤木英雄）の方が先に出ている（笑） A. Yes, I do like Baggio. As for other players, I also like Keisuke Honda, who is active in CSKA Moscow. His way of speaking is cool, and (his speaking? he?) is interesting. In old times, (my favorite was) Hide. Although there's another Hide in Conan, Conan's Hide (Hideo Akagi) appeared first (laughs). Ｑ. 今回、剧场版シリーズとして“サッカー”を题材するに至って、先生のこだわりとは？ Q. What is sensei's fixation when researching about soccer for this year's film series? ⇒やっぱり前回のワールドカップ南アフリカ大会での远藤选手のフリーキック、凄かった。远藤选手のあの时のフリーキックは凄いカーブで、弧を描きゴールネットに…これをコナンに蹴らせたい!!と思った。その思い入れは込められたかな(笑)。本田の无回転シュートもいいんだけど…今回の作品的に无回転だと无理かなと思って(何で无理かは剧场で确认してくださいね）。 A. Endou's free kick in World Cup South Africa was amazing. Endou's free kick at that time had an amazing curve, drawing an arc toward the goal net . . . I thought, I want to make Conan kick this!!. Maybe this wish was included (laughs). Honda's knuckle shot was amazing, too . . . but I thought that knuckle shots would be impossible this time, product-wise (to understand why, please confirm at the movie theater). Ｑ. コナンのリフティングについて。 Q. About Conan's (soccer ball) juggling . . . ⇒１巻ぐらいにしか出て来ないんだけど…コナンが推理するときに、リフティングをしてたら面白いなぁと思ったんだけど、リフティングのシーンを描くと、意外とコマをくっちゃうんだよね(笑)。だから１回しかやってない。だから今回はせっかくだし…コナンにリフティングを思う存分、やらせてみた（笑）。 A. This appeared only around the first volume . . . I thought that it would be interesting if Conan was juggling (a soccer ball) while deducing, but the juggling scenes, when drawn, eat up the panel, contrary to expectations (laughs). That's why I only did it once. That's why I had Conan juggle to his heart's content, given the opportunity (laughs). Ｑ. 现役の选手の方々に声优を実际にして戴きましたが、どうでしたか？ Q. You had actual soccer players voice acting. How was it? ⇒みなさん、顽张って戴いてよかった。カズさん(三浦知良选手)は、とても自然な感じだったし。 A. Everybody did their best for us, it was great. Kazu-san (Kazuyoshi Miura) was a natural, too. Ｑ. 作品中に出てくる东京スピリッツ、ビッグ大阪のユニフォームのデザインは、どこかのチームのユニフォームからインスピレーションはあったか？ Q. Did you get inspiration from some team for your work's Tokyo Spirits' and Big Osaka's uniforms? ⇒东京スピリッツはイタリア、セリエＡ“ユベントス”。昔、ロベルト・バッジョがいた、あのチーム。ビッグ大阪は特にないんだけど…あえて言うなら、昔の浦和レッズ、鹿岛アントラーズの襟部分などを参考にしたかな。 A. Tokyo Spirits' is from Italy's Serie A Juventus F.C.. The team Baggio was a part of a long time ago. There's no specific (inspiration) for Big Osaka . . . but if you insist, I may have consulted Urawa Red Diamonds', Kashima Antlers' collar. Ｑ. 今回の构想期间はどれくらい？ Q. How lond was the planning process this time? ⇒大体２年前から始めた。それくらい始めないと间に合わない。 A. We started about two years ago. We can't finish on time if we don't start around there. Ｑ. 作品を描く时、どうしているか？ Q. When drawing your work, what do you do? ⇒音楽がかかっていると集中できない、だから无音。たまに気分展开したい时に音楽をかけたり、気晴らしに映画を観たりしている。集中して考える时は绝対に音はない。逆に絵を描くときは、音楽をかける。昔は、大滝咏一さんとかブルーハーツ。ブルーハーツは“1000のバイオリン”という曲が大好き。がっかりすることがあると、この曲を聴く。大体オレの头の中って、この曲の歌词みたい。ブルーハーツはコナンの最初の主题歌だし。あとはアニメを流したりもする。例えば、“ちはやぶる”は超おもしろくてあれはいい。このアニメを流しながら、コナンの杀人シーンを描いたりした(笑)。 