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'''Published in:''' Magic Kaitou Treasured Editions released throughout 2011
 
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=== Gosho Aoyama's Surgery  ===
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'''Date:''' March 18, 2015<br>
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'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 16/2015
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どーも　青山です！<br>
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突然ですが、この度　手術して　入院する事になりやした！<br>
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まぁ、手術は無事　終わったんですが、　しばらく入院しなきゃならねぇようなので、<br>
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その間、掲載が不定期になると思いますけど、夏頃に退院して　これまで通りに戻る予定だよん！<br>
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それまで「ちょっと待ってて」ね（笑）<br>
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入院中は「艦これ」やりまくりだー♪の<br>
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青山剛昌でした。<br>
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コナン＞＞ゲームばっかやってねーで<br>
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早く治せよね！<br>
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'''Translation by:''' ([https://www.blogger.com/profile/12392045426032967922 Game Shikumi])<br>
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'''Edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]<br>
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Hello, Aoyama here!<br>
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I know it's sudden, but I had surgery and am in the hospital!<br>
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So, the surgery went fine, but it seems I'll need to be in the hospital for a little while.<br>
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So, for the time being, Conan will be on a little break, but sometime around summer I'll be out of the hospital, and things'll get back to normal!<br>
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Until then just "wait a minute" (laughs)<br>
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-Gosho Aoyama-<br>
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The man playing "Kantai Collection**" all the time in the hospital.<br>
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(A word from Conan) Stop just playing games and get better already!<br>
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=== Aoyama’s Message on the Manga Hiatus and Medical Treatment  ===
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'''Date:''' December 13, 2017<br>
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'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 3-4/2018
  
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==="This mystery is amazing!" Interview===
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===Wild Police Story Volume 1 Interview===
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'''Date:''' December 2020<br>
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'''Date:''' November 18, 2020<br>
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'''56 Questions for Gosho Aoyama'''
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'''About Matsuda Jinpei'''<br>
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Q1: At the very beginning of the story, what was the trigger that started his fight with Furuya?<br>
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A: Something probably got on Matsuda’s nerves (laughs)
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Q2: Around how long ago did he get a false tooth? Did his tooth come off during a fight?<br>
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A: I guess it snapped during a fight in his high school years...
  
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Q3: At around what age did he first meet Hagiwara?<br>
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A: Elementary school.
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'''Date:''' Aired on March 25, 2021
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Q4: He appears to be a different type of person than Hagiwara-san, so how did they get along?<br>
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A: Since Hagiwara’s house was a car repair shop, I guess he thought he had to get along with him.
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*He's a big fan of Chihayafuru.
 
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*60-70% of fans are women.
 
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*He thinks of culprit schemes as needed and has 0 on hand.
 
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*He reads a lot of shojo manga for the romcom elements in Conan.
 
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*Conan was started by him and the editors of WSS at the time as a "response" to Kindiachi
 
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*In reference the point above, he and his editors think of the schemes and test them out themselves.
 
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*He often has rom com dramas playing while working and will take good lines from them.
 
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Q5: When he doesn’t say “Hagi”, but “Hagiwara”, is there a difference in his state of mind?<br>
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'''Date:''' April 6, 2021<br>
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Q6: He was eating curry a lot at the cafeteria, was that your influence, Aoyama-sensei?<br>
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1.) The interviewer says “ Rum’s identity is revealed “ right?<br>
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A: That’s right.
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Gosho said this : the fact that Rum appeared in a scene I drew in the past is revealed '''too''', using the “mo” も particle for addition.
 
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(Wakita indeed is our RUM.)<br>
 
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2.) The person who’s related to the WPS gang will appear in the near future.<br>
 
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3.) He wants to reveal the mystery around Rumi step by step.<br>
 
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4.) He wants to draw a case about Amuro vs Kaito Kid.<br>
 
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5.) He doesn't consider WPS a spinoff but rather an independent work of his own.<br>
 
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6.) He thought of the Camel flashback back when he drew it and decided that the person in it would be a member that ranks higher than Gin but didn't decide the codename RUM back then.
 
  
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A: An electric fan.
  
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Q8: What is the thing Matsuda tore apart and got the most scolded for doing that ?<br>
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A: Hagiwara's big sister's cell phone (laughs)
  
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''April 6th, 2020. The day before the state of emergency was declared to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, we interviewed Mr. Aoyama. It’s been almost a year since then; with the second emergency declaration in place, we interviewed him once again, ahead of the release of the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet”. We asked him about how he felt about all this.
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Q9: Does he usually walk around while carrying tools?<br>
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A: That’s right.
  
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“I want things to return to ‘normal’ soon. Even if stuff like the way the world works and various other things don’t return to the way they were before, I hope that everyday life will soon return to a place where everyone can go and see the Conan movie without worry”, said Aoyama in last year’s interview. One year has passed since then. Although the situation is still highly unpredictable, it has been decided that the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” will be released on April 16th.<br>
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“Honestly, Chukichi was even cooler than I expected. In the Akai family show-off scenes, he’s the only one that was written in the script from the beginning, and it’s not a scene I drew. He’s so cool, I’m a bit jealous. I think he’s the most gorgeous character in the climax scene”, says Aoyama in a voice that is full of excitement. How have you been spending the past year?<br>
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“Surprisingly, nothing much has changed (laughs). I said last year that I might not be able to draw scenes of get-togethers and parties in the future because the idea of people getting together would be a mere fantasy, but I’ve drawn secret gatherings at matchmaking shrines.<br>
 
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I think it’s because I have hope and expectation that even if we can’t do it now, such days will come back. I hesitated because I didn’t want to spoil the story’s reality, but everyone’s reality is probably one where people can still hang out together. So I decided not to worry about it anymore. I’m not really planning to bring in remote meetings or anything else that wasn’t popular before, since it’s still kind of a symbol of the crisis caused by coronavirus; I’d like to make sure that people don’t have to be reminded of all that while they’re reading Conan”.<br>
 
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“You know, everyone is wearing a mask (laughs). You can hide your face right from the start, so any eyewitness testimony is useless. I’m quite worried about the increase in crimes that take advantage of this, even in real life. Also, as a comic artist, it’s simply inconvenient! I have a couple of assistants who work remotely, but it’s way more difficult and time-consuming to understand each other than in face-to-face communication. Even for those who commute [through my studio], sleeping in the same room is forbidden and we have to eat separately. I know it’s unavoidable, but it’s quite lonesome. That’s why personally when I’m drawing manga I want to forget about Covid, and maybe on the contrary it was right because I kept drawing that I was able to face forward”.
 
  
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{{font color|red|Rum’s real identity was finally revealed! The clash between the FBI and the Black Organization also gets more tense!}}
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Q11: If he has nimble fingers, does that mean sewing is his specialty?<br>
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A: If I were to tell you, I think he’s extremely skilled at that.
  
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Indeed, as a matter of fact, in order to drown out the anxieties and depressions of reality, recently “Detective Conan” has been making some turbulent progress.<br>
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Q12: He was lying down on a risky spot on the roof, does he like tall places?<br>
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In a new case, which began in the 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday - released in October 2020 - FBI agents are killed in succession by the Black Organization. In the last chapter, the identity of Rum, who is considered to be the No. 2 of the organization, was finally revealed.<br>
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“Last year I told myself I had to show Rum soon. It’s revealed that Rum had actually appeared in a scene I drew in the past, but that’s something I’ve been thinking about since then. I always say that most of the things I do are afterthoughts [made up after stuff already happened], but there are a lot of things that I arrange intentionally (laughs). Well, at the time I hadn’t decided on the name Rum, and I even only told my assistants, ‘this guy is a member of the Black Organization that’s even higher-ranking than Gin’.”<br>
 
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A character who appears casually turning out to actually be a very important person, and impressions getting overturned... It’s one of Aoyama’s fortes, but clearly no one had noticed this one. By the way, Camel plays a very active role in this case, but at first he was one of those fishy characters who you can’t tell if they’re an ally or an enemy.<br>
 
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“When he first appeared, I told my assistants he was actually a good guy and they were very surprised. He has a sinister look and seems shady, but he’s actually a subordinate of Akai’s who is more loyal to him than anyone else. In the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case, the highlight for me was the way he strived to get information and didn’t run away until the last moment, even when his life was in extreme danger. As an agent, he has the ability to just accept the worst, and I also like the scene in Volume 58 where he calls Akai and says ‘I-I succeeded...’. It’s the first scene where the reader realizes that maybe he’s actually a good guy, and I put in a lot of foreshadowing for the sake of that surprise”.<br>
 
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“Well, yeah, that’s how it is... (laughs) Oh, there is one more scene with Camel that I like: the one in Volume 85, when he meets again Akai, who is actually alive, and he mutters ‘Akai-shan...’. The scene is also in ‘The Scarlet Alibi’, which was released before ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, and it made me laugh. It’s very nice, isn’t it? That is a compilation of the TV anime that takes a close look at the Akai family, but it’s so well compiled that I thought to myself, ‘that’s really cool’.”
 
  
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{{font color|red|Now the youthful years that continue to support Amuro are out of reach...!}}
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Serialized between the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case was the spin-off “Detective Conan: Wild Police Story”, published in two volumes. Kenji Hagiwara was killed in a bombing; detective Sato’s love interest, Jinpei Matsuda, was killed while avenging his [Hagiwara’s] death; detective Takagi’s mentor, Wataru Date, has died in an accident; Hiromitsu Morofushi lost his life while infiltrating the Black Organization and became the cause of Amuro’s hatred for Akai; and finally, there’s Tooru Amuro, aka Rei Furuya...! It’s a coming-of-age story of the five, who were classmates at the police academy, and Aoyama is the ‘original author’...<br>
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It’s definitely very cool. At the end [of the spin-off], when they have recklessly solved the case together, and the scene in the not-too-distant future that symbolises the four of them who part ways, plus the other person [Amuro] will... move you to tears.<br>
 
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That’s right... So, with the latest Volume 99 coming out on April 14, and Volume 100 just around the corner, could you give us a glimpse of what’s to come, by any chance?<br>
 
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“Well, let me see... the manuscript I’m working on right now is an episode [of the manga] that features Haibara at the center of it all, after a long time, so I’m sure the fans will be very happy. I’m also planning to draw soon the appearance of people / a person linked to the police academy group, and Amuro VS Kaito Kid, I guess... Oh! I’ve said too much (laughs). I think I will reveal Wakasa’s mysteries little by little, so please be patient.<br>
 
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Q17 : Did he actually punch hard the Superintendent General ?<br>
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'''Date:''' April 22, 2021<br>
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"I went for location hunting to Nagoya where this story is set. Director Nagaoka discussed with staff from Nagoya before deciding the locations based on the final scenario.
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First, the symbols of Nagoya City, Nagoya TV Tower, and Oasis 21 which also appeared in the end of the previous work [The Fist of Blue Sapphire]. The night view here is very beautiful, but I couldn't go up on that day, so I only watched the lights from below. Be careful as it's very slippery on rainy days!
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While feeling this connection, I continued with my location hunting and tasted some delicious Nagoya foods. This place is amazing, so I would be happy if fans will make a trip to Nagoya after the movie release! I hope you can look forward to how Nagoya will appear in this work."
 
  
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'''Question 1: This is your 2nd time in charge of directing a Detective Conan movie, after the "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" in 2019, is there any changes in your environment and feelings? And, how did you approach with this movies?'''
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"There is no particular change in the environment. In production, I have seniors who have been working with me for many years who I respect, and many friends, who know my good and bad points, so it's a very reassuring environment for me. And, because of the trust I have for them, I depend on them in various areas.
 
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"Ever since my scenario meeting with Mr. Sakurai, the Script Writer, I was impressed with his wide knowledge in various fields, regardless of genre like chemistry, bullet trains, shogi. I feel I must be more aware of more information in various areas from now on.
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The content of the script drives home the theme very clearly. I tried to translate Mr. Sakurai's thoughts into the movie and I hope we are able to communicate that to our audience who watch the movie.
 
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'''Question 3: This work focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character you want us to take note of? And, what is the reasons?'''
 
  
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"It would be Mary. I think the mother has a strong character. Shuichi Akai, Shukichi Haneda, Masumi Sera...everyone has different personalities and strong characters. However, each of them has a strong core that I feel is the gift inherited from Mary's teachings.
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Q23 : Did heget to introduce his girlfriend to the other 4?<br>
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A : I think he showed them a photo of her.
  
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'''Question 4: Vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival, FBI, Akai Family, etc. In the movie, there are many interesting things, but what part do you find the most interesting? Also, which part do you look forward to the most when directing?'''
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Q24: He’s always chewing on a toothpick, but does he have other habits?<br>
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A: He hangs his MPD admission card around his neck, without putting it in his breast pocket.
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Q25: It looks like he hasn’t met with his dad for a long time, did he start living alone early on?<br>
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A: He started living alone after becoming a college student.
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Q26: I think he has a slightly old-looking face, does he get told that a lot?<br>
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A: I guess he does.
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Q27: Did Date ever get mad and fight with someone in the squad?<br>
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A: I don’t think so.
  
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"What I found the most interesting was the difference between Conan's and the FBI's sense of justice. I wanted to express this different in thinking properly. The most fun part for me was the vacuum superconducting maglev. Especially, I hope the audience can check how we show the speed of 1,000 km/h in the theaters.
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Q28 : Does Date’s height exceed 2 meters?<br>
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of the movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to audience?'''
 
  
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"I hope the audience can look forward to how the vacuum superconducting maglev in the movie connects to the Akai Family, FBI, Conan and the others, and how the story develops. Also, I think rather than knowing nothing about the main characters' relationship with Akai Family, it's better just to know a little to get into this movie.
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Q29: Before joining the Police Academy, was he practicing some kind of martial art?<br>
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Since the main story of this movie is about Akai Family with the color of Red in their surname, various Red colors will appear in the movie, so please try to spot them!
 
  
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Q30: How many kilograms is his grip strength? Among the five of them, is it the strongest?<br>
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A: It’s the strongest.
  
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Q31: Matsuda-san said he would win if it was just a fist fight, but what if it really happened?<br>
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=== Interview of Screenplay, Takeharu Sakurai ===
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A: I think he would be a good match.
  
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'''Question 1: Mr. Sakurai, this will be your 5th time in charge of the script for a Detective Conan movie. When writing for the first Detective Conan's Private Eyes' Requiem (2013) and this movie, has there been any change in your feeling or approach to Conan?'''
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Q32: Did Date’s last name come from the official Date Masamune?<br>
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"Whenever I write a script for Detective Conan movies, I would decide the Regular character who would be guest characters and the theme with the producer. Then I would write the story while getting Aoyoma-sensei and the Director to fix it. I would also add the parts desired by Aoyama-sensei. There is no change in this flow, but on Private Eyes' Requiem, I recklessly took on the challenge without knowing the difficulties. Now, with my knowledge of the difficulties, it feels more like a test of my abilities. In other words, it changed from "Challenge" to "Trial". I think this is a change that will jappen if you continue with any work."
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(T/N: Date Masamune was a daimyo that ruled the Tohoku region in Japan, contemporary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.)
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'''Question 2: You wrote both popular characters, Toru Amuro into the previous movie and Suichi Akai in this one. Do you have any particular feelings when comparing these two characters? Also, was there anything you put extra care of when writing Shuichi Akai in this work? Or anything you enjoyed?'''
 
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"I think the similarity between Amuro and Akai is there "Loneliness". Amuro has a loneliness that stems from having no home to return to and Akai has a loneliness that stems from not being able to retun home.
 
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It was difficult to adjust that what percentage of Akai is Okiya in each scene with Aoyama-sensei and the production team. However, Akai is much more difficult.
 
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Conan, Haibara, Sera, Mary, Shukichi, James, Jody, and Camel, everyone has different perception about Akai. The information that Akai gave or hid from each of them are all different.
 
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And things that will be revealed by the time the movie is released. It is as if you are playing with a puzzle with astronomical number of pieces. It was both painful and fun at the same time.
 
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'''Question 3: This movie focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character to take note of? And, what is the reason?'''
 
