Regular movies

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Since 1997, there has been an animated Detective Conan movie released during Golden Week each year. With the exception of the first movie, all Detective Conan movies have been among of the highest-grossing movies in the year it was screened in Japan.

Additional concept

As per the first generation director, Kenji Kodama: while he was working on the anime, those movie-style scenes often appeared in his mind, but due to budget and time constraints, he deleted them with great reluctance. Therefore, in the plot that lasts for 90 to 100 minute, cases of greater scale can be introduced, and action scenes of higher impact can be included[N 1].

A sketch of the Movie 1 scene drawn by Gosho Aoyama, which Kodama Kenji pasted directly on the storyboard.

Aoyama works inextricably with the staff. In the first movie, Shinichi's birthday and other information related to the original work were told to the production team by Aoyama himself. For example, the scene where Ran asks Conan which colour wire to cut was an idea that Aoyama wanted to draw in the manga, but he generously allowed it to be used in the movie instead. The process of producing a Detective Conan movie (over the duration of one year) back then was as follows:

  1. The production team and Aoyama attend a conference: The core staff of the movie reunion at Aoyama's house, and each propose their own ideas. This often happens after two to three attempts.
  2. Draft proposal: Staff in charge of the screenplay, Kazunari Kouchi, based on everyone's opinions, create a draft. This is followed by several other conferences; oftentimes the draft is refined until its sixth version.
  3. Screenplay proposal: The final screenplay should be determined after amending the screenplay for two to three times. Intensive conferences do not halt; meanwhile, they also contact Aoyama by phone or fax.
  4. Storyboard, art setting, design works: Obeying the final screenplay, various design works can be executed whilst working on location shooting.
  5. Colour design, art boards, background art: Through the setting of colour and storyboard, the production team begins to concretise the picture. Whichever part was completed first in the previous stage would come to this stage first.
  6. Key animation works: Dozens of key animators repeatedly draw, check, and correct the drawings. Aoyama is also involved therein.
  7. In-between animation works: Many more staff begin to add key frames which make key animation "move". However, some will be outsourced overseas.
  8. Colouring, background: Photocopy the drawings (originally drawn in pencil) onto celluloid sheets and colour them. At the same time, paint all the backgrounds before the photography work.
  9. Photography, editing[N 2]: First, coincide the celluloid sheets with the background; then, shoot it frame by frame; last, make necessary edits based on the shot negatives and the storyboard.
  10. Voice-over, recording: Voice actors perform by means of the edited masters; after this part is terminated, the addition of background sound effects and soundtracks will take place.

List of regular movies

The following is a list of regular movies.

Theme songs

TV broadcast

Apart from theatre screening, the movies also broadcast on television. Before the regular broadcast for the anime of Detective Conan moved from Monday evening to Saturday evening (April 4, 2009), they were broadcast by extending the said regular timeslot. Thereafter, Friday Road Show became the main timeslot for braodcasting these movies.

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ Kenji Kodama also thinks producing a movie allows those insignificant and intriguing elements to be conceived, and so "Hiroshi Agasa's" riddles were born.
  2. ^ Modern movie production does not require this step, as key frames are drawn directly in the computer. For this reason, some advanced computer graphics may be applied nowadays.
  3. ^ Starting from this broadcast, movies 1-6 in the Friday Roadshow timeslot are aired using digitally remastered masters.
  4. ^ Associated with the April 15, 2017 premiere of Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter; element in common: "Heiji Hattori & Kazuha Toyama" and "Kyoto".
  5. ^ Associated with the April 12, 2019 premiere of Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire; element in common: "Kaito Kid".
  6. ^ Associated with the originally planned April 17, 2020 premiere of Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet; element in common: "Shuichi Akai"'.
  7. ^ Associated with the April 16, 2021 premiere of Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet; element in common: "Subaru Okiya" and "Shuichi Akai".
  8. ^ Associated with the April 14, 2023 premiere of Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine; element in common: "Black Organization".
  9. ^ Associated with the April 12, 2024 premiere of Movie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram; element in common: "Kaito Kid".
  10. ^ a b Associated with the April 18, 2025 premiere of Movie 28: One-eyed Flashback; element in common: "Kogoro Mouri".

References

Detective Conan Movies
Regular Movies Movie 01: The Time-Bombed SkyscraperMovie 02: The Fourteenth TargetMovie 03: The Last Wizard of the CenturyMovie 04: Captured in Her EyesMovie 05: Countdown to HeavenMovie 06: The Phantom of Baker StreetMovie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalMovie 08: Magician of the Silver SkyMovie 09: Strategy Above the DepthsMovie 10: The Private Eyes' RequiemMovie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep AzureMovie 12: Full Score of FearMovie 13: The Raven ChaserMovie 14: The Lost Ship in the SkyMovie 15: Quarter of SilenceMovie 16: The Eleventh StrikerMovie 17: Private Eye in the Distant SeaMovie 18: Dimensional SniperMovie 19: Sunflowers of InfernoMovie 20: The Darkest NightmareMovie 21: The Crimson Love LetterMovie 22: Zero the EnforcerMovie 23: The Fist of Blue SapphireMovie 24: The Scarlet BulletMovie 25: The Bride of HalloweenMovie 26: Black Iron SubmarineMovie 27: The Million-dollar PentagramMovie 28: One-eyed FlashbackMovie 29: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Crossover Movies Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
Compilation Movies The Scarlet AlibiThe Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief
3D Movies Conan vs. Kid: Shark & JewelConan vs. Kid: The Pitch-Black Sniper
Related cases 16 Suspects!? (movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (movie 7) • Time Travel of the Silver Sky (movie 8) • Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (movie 10) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (movie 18) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (movie 16) • Munch's Missing Scream (movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (movie 22) • The J League Bodyguard (movie 16) • Intrigue at the Food Court (movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (movie 26) • Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (movie 16) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (movie 27) • The Secret's Afterimage (movie 28)