Akazora

Congrats! Hats off to you!

Great news for those who are itching to hear more of the official ending song! The near-full version of "Haru uta" by "Ikimono-gakari" was just recently released on a Japanese radio and can be heard below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zOAR1S_r6c The sound quality isn't great, it's not the full song, but it's better than nothing! I wasn't a huge fan of the song when I heard it on the 90-seconds trailer, but the near-full version gives me a much better opinion.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. Maybe you're confused and think this is a new series of short episodes. This is a near movie length live action drama special. There have been three previous drama specials (one in 2006, one in 2007, and one very recent one in 2011). The first two were stand-alone ideas that tried to get the ball rolling (obviously it didn't work very well because the next special came out 4 years later and when it did come out nearly the entire cast was changed). A 13 episode series titled "Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo" aired shortly after the third special aired, I'm guessing in hopes that it would catch more attention. Apparently, it did and one short year later a live action special is less than a month away. So, to answer your question, no it didn't "start" and never really "starts". It just happens.

I'm pretty sure it's still Yomiuri TV. That image was actually from the official ytv page for the drama. Here's the link, in case you're interested in taking a look at it. http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-spdrama/ There's also a quick story plot summary and the full list of suspects/characters on the page, too.

I'm not sure if this'll help, but this small promotional picture has a time on it. I'm assuming it's 9 am, because 9 pm would have been written as 21:00. Also, safely assuming they're going off of Japan Standard Time (JST), we know it's 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). So if it's 00:00 (midnight) UTC, then it's 09:00 JST. I'm not sure what time zone you're in, but I hope converting is a bit easier now. I don't read any Japanese and I'm just going off of prior knowledge, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

It most definitely will. That's really the only reason why I'm excited for the actual release date of M-16, because there'll be a lot of talk about the preview at the end. I really wonder what they have in store for the next movie? But that's for a different, currently non-existent thread...

Thanks once again to Skyechan for always being a step ahead and on the lookout for the latest DC news! As of right now, very little is known about the new side-story (and everything you need to know is right on the new wiki page here). Post your opinions and reactions right here as this thread is updated with more info!

No, that's the very same Hideo Akagi from previous canon cases. If you pause or slow down the video just right, you'll see that his Tokyo Spirits jersey number is "11", which is known to be Akagi's jersey number. Speaking of which... The movie is called "The Eleventh Striker"...

Here is the link to the clip from the PV for this ending song, in case anyone's interested: