Wakarimashita

Alas, it seems we are in the minority. Most people seem to expect action scenes in the movies and a movie with a 1h30-1h45 case would probably bore them to death. Why people who are desperate for action don't just go watch nekketsu is beyond me.

Obvious fakes are obvious. Let's just wait patiently till the beginning of december, shall we ? ^^

It was supposed to be ambiguous, otherwise it would have given the solution for the case to the reader almost immediatly. Plus, not only did Bamba go to the toilet (where one would usually clean the traces of food), he was also suspected of going outside to murder his sister through the bathroom window where there was a puddle (plus it had rained earlier). Therefore, there is no reason Conan would be surprised by Bamba's shoes if there had not been any cake left on them.

@Chekov : Chapter 794, page 9, Conan goes 'hm, then how did this person...' when looking at Bamba's back/legs/shoes. Then it was up to the reader to deduce it. Showing the shoes close up would have been a bit too obvious.

Looking forward to the podcast with your opinions about movie 15. ^^

I understand your concern, I too was very troubled when I found out not everyone on this planet agrees with me (with movie 14). That's also when I abandoned my project of ruling the world. :cool:

Wh..wha...what ? Could you explain why you prefer it to the 30+ others ?

I agree. It's astonishing that so many people on a DC fansite (more or less) have the anime in their top 5. Humanity is always full of suprises ! ^^

Ok, ok, here we go. First of all, I had already watched this movie about a week ago when it came out raw, and I have to say I thought it was more enjoyable the second time around (the english subs probably helped). Anyway, let's start with the negative aspects : -A certain repetitiveness in the use of the music at some points, mostly during the first half in fact. -After being right into the action at the beginning, the story slows down a bit too much. I don't mind that when it's for the investigation, but in this case it was mostly used for a bunch of annoying scenes with the Detective Boys (eating, buying souvenirs, getting lost : boy was that scene with the 'words are swords' cheesy...). -Even if an effort was made to balance action and mystery, some progress still needs to be made, mostly by taking out some of the aforementioned scene and having the case occupy the screne a bit more. -Some loose ends left after the case is solved. -The secondary characters felt a bit flat. Not one of them stood out like Reiko in movie 12 or Irish in movie 13 (even if I don't like that movie). For the postive now : -The use of music during the action scenes and while Conan was being rescued was perfect. Some other tracks where quite nice too (when we see the DB slaying). -Not too many action scenes. Furthermore they were well balanced. -Absolutely beautiful animation for the landscapes. This made some scenes like the one with the diamond dust or the one with Conan, Ran and the trees with lights even more enjoyable. -Except for those 20-25 minutes where the movie does get a bit tiresome, the pacing is great and well handled for a 109 minute movie. -The humour is classic : Kogoro and women, Haibara and Agasa, Conan's inner comments...but it works and that's all I'm asking for. -There is some fanservice, but it's reasonable and isn't shoved down our throats. -The ending was very emotional. The music helped a lot. In fact the whole drama worked pretty well. -There was an effort made to have an actual case, and despite its weaknesses, it wasn't as bad or insignificant as I thought it was when I watched the RAW. Furthermore, at the end, apart from those little loose ends, almost everything was correctly tied together. After having watched it once, I ranked it under movie 12. Now, I would rank it along movie 12 or maybe even movie 1. Overall, we have an enjoyable story with decent pacing, nice humour, some emotion and a decent case (despite there being room for improvement). Considering the director is new, I say he's done a pretty good job. This movie gets a 7/10 from me. (P.S : Movie 14 would get a 2.5 and Movie 13 a 5).

I'm sure the 8 year olds who read the manga in Japan will be very upset about the mistakes regarding the DNA.

File 794, chinese scans : http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1257781758.

I heard on the news the other day that China's judicial système (which is very very imperfect) sometimes doesn't bother to go after the culprits (especially when it's assumed that it's going to be hard to find them) and even accuses the people who get involved even if they wanted to help. Such a disfunction might explain why these people were so cautions and just ignored what was happening being scared of the consequences they might face if they had gotten involved.

You're right. I should have said 'all of these characters combined' (hoping that's a bit harder to do).

I'm more complex than any of these characters.

For those who are crazy enough to want a movie 13 2.0, maybe. ^^ I'm with Parkur on this one, BO + movie = pointless.

Yes, 2 of the detectives, not all of them.

When Knightus gave the link, only the first part of the spoilers had been posted on 2ch (post 491). The rest (posts 494 and 495) came after.

Movies don't count. This is a mytery manga, so having detectives in it is to be expected. Besides, Junya is dead, Natsumi is in jail and Hakuba almost never appears, so they can't really be put in the same category as Heiji, the DB or Sera.

That's pretty much it.

The thing is, that obsessive crap (which I think is a bit odd) is used by a good portion of the anime fandom. Not that it makes it any better, but for every manga/anime/character you'll have these hysterical obsessed and usually intolerant people who mainly stick to saying : 'This or this is the best manga/anime/character everrrrrrr' or 'so so so epicccccccccccc' or 'your opinion sucks if you disagree'. You meet people like that in all fandoms : manga, anime, music, movies, tv shows etc...

Negative aspects : -too many pointless scenes (with the DB) : let's go shopping, let's go eat something, let's have a snowball fight, let's have the DB get lost and saved by Conan to fill 10 minutes of the movie (why do a 110 minute movie instead of a 90 minute movie ?). Because of that, the case takes too long to begin despite the action sequence at the beginning (it took 52 minutes for someone to die !). In fact the movie is very DB orientated which most of you/us will not like. -some repetitiveness in the use of some tracks. -the secondary characters felt a bit flat. -the case was rather average, if not boring at times. 'Positive' aspects : -top-notch animation, as usual. -the music overall is still quite good, especially during the action sequences. -ok use of humour, or at least better than 14's. -quite emotional in the end. -the action scenes were handled quite well. -not too much fanservice. And the little the movie had didn't feel forced. -at least there was some kind of case... Overall, I would rank it under movies 1-5 and 12 and above movies 6-8, 10-11 + 13-14. It's still an average movie at best.

That title is wrong or at least not confirmed. The official title will be released and/or confirmed at the beginning of december.