A. I can't focus when music is playing, so no music. I play music to improve my mood, or play movies to brighten my mood. When I'm thinking with focus, there is never any sound. In the old days, (I played) Eiichi Otaki, Blue Hearts, etc. Ｑ. 今回のようにサッカーという要素の中に、事件・推理・爆破などの要素を入れて、１つの作品として完成させるのは大変だったと思うが、どうだったか？ Q. It must have been a lot of work to include elements of soccer, incident, deduction, explotion and finish them as one product. How was it? ⇒大変だった。漫画の原作でサッカースタジアムで犯人が狙撃して、コナンが阻止するというのをやってしまったので、狙撃はもうできないし(笑)。狙撃できないなら爆発しかないよね(笑)。 It was a lot of work. (I) already did (a case) in the manga where the culprit is sniping, and where Conan stops him, so (we) couldn't do sniping anymore (laughs). If sniping is out, you can only do explosions, right? (laughs) Ｑ. 打ち合わせは何度も重ねたんですよね？ Q. Business meetings were held repeatedly, right? ⇒打ち合わせは大体仆の家でするんだけど、暗号をどうしようとみんなで悩んでいたとき、仕事场でトリックの一部を完成させて“これにしよう”と言って决めたり…。トリックは思い浮かんで决まるときは早い。作品を完成させる时は、まず“トリック”を完成させる、トリックが决まらないと全然话にならないので。今回の场合だと、サッカーに全体が引っ张られ过ぎるとよくないし。トリックをしっかり决め、そしてサッカーの要素などを加えて完成させた。 A. Business meetings are usually done at (Not a Japanese name, not sure wtheck this is)'s house, but when everyone was pondering over the cipher, we'll complete one part of a trick at the workplace and decide while saying "Let's use this!" . . . For tricks, the time when thinking up and deciding is fast. To finish a work, first finish the trick. If the trick isn't decided, the story doesn't form. In this case, it's not good to pull apart soccer as a whole. (We) first firmly decided the trick, then added elements of soccer to finish. Ｑ. これまでの作品で、実在する人がモデルになっているキャラクターはいるか？ Q. In your work so far, do you have character(s) who are modeled off of people in real life? ⇒高木刑事だけ実在ではないけれど、漫画家“よしまさこ”さんの作品で、です・ます调のキャラクターがいて、そのキャラの见た目でなく、中身を参考にさせてもらった。 A. Only Detective Takagi isn't based off of a real-life person; he is based on a character who speaks politely in the manga artist Masako Yoshi's work. I consulted that character's insides, not (his/her) appearance. Ｑ. 今回の作品を実际に観て、特に印象に残ったシーンや“细かいところだけど気づいてほしい”というシーンがあれば教えてください。 Q. Tell us about scenes that left you an impression or scenes that you want others to notice despite being insignificant when you watched this year's work. ⇒お～っと思ったのは、スタジアムの电光掲示板が爆発して…あることが起きるじゃない?!あとコナンのサスペンダーが(あとは剧场で)。それとカズのシーンが良かった、全体的にアップテンポな进行の中で、ゆったりとしていて。 (The scene that) made me think Wow! is when the stadium's electronic bulletin board explodes, and . . . something happens, right?! Then Conan's suspenders (go to the theater for more). And Kazu's scene was good, its pace was easy-going in the middle of an up-beat one. Ｑ. 剧场版コナンを一般の映画馆で観るか？ Q. Do you watch Conan's films in an average (or public, I think) theater? ⇒耻ずかしくて一般の映画馆では観ない。でも『世纪末の魔术师』という作品で、怪盗キッドを出そうってオレが言ったんだけど、本当に作品に登场するのか？と思って、映画馆へ『世纪末の魔术师』の予告编だけを确认しに、ガメラか何かの作品を観に行きました(笑)。あの时の怪盗キッドはオレが描いた原画だったし、スクリーンサイズで観れて感动した。 