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"The whole Akai Family are important characters here. If I have to mention one, then it is Mary. The more I hear from Aoyama-sensei about her, the burden she bears is out of this world. If you take a closer look at the movie, you will find new information about her."
 
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'''Question 4: What do you look forward to when your script is visualized?'''
 
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"It's fun and scary to read the dubbing script. The dubbing script is a script written by someone based on my screenplay. Thus, in this media, things like "Did the lines I wrote become such as line?" "Did the scene that I wrote become like this?", will impact me the first.
 
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of this movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to the audience?'''
 
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"I think there are many highlights in the events, characters and action scenes in the movie. As a screenwriter, I would be happy if you could understand the theme a little more. I think there have been many dramas with "past sins" creating "present sins".
 
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Q33: Does Date-san love Datemaki?<br>
 +
A: Huh?
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(T/N: Datemaki is a rolled omelet mixed with fish, but does also have a vulgar connotation, hence the blank.)
  
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Q34: Did he volunteer himself for the position of “squad leader”?<br>
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A: It was an order from the instructor.
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 +
Q35 : Date is called “ Squad leader “ “ Date squad leader “ by everyone, but do they still call him that even after they graduated?
 +
A : In fact, that’s right. (Lol)
  
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'''Question 1: It will be the third time to be in charge of image boards for Detective Conan Movies, so they are pretty much defined. What do you think is your position this time?'''
 
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"It's strange, there are moments when I still don't believe that I'm involved in Conan. It's a well-known manga that I've been reading since I was a child. The fact that I'm in charge of creating images for this on the big screen is so overwhelming that I feel that it's not even real.
 
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'''Question 2: What kind of image you envisioned from the screenplay for the image boards?''' 
 
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"I was reading the screenplay while talking with Director Nagaoka and the production team, and I decided to have stylish look this time. Looking at previous movie series as a whole, the scale of the event in this movie is one of the largest and the suspense and action that comes with it are also very thrilling.
 
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 +
'''About Furuya Rei'''<br>
 +
Q36: What impetus led him to start boxing?<br>
 +
A: I don’t really know much, but it was in order to protect Elena.
  
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=== Interview of Production Team, Full of Highlights From Each Section As Well ===
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Q37: When did Zero and Hiro meet? Again, I would like you to draw a warm episode about their childhood...!<br>
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A: Read the Hiro arc.
  
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'''Question 1: In the production of this work, The Scarlet Bullet, can you tell us what did you struggle with, what you were particular about, and what was rewarding for you?'''
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Q38: When were born Rei-kun and Hiromitsu-kun’s strong bonds, which draw near to unshakeable trust in each other?<br>
 +
A: I’m serious, read it!
  
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"This time, the stage is set between Tokyo and Nagoya. As a result, there are many buildings again just like the previous work. So, I was worried even before it started. It is always difficult with many buildings (laugh). Moreover, unlike Singapore, this time there are fictional places like linear train stations of Shibahama Station and Shin-Nagoya Station. It is very difficult yet interesting to make these fictional places seem real to blend in with real locations. The diector told me that Akai does not match a bright blue sky so I deliberately toned down the day-time sky for this work." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
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Q39: Did he often get his injuries treated by Hiromitsu-kun?<br>
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"Connecting with the title of "scarlet", there is always red color on someone in those four days. If I only stick to the character's image color, it will be too one-sided. So, I decided on this by considering the connection between the story and the character so that the clothes in the last scene look cool or cute." ''said Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
 
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"The compositing section in an animation production combines all the image materials. it involves elevating the work by interpreting and composing the materials created by various creators such as drawing, background, CG, etc. However, similar to cooking, great ingredients do not always result in delicious food, so this can improve or destroy the final work. This is the pain and reward of our section. In The Scarlet Bullet, the themes are vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival so we aimed to create images that conveys speed and dynamism." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
 
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"The story this time has the major elements related to the story prepared in 3DCG. THe work of creating and incorporating them in each cut is difficult, but it is rewarding to imagine how they are used and the audience reactions to them. In particular, the director placed a lot of emphasis on the vacuum superconducting maglev, and it was created with him proposing various ideas for the designs and textures. I would like to show everyone the vaccum superconducting maglev as soon as possible!" ''said Hiroki Matsukura, the CG Director.'' 
 
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"In this work, there are various vehicles such as vacuum superconducting maglev, bullet train, automobiles, motorcycles, etc. 3DCG is used in many vehicles and we tried to express various colors and textures according to the situation. Aslo, because vehicles need to interact with characters and the background, we tested them to make sure their look are integrated properly. In some cases, we had to replace the full scene with 3DCG. Creating images that matches Director Nagaoka's vision and requests is both a challenge and rewarding." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, the CG Director.''
 
  
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'''Question 2: What is the highlight of this work?'''
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Q40 : Did he fight with Hiro-san too?<br>
 +
A : Well, we say "they are good friends enough to quarrel", right (laughs)
  
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"I think it will be hard to notice, but we made many detailed touches so I hope you can enjoy the world of Conan." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
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Q41: Did he solve troubles with other students with his fists? Or with words?<br>
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+
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"Other than the Akai Family, I think you can understand the relationship and thoughts of each characters. I try to adjust the colours so that the characters look good in the scene, I hope you enjoy it while paying attention to such details." ''said  Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
 
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"An animation movie is an art form born from a collaboration with many cast and staff, so the attention to detail from every section is condensed. The detailed attention of each section is concentrated. Other than enjoying the actions of Conan and the Akai Family, I hope you can also enjoy the atmosphere, speed and thrill created by our efforts, which might not be obvious at first glance." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
 
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"If I write too much, I will spoil the movie. So, I will express it with an image. The highlight of this movie is the tension in a closed environment like The Bullet Train Movie (1875) by Director Junya Sato and the interaction in the vacuum superconducting maglev. The 3DCG team prepared images that add tension as much as possible as the story develops with the characters trying to solve the case with their all." ''said Hiroki Matsukura, CG Director.''
 
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"I think the main highlight should be Conan drawing closer to the mystery and the Akai Family, and the key stage of the vacuum superconducting maglev and global sports festivel. I think the content of the movie as a whole has many highlights, such as bold action scenes. Also, 3DCG is used in unexpected places such as characters and background. So, if you pay attention to that area, you may be able to enjoy it from a different perspective." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, CG Director.''
 
  
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Q48 : When did the idea of making these five a police academy squad get decided?<br>
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A: In “The Darkest Nightmare”, when I decided to make Furuya Matsuda’s classmate.
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Q49 : Why are the titles yojijukugo (Four characters compound) ?<br>
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A: Please put which one you’d like for each of them.
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A : It’s hard to tell who is better than whom.
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, the second interview is with the voice of Ran Mouri, Wakana Yamazaki.
 
  
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'''55 Questions for Gosho Aoyama'''
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Although an endless stream of cases occurs around Ran, Ran is strong and is able to defend herself against any threats. But, to Ms.Yamazaki, the most important element is outside of these scenes. On the topic of a normal high-school girl living in the city of Beika.
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Q: Please tell me about your Impressions of Gosho Aoyama <br>
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'''About Hagiwara Kenji'''<br>
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Q6: In the car action scene, he understood just with Matsuda saying “Think you can do that?”, but was he regularly driving this naughtily?<br>
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A: Hmm... it might actually be the opposite, where I'm now kinda embarrassed (laughs). Until now, we've said things we wanted to say to each other and had arguments, and that has been fun in its own right. Although they're dating, they're rarely together, and it feels like a long-distance relationship. Although it has been a long time since the manga began, I've heard that within the story not much time has passed, so I felt that Ran hasn't been kept waiting for that long.
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A: He was.
  
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Q: How do you feel about Shinichi/Conan hiding his identity in order to protect Ran?<br>
+
Q7: Did he learn his driving technique from his father?<br>
−
A: Until now, there have been many times where Ran got close to finding out Conan's identity, but got deceived, so right now she doesn't seem to have any suspicions... I think the densest character is my (Ran's) dad (laughs). Personally, instead of Conan's identity, not knowing anything about the Black Organization, or although Ran talks to Amuro or Okiya, not knowing their identities feel more frustrating. This is because although she's already surrounded by danger, she doesn't realize it and stays unaware.
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A: I’d say he taught himself.
  
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Q: Have you felt envious of the connection between Conan and Haibara?<br>
+
Q8: Did he ever go to Gunma’s pass?<br>
−
A: Conan is Conan and Shinichi is Shinichi, so no. Ran's even said in a conversation with Sonoko that "I thought Conan liked Ai" (Vol. 83, Romance Novelist Murder Case), so I think at most, she watches with a smile as a big sister figure.
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A: I think he did?
  
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Q: From the point of Yamazaki-san, what does Ran like about Shinichi?<br>
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Q9: Was Hagiwara-san also the one to hammer his driving technique into Furuya-san?<br>
−
A: I think his clumsiness. When meeting Shinichi for the first time in preschool, Ran says she "hated" Shinichi, but his blunt nature was just a way to hide his embarrassment and he ended up helping her. Although she might not have had romantic feelings toward Shinichi when she was small, as a childhood friend she saw Shinichi, and in her heart, she thought "Although he tries to be cool, there's a dull part of him too. I know that about him." She realized her feelings in New York (Vol. 35, "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case") after Shinichi helped the serial killer, he said, "There's no logical reason necessary for someone to help another person out." I feel like that's where Ran realized she liked Shinichi in a romantic way.  
+
A: Furuya was inspired by Hagiwara-san’s driving and became good on his own.
  
−
Q: Is there something good about Shinichi, that only Ran can see?<br>
+
Q10: Is his cheerful personality something natural?<br>
−
A: Shinichi's earnest sense of justice, and how he tries to be strong are some points that I think Ran likes about Shinichi. I think it would be nice if there are more stories from the past. The story from kindergarten, to when Elementary school when Shinichi suddenly stopped calling Ran "Ran," and instead "Mouri," (Vol 55, Shinichi Kudo's childhood adventure"). Until then, I thought that Ran and Shinichi were childhood friends from infancy, but I realized her relationship with Sonoko was longer.
+
A: Of course it’s natural!
  
−
Q: Question from Yamazaki to Hayashibara (VA of Haibara), Takayama (VA of Conan): If you were to play the role of the criminal, what kind of criminal would you portray? Would you like to get caught?<br>
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Q11: In exchange for all the time he’s been easygoing, it looks so much like he still has some heavy backstory that hasn’t been revealed, to the point it scares me... He doesn’t, right? (cry)<br>
−
A: When I am asked what role I would like to try in Conan, I always say the criminal (laughs). Portraying the emotional ups and downs until the crime is committed, and my state of mind after the trick is deduced seems interesting to me. I would like to be caught at the end and have everything come to light.
+
A: You want him to have one?
  
−
Q: Overall, what is Minami Takayama like?<br>
+
Q12: He sticks a lot of “-chan”s to people’s name, why is that?<br>
−
A: Although there may be a lot of murder cases, since it's an anime that kids watch as well, she is very careful in picking her words in order to avoid hurting or making them scared. In order to avoid an explanation becoming too difficult, or a deduction becoming too complicated, she tries changing the way she explains it, and she is very good at seeing things like that and giving advice, and that impresses me a lot. The only person (voice actress) there every time is Minami, so she tries to take responsibility and I think she tried to create a sense of unity.  
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A: Because he’s gaudy.
  
−
Q: What does Ran think in regard to Haibara?<br>
+
Q13: Did he have a girlfriend?<br>
−
A: Since Ai is an adult, she doesn't try to approach Ran like Ayumi or the rest of the detective boys. But in the case of the special express train (Vol. 78, Mystery Train), after Ai realizes that there may be the Black Organization aboard the train, Ai grabs Ran's shirt and hides behind her. I wondered "Oh, is she relying on me?" Maybe Ran just seemed like the strongest (laughs). But if that was Ai trusting Ran, I feel like that story is a lot deeper and left an impression.
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A: Wahahaha, should I really tell you that? (laughs)
  
−
Q: What episode do you like personally?<br>
+
Q14: He apparently even monopolized the karaoke session, but was his forte a love song as expected?<br>
−
A: I like the story about Professor Agasa's first love (Vol. 40 "Ginkgo-Colored first love"). No sad cases happened, and the Detective Boys followed the professor and deduced where that person was and found them. On top of that, Ran met that person in the past... I loved that long-lasting overall warmth. That last scene where Agasa may be able to meet with that person in the future also left an impression in my heart.
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A: I think anything is likely.
  
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Q: Do you have any messages for the fans?<br>
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Q15: Did Hagiwara-san also get yelled at for dismantling and remodelling stuff as he pleased?<br>
−
A: Since we're at volume 100, the fans are probably more knowledgeable than I am, and I probably need to re-read, or else there may be things I forget (laughs). Since it doesn't seem to end anytime soon, I will continue enjoying Conan as a fan of the manga, and I am also excited to see how that will be translated into the Manga.
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A: I don’t think so. The one who got yelled at was always Matsuda.
  
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Q16: Among all the professions that never go bankrupt, what’s his reason for choosing the police?<br>
 +
A: Since Matsuda said he wanted to go, I guess that’s another reason.
  
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===Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview===
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Q17: Was he doing something like a part-time job to cover for his tuition?<br>
−
'''Date:''' October 25, 2021<br>
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A: He probably did, didn’t he?
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Q18: I want to know more about Hagiwara-san whom I love deeply! Could you please tell me one story that hasn’t been drawn in the manga?<br>
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A: He has a beautiful older sister.
  
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===Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview===
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Q19: Is there a reason why he lets the hair on the nape of his neck grow? Nobody tells him to cut them?<br>
−
'''Date:''' October 27, 2021<br>
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A: His sister told him to cut them.
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Q20: From Hagiwara’s own point of view, does he think that his front hair tickles, or is bothersome?<br>
 +
A: I think he deals with it.
  
−
=== [世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Arai, and Mayuko Kanba ===
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'''About Morofushi Hiromitsu'''<br>
−
'''Date:''' October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021
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Q21: What is the origin of Hiromitsu’s name? I have the feeling that reading the “kage” kanji as “hiro” is unusual.<br>
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<spoiler>
+
A: During the “Zero the Enforcer” cast party, Furuya Tooru-san asked me to put “Hiiro Yui” and Midorikawa Hikaru-san’s* name somewhere in Scotch’s real name, so I put them. Since the name “Morofushi” was already decided (laughs)
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'''Source:'''
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(T/N: Furuya Tooru and Midorikawa Hikaru are respectively Amuro and Scotch’s voice actors. “Hiiro Yui” is a Gundam character.)
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* - https://twitter.com/sekaihamangade
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211030190000&noreload=1
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Q22: Why did he choose the Metropolitan Police, and not the Nagano prefectural police?<br>
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211023190000&noreload=1
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A: Because the house of the relative who took care of him was in Tokyo
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* - https://www.tfm.co.jp/mangaworld/
 
  
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Q23: I have the feeling his language is courteous, does this mean he was well-bred?<br>
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=== Part 1: Featuring Aoyama Gosho, Arai Takahiro and Kanba Mayuko ===
 
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明日は…
 
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100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集
 
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−
青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケートをご紹介！
 
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さらに！『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
 
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『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートも
 
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ゲストは、パーパーのあいなぷぅさんと担当編集の松本さん！
 
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_____________________________________________________________
 
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Q.青山先生は安室透の人気についてどう思われていますか？
 
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A.「安室の人気はただただビックリです。
 
−
そしてありがとうございます！」
 
  
−
_______________________________________________________________
+
Q24: If the culprit gets caught, will he slightly recover from his trauma? It’s painful to look at him being hateful and afraid...!<br>
−
+
A: Please go ahead and enjoy the Hiro arc♪
−
リクエスト曲
 
−
青山先生の一番好きな曲！
 
−
「1000のバイオリン」のオーケストラバージョン
 
−
「1001のバイオリン」/ブルーハーツ
 
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をお届けしました
 
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_______________________________________________________________
 
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−
かんばまゆこ先生
 
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「かっこいいシーンでかっこいいキャラがかっこいいポーズでかっこいいセリフをかっこよく言う、
 
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これをやるのって本当に大変で勇気がいるすごい事です！
 
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（↓続く）
 
−
 
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私は「犯人の犯沢さん」の連載前から
 
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この100％振りきることをアオヤマニズムと呼び、大ゴマでギャグを描くときに
 
