Detective Conan Wiki:Article of the month/2025
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December 2024-January
December 3, 2024
Katsuo Ohno (大野 克夫 Ōno Katsuo), born 12 September 1939 in Kyoto, is a Japanese composer and musician known for his film scores. He has closely worked with the television animation franchise Detective Conan, having composed all the soundtracks of the animated TV series and soundtracks from movies 1 to 24. In addition, he was also behind the music in all Magic and Bonus Files, three TV specials, two crossover works with Lupin III, as well as the live-action specials. His works were influential in shaping the series' atmosphere to the audience's mind, known for their incorporation of jazz and traditional orchestral music. His earlier works include the theme music for the detective live-action series Taiyō ni Hoero!. He was also a talented keyboardist, being a member of the bands The Spiders from 1961 to 1970 and Pyg from 1971 to 1972. Read more...
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February
February 6, 2025
The French version of the Yaiba manga was published in France by Soleil Manga, a division of Soleil Productions, contrary to the French translation of the main series, done by Kana. In the beginning of 2006, Soleil Manga announced its intention to publish the series and the first volume was published on January 15th. The first five volumes were published at a regular pace of one volume per month, before the intervals were incremented to one every two or three months. After the publishing of volume 15 in December 2007, releases were put on a hiatus and volume 16 was released in October 2008, resuming releases at a slowed paced of one volume every four to six months. Prices were raised to 6,95 euros in January 2009, with the release of volume 17. Following the release of volume 21 in July 2010, publishing went on a second hiatus, but the publishing house confirmed that the last three volumes will still be published sometime in the future. Volume 22 was finally released in November 2011. In 2012, the editor announced the release of the last 2 volumes of the series in Q1 and Q4 respectively. The series was fully published in September 2012 with the release of volume 24. Prices for volumes 23 and 24 were also adjusted to 6,99. Prices for the original volumes were raised in Q3 2023 to 7,29 euros.
In January 2025, following the May 2024 announcement of a reboot of Yaiba to air in mid-2025, Soleil confirmed the publishing of a new version of the original manga series to start in May 2025. The new version combines two volumes in one that will thus be completed with the release of twelve volumes.
It is translated by Thibaud Desbief and licensed by The Kashima Agency, and distributed by Hachette Éditions. It is printed by Aubin Imprimeur. The translation follows closely the Japanese original version and the covers as well, reprising the style and font of the 2004 reissued Japanese volumes. Some jokes were localized to the French readers, including the pun in chapter 74's title. Read more...
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March
March 10, 2025
Kogoro Mouri (毛利 小五郎 Mōri Kogorō), known as Richard Moore in the FUNimation dub, is a main protagonist of the Detective Conan manga and anime. He is a private detective and Ran Mouri's father. Once a former police detective in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he retired a few years prior to the timeline to become a full-time private investigator, opening Mouri Detective Agency in Beika Town, which doubles as the Mouri family's home. He currently raises his daughter as a single father, after becoming estranged from his wife Eri Kisaki, a first-class lawyer. While struggling to maintain his agency successful, he reluctantly takes in a shrunken Shinichi Kudo, who presents himself as Conan Edogawa, after Ran's insistence. Conan's presence in the household would however prove useful, as Conan uses his Stun-Gun Wristwatch to solve many cases using Kogoro's voice. He thus becomes famous as the "sleeping Kogoro" and is regularly relied upon by the police whenever there is a case they cannot crack. While Kogoro is a skillful martial artist and marksman, he is, on the other hand, a heavy smoker and a drunkard, and is known for flirting with other women while still being married. His lazy character makes many doubt his actual investigative abilities, but when his close relatives are the ones at stake, he can manage to solve tough cases by himself. Read more...
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April
April 11, 2025
Yaiba Appears (YAIBA見参 Yaiba Kenzan), known in English as Meeting Yaiba, is the 1st episode of Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime. After its premiere in the United States on March 8, 2025, at the 2025 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle and in Toho Cinemas across Japan on March 13, 2025, it was officially broadcast in Japan on April 5, 2025, while being simulcasted by Netflix in other English-speaking countries. Adapted from the first five chapters of Gosho Aoyama's original manga, it was written by Toko Machida, storyboarded and produced by Takahiro Hasui, and animated by Yoshimichi Kameda. The story follows the protagonist Yaiba Kurogane's move back to Japan into the house of the Mine family, along with his pets Kagetora and Shonosuke. After following Sayaka Mine, he attends middle school for the first time, and later enters the Kendo dojo, where he meets national champion Takeshi Onimaru. This fateful meeting would later spark the beginning of a lifelong rivalry. Read more...
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June
June 1, 2025
Kaitou Kid (怪盗キッド Kaitō Kiddo, lit. Phantom Thief Kid) is the secret identity of the main character in the manga and anime franchise Magic Kaito, and a recurring character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. A so-called "gentleman thief" known for issuing advance notices prior to his heists and never having fired a gun while operating, he first appeared eighteen years ago in Paris, coinciding with the retirement of another renowned thief, the Phantom Lady. Wearing a white dress suit flunked with white gloves, a top hat, and a monocle, he makes flashy entrances using his Hang Glider Cape. The identity was first assumed by world-class magician Toichi Kuroba, who quickly made the phantom thief famous for the unbelievable jewel heists he could pull off. Ten years prior to the timeline, Kaitou Kid stopped being active after Toichi was seemingly killed during a stage show by a mysterious criminal organization, who saw him as being in the way of their quest to find Pandora, a gem said to grant immortality. After Toichi's assistant Konosuke Jii briefly assumed the role, Kaitou Kid is currently embodied by high-school student Kaito Kuroba, the son of Toichi. Determined to find the truth behind his father's death, Kaito has brought the name of Kaitou Kid to new levels of fame across the world. Kaitou Kid's current arch-nemeses are the private sleuths Conan Edogawa and Saguru Hakuba, along with "almost successful" police inspector Ginzo Nakamori. Read more...
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July
July 4, 2025
Night Baron Murder Case (
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August
August 2, 2025
Detective Conan: Marionette Symphony (名探偵コナン マリオネット
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September 1, 2025
Masatomo Sudo (須藤 昌朋 Sudō Masatomo), born January 28, 1961, in Hokkaido, is a Japanese anime director, and character designer. He is best known for designing characters for the anime series Detective Conan and for his involvement with the anime series Lupin III. He is the character designer for the Detective Conan anime series since its inception in 1996, except for a short period of four years from episodes 356 to 504, where the work was done by Mari Tominaga. He also works as character designer and chief animation director for the movies. Later, he also worked as character design supervisor for Zero's Tea Time anime. Active since 1980, he landed irregular animation jobs for various series before being animation director for the first time in 1994. Shortly after, his career expanded, and he joined the Detective Conan production team. While still being the character designer for the series, he worked with other television animation projects in the 2000s, including Hamtaro, Angel Heart and Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Since 2007, Sudo works exclusively in the production team of Detective Conan. Read more...
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