A. I'm embarrassed to watch in an average theater. But in the work "The Last Wizard of the century", since I suggested making Kaito Kid appear and I thought, Will (he) really appear?, I went to a theater to just confirm "The Last Wizard of the Century"'s trailer while watching Gamera or whatever (laughs). Kaito Kid at that time was (based on) my storyboard, and I felt happy to see it on the big screen. (My comment: . . . Does this mean that Kaito Kid knows Conan's identity in canon? Hmm.) Ｑ. 今回のコナンは冒头からハードアクションだったが、どんなアクション作品のイメージがあったのか。 Q. This time's Conan is hard action from the beginning. What action work did you base it on? ⇒ダイ・ハードか２４かな。それと、“パニック・イン・スタジアム”というスタジアムの中が大騒ぎになる作品も少しイメージした。 A. Die Hard or 24, maybe. (My comment: Gosho has mentioned in the manga how he has watched 24 before. It's a US detective series, so you guys should be able to watch it, if you wanted to.) I also based it a little on the work Panic in Stadium (Note: the US title is Two-Minute Warning), where there's turmoil in a stadium. Ｑ. 兰が新一に携帯电话で连络するシーンについて。 Q. On the scene where Ran contacts Shinichi with a cell phone. ⇒原作では既にエクスペリアじゃなくてエクスペリカンというスマホを使っているし、灰原はプ●ダフォンだし、ベルモットはアイ●ォンだしね。 A. In the original work (Note: the manga), (Conan?) uses a smart phone called XPERIKAN (Note: this is what's on the manga to avoid copyright violations, probably - not a real phone), not Xperia. Haibara (uses) Prada phone, and Vermouth (uses) iPhone. Ｑ. 兰など素敌な女の子たちが登场しているが、『名探侦コナン』という作品の中で特に好きな女の子は谁か？ Q. Charming girls like Ran appears (in your work). In the work called Detective Conan, which female character do you especially like? ⇒やっぱヒロインの兰かな。好きなのは兰、そして特别な女の子が灰原かな。こなん通信社の中で灰原の一言もオレが考えているんだけど、ほぼ灰原はオレの代弁者になっているね。あと兰は勇往迈进というか（新一のことを）待っていてくれるのは嬉しいというか…あと强いしね。ちなみに女の子が强いシーンを描くのって嬉しい。今、世良ちゃんも出ているけど、描くのが楽しい…目の下にクマがあるけど(笑)。 A. I guess it would have to be the heroine, Ran. I like Ran, and the special girl would be Haibara. I think about Haibara's comments in the Conan News Agency, too; she's become my spokeswoman, hasn't she? Ran is full of courage, and she waits for Shinichi, which makes (Gosho?) happy . . . she's strong, too. By the way, I feel happy drawing scenes where girls are strong. Right now, Sera-chan is appearing, too, and it's fun to draw (her) . . . although, she has bags under her eyes (laughs). (My comment: Whoa whoa whoa, does this open the possibility that Sera isn't Akai's sister, if the lower eyelid thing is just bags under her eyes and not some kind of genetic appearance-related thing?) Ｑ. ジャイアンツが好きだと闻きました。剧场版の作品で、スポーツに関する题材としてどんなスポーツをやってみたいか。 Q. I hear that you like the Giants. What kind of sports do you want to do as the theme of a film, if the theme is sports-related? ⇒野球だね。でもジャイアンツに肩入れするのも…(笑)。やるなら世界的に有名なスポーツがいいと思う。スポーツ観戦するのが好き。基本、何でも観る。 A. It would be baseball. But supporting Giants might be . . . (laughs). If (I'm/we're/etc) going to do it, I think that it's good to (pick a) sport that's famous all over the world. I like to watch sport matches. Basically, I watch anything. EDIT: I'm done!