−
勇気をもらっていました。青山先生は本当にすごいです！」
 
−
 
−
____________________________________________________________________
 
  
−
新井隆広先生
+
Q25: Was Hiro the one to choose the nickname “Zero” ?<br>
−
「顔の奥の目が大きく誇張されて描かれる。
+
A: Hiro and Zero sound good, don’t they?
−
有名なイラストレーターである、さいとうなおきさんも指摘していたが こうすることにより 人物の顔が華やかに見えるそうです。歌舞伎の見栄に近い効果ではと分析なさっていた」
 
−
実際、青山先生はコナンの絵を描くとき「目」から描かれる！
 
−
 
−
___________________________________________________________________
 
  
−
青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケート！
+
Q26: When Date-san and Furuya-san were locked in the convenience store, it looked like he noticed that Furuya-san was the one who sent the Morse code signals. I wonder if they did something in the past using Morse code.<br>
−
『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
+
A: They might have, yeah.
−
『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートもご紹介！
+
 
−
+
Q27: Apart from music (and cooking ?), is there any other special skill he taught Zero?<br>
−
「名探偵コナン」あるある
+
A: Eh? It’s still not enough?
−
かんば先生も「やっぱり阿笠博士があやしい」と考察・・・！
+
 
−
新井先生「あるあるが語られるほど様式美として作品世界が成立していることにすごさを感じる」
+
Q28: Since when did you think of establishing him as Inspector Morofushi’s brother?<br>
−
+
A: When I first designed his face, I thought “Hey, he looks like Taka’aki. Let’s make them brothers♪”.
−
Q.毎回トリックは、どのように考えていますか！？
+
 
−
また、一番悩まれたトリックは？
+
Q29: Did he regularly exchange letters with Taka’aki-san?<br>
−
+
A: I feel like he sends them once in a while.
−
A.「トリックは編集さんと何時間もかけて考えてます。
+
 
−
毎回毎回悩んでいるので、一番がつけられないです(笑)」
+
Q30: Apart from Zero, did he introduce any of his friends to Taka’aki-san?<br>
−
+
A: He might’ve at least talked about them.
−
なんと、一回の打ち合わせは短くても１２時間
+
 
−
+
Q31: What triggered him to start cooking?<br>
−
Q.青山先生の作品には幼馴染キャラがよく登場されますが、幼馴染属性がお好きなのでしょうか？
+
A: When he was a child, his mother taught him.
−
素敵な思い出などがあるのでしょうか？
+
 
−
+
Q32: What dish is his specialty? Did he ever treat the 4 others to something?<br>
−
A.「素敵な思い出はまったくないですけど、幼馴染の設定は大好きです！あとでなんとでも掘り起こせるので♪」
+
A: Stew. Maybe.
−
+
 
−
Q.青山先生の1日のルーティンは！？休みはあるのでしょうか？
+
Q33: During the joint party, he took a fighting pose and made everyone laugh, but I wonder what kind of talk they were having?<br>
−
+
A: They were talking in a fun and weird way about when Matsuda and Furuya fought with each other.
−
A.「最近はあります。
+
 
−
『艦これ』をぼちぼちやって、月曜8時から9時に『あつ森』のコメントを更新、それが日課です(笑)
+
Q34: Following Furuya-san, did he have good shooting grades?<br>
−
だいたい寝るのは朝の6時から7時で、起きるのは昼の1時くらいかな？」
+
A: Furuya was the very best, and I think the others are more or less the same.
−
+
 
 +
Q35: Is there a reason why Hiromitsu’s first person is the only one to be “ore” with katakana and not with kanji?<br>
 +
A: Well, because I somehow just felt like doing that.
 +
 
 +
Q36: I like Hiromitsu-kun a lot. Please tell me one super valuable information about him, Aoyama-sensei!<br>
 +
A: I drew it in the Hiro arc.
 +
 
 +
Q37: Do you have any plans to draw what led him to grow a beard?<br>
 +
A: Y-You really bring up a good point... (laughs)
 +
(The Q&A survey was held before the final chapter got published.)
 +
 
 +
'''About Furuya Rei'''<br>
 +
Q38: Did Furuya-san become talented at cooking because Hiro taught him?<br>
 +
A: That’s right.
 +
 
 +
Q39: Was he just not cooking? Or was he not cooking because he was too bad?<br>
 +
A: He wasn’t interested.
  
−
=== Part 2: Featuring DC Editor In-Charge ===
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Q40: At the time he wasn’t cooking, what was he doing about his meals?<br>
−
+
A: Wasn’t he just buying and eating stuff?
−
毎週、30分だけログインできる仮想空間のラジオ番組！
+
 
−
狩野英孝と倉持由香が「まんが王国」にある膨大なデータを基に、おしゃべりしていきます。
+
Q41: He was focused on cooking during the joint party, but doesn’t he have any other interests than Elena-sensei?<br>
−
+
A: For now, that is...
−
☆祝100巻記念！「名探偵コナン」大特集その②☆
+
 
−
+
Q42: Did Rei-kun also get scouted or something?<br>
−
ゲストに「名探偵コナン」担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場！
+
A: He did.
−
「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
+
 
−
+
Q43: The present Furuya-san’s strong points and special skills are greatly influenced by the 4 others, but conversely, is there something Furuya-san taught them?<br>
−
明日の #せかまん は・・・
+
A: I think there is, I don’t know though (laughs)
−
+
 
−
100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集 その②
+
Q44: Furuya-san had the best results, but did he ever help the other 4 with their studies?<br>
−
+
A: They’re all smart, so he didn’t.
−
ゲストに、担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場
+
 
−
「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
+
Q45: Is Amuro’s sociability inspired from someone among the other 4?<br>
−
+
A: Hagiwara and Hiro, I guess.
−
________________________________________________________________________
+
 
−
+
Q46: I want to know the actions taken by Furuya-san after seeing the other 4 sleeping in the middle of cleaning the bath in the teaser visual!<br>
−
編集を担当したことでわかる青山先生の凄さ
+
A: Didn’t he wake them up? (laughs)
−
+
 
−
コナンの目について：
+
Q47: Is there someone he became friends with apart from the other 4 at the police academy?<br>
−
イラストを描かれるとき、必ず目線が読者の方を向くように意識されている！
+
A: I think he befriended various people, without any issues.
−
+
 
−
__________________________________________________________________________
+
Q48: I want to know about his upbringing. Will you draw it in the near future?<br>
−
+
A: If I feel like it...
−
青山先生は、ドラマ、ラブコメをよくご覧になる！
+
 
−
「アンナチュラル」がお好きなんだそう！
+
'''About everyone'''<br>
−
コナンは「殺人ラブコメ」
+
Q49: I wonder what happened to everyone after the RX-7 got worn-out and the instructor found out...?<br>
−
+
A: They got told off a lot.
−
________________________________________________________________________
+
 
−
+
Q50: Which of them gets drunk the easiest and who’s the heaviest drinker? Also, if you know their alcohol tastes, I’d like to know them!<br>
−
編集のかたの【1週間ルーティン】
+
A: Don’t they all say that beer is tasty?
−
打ち合わせ→2日〜3日ネーム→打ち合わせ→原稿アップ
+
 
−
ネーム待ちの間は、アニメの話、宣伝活動、記事、単行本の打ち合わせなど様々なお仕事が・・・！
+
Q51: They went to a karaoke, but which person is the best at singing? Is someone tone-deaf?<br>
−
+
A: Hagiwara is the best. Matsuda does look tone-deaf, huh...
−
「名探偵コナン」でエゴサーチすることもあります！
+
 
−
+
Q52: Did they take pictures with the 5 of them? (Looks like so...)<br>
−
打ち合わせでは、流石にバレないだろうと思っていても、
+
A: Well, of course they did.
−
考察で「すごい速さで解かれてる・・・」と思うことも
+
 
−
+
Q53: Was Morofushi-kun the one who took the picture on the Sunday cover from Issue #29 2020?<br>
−
___________________________________________________________________________
+
A: That’s right. That was my idea.
−
+
 
−
Q.「名探偵コナン」最終回の構成は決まっているのでしょうか？
+
Q54: Are there any scenes you wanted to put in Wild Police Story, but ended up not being able to?<br>
−
+
A: Hagiwara’s sister.
−
A.「青山先生曰く、『当然です！いつそれを発表するかは言えませんけど…』」
+
 
−
+
Q55: My dream for the future is becoming a police officer. How can I become a cool police officer like those five?<br>
−
Q コナンの最後は知っていますか？
+
A: Hey, you mustn’t imitate them, right? (laughs)
−
+
 
−
A 松本さん「………………知っています」
+
</spoiler>
−
+
 
−
Q.次回作に関しては…！？
+
=2021=
−
+
===ZIP Interview===
−
A.「その時になってみないとわからないかな…コナンじゃできない超能力もの…かなあ…」
+
'''Date:''' Aired on March 25, 2021
−
+
<spoiler>
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コナンでなんでもやっているということで、「超能力かなあ…」とのこと！
+
'''Source:''' [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/353321538080210945/827331729945657414/Jv9UsYnQlx07LpIeYjyo01041201VIF60E010.mp4 Video]<br>
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'''Translation Information by:''' Wsstalkback<br>
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101巻に収録される話で新キャラが登場！
+
*He's a big fan of Chihayafuru.
−
「名探偵コナン」はまだまだ終わらない・・・！
+
*60-70% of fans are women.
−
+
*He thinks of culprit schemes as needed and has 0 on hand.
−
_____________________________________________________________________________
+
*He reads a lot of shojo manga for the romcom elements in Conan.
−
+
*Conan was started by him and the editors of WSS at the time as a "response" to Kindiachi
−
青山先生、松本さん、舟本さんが「心に刺さったアドバイス」
+
*In reference the point above, he and his editors think of the schemes and test them out themselves.
−
+
*He often has rom com dramas playing while working and will take good lines from them.
−
松本さん
+
</spoiler>
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初めて担当をした「スーパーマリオくん」の沢田ユキオ先生から
 
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「子供はボケツッコミで、ボケだけだと笑いどころがわからないから必ずツッコんであげなきゃいけないんだよ。」
 
−
 
−
舟本さん
 
−
お姉さんのアシスタントをしていた時代
 
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「編集者も漫画家も２４時間365日、ずっと漫画のことを考えないといけないんだよ」
 
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制限されず、好きなこと考えられるということを真摯に漫画家に伝えていたシーンに救われたそう！
 
−
 
−
青山先生
 
−
「『まじっく快斗』『探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦』を同時にやってた時、とても忙しくなってしまい絵を飛ばして描いてしまったところ
 
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堀さんという編集さんに「お前、絵が下手になったな」とまず言われ、「手を抜くと読者にバレるぞ…離れていくよ…」と言われました。心が痛かったです」
 
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===Da Vinci Magazine 2021 Interview===
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, Tokyo FM's [世界はまんがで出来ている] conducted a 2-part special featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Arai Takahiro, and Kanba Mayuko. The following is a compilation by Kemo of the Twitter Thread by the Host of the Radio Show which includes a few questions they thought might be of interest to the readers/listeners. Please note that this is not an exhaustive version of the Airing.
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'''Date:''' April 6, 2021<br>
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# Aoyama often watches dramas and romantic comedies! He likes the Japanese Series "Unnatural."
 
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# Gosho Aoyama views Conan as a Murder and love-comedy series 
 
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# Gosho is amazed at the popularity of Amuro
 
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# When the Editor In-Charge, Matsumoto, was asked if he knew the ending of the series, he responded by saying "Yes, I know..."
 
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# Aoyama-sensei's favorite song is the orchestral version of "1001 Violins" by Blue Hearts
 
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# Hanzawa's Mangaka, Kanba Mayuko, finds Agasa Suspicious
 
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# Arai Takahiro finds it amazing that the world of the Detective Conan is so stylized, which allows people to talk about lots of small things.
 
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# Gosho spends many hours with his editors trying to come up with creative tricks, he says it's hard to pick the best one everytime, and that meetings with the editors can last at least 12 hours at a time.
 
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# When Asked If he likes the "Childhood friendship" elements and/or has any personal memories of some of his own, Gosho responded saying he doesn't have any personal memories but likes "Childhood friendships" because he can always conveniently dig them up and use them later on.
 
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# Aoyama's Monday morning's (8am - 9am) is usually spent on updating AC Hints.
 
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# Aoyama usually sleeps at 6/7 am and wakes up at 1pm
 
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# Aoyama: ''"When I was working on "Magic Kaito" and "Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy" at the same time, I was so busy that I skipped a drawing. The first thing the editor, Mr. Hori, said to me was, "You've become terrible at drawing," and then he said, "If you cut corners, your readers will find out...they'll leave you..." It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking."''
 
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# When the Editor In-Charge was asked "Do you have a plan for the final episode of Detective Conan?", he answered "According to Aoyama-sensei, 'Of course! I can't say when I'll announce it, but...'"
 
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Takahiro Arai Special Talk ===
 
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'''Date''': July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022<br>
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1.) The interviewer says “ Rum’s identity is revealed “ right?<br>
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34/2022 & Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 35/2022
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(Wakita indeed is our RUM.)<br>
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Last year, both ONE PIECE and Detective Conan surpassed 100 volumes. A miraculous dialogue between the two mangaka who have been at the forefront of the manga industry for many years has finally come to fruition!!
 
  
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'''‘Jump’ and ‘Sunday’ Back Then…'''
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'''– In a previous interview, Aoyama-sensei said that “it’d be interesting to have a talk with Oda-kun. As comrades who will reach 100 volumes simultaneously, I would like to talk about various things”. Oda-sensei answered in a comment that he “had never met him, but feels like a comrade in arms. I know how tough getting to 100 volumes is, Aoyama-san! Congrats on 100 volumes of Conan!”. This legendary talk is now finally coming true.'''
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''April 6th, 2020. The day before the state of emergency was declared to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, we interviewed Mr. Aoyama. It’s been almost a year since then; with the second emergency declaration in place, we interviewed him once again, ahead of the release of the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet”. We asked him about how he felt about all this.
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'''Aoyama:''' Oda-kun doesn’t really show his face much, so it’s an honor to actually see it haha.
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“I want things to return to ‘normal’ soon. Even if stuff like the way the world works and various other things don’t return to the way they were before, I hope that everyday life will soon return to a place where everyone can go and see the Conan movie without worry”, said Aoyama in last year’s interview. One year has passed since then. Although the situation is still highly unpredictable, it has been decided that the postponed movie, “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet” will be released on April 16th.<br>
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“Honestly, Chukichi was even cooler than I expected. In the Akai family show-off scenes, he’s the only one that was written in the script from the beginning, and it’s not a scene I drew. He’s so cool, I’m a bit jealous. I think he’s the most gorgeous character in the climax scene”, says Aoyama in a voice that is full of excitement. How have you been spending the past year?<br>
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“Surprisingly, nothing much has changed (laughs). I said last year that I might not be able to draw scenes of get-togethers and parties in the future because the idea of people getting together would be a mere fantasy, but I’ve drawn secret gatherings at matchmaking shrines.<br>
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I think it’s because I have hope and expectation that even if we can’t do it now, such days will come back. I hesitated because I didn’t want to spoil the story’s reality, but everyone’s reality is probably one where people can still hang out together. So I decided not to worry about it anymore. I’m not really planning to bring in remote meetings or anything else that wasn’t popular before, since it’s still kind of a symbol of the crisis caused by coronavirus; I’d like to make sure that people don’t have to be reminded of all that while they’re reading Conan”.<br>
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The coronavirus crisis also brings many inconveniences when it comes to mystery writing, he says.<br>
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“You know, everyone is wearing a mask (laughs). You can hide your face right from the start, so any eyewitness testimony is useless. I’m quite worried about the increase in crimes that take advantage of this, even in real life. Also, as a comic artist, it’s simply inconvenient! I have a couple of assistants who work remotely, but it’s way more difficult and time-consuming to understand each other than in face-to-face communication. Even for those who commute [through my studio], sleeping in the same room is forbidden and we have to eat separately. I know it’s unavoidable, but it’s quite lonesome. That’s why personally when I’m drawing manga I want to forget about Covid, and maybe on the contrary it was right because I kept drawing that I was able to face forward”.
  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san does show his face in a lot of places, though. But I’m really happy. I didn’t think I’d ever met you.
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{{font color|red|Rum’s real identity was finally revealed! The clash between the FBI and the Black Organization also gets more tense!}}
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Me neither haha. I always thought there wouldn’t ever be a future in which I met you.
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Indeed, as a matter of fact, in order to drown out the anxieties and depressions of reality, recently “Detective Conan” has been making some turbulent progress.<br>
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In a new case, which began in the 45th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday - released in October 2020 - FBI agents are killed in succession by the Black Organization. In the last chapter, the identity of Rum, who is considered to be the No. 2 of the organization, was finally revealed.<br>
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“Last year I told myself I had to show Rum soon. It’s revealed that Rum had actually appeared in a scene I drew in the past, but that’s something I’ve been thinking about since then. I always say that most of the things I do are afterthoughts [made up after stuff already happened], but there are a lot of things that I arrange intentionally (laughs). Well, at the time I hadn’t decided on the name Rum, and I even only told my assistants, ‘this guy is a member of the Black Organization that’s even higher-ranking than Gin’.”<br>
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A character who appears casually turning out to actually be a very important person, and impressions getting overturned... It’s one of Aoyama’s fortes, but clearly no one had noticed this one. By the way, Camel plays a very active role in this case, but at first he was one of those fishy characters who you can’t tell if they’re an ally or an enemy.<br>
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“When he first appeared, I told my assistants he was actually a good guy and they were very surprised. He has a sinister look and seems shady, but he’s actually a subordinate of Akai’s who is more loyal to him than anyone else. In the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case, the highlight for me was the way he strived to get information and didn’t run away until the last moment, even when his life was in extreme danger. As an agent, he has the ability to just accept the worst, and I also like the scene in Volume 58 where he calls Akai and says ‘I-I succeeded...’. It’s the first scene where the reader realizes that maybe he’s actually a good guy, and I put in a lot of foreshadowing for the sake of that surprise”.<br>
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Most of the readers must have been fooled. What Aoyama does so well is to make us think that a character is actually on our side since he is blatantly feigning betrayal, and yet there are many cases where the character in question is truly an enemy. You can’t just read what’s up next by following precedent.<br>
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“Well, yeah, that’s how it is... (laughs) Oh, there is one more scene with Camel that I like: the one in Volume 85, when he meets again Akai, who is actually alive, and he mutters ‘Akai-shan...’. The scene is also in ‘The Scarlet Alibi’, which was released before ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, and it made me laugh. It’s very nice, isn’t it? That is a compilation of the TV anime that takes a close look at the Akai family, but it’s so well compiled that I thought to myself, ‘that’s really cool’.”
  
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty impressed earlier because I got a business card from Weekly Shonen Sunday’s Editor-in-Chief. “I got a Sunday business card! This kind of stuff actually happens!”, haha.
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{{font color|red|Now the youthful years that continue to support Amuro are out of reach...!}}
  
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'''– I have been looking for something you have in common, and it seems Oda-sensei was born in 1975 while Aoyama-sensei was born in 1963. You both share the same zodiac sign having been born in the Year of the Rabbit.'''
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Serialized between the FBI Agents Serial Murder Case was the spin-off “Detective Conan: Wild Police Story”, published in two volumes. Kenji Hagiwara was killed in a bombing; detective Sato’s love interest, Jinpei Matsuda, was killed while avenging his [Hagiwara’s] death; detective Takagi’s mentor, Wataru Date, has died in an accident; Hiromitsu Morofushi lost his life while infiltrating the Black Organization and became the cause of Amuro’s hatred for Akai; and finally, there’s Tooru Amuro, aka Rei Furuya...! It’s a coming-of-age story of the five, who were classmates at the police academy, and Aoyama is the ‘original author’...<br>
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“As you can see from the storyboards included in the volumes, I wrote most of the story. In other words, it was just as though I serialized two works at the same time, so it was very tough. So maybe I could have done the whole thing up to the finishing touches, but the planning happened just after I was hospitalised and I was quite weak. Yet I still wanted to do it. It was during ‘The Darkest Nightmare’ that I came up with the idea that Matsuda and Amuro were classmates; I had already drawn the scene where Amuro visits Date’s grave in Volume 77, though. About Hiromitsu, when I was designing Scotch, I thought ‘this guy looks like Takaaki (a police inspector in the Nagano prefecture), why don’t I make him his brother’, and that’s how I decided, I guess.<br>
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I thought readers would enjoy a coming-of-age story where they were actually close classmates and shared the same dream of becoming police officers, and I wanted to show that Amuro was the only one who survived, as a result. He is a skilled guy who is nip and tuck with Akai, but it wouldn’t be interesting if he was a complete superhero from the start, right? So it’d be as in, ‘those days I spent with the four of them are the reason I am where I am today’... cool, isn’t it?”.<br>
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It’s definitely very cool. At the end [of the spin-off], when they have recklessly solved the case together, and the scene in the not-too-distant future that symbolises the four of them who part ways, plus the other person [Amuro] will... move you to tears.<br>
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“I’ve done a lot of calculations about that (laughs), so if you cry, I’d be very happy”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s right. Do you know about that Year of the Rabbit legend? Tetsuya Chiba-sensei was born in 1939, and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei was born in 1951. Both of them were also born in the Year of the Rabbit, separated by 12 years. I was also born 12 years after Mitsuru Adachi-sensei, and you were born 12 years exactly after me. We got no one after that.
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'''Oda:''' I wish we could fit Akira Toriyama-sensei somewhere, but he doesn’t belong to the Year of the Rabbit haha. …I do have to recognize I have only known much about Weekly Shonen Jump. Do you have knowledge on other magazines, Aoyama-san?
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The slightest misunderstanding or miscommunication leading to hatred and sometimes to irreparable tragedies... yet following the path one believes in, while carrying the sorrow on one’s back... At the roots of “Wild Police Story” are themes that have been portrayed in “Detective Conan” for a long time.<br>
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“Thank you. Well, that’s how it is... And I want to depict all that in a way that’s a little bit different from the straightforward way. I think it’s a way of hiding embarrassment in an otherwise straightforward story. In the movie ‘Titanic’, when Rose is about to throw herself off the deck, Jack tosses his cigarette into the sea to show her how deep it is... right? And then he says, ‘You’re not going to jump, are you’. I like the way he doesn’t just stop her by force, it feels really cool, I love it.<br>
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As for the Japanese [characters that inspire me], it’s Yusaku Matsuda in ‘Oretachi No Kunsho’, Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata in ‘Abunai Deka’, Masao Kusakari and Tatsuya Fuji in ‘Pro Hunter’... I use their stylishness as a reference when I draw manga”.<br>
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It’s true that Shuichi Akai and the others are kind of the epitomes of chic.<br>
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“He’s not attached to anything, so he can change direction as soon as he needs to. It’s cool how he transcends everything. Shukichi is also really cool when he sees through a plot, but even cooler than that is Yumi. Shukichi owes everything to her. In Volume 89, she easily tears up the marriage certificate that he was so eager to get, and then she shouts ‘You’d better make sure you never lose again! You bald-headed mouse, you!’, which is a line I like. Oda Nobunaga called Toyotomi Hideyoshi [“Hideyoshi” shares “Shukichi”’s kanji] not a monkey, but a bald rat. In Nobunaga’s letter to Nene, he also calls him that (laughs). That’s why Yumi is Nene, not Chacha”.<br>
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Shukichi and Yumi also appear in the movie. What are the highlights, in your opinion, Aoyama?<br>
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“There are many highlights of the Akai family besides Shukichi, so that’s what I’d like you all to see. Also, other than that... well, I’d like to spoil you some more, but I’m going to stop right there. After all, you also want to know but at the same time you kinda don’t want to, right?”.<br>
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That’s right... So, with the latest Volume 99 coming out on April 14, and Volume 100 just around the corner, could you give us a glimpse of what’s to come, by any chance?<br>
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“Well, let me see... the manuscript I’m working on right now is an episode [of the manga] that features Haibara at the center of it all, after a long time, so I’m sure the fans will be very happy. I’m also planning to draw soon the appearance of people / a person linked to the police academy group, and Amuro VS Kaito Kid, I guess... Oh! I’ve said too much (laughs). I think I will reveal Wakasa’s mysteries little by little, so please be patient.<br>
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But first of all, there is ‘The Scarlet Bullet’, which you’ve been waiting an extra year for! Watch it at the cinema without making any noise, without talking, without eating or drinking with anyone, I’m sure it’ll all be fine. If you want to scream, you can do so when you get home (laughs).<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. At first, I brought my work to Weekly Shonen Magazine, and I was told “it didn’t really fit with them, so take it to a different publication”. That’s when I brought my work to Sunday, and that’s where I have been since then.  
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===Cinema Guide 2021 Interview===
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'''Oda:''' You made your debut in 1986, right? What hits were there back before you debuted?
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===Movie 24 Production Staff Interview Collection===
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'''Date:''' April 22, 2021<br>
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'''Published in:''' https://www.kitkat-nelfei.com/2021/04/detective-conan-movie-scarlet-bullet.html
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"I went for location hunting to Nagoya where this story is set. Director Nagaoka discussed with staff from Nagoya before deciding the locations based on the final scenario.
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First, the symbols of Nagoya City, Nagoya TV Tower, and Oasis 21 which also appeared in the end of the previous work [The Fist of Blue Sapphire]. The night view here is very beautiful, but I couldn't go up on that day, so I only watched the lights from below. Be careful as it's very slippery on rainy days!
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Next, an Instagrammable monument near Nagoya Castle. Everyone was drawn to the reds in it so I took a commemorative photo here. And Nagoya Port, one of the largest trading ports in Japan. It's a port that spans across five municipalities and has many leisure facilities.
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We, the location team, also boarded a yacht and traveled around the port. I think people already know that Shukichi Haneda who appears this time is based on Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Nagoya is very closely linked to Hideyoshi Toyotomi and at the annual Nagoya Festival, a parade is held to honor the three heroes, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa.
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In Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City, the birthplace of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, there is a street named Taiko-dori. There is also an exit named Taiko-dori  Exit at Nagoya Station. Hideyoshi Toyotomi's name is closely linked here.
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While feeling this connection, I continued with my location hunting and tasted some delicious Nagoya foods. This place is amazing, so I would be happy if fans will make a trip to Nagoya after the movie release! I hope you can look forward to how Nagoya will appear in this work."
  
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Touch’, and also Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Rough’.
 
  
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'''Question 1: This is your 2nd time in charge of directing a Detective Conan movie, after the "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" in 2019, is there any changes in your environment and feelings? And, how did you approach with this movies?'''  
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"There is no particular change in the environment. In production, I have seniors who have been working with me for many years who I respect, and many friends, who know my good and bad points, so it's a very reassuring environment for me. And, because of the trust I have for them, I depend on them in various areas.
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'''Oda:''' Indeed. I’m a one-hit wonder.
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As for my feelings, when I started the actual production, I face various obstacles and there are times when I feel troubled. When that happens, instead of worrying alone, I tried to consult others and get advice. Surprisingly, many ideas leading to breakthrough surfaced during those conversations. Well, it was probably worst for those who have been dealing with me though. (laughs).
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The Akai family has many mysterious parts not mentioned even in the original, so I had the production team organize and made a character relationship chart for me."
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"Ever since my scenario meeting with Mr. Sakurai, the Script Writer, I was impressed with his wide knowledge in various fields, regardless of genre like chemistry, bullet trains, shogi. I feel I must be more aware of more information in various areas from now on.
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The content of the script drives home the theme very clearly. I tried to translate Mr. Sakurai's thoughts into the movie and I hope we are able to communicate that to our audience who watch the movie.
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'''Question 3: This work focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character you want us to take note of? And, what is the reasons?'''  
  
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'''Oda:''' What other series were serializing on Sunday when you started ‘Detective Conan’?
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"It would be Mary. I think the mother has a strong character. Shuichi Akai, Shukichi Haneda, Masumi Sera...everyone has different personalities and strong characters. However, each of them has a strong core that I feel is the gift inherited from Mary's teachings.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, it was a truly amazing time back then. Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Ranma ½’, Kazuhiro Fujita’s ‘Ushio to Tora’, Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘H2’, Nishimori Hiroyuki’s ‘Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!’... The line-up was absolutely terrifying.
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'''Question 4: Vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival, FBI, Akai Family, etc. In the movie, there are many interesting things, but what part do you find the most interesting? Also, which part do you look forward to the most when directing?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Ranma ½’, it was really fun! Just reading different magazines, no matter how much time you spend on it, what you end up reading or seeing is completely different too. Back when ‘Detective Conan’ started, Jump had Akira Toriyama’s ‘Dragon Ball’ and Takehiko Inoue’s ‘SLAM DUNK’.
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"What I found the most interesting was the difference between Conan's and the FBI's sense of justice. I wanted to express this different in thinking properly. The most fun part for me was the vacuum superconducting maglev. Especially, I hope the audience can check how we show the speed of 1,000 km/h in the theaters.
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of the movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to audience?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I read ‘Dragon Ball’! I love Toriyama-sensei’s art.
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"I hope the audience can look forward to how the vacuum superconducting maglev in the movie connects to the Akai Family, FBI, Conan and the others, and how the story develops. Also, I think rather than knowing nothing about the main characters' relationship with Akai Family, it's better just to know a little to get into this movie.  
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'''Oda:''' I was a ‘jumper’ at that time, but this is something I wanted to ask you if we could ever meet: how did you view Jump back then? Jump sales were incredibly overwhelming during that time, but a bit of conflict came later when Weekly Shonen Magazine surpassed its circulation numbers.
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Since the main story of this movie is about Akai Family with the color of Red in their surname, various Red colors will appear in the movie, so please try to spot them!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I have to apologize, but I didn’t care at all about that haha.
 
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah, so you didn’t even bother with it haha.
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=== Interview of Screenplay, Takeharu Sakurai ===
  
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'''– I would like to ask about your thoughts and memories back when your series started. When you both published your very first chapter, what was it like?'''
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'''Question 1: Mr. Sakurai, this will be your 5th time in charge of the script for a Detective Conan movie. When writing for the first Detective Conan's Private Eyes' Requiem (2013) and this movie, has there been any change in your feeling or approach to Conan?'''  
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'''Oda:''' I started serializing ‘ONE PIECE’ in 1997, two years after ‘Dragon Ball’ ended in 1995. It was a shock for all of us newcomers who came to the magazine to claim the series’ abandoned throne. At that time, the fight for the place ‘Dragon Ball’ left would begin, and for 2 years everyone would get their series compared and completely crushed, until I finally survived.
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"Whenever I write a script for Detective Conan movies, I would decide the Regular character who would be guest characters and the theme with the producer. Then I would write the story while getting Aoyoma-sensei and the Director to fix it. I would also add the parts desired by Aoyama-sensei. There is no change in this flow, but on Private Eyes' Requiem, I recklessly took on the challenge without knowing the difficulties. Now, with my knowledge of the difficulties, it feels more like a test of my abilities. In other words, it changed from "Challenge" to "Trial". I think this is a change that will jappen if you continue with any work."
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'''Aoyama:''' Amazing haha.
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'''Question 2: You wrote both popular characters, Toru Amuro into the previous movie and Suichi Akai in this one. Do you have any particular feelings when comparing these two characters? Also, was there anything you put extra care of when writing Shuichi Akai in this work? Or anything you enjoyed?'''
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'''Oda:''' It was a time in which both ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘SLAM DUNK’ ended right after the other, and lots of people thought Jump would be in huge trouble. I remember the cover of the Jump issue in which my series started appeared on the front page of a newspaper, showing the cover of ‘ONE PIECE’ next to the headline ‘Jump is overtaken by Magazine’. And it’s not like I had any responsibility over it at all haha, but I still remember feeling really frustrated.
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"I think the similarity between Amuro and Akai is there "Loneliness". Amuro has a loneliness that stems from having no home to return to and Akai has a loneliness that stems from not being able to retun home.  
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'''Aoyama:''' As for me, when the first chapter of ‘Detective Conan’ was going to be published, I was supposedly going to appear at the center of the cover of the magazine. Thing is, during the World Cup Preliminaries, Masashi Nakayama scored a really great goal and my cover was replaced with him… That’s why Conan’s cover, which was supposed to appear with the first chapter of the series, had the bad luck to appear with the second chapter instead haha.
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Amuro's loneliness with something to depend on as opposed to Akai's loneliness that rejects dependency. Amuora has the strength to embrace the loneliness alone and Akai has the strength to accompany a lonely person.
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I feel that when I write these two characters.
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When I write Shuichi Akai, I take note of Subaru Okiya. Although those two are basically the same person, they have different personalities. However, there are times when despite being Okiya, his personality is almost all Akai.
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It was difficult to adjust that what percentage of Akai is Okiya in each scene with Aoyama-sensei and the production team. However, Akai is much more difficult.
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Conan, Haibara, Sera, Mary, Shukichi, James, Jody, and Camel, everyone has different perception about Akai. The information that Akai gave or hid from each of them are all different.  
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I had to check with Aoyama-sensia and the production team to find out what is allowed in which scene. We have to proceed like a puzzle. There are some things the characters already know about, but the readers do not yet.
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And things that will be revealed by the time the movie is released. It is as if you are playing with a puzzle with astronomical number of pieces. It was both painful and fun at the same time.
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'''Question 3: This movie focuses on Akai Family, and there are many original movie characters, is there any particular character to take note of? And, what is the reason?'''
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"The whole Akai Family are important characters here. If I have to mention one, then it is Mary. The more I hear from Aoyama-sensei about her, the burden she bears is out of this world. If you take a closer look at the movie, you will find new information about her."
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'''Question 4: What do you look forward to when your script is visualized?'''  
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"It's fun and scary to read the dubbing script. The dubbing script is a script written by someone based on my screenplay. Thus, in this media, things like "Did the lines I wrote become such as line?" "Did the scene that I wrote become like this?", will impact me the first.
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My second impact will come at the preview. Dubbing script is a process that won't be found in live-action dramas and movies, I was surprised when though I wrote this script with almost the same number of pages as last time, but this dubbing script has almost double the number of pages than the last!"
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'''Question 5: Please tell us the highlights of this movie for you. Finally, do you have any message to the audience?'''
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"I think there are many highlights in the events, characters and action scenes in the movie. As a screenwriter, I would be happy if you could understand the theme a little more. I think there have been many dramas with "past sins" creating "present sins".
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However, there is also "past justice" that can create "present sins" as well. What will people do in that situation? It would be good to show Conan's and Akai's "harmony" and "difference". I wrote with this in mind.  
  
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'''The Competitive Spirit Created by Jump'''
 
  
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'''– What do you two think of each other and other mangaka who also have successful works?'''
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=== Interview of Image Board, Ioundraw ===
  
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'''Oda:''' After ‘Dragon Ball’ ended, the world of shonen manga was dominated by two works, ‘Detective Conan’ and ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’. Conan was always winning.
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'''Question 1: It will be the third time to be in charge of image boards for Detective Conan Movies, so they are pretty much defined. What do you think is your position this time?'''
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"It's strange, there are moments when I still don't believe that I'm involved in Conan. It's a well-known manga that I've been reading since I was a child. The fact that I'm in charge of creating images for this on the big screen is so overwhelming that I feel that it's not even real.
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However, I feel that the response to the role given to me steadily increases as I work more on it. I love the characters, but I pack my own ideas without breaking the world's view of this work.
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If my images are useful to the staff, then there is nothing more fulfilling to me. Drawing image boards for Detective Conan Movies is like the facing my childhood. I try to draw with fresh eyes with a feeling of nostalgia while making sure to do work I can be proud of."
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'''Question 2: What kind of image you envisioned from the screenplay for the image boards?''' 
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"I was reading the screenplay while talking with Director Nagaoka and the production team, and I decided to have stylish look this time. Looking at previous movie series as a whole, the scale of the event in this movie is one of the largest and the suspense and action that comes with it are also very thrilling.
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I consciously added a strong contrast in the light and scene construction in order to bring out the roller-coaster-like dramatic twists and turns.
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It will also link nicely to the Akai Family that appears in this work. Akai Family is shrouded in mystery and shadows. It is the shadows that bring out their appeal. Light and shadow, justice and evil, I painstakingly tried to convey the tension between both sides through my images.  
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah… Seriously? Haha.
 
  
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'''Oda:''' That was indeed my perspective. Jump’s supporting hit work back then was ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ by Nobuhiro Watsuki. I was one of Watsuki-sensei’s assistants. I won’t really hesitate saying this, we were proud our seniors led the shonen manga world with battle-focused manga, so we honestly thought “mystery manga shouldn’t be at the top of shonen manga” haha. Watsuki-sensei himself had the stance that “if a series wasn’t always performing like his, it couldn’t be at the top of Jump”. That’s why I always considered ‘Detective Conan’ an enemy to me and thus didn’t read it. I even had thoughts such as “I’ll drag you down, haha…”. Not joking, I used to think of you as an enemy until now haha!
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=== Interview of Production Team, Full of Highlights From Each Section As Well ===
  
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'''Aoyama:''' No way, an enemy!? Oh my haha!
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'''Question 1: In the production of this work, The Scarlet Bullet, can you tell us what did you struggle with, what you were particular about, and what was rewarding for you?'''  
  
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'''Oda:''' Looking at your reply, it seems it was only me who thought we had some sort of rivalry haha. Please, say something like “that’s how Jump should be”! Have you ever looked at someone as a rival?
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"This time, the stage is set between Tokyo and Nagoya. As a result, there are many buildings again just like the previous work. So, I was worried even before it started. It is always difficult with many buildings (laugh). Moreover, unlike Singapore, this time there are fictional places like linear train stations of Shibahama Station and Shin-Nagoya Station. It is very difficult yet interesting to make these fictional places seem real to blend in with real locations. The diector told me that Akai does not match a bright blue sky so I deliberately toned down the day-time sky for this work." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''  
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"Connecting with the title of "scarlet", there is always red color on someone in those four days. If I only stick to the character's image color, it will be too one-sided. So, I decided on this by considering the connection between the story and the character so that the clothes in the last scene look cool or cute." ''said Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''
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"The compositing section in an animation production combines all the image materials. it involves elevating the work by interpreting and composing the materials created by various creators such as drawing, background, CG, etc. However, similar to cooking, great ingredients do not always result in delicious food, so this can improve or destroy the final work. This is the pain and reward of our section. In The Scarlet Bullet, the themes are vacuum superconducting maglev, sports festival so we aimed to create images that conveys speed and dynamism." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
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"The story this time has the major elements related to the story prepared in 3DCG. THe work of creating and incorporating them in each cut is difficult, but it is rewarding to imagine how they are used and the audience reactions to them. In particular, the director placed a lot of emphasis on the vacuum superconducting maglev, and it was created with him proposing various ideas for the designs and textures. I would like to show everyone the vaccum superconducting maglev as soon as possible!" ''said Hiroki Matsukura, the CG Director.'' 
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"In this work, there are various vehicles such as vacuum superconducting maglev, bullet train, automobiles, motorcycles, etc. 3DCG is used in many vehicles and we tried to express various colors and textures according to the situation. Aslo, because vehicles need to interact with characters and the background, we tested them to make sure their look are integrated properly. In some cases, we had to replace the full scene with 3DCG. Creating images that matches Director Nagaoka's vision and requests is both a challenge and rewarding." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, the CG Director.''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. When it comes to Kanari Yozaburo, Seimaru Amagi and Satou Fumiya’s ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’, I used to have this “I won’t lose” feeling, but they’re still series with pretty different genres.
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'''Question 2: What is the highlight of this work?'''  
  
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'''Oda:''' When I looked at the whole manga industry and glanced at the top, ‘Detective Conan’ was always there. I was pretty aware of it all when I was nothing more than a newbie, but it is true that when you reach the top, you stop seeing it.
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"I think it will be hard to notice, but we made many detailed touches so I hope you can enjoy the world of Conan." ''said Kouki Fukushima, Art Director.''
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"Other than the Akai Family, I think you can understand the relationship and thoughts of each characters. I try to adjust the colours so that the characters look good in the scene, I hope you enjoy it while paying attention to such details." ''said  Fusako Nakao, Color Design.''  
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"An animation movie is an art form born from a collaboration with many cast and staff, so the attention to detail from every section is condensed. The detailed attention of each section is concentrated. Other than enjoying the actions of Conan and the Akai Family, I hope you can also enjoy the atmosphere, speed and thrill created by our efforts, which might not be obvious at first glance." ''said Jin Nishiyama, Director of Photography.''
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"If I write too much, I will spoil the movie. So, I will express it with an image. The highlight of this movie is the tension in a closed environment like The Bullet Train Movie (1875) by Director Junya Sato and the interaction in the vacuum superconducting maglev. The 3DCG team prepared images that add tension as much as possible as the story develops with the characters trying to solve the case with their all." ''said Hiroki Matsukura, CG Director.''
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"I think the main highlight should be Conan drawing closer to the mystery and the Akai Family, and the key stage of the vacuum superconducting maglev and global sports festivel. I think the content of the movie as a whole has many highlights, such as bold action scenes. Also, 3DCG is used in unexpected places such as characters and background. So, if you pay attention to that area, you may be able to enjoy it from a different perspective." ''said Hiromitsu Koiwa, CG Director.''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' But I was overtaken right away, right? Or am I wrong? Haha.
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty desperate back then, so I’m not entirely sure how it all went. Since I started this series I've been trying to do my best for myself, so I stopped looking at my surroundings.
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===Shuichi, Masumi, Shukichi, and Mary Secret Archieves Interview ===
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s amazing, but it was really hard for me too. Doing a detective series on my own requires me to always think about my story and art, which leaves me no time to think about any other series.
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'''Oda:''' Basically, the moment you start a serialization, you stop looking at what’s around you! I have a lot of respect for you, being able to still continue during all this time.
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'''– Have you ever thought of rookie mangaka as your rivals?'''
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<br>'''Ryotaro Okiayu:'''<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Rivals… I wonder. I guess others are others, and I am myself haha.
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<br>'''Noriko Hidaka:'''<br>
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'''Oda:''' You’re pretty peaceful. When did you build that kind of mentality?
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<br>'''Toshiyuki Morikawa:'''<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' I would say from the very beginning.
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<br>'''Atsuko Tanaka:'''<br>
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'''Oda:''' For real!? Didn’t it feel like a competition when you were younger?
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'''Aoyama:''' When I was younger, other detective works started to appear on Sunday since ‘Detective Conan’ was performing well, so I did have that feeling of ‘not wanting to lose’, but that’s about it. It may sound weird, but I don’t think I ever felt like I had any enemy. As I mentioned earlier, ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’ was there, but it was a different work.
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'''Oda:''' I see your enemy scope are mystery series.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep. But still, there weren’t many mangaka drawing detective series back then, so I felt it was something I was doing on my own. That’s how I concluded others are others, and I am myself.
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===Kappei Yamaguchi Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Oda:''' For me, it has been during these past few years that I have been able to keep a similar state of mind. Until now, I have been aware readers often get disappointed if ‘ONE PIECE’ doesn’t publish a new chapter, and I felt responsible for that. It has all changed lately thanks to new, younger writers that have grown up in Jump and rather support me even when I’m on a break, taking a lot of weight off my shoulders. This is also why I have stopped caring about fighting with other manga series. It truly feels like I have finally the freedom to face my fans at my own pace.
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'''Aoyama:''' Ooh! It seems you have been pretty busy until now.
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===Wakana Yamazaki Volume 100 Interview===
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, the second interview is with the voice of Ran Mouri, Wakana Yamazaki.
  
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'''Oda:''' I wonder why, though? Is Jump’s system that bad? Haha. It’s a fierce competition. If what you draw is not good enough, it will obviously get canceled. Is it the same for Sunday?
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Although an endless stream of cases occurs around Ran, Ran is strong and is able to defend herself against any threats. But, to Ms.Yamazaki, the most important element is outside of these scenes. On the topic of a normal high-school girl living in the city of Beika.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes it is. But on that Sunday from the old days, editors wouldn’t tell mangaka their series’ rankings. After ‘Detective Conan’ reached Chapter 10, I had to ask them to give the rankings to me and started to follow them secretly.
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Q: Please tell me about your Impressions of Gosho Aoyama <br>
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A: We're close in age, so he's like a big brother to me. He's very sharp, but conversations with him are very relaxed, so he it gives off a feel like a shogi grandmaster. One thing that left a particular impression on me was when there was Evian* on the Menu, and he asked "What kind of drink is this?" It was funny to me because he's so knowledgeable in so many topics, yet he's also kind of in a different world.
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*Translators Note: Evian is a type of bottled water popular in Japan. Think of Fiji water or something along those lines.
  
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'''Oda:''' Perhaps Jump shows the rankings and questionnaires deliberately to their mangaka in order to fuel their inner fighting spirit. That’s something anyone, even I, worries about when starting a series, since you always want to know if you can survive or not.
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Q: How do you feel about playing the role of Ran Mouri overall? Are there any parts that you feel you have in common with Ran? <br>
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A: Since I've been playing the role for so long, although I'm not the one writing the script, I've started feeling like I am naturally in the story. Ran isn't a member of the police, nor affiliated with the Black Organization, she's just a normal high school girl. Her father just happens to be a detective, and since she only gets dragged into cases because she's with Conan, I feel that it is important to keep a feeling that she's an ordinary person, and that it is important for her to have comforting mundane days where nothing happens. I haven't given much thought about if I am similar to Ran, but in I felt that in the preschool story (vol. 87, "Memories from Sakura Class"), where Ran cries a lot and she's protected by Sonoko, or she gives her place in line for the slide to other kids, I remembered that I was like that when I was a kid too.  
  
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'''– ‘YAIBA’, your serialization before ‘Detective Conan’, managed to reach 1st place in the rankings 2 times during its final chapters, right?'''
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Q: Have you felt any changes in Ran?<br>
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A: The story where we're in London (vol. 71, Holmes' Revelation) and the School Trip (vol. 95, The Scarlet Schooltrip) are where I felt, although slowly, Ran's relationship with Shinichi was changing.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes! I was so happy to finally reach 1st place I asked the editorial department to put it in my coffin, since I was sure I’d die from overwork haha.
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Q: Does Yamazaki-san have any feelings like "Ah, Finally!"?<br>
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A: Hmm... it might actually be the opposite, where I'm now kinda embarrassed (laughs). Until now, we've said things we wanted to say to each other and had arguments, and that has been fun in its own right. Although they're dating, they're rarely together, and it feels like a long-distance relationship. Although it has been a long time since the manga began, I've heard that within the story not much time has passed, so I felt that Ran hasn't been kept waiting for that long.
  
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'''Oda:''' I see you had some attachment to numbers! Don’t you feel some frustration if you lose those placements, then?
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Q: How do you feel about Shinichi/Conan hiding his identity in order to protect Ran?<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, but ‘Detective Conan’ has been in 1st place since the series pretty much started… It’s a bit odious to say that, so I’ll stop haha.
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'''Oda:''' Haha, I understand that feeling too.
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A: I think his clumsiness. When meeting Shinichi for the first time in preschool, Ran says she "hated" Shinichi, but his blunt nature was just a way to hide his embarrassment and he ended up helping her. Although she might not have had romantic feelings toward Shinichi when she was small, as a childhood friend she saw Shinichi, and in her heart, she thought "Although he tries to be cool, there's a dull part of him too. I know that about him." She realized her feelings in New York (Vol. 35, "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case") after Shinichi helped the serial killer, he said, "There's no logical reason necessary for someone to help another person out." I feel like that's where Ran realized she liked Shinichi in a romantic way.  
  
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Q: Is there something good about Shinichi, that only Ran can see?<br>
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A: Shinichi's earnest sense of justice, and how he tries to be strong are some points that I think Ran likes about Shinichi. I think it would be nice if there are more stories from the past. The story from kindergarten, to when Elementary school when Shinichi suddenly stopped calling Ran "Ran," and instead "Mouri," (Vol 55, Shinichi Kudo's childhood adventure"). Until then, I thought that Ran and Shinichi were childhood friends from infancy, but I realized her relationship with Sonoko was longer.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Pressure? Zero haha.
+
Q: Question from Yamazaki to Hayashibara (VA of Haibara), Takayama (VA of Conan): If you were to play the role of the criminal, what kind of criminal would you portray? Would you like to get caught?<br>
 +
A: When I am asked what role I would like to try in Conan, I always say the criminal (laughs). Portraying the emotional ups and downs until the crime is committed, and my state of mind after the trick is deduced seems interesting to me. I would like to be caught at the end and have everything come to light.  
  
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'''Oda:''' That’s the same for me!
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Q: Overall, what is Minami Takayama like?<br>
 +
A: Although there may be a lot of murder cases, since it's an anime that kids watch as well, she is very careful in picking her words in order to avoid hurting or making them scared. In order to avoid an explanation becoming too difficult, or a deduction becoming too complicated, she tries changing the way she explains it, and she is very good at seeing things like that and giving advice, and that impresses me a lot. The only person (voice actress) there every time is Minami, so she tries to take responsibility and I think she tried to create a sense of unity.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I mean, I thought it was Shogakukan’s fault for letting me draw this series haha.
+
Q: What does Ran think in regard to Haibara?<br>
 +
A: Since Ai is an adult, she doesn't try to approach Ran like Ayumi or the rest of the detective boys. But in the case of the special express train (Vol. 78, Mystery Train), after Ai realizes that there may be the Black Organization aboard the train, Ai grabs Ran's shirt and hides behind her. I wondered "Oh, is she relying on me?" Maybe Ran just seemed like the strongest (laughs). But if that was Ai trusting Ran, I feel like that story is a lot deeper and left an impression.
  
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'''Oda:''' I have always been conscious of my own selfishness, so the more my fighting spirit grew, the more I thought it was my whole fault if the series had to end or fell in popularity.
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Q: What episode do you like personally?<br>
 +
A: I like the story about Professor Agasa's first love (Vol. 40 "Ginkgo-Colored first love"). No sad cases happened, and the Detective Boys followed the professor and deduced where that person was and found them. On top of that, Ran met that person in the past... I loved that long-lasting overall warmth. That last scene where Agasa may be able to meet with that person in the future also left an impression in my heart.
  
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'''– That’s really hard to imagine.'''
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Q: Do you have any messages for the fans?<br>
 +
A: Since we're at volume 100, the fans are probably more knowledgeable than I am, and I probably need to re-read, or else there may be things I forget (laughs). Since it doesn't seem to end anytime soon, I will continue enjoying Conan as a fan of the manga, and I am also excited to see how that will be translated into the Manga.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Honestly, if I had felt pressure, I wouldn’t have been able to draw.
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</spoiler>
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah. If you stop to think about it for a second, it’s kinda scary how much stuff I sometimes have to carry. I think only people with our kind of personality can survive through all of this.
+
===Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview===
 +
'''Date:''' October 25, 2021<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday S issue 12/2021
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<spoiler>
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'''Raw:'''
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[[File:Megumi_Hayashibara_Volume_100_Interview_2.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Megumi_Hayashibara_Volume_100_Interview_3.jpg|150px|]]
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</div>
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</div>
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I think so too.
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</spoiler>
  
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'''– What do you think of each other’s art?'''
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===Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview===
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'''Date:''' October 27, 2021<br>
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'''Oda:''' It’s appealing. It’s super appealing! Even when my only knowledge was about art, I thought it was really unique. Honestly, distinct and unusual art styles are the ones who can survive in this manga world. And it wasn't only that, but when I read the series I felt a mysterious appeal. Kids, adult men and women can all feel that same charm and become fond of the series, which is why I always thought it would become a success.
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'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 48/2021
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<spoiler>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
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'''Raw:'''
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[[File:Minami_Takayama_Volume_100_Interview_1.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Minami_Takayama_Volume_100_Interview_2.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Minami_Takayama_Volume_100_Interview_3.jpg|150px|]]
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</div>
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</div>
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I was really surprised when I saw there wasn’t a scene of Luffy eating the Gomu Gomu no Mi! If it had been me, I would have drawn a “Dokkun” SFX after he ate it haha. In ‘Detective Conan’, the main character also changes his body after consuming a drug, but even if I try to draw those same sensations, I think ‘ONE PIECE’ expressions feel way fresher. Also, those elder designs from the Gorosei who appear in the Levely Arc are amazing! I honestly don’t know how to draw those.
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</spoiler>
  
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'''Oda:''' I think that was something good from my younger self. I made them appear a long time ago, but when I look back into it now, I don’t think their designs were bad at all. Still, those characters haven’t really shown their actual value yet.
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=== [世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Arai, and Mayuko Kanba ===
 +
'''Date:''' October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:'''
 +
* - https://twitter.com/sekaihamangade
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211030190000&noreload=1
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* - https://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMT&t=20211023190000&noreload=1
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* - https://www.tfm.co.jp/mangaworld/
  
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'''Team ‘Detective Conan’, Team ‘ONE PIECE’'''
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
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'''Raw:'''
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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=== Part 1: Featuring Aoyama Gosho, Arai Takahiro and Kanba Mayuko ===
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明日は…
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100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集
 +
 +
青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケートをご紹介！
 +
さらに！『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
 +
『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートも
 +
 +
ゲストは、パーパーのあいなぷぅさんと担当編集の松本さん！
 +
 +
_____________________________________________________________
 +
 +
Q.青山先生は安室透の人気についてどう思われていますか？
 +
A.「安室の人気はただただビックリです。
 +
そしてありがとうございます！」
  
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'''– When it comes to TV Anime adaptations, many voices end up overlapping. Yamaguchi Kappei voices Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid and Usopp; Ikeda Shuichi voices Akai and Shanks; Furuya Toru voices Amuro and Sabo; Ootani Ikue voices Mitsuhiko and Chopper…'''
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_______________________________________________________________
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'''Aoyama:''' No wonder they do overlap considering both anime have been going on for a quarter of a century.
+
リクエスト曲
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青山先生の一番好きな曲！
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'''Oda:''' When I watched ‘Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween’, I was surprised at how many voices I did recognize. Yuriko Yamaguchi, who voices Nico Robin, appears (as Christine Richard). In the Dressrosa Arc, there were a lot of voice actors from ‘Detective Conan’! Megumi Hayashibara, who voices Ai Haibara, played the role of Rebecca.
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「1000のバイオリン」のオーケストラバージョン
 +
「1001のバイオリン」/ブルーハーツ
 +
をお届けしました
 +
 +
_______________________________________________________________
 +
 +
かんばまゆこ先生
 +
「かっこいいシーンでかっこいいキャラがかっこいいポーズでかっこいいセリフをかっこよく言う、
 +
これをやるのって本当に大変で勇気がいるすごい事です！
 +
（↓続く）
 +
 +
私は「犯人の犯沢さん」の連載前から
 +
この100％振りきることをアオヤマニズムと呼び、大ゴマでギャグを描くときに
 +
勇気をもらっていました。青山先生は本当にすごいです！」
 +
 +
____________________________________________________________________
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Furuya Toru, who voices Amuro, also appears as Sabo, a pretty good role! And Ikeda Shuichi voices Shanks in your upcoming FILM RED, right Oda-kun? He also voices Akai Shuichi in ‘Detective Conan’, which is a pretty popular role.
+
新井隆広先生
 +
「顔の奥の目が大きく誇張されて描かれる。
 +
有名なイラストレーターである、さいとうなおきさんも指摘していたが こうすることにより 人物の顔が華やかに見えるそうです。歌舞伎の見栄に近い効果ではと分析なさっていた」
 +
実際、青山先生はコナンの絵を描くとき「目」から描かれる！
 +
 +
___________________________________________________________________
  
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'''Oda:''' He didn’t appear in your last movie, did he?
+
青山剛昌先生の番組独自アンケート！
 +
『ゼロの日常』新井隆広先生と、
 +
『犯人の犯沢さん』かんばまゆこ先生のアンケートもご紹介！
 +
 +
「名探偵コナン」あるある
 +
かんば先生も「やっぱり阿笠博士があやしい」と考察・・・！
 +
新井先生「あるあるが語られるほど様式美として作品世界が成立していることにすごさを感じる」
 +
 +
Q.毎回トリックは、どのように考えていますか！？
 +
また、一番悩まれたトリックは？
 +
 +
A.「トリックは編集さんと何時間もかけて考えてます。
 +
毎回毎回悩んでいるので、一番がつけられないです(笑)」
 +
 +
なんと、一回の打ち合わせは短くても１２時間
 +
 +
Q.青山先生の作品には幼馴染キャラがよく登場されますが、幼馴染属性がお好きなのでしょうか？
 +
素敵な思い出などがあるのでしょうか？
 +
 +
A.「素敵な思い出はまったくないですけど、幼馴染の設定は大好きです！あとでなんとでも掘り起こせるので♪」
 +
 +
Q.青山先生の1日のルーティンは！？休みはあるのでしょうか？
 +
 +
A.「最近はあります。
 +
『艦これ』をぼちぼちやって、月曜8時から9時に『あつ森』のコメントを更新、それが日課です(笑)
 +
だいたい寝るのは朝の6時から7時で、起きるのは昼の1時くらいかな？」
 +
  
−
'''Aoyama:''' In ‘The Bride of Halloween’... Fufufu, haha.
+
=== Part 2: Featuring DC Editor In-Charge ===
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+
−
'''Oda:''' But in ‘Detective Conan’ he does appear more frequently, right? In ‘ONE PIECE’ many times the members of the crew have to separate, so there’s a lot of examples of regular characters who take holidays quite often. “Sanji came to dub for the first time after 3 years”, haha.
+
毎週、30分だけログインできる仮想空間のラジオ番組！
−
 
+
狩野英孝と倉持由香が「まんが王国」にある膨大なデータを基に、おしゃべりしていきます。
−
'''Aoyama:''' It took 7 years since Akai left and appeared again, and I even thought of spoiling it after 2 years had passed. Vermouth also took 5 years to appear once again in the TV Anime since her last appearance.
+
−
 
+
☆祝100巻記念！「名探偵コナン」大特集その②☆
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'''Oda:''' I didn’t expect for the TV Anime to continue for so long, many of the voice actors are getting old. Some time ago, Mayumi Tanaka, who voices Luffy, asked us with worry what would happen if she died, so Masako Nozawa, who voices Kureha, told her “If you die, I’ll take your role” haha. I hope they all stay as healthy as possible. Aoyama-san, do you usually talk to the voice actors?
+
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+
ゲストに「名探偵コナン」担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場！
−
'''Aoyama:''' Before Coronavirus happened, we had ‘movie launch parties’, so we used to talk a lot. Some time ago, I saw a fireworks display from my living room, so I called all the voice actors and improvised a huge banquet in my house. It was really fun, even though it was still a lot of work haha. You keep doing it, right Oda-kun? That’s amazing.
+
「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
−
 
+
−
'''Oda:''' We usually just do self-service, and I tell them I’m doing a takoyaki party! Then I cook it all without asking the others haha!
+
明日の #せかまん は・・・
−
 
+
−
'''– Oda-sensei, you said in an old interview that you are “glad to be close with all the anime staff”, and all of this really does give the impression you get along with animation and production staff.'''
+
100巻記念！「#名探偵コナン」大特集 その②
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, it’s always been that way. The TV Anime started a really long time ago. All of them have become my relatives at this point. Even my children have known them since they were small, so it’s almost like a family relationship.
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ゲストに、担当編集の松本さんと、舟本さんが登場
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+
「名探偵コナン」を通して、編集のお仕事などについて迫っていきます
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'''Aoyama:''' Mine’s not that far of a relationship, but I have stated many times with determination that “this actor should voice this character”. For example, Koichi Yamadera, who voiced Tsutomu Akai, a character that recently appeared in the anime, was chosen by me. I sometimes also change the characters in the manga after listening to the voices of their voice actors, thinking to myself “so this is their voice”.
+
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+
________________________________________________________________________
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'''Oda:''' I shifted Chopper’s role to a mascot character after hearing his voice in the TV Anime, even when I had a policy of not drawing mascot characters, but Ootani Ikue’s voice was too cute haha.
+
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+
編集を担当したことでわかる青山先生の凄さ
−
'''Aoyama:''' It’s the same for me! When I heard Ootani’s voice as Mitsuhiko, I thought it was so cute I started to draw his character cuter.
+
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+
コナンの目について：
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, you also overlap voice actor names with their roles, right? Like Takagi-san or Furuya-san.
+
イラストを描かれるとき、必ず目線が読者の方を向くように意識されている！
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'''Aoyama:''' Wataru Takagi-san had an unnamed role back then, but when his character appeared in the TV Anime he became Detective Takagi because he introduced himself saying “Please call me Takagi”. I made him take responsibility and even appear in the series with his real name haha. Furuya Toru’s case is, in fact, a homage to Gundam’s Amuro Rei, a name I separated to give birth to two names: Furuya Rei and Amuro Toru. I hope ‘Gundam’ fans will be pleased with this. Did you watch ‘Gundam’, Oda-kun?
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__________________________________________________________________________
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+
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'''Oda:''' I did see ‘Gundam’, and I liked it. But I think the experiences we had with it are pretty different.
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青山先生は、ドラマ、ラブコメをよくご覧になる！
 +
「アンナチュラル」がお好きなんだそう！
 +
コナンは「殺人ラブコメ」
 +
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________________________________________________________________________
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編集のかたの【1週間ルーティン】
 +
打ち合わせ→2日〜3日ネーム→打ち合わせ→原稿アップ
 +
ネーム待ちの間は、アニメの話、宣伝活動、記事、単行本の打ち合わせなど様々なお仕事が・・・！
 +
 +
「名探偵コナン」でエゴサーチすることもあります！
 +
 +
打ち合わせでは、流石にバレないだろうと思っていても、
 +
考察で「すごい速さで解かれてる・・・」と思うことも
 +
 +
___________________________________________________________________________
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 +
Q.「名探偵コナン」最終回の構成は決まっているのでしょうか？
 +
 +
A.「青山先生曰く、『当然です！いつそれを発表するかは言えませんけど…』」
 +
 +
Q コナンの最後は知っていますか？
 +
 +
A 松本さん「………………知っています」
 +
 +
Q.次回作に関しては…！？
 +
 +
A.「その時になってみないとわからないかな…コナンじゃできない超能力もの…かなあ…」
 +
 +
コナンでなんでもやっているということで、「超能力かなあ…」とのこと！
 +
 +
101巻に収録される話で新キャラが登場！
 +
「名探偵コナン」はまだまだ終わらない・・・！
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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青山先生、松本さん、舟本さんが「心に刺さったアドバイス」
 +
 +
松本さん
 +
初めて担当をした「スーパーマリオくん」の沢田ユキオ先生から
 +
「子供はボケツッコミで、ボケだけだと笑いどころがわからないから必ずツッコんであげなきゃいけないんだよ。」
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 +
舟本さん
 +
お姉さんのアシスタントをしていた時代
 +
「編集者も漫画家も２４時間365日、ずっと漫画のことを考えないといけないんだよ」
 +
制限されず、好きなこと考えられるということを真摯に漫画家に伝えていたシーンに救われたそう！
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 +
青山先生
 +
「『まじっく快斗』『探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦』を同時にやってた時、とても忙しくなってしまい絵を飛ばして描いてしまったところ
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堀さんという編集さんに「お前、絵が下手になったな」とまず言われ、「手を抜くと読者にバレるぞ…離れていくよ…」と言われました。心が痛かったです」
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</div>
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</div>
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I see, then you didn’t watch the ‘First Gundam’ (Mobile Suit Gundam)?
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'''Summary:'''  
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In commemoration of the release of Volume 100, Tokyo FM's [世界はまんがで出来ている] conducted a 2-part special featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Arai Takahiro, and Kanba Mayuko. The following is a compilation by Kemo of the Twitter Thread by the Host of the Radio Show which includes a few questions they thought might be of interest to the readers/listeners. Please note that this is not an exhaustive version of the Airing.
  
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'''Oda:''' No, it was indeed the ‘First Gundam’. The boom of the series happened back during your teen times, Aoyama-san, and after that, when I was a little kid, a second boom came. I was under the impression that those rebroadcasts were already a big hit.
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'''Highlights:'''
  
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'''– How are you two usually involved with your series’ movies?'''
+
# Aoyama often watches dramas and romantic comedies! He likes the Japanese Series "Unnatural."
 +
# Gosho Aoyama views Conan as a Murder and love-comedy series 
 +
# Gosho is amazed at the popularity of Amuro
 +
# When the Editor In-Charge, Matsumoto, was asked if he knew the ending of the series, he responded by saying "Yes, I know..."
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# Aoyama-sensei's favorite song is the orchestral version of "1001 Violins" by Blue Hearts
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# Hanzawa's Mangaka, Kanba Mayuko, finds Agasa Suspicious
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# Arai Takahiro finds it amazing that the world of the Detective Conan is so stylized, which allows people to talk about lots of small things.
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# Gosho spends many hours with his editors trying to come up with creative tricks, he says it's hard to pick the best one everytime, and that meetings with the editors can last at least 12 hours at a time.
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# When Asked If he likes the "Childhood friendship" elements and/or has any personal memories of some of his own, Gosho responded saying he doesn't have any personal memories but likes "Childhood friendships" because he can always conveniently dig them up and use them later on.
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# Aoyama has been playing a lot of "KanColle" recently
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# Aoyama's Monday morning's (8am - 9am) is usually spent on updating AC Hints.
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# Aoyama usually sleeps at 6/7 am and wakes up at 1pm
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# Aoyama: ''"When I was working on "Magic Kaito" and "Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy" at the same time, I was so busy that I skipped a drawing. The first thing the editor, Mr. Hori, said to me was, "You've become terrible at drawing," and then he said, "If you cut corners, your readers will find out...they'll leave you..." It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking."''
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# When the Editor In-Charge was asked "Do you have a plan for the final episode of Detective Conan?", he answered "According to Aoyama-sensei, 'Of course! I can't say when I'll announce it, but...'"
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</spoiler>
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I involve myself since the very beginning of the movie. From scenarios to the content, up to getting too involved and frowned upon haha.
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= 2022 =
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Takahiro Arai Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date''': April 1, 2022 & April 7, 2022<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2022 & issue 19/2022
 +
<spoiler>
 +
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
 +
'''Raw:'''
 +
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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'''Part 1'''<br>
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[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Takahiro Arai Talk 2.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Takahiro Arai Talk 1.jpg|150px|]]
  
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'''Oda:''' Also, ‘Detective Conan’ releases a movie every year, right? I wonder if the disconnected nature of the stories in the series is what makes it work so well, since in my case every chapter is connected to each other. I have to continuously think about the story in the weekly serialization, so I can’t really think about different stories. I guess our brains work differently.
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'''Part 2'''<br>
 +
[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Takahiro Arai Talk 4.jpg|150px|]]
 +
[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Takahiro Arai Talk 3.jpg|150px|]]
 +
</div>
 +
</div>
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</spoiler>
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Usually, one case lasts about 3 to 6 chapters in ‘Detective Conan’, which makes it easier to plan for a movie. But in ‘ONE PIECE’, any case lasts too long haha. That length may be what makes it difficult to make more movies for the series. It seems pretty hard to handle some sort of side-trip to a different island when all the characters are already on their journey to find the One Piece.
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===Cinema Guide 2022 Interview===
 +
'''Date:''' April 12, 2022
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' [https://imgur.com/a/4W0hfAg Raw]<br>[https://imgur.com/a/JaMuKwt Print Scans Raw]
 +
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
 +
'''Raw:'''
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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[[File:Cinema Guide 2022 Interview 1.jpeg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Cinema Guide 2022 Interview 2.jpeg|150px]]
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'''Oda:''' Not only that, but the crewmates onboard keep increasing so with anything that happens there is not only one reaction, which just makes the story keep getting extended. Let’s put it this way, if the number of detectives in ‘Detective Conan’ increased, wouldn’t that give you trouble?
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Eiichiro Oda OVER 100 Miracle Talk ===
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'''Date''': July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022<br>
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'''Aoyama:''' I really don’t want to increase the detective team… Hahaha, I’ll definitely not increase it.
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34/2022 & Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 35/2022
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'''Source:'''<br>[https://imgur.com/a/7MyMVXc Part 1 Raw]<br>[https://imgur.com/a/1QmBlmg Part 2 Raw]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas_22.html Part 1 Translation]<br>[http://wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2022/07/mysterious-pirates-of-sunday-seas.html Part 2 Translation]
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'''Translation by @WSJ_Manga and @Wsstalkback:'''<br>
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'''Part 1'''<br>
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Last year, both ONE PIECE and Detective Conan surpassed 100 volumes. A miraculous dialogue between the two mangaka who have been at the forefront of the manga industry for many years has finally come to fruition!!
  
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'''Oda:''' ‘The Bride of Halloween’ was really cool!! I was surprised when I heard ‘Detective Conan’ was increasing its female readership since I have always thought it was just a shonen series in which a bunch of little kids resolve cases. I wondered why that was, and completely understood it when I saw the movie. “Ah, so they really like the police characters and all these handsome grown men”.
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'''‘Jump’ and ‘Sunday’ Back Then…'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Out of all of Oda-kun’s movies, the one I like the most is ‘ONE PIECE FILM GOLD’. It was fun since I have always liked sparkling places like Las Vegas haha. I want to go to that Casino Ship, Gran Tesoro!
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'''– In a previous interview, Aoyama-sensei said that “it’d be interesting to have a talk with Oda-kun. As comrades who will reach 100 volumes simultaneously, I would like to talk about various things”. Oda-sensei answered in a comment that he “had never met him, but feels like a comrade in arms. I know how tough getting to 100 volumes is, Aoyama-san! Congrats on 100 volumes of Conan!”. This legendary talk is now finally coming true.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Seriously!? Thank you!
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'''Aoyama:''' Oda-kun doesn’t really show his face much, so it’s an honor to actually see it haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' If I had to mention something all of our movies have in common, is that in ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ there’s always an ‘expansion’ in the ending.
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san does show his face in a lot of places, though. But I’m really happy. I didn’t think I’d ever met you.
  
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'''Oda:''' That’s the right and classic way of royal-road shonen manga, isn’t it?
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'''Aoyama:''' Me neither haha. I always thought there wouldn’t ever be a future in which I met you.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh no, I’m not referring to the narrative with ‘expansion’. In ‘Detective Conan’ we expand soccer balls, and in ‘ONE PIECE’ Luffy can expand his whole body. The bigger they are, the more exciting it is!
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty impressed earlier because I got a business card from Weekly Shonen Sunday’s Editor-in-Chief. “I got a Sunday business card! This kind of stuff actually happens!”, haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' So that’s what you meant haha. Big is always justice, I guess it’s pretty clear we’re both from Ultraman’s era.
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'''– I have been looking for something you have in common, and it seems Oda-sensei was born in 1975 while Aoyama-sensei was born in 1963. You both share the same zodiac sign having been born in the Year of the Rabbit.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I remember that in ‘FILM GOLD’, there were turtles moving cars at the Turtle Car Race. Are you the one that comes up with these ideas?
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s right. Do you know about that Year of the Rabbit legend? Tetsuya Chiba-sensei was born in 1939, and Mitsuru Adachi-sensei was born in 1951. Both of them were also born in the Year of the Rabbit, separated by 12 years. I was also born 12 years after Mitsuru Adachi-sensei, and you were born 12 years exactly after me. We got no one after that.
  
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'''Oda:''' I usually leave all the ideas to the scriptwriter, and I only check the contents of the movie and fix whatever needs to be fixed. Movies belong to directors so that’s something I shouldn’t be doing, but if I don’t do that, I can’t really take responsibility. You draw key frames for your movies, right?
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'''Oda:''' I wish we could fit Akira Toriyama-sensei somewhere, but he doesn’t belong to the Year of the Rabbit haha. …I do have to recognize I have only known much about Weekly Shonen Jump. Do you have knowledge on other magazines, Aoyama-san?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I’ve been fulfilling that role since the very first movie, ‘The Time-Bombed Skyscraper’, and it has been increasing steadily. This year I have drawn around 20 key frames.
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. At first, I brought my work to Weekly Shonen Magazine, and I was told “it didn’t really fit with them, so take it to a different publication”. That’s when I brought my work to Sunday, and that’s where I have been since then.  
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m pretty sure fans can easily notice which are drawn by you!
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'''Oda:''' You made your debut in 1986, right? What hits were there back before you debuted?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' You could draw movie key frames too, Oda-kun.
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I was a ‘Magazine Kid’, so it’s not like I read much of Jump, but I still enjoyed works like ‘1·2 no Sanshirou’ by Makoto Kobayashi and ‘Ore wa Teppei’ by Tetsuya Chiba. When it comes to Sunday, it was Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Touch’.
  
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'''Oda:''' If I were to put too much work into the movies, then I wouldn’t be able to continue regularly with the weekly series, so it’s difficult to handle. I do know that in order to maintain the series popularity I have to attract new fans and generate more worldwide buzz with a movie at least once every three years, but it’s honestly really hard! I know if I have to do it I’ll be pretty picky, I’m aware of my own personality even if at first I didn’t really like it haha. In the end, I end up meddled even in advertisement processes, I check the booklets handled at theaters and their production deadlines, and just supervise everything. I also keep an eye on posters’ layouts and design.
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Touch’, and also Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘Rough’.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' You seriously love this hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I also remember watching Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Urusei Yatsura’ TV Anime.
  
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'''Oda:''' Still, I feel bad for my junior mangaka. I created a culture at Jump in which the movie would be a success if the original author gets involved, so everyone has started to be borrowed to work on them. To my surprise though, these youngsters are really enjoying it.
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'''Oda:''' After debuting, you serialized ‘Magic Kaito’, ‘YAIBA’ and ‘3rd Base 4th’, being ‘Detective Conan’ your fourth work.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all, I think it’s really good! Everyone seems to be enjoying it!
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'''Aoyama:''' Right. Meanwhile, Oda-kun hasn’t drawn any series other than ONE PIECE?
  
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'''– What do you think of your protagonists?'''
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'''Oda:''' Indeed. I’m a one-hit wonder.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Conan is everyone’s organizer.
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'''Aoyama:''' A one-hit wonder! With a way-too-big one-hit haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' To me, Luffy is the easiest character to draw. I always knew that he would be the character that would stay the longest with me.
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'''Oda:''' What other series were serializing on Sunday when you started ‘Detective Conan’?
  
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'''– If that’s so, what character do you think you’re the only person that can write them?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, it was a truly amazing time back then. Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Ranma ½’, Kazuhiro Fujita’s ‘Ushio to Tora’, Mitsuru Adachi’s ‘H2’, Nishimori Hiroyuki’s ‘Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!’... The line-up was absolutely terrifying.
  
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'''Oda:''' I think that’s still Luffy. Many scriptwriters try to deal with him but I have to fix his sentences all the time, otherwise people wouldn’t accept him as the Luffy they know. Does ‘Detective Conan’ have a character like that? A character that always needs to have their lines fixed?
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'''Oda:''' I did read ‘Ranma ½’, it was really fun! Just reading different magazines, no matter how much time you spend on it, what you end up reading or seeing is completely different too. Back when ‘Detective Conan’ started, Jump had Akira Toriyama’s ‘Dragon Ball’ and Takehiko Inoue’s ‘SLAM DUNK’.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' In my series it would be Gin! Everyone always tries to make him say “I’ll kill everyone” and I have to tell them “No, he wouldn’t ever say that” hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I read ‘Dragon Ball’! I love Toriyama-sensei’s art.
  
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'''Oda:''' I understand that, the character we always must fix in any movie is the same character only we can write. It’s a pretty weird relationship, isn’t it? From a reader’s perspective you can notice small details if the character acts differently, but as scriptwriters it feels like a completely different character.
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'''Oda:''' I was a ‘jumper’ at that time, but this is something I wanted to ask you if we could ever meet: how did you view Jump back then? Jump sales were incredibly overwhelming during that time, but a bit of conflict came later when Weekly Shonen Magazine surpassed its circulation numbers.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I always have to 100% fix Gin. Lately, scriptwriters just hand me the script so I directly fix him hahaha. Sometimes it’s written as some sort of love-comedy scene, like “Aoyama-sensei, save me”, and I’m like “Eeeh? Seriously?” hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I have to apologize, but I didn’t care at all about that haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Then you immediately fix it, the work becomes a success and they keep relying on you.
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'''Oda:''' Ah, so you didn’t even bother with it haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Exactly haha. But it does make me happy they rely on me!
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'''– I would like to ask about your thoughts and memories back when your series started. When you both published your very first chapter, what was it like?'''
  
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'''‘Detective Conan’ and ‘ONE PIECE’ Decisive Points'''
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'''Oda:''' I started serializing ‘ONE PIECE’ in 1997, two years after ‘Dragon Ball’ ended in 1995. It was a shock for all of us newcomers who came to the magazine to claim the series’ abandoned throne. At that time, the fight for the place ‘Dragon Ball’ left would begin, and for 2 years everyone would get their series compared and completely crushed, until I finally survived.
  
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'''– If you look back at the more than 100 volumes you both have published, which would you say was your most decisive point in the series?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Amazing haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s hard to say, but if I had to choose some point, it would be the chapter I wrote back when I was discharged from the hospital after taking a break due to a sudden illness. That chapter started with Akai and Amuro pointing their pistols at each other (Volume 95, Chapter 1009).
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'''Oda:''' It was a time in which both ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘SLAM DUNK’ ended right after the other, and lots of people thought Jump would be in huge trouble. I remember the cover of the Jump issue in which my series started appeared on the front page of a newspaper, showing the cover of ‘ONE PIECE’ next to the headline ‘Jump is overtaken by Magazine’. And it’s not like I had any responsibility over it at all haha, but I still remember feeling really frustrated.
  
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'''Oda:''' That sounds so cool! When was that chapter released?
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'''Aoyama:''' As for me, when the first chapter of ‘Detective Conan’ was going to be published, I was supposedly going to appear at the center of the cover of the magazine. Thing is, during the World Cup Preliminaries, Masashi Nakayama scored a really great goal and my cover was replaced with him… That’s why Conan’s cover, which was supposed to appear with the first chapter of the series, had the bad luck to appear with the second chapter instead haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Four years ago. I took a long break, so for my comeback I had to draw something popular, which pushed me to make that cool scene. Although until then I hadn’t really been writing anything in the series aiming at that moment.
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'''The Competitive Spirit Created by Jump'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I feel the exact same as you, but my decisive point would be something more recent. Luffy got a new power-up called ‘Gear 5th’, which is something I have wanted to draw for a long time.
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'''– What do you two think of each other and other mangaka who also have successful works?'''
  
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'''– It’s surprising you both chose such relatively recent chapters. In ‘ONE PIECE’ Chapter 1044, the real name of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is revealed, and Gear 5th appears letting Luffy fight changing his whole body.'''
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'''Oda:''' After ‘Dragon Ball’ ended, the world of shonen manga was dominated by two works, ‘Detective Conan’ and ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’. Conan was always winning.
  
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'''Oda:''' I drew this because I really want to have fun, and I think that it’s okay if people don't like it. I just want to play around with my battles. Since I was an assistant, I have felt that silly expressions that were so characteristic in manga have been gradually lost. Putting a light bulb in a character’s head when they come up with some idea, or making the character’s legs go in circles when they’re running, for example.
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah… Seriously? Haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right, also those eyes popping out.
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'''Oda:''' That was indeed my perspective. Jump’s supporting hit work back then was ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ by Nobuhiro Watsuki. I was one of Watsuki-sensei’s assistants. I won’t really hesitate saying this, we were proud our seniors led the shonen manga world with battle-focused manga, so we honestly thought “mystery manga shouldn’t be at the top of shonen manga” haha. Watsuki-sensei himself had the stance that “if a series wasn’t always performing like his, it couldn’t be at the top of Jump”. That’s why I always considered ‘Detective Conan’ an enemy to me and thus didn’t read it. I even had thoughts such as “I’ll drag you down, haha…”. Not joking, I used to think of you as an enemy until now haha!
  
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'''Oda:''' I have always loved those symbolic expressions, but they keep disappearing. Nobody draws them anymore even though they’re our predecessors' creations who also left many formulae we still use. Battle manga has to keep getting more and more serious to keep up with readers’ expectations and I honestly hate that. I definitely don’t want my work to become a serious manga like that. I want and have decided to have fun, and I feel like I’m finally able to do that. When I was drawing this, I actually had fun.
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'''Aoyama:''' No way, an enemy!? Oh my haha!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' (Looks at Gear 5th pictures) Woah, amazing! I really like the design, it’s excellent. I’m also impressed that you are able to draw these kinds of faces.
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'''Oda:''' Looking at your reply, it seems it was only me who thought we had some sort of rivalry haha. Please, say something like “that’s how Jump should be”! Have you ever looked at someone as a rival?
  
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'''Oda:''' Thank you. When thinking about its concept, you can think of it as if it suddenly became ‘Tom & Jerry’.
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'''Aoyama:''' Not really. When it comes to Kanari Yozaburo, Seimaru Amagi and Satou Fumiya’s ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’, I used to have this “I won’t lose” feeling, but they’re still series with pretty different genres.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep yep. I liked ‘Tom & Jerry’. I just can’t forgive Jerry, hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' When I looked at the whole manga industry and glanced at the top, ‘Detective Conan’ was always there. I was pretty aware of it all when I was nothing more than a newbie, but it is true that when you reach the top, you stop seeing it.
  
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'''Oda:''' Jerry? Oh no, I supported Jerry!
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'''Aoyama:''' But I was overtaken right away, right? Or am I wrong? Haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Tom always tried really hard, but Jerry was too sneaky. I hate Jerry a lot. Although if I had to compare one of them to Conan, he would probably be Jerry haha.
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'''Oda:''' I was pretty desperate back then, so I’m not entirely sure how it all went. Since I started this series I've been trying to do my best for myself, so I stopped looking at my surroundings.
  
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'''Oda:''' When I tried to draw it for the first time, it was pretty difficult. The world of ‘Tom & Jerry’ works because of both characters, so I struggled a lot looking at the difference in attitude between Luffy, who was making pranks in the middle of the battle, and his serious opponent. But in the end, I feel like I actually pulled it off. The older you get, the harder and more tiring it is to draw battles, isn’t it?
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s amazing, but it was really hard for me too. Doing a detective series on my own requires me to always think about my story and art, which leaves me no time to think about any other series.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, there aren’t many action or battle scenes in ‘Detective Conan’, so when I have to draw them I do it in high spirits. Still, it usually ends pretty fast considering it’s just shooting soccer balls. A long time ago though, I did get tired of it while drawing ‘YAIBA’. When the Japanese Archipelago became a dragon, it was hard for me and my assistants to pull off those drawings. Even with that, drawing action is a fun experience.  
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'''Oda:''' Basically, the moment you start a serialization, you stop looking at what’s around you! I have a lot of respect for you, being able to still continue during all this time.
  
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'''– Have you ever thought of rookie mangaka as your rivals?'''
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'''– ‘Detective Conan’ has been in serialization since 1994, and ‘ONE PIECE’ since 1997. Since those days to today, what has changed?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Rivals… I wonder. I guess others are others, and I am myself haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was serializing ‘YAIBA’, I was addressed as “Aoyama-san”. But the moment I started serializing ‘Detective Conan’, everybody addressed me as “Aoyama-sensei” haha. My editor kept addressing me with the “-san”, but for people from TV stations or magazines I started being “Aoyama-sensei”.
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'''Oda:''' You’re pretty peaceful. When did you build that kind of mentality?
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m always addressed as “Oda-san”. When I have to deal with younger editors, they all usually use honorifics and so do I, since it’s a hierarchical relationship between us and I cannot complain in such situations. Still, I don’t like it because I’m not a “-sensei”, I’m “Oda-san”.
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'''Aoyama:''' I would say from the very beginning.
  
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'''– What has changed the most from then until now when it comes to the serialization itself?'''
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'''Oda:''' For real!? Didn’t it feel like a competition when you were younger?
  
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'''Oda:''' My weight has indeed changed. When it comes to mangaka, there are those who lose weight and those who gain it. From the moment I started the series, I started to get fat. It was common for me not to eat for 2-3 days, and I didn’t even have time to eat because I felt sleepy while at it. That’s why I usually don’t eat as much as other people, because otherwise I can eat a lot. Your body starts to feel weak and threatened, so it absorbs anything you ingest. Still, I don’t eat, I gain weight and I just lose at everything. …I really don’t enjoy talking about this hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' When I was younger, other detective works started to appear on Sunday since ‘Detective Conan’ was performing well, so I did have that feeling of ‘not wanting to lose’, but that’s about it. It may sound weird, but I don’t think I ever felt like I had any enemy. As I mentioned earlier, ‘The Kindaichi Case Files’ was there, but it was a different work.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha, I used to be quite fat. Due to it I got pretty sick and the doctor told me I had to lose weight, which I did, but I think I’m slowly gaining it again.
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'''Oda:''' I see your enemy scope are mystery series.
  
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'''Oda:''' Now talking seriously, it’s like you unconsciously and unwillingly gain some sort of mysterious power. Anything you say can become some kind of big deal. “Is people really doing this because I said it?”, and stuff like that.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep. But still, there weren’t many mangaka drawing detective series back then, so I felt it was something I was doing on my own. That’s how I concluded others are others, and I am myself.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah… I was honestly thinking the same, haha. I can’t really say many bad things.
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'''Oda:''' For me, it has been during these past few years that I have been able to keep a similar state of mind. Until now, I have been aware readers often get disappointed if ‘ONE PIECE’ doesn’t publish a new chapter, and I felt responsible for that. It has all changed lately thanks to new, younger writers that have grown up in Jump and rather support me even when I’m on a break, taking a lot of weight off my shoulders. This is also why I have stopped caring about fighting with other manga series. It truly feels like I have finally the freedom to face my fans at my own pace.
  
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'''Oda:''' I have started to feel the responsibility of being careful with whatever I say because my name has grown a lot. Even if I myself haven’t changed, it feels like my surroundings and people around me constantly are. Many times my editors are already fans of the series and tell me “I have been reading your work for a really long time”, which makes it hard for me to be harsher, and I become way kinder.
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'''Aoyama:''' Ooh! It seems you have been pretty busy until now.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' We also have many assistants or animation staff who are long-time fans of our work.
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'''Oda:''' I wonder why, though? Is Jump’s system that bad? Haha. It’s a fierce competition. If what you draw is not good enough, it will obviously get canceled. Is it the same for Sunday?
  
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'''Oda:''' But in the end it’s all people who do a really good job, because they really love the series.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes it is. But on that Sunday from the old days, editors wouldn’t tell mangaka their series’ rankings. After ‘Detective Conan’ reached Chapter 10, I had to ask them to give the rankings to me and started to follow them secretly.
  
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'''– If you were allowed to leave your current position and draw anything you wanted, what would it be?'''
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'''Oda:''' Perhaps Jump shows the rankings and questionnaires deliberately to their mangaka in order to fuel their inner fighting spirit. That’s something anyone, even I, worries about when starting a series, since you always want to know if you can survive or not.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I want to draw a ‘Journey to the West’. As a battle story. I have always loved Goku. He’s the strongest character ever, isn’t he?
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'''– ‘YAIBA’, your serialization before ‘Detective Conan’, managed to reach 1st place in the rankings 2 times during its final chapters, right?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' It’d be great if I were to answer “a mystery series” here, haha. But I could never pull off such a series, I don’t have a brain for that.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yes! I was so happy to finally reach 1st place I asked the editorial department to put it in my coffin, since I was sure I’d die from overwork haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' I see you had some attachment to numbers! Don’t you feel some frustration if you lose those placements, then?
  
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'''Oda:''' I have already drawn everything I wanted to draw. I did want to draw robots in the future, but I decided and have already done that in the series. Everything I have ever wanted to draw is already packed into ‘ONE PIECE’, so if I was asked to draw one more time, I would draw ‘ONE PIECE’ again.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, but ‘Detective Conan’ has been in 1st place since the series pretty much started… It’s a bit odious to say that, so I’ll stop haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Aah, that’s really great. If I was asked to draw another ‘Detective Conan’... I don’t know… Hahaha, I do have lots of things I would like to draw in the series too, so I might do that.
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'''Oda:''' Haha, I understand that feeling too.
  
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'''“Love Comedy”, “Friendship” and Character’s Charm!'''
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'''– How much pressure have you both felt carrying the flagship of the magazine for so long?'''
  
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'''– What do you two think is your manga’s power?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Pressure? Zero haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' I think the most important feature of manga is for it to be “a tool to make friends”. I know it’s a pretty common topic, but in fact I did make many friends when I was a child through it.
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'''Oda:''' That’s the same for me!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I hope ‘Detective Conan’ helps people with their love relationships haha, that way readers can fall in love like the characters from the series. But well, those mostly end up as “murder love comedies” hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I mean, I thought it was Shogakukan’s fault for letting me draw this series haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' It’s all a dream world, so I always strive to draw beautiful scenes.  
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'''Oda:''' I have always been conscious of my own selfishness, so the more my fighting spirit grew, the more I thought it was my whole fault if the series had to end or fell in popularity.
  
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'''– Speaking of love comedies, Aoyama-sensei previously said that “romcoms”, “adventure” and “friendship” are the “3 elements of shonen manga hits”, and it is clear Aoyama-sensei is good at “love comedy and adventure”, and Oda-sensei is good at “adventure and friendship”.'''
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'''– That’s really hard to imagine.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Love comedies… You haven’t drawn anything like that, right Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' Honestly, if I had felt pressure, I wouldn’t have been able to draw.
  
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t. There’s a tradition in Jump that states love comedies are love comedies, battles are battles. They’re two separated genres and totally different works.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah. If you stop to think about it for a second, it’s kinda scary how much stuff I sometimes have to carry. I think only people with our kind of personality can survive through all of this.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh well, I guess love comedy developments while battling are not for Jump.
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'''Aoyama:''' I think so too.
  
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t read many of those either, but ‘Detective Conan’ integrates those elements properly! I think you make a really good use of those settings.
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'''– What do you think of each other’s art?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I do enjoy love comedies, but I guess you’re not really interested in them, Oda-kun.
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'''Oda:''' It’s appealing. It’s super appealing! Even when my only knowledge was about art, I thought it was really unique. Honestly, distinct and unusual art styles are the ones who can survive in this manga world. And it wasn't only that, but when I read the series I felt a mysterious appeal. Kids, adult men and women can all feel that same charm and become fond of the series, which is why I always thought it would become a success.
  
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'''Oda:''' I’m not confident I could draw those, it’s a bit embarrassing haha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I was really surprised when I saw there wasn’t a scene of Luffy eating the Gomu Gomu no Mi! If it had been me, I would have drawn a “Dokkun” SFX after he ate it haha. In ‘Detective Conan’, the main character also changes his body after consuming a drug, but even if I try to draw those same sensations, I think ‘ONE PIECE’ expressions feel way fresher. Also, those elder designs from the Gorosei who appear in the Levely Arc are amazing! I honestly don’t know how to draw those.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' On the other hand, friendship is a tough theme for me. It’s not impossible for me to draw, but I don’t really come up with stuff I think “Oh, this is cool”. I think the only characters I can picture that topic on are the police academy members.
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'''Oda:''' I think that was something good from my younger self. I made them appear a long time ago, but when I look back into it now, I don’t think their designs were bad at all. Still, those characters haven’t really shown their actual value yet.
  
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'''Oda:''' ‘Detective Conan’ actually has a lot of romantic relationships, right? It’s full of bidirectional feelings. But I also know that if I draw romance, some of my fans leave. I think it’s fine when they’re one-sided feelings, but if it goes both ways, both characters lose fans.
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'''Team ‘Detective Conan’, Team ‘ONE PIECE’'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I won’t leave haha.
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'''– When it comes to TV Anime adaptations, many voices end up overlapping. Yamaguchi Kappei voices Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid and Usopp; Ikeda Shuichi voices Akai and Shanks; Furuya Toru voices Amuro and Sabo; Ootani Ikue voices Mitsuhiko and Chopper…'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah, seriously!?
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'''Aoyama:''' No wonder they do overlap considering both anime have been going on for a quarter of a century.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' On the contrary, I think it’s exciting. Most of my characters have couples. It’s quite rare to find one without a partner.
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'''Oda:''' When I watched ‘Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween’, I was surprised at how many voices I did recognize. Yuriko Yamaguchi, who voices Nico Robin, appears (as Christine Richard). In the Dressrosa Arc, there were a lot of voice actors from ‘Detective Conan’! Megumi Hayashibara, who voices Ai Haibara, played the role of Rebecca.
  
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'''Oda:''' People seem so supportive of couples! That’s something I didn’t really read when I was a kid. During the old days of Jump, there were mangaka that wouldn't even draw women. That’s why I’m one of those that sent submissions with female characters. I did want to draw strong women, and I think characters like Nami were quite rare back in those days.
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'''Aoyama:''' Furuya Toru, who voices Amuro, also appears as Sabo, a pretty good role! And Ikeda Shuichi voices Shanks in your upcoming FILM RED, right Oda-kun? He also voices Akai Shuichi in ‘Detective Conan’, which is a pretty popular role.
  
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'''– Nami’s popularity was reflected all over the world in the Popularity Poll commemorating ‘ONE PIECE’ reaching Chapter 1000.'''
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'''Oda:''' He didn’t appear in your last movie, did he?
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, we did a worldwide popularity poll. When it comes to the two main female characters, Nami proved to be overwhelmingly popular in Japan, while adult women like Nico Robin seem to be more popular in the rest of the world. Feelings and tastes are entirely different from one country to another.
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'''Aoyama:''' In ‘The Bride of Halloween’... Fufufu, haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I know ‘Detective Conan’ is pretty popular in China, but I don’t think that makes much of a difference. Still, Ai Haibara is pretty popular, especially overseas.
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'''Oda:''' But in ‘Detective Conan’ he does appear more frequently, right? In ‘ONE PIECE’ many times the members of the crew have to separate, so there’s a lot of examples of regular characters who take holidays quite often. “Sanji came to dub for the first time after 3 years”, haha.
  
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'''– Ai Haibara got 1st Place in the “Major Female Character Popularity Vote” that ‘Detective Conan’ held to commemorate the screening of ‘The Bride of Halloween’, getting an illustration drawn by Aoyama-sensei. Still, it’s amazing to look at the number of characters that appear in both works’ popularity polls.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' It took 7 years since Akai left and appeared again, and I even thought of spoiling it after 2 years had passed. Vermouth also took 5 years to appear once again in the TV Anime since her last appearance.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' And the number keeps increasing. Even in ‘Detective Conan’ there are characters such as Chihaya Hagiwara, who have only recently appeared.
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'''Oda:''' I didn’t expect for the TV Anime to continue for so long, many of the voice actors are getting old. Some time ago, Mayumi Tanaka, who voices Luffy, asked us with worry what would happen if she died, so Masako Nozawa, who voices Kureha, told her “If you die, I’ll take your role” haha. I hope they all stay as healthy as possible. Aoyama-san, do you usually talk to the voice actors?
  
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, how do you execute your characters’ appearances?
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'''Aoyama:''' Before Coronavirus happened, we had ‘movie launch parties’, so we used to talk a lot. Some time ago, I saw a fireworks display from my living room, so I called all the voice actors and improvised a huge banquet in my house. It was really fun, even though it was still a lot of work haha. You keep doing it, right Oda-kun? That’s amazing.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' By pure intuition. If I think I need some sort of new character, or that it’s missing in the series, I just draw it. How do you decide the name of your characters, Oda-kun?
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'''Oda:''' We usually just do self-service, and I tell them I’m doing a takoyaki party! Then I cook it all without asking the others haha!
  
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'''Oda:''' I take them from various places.
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'''– Oda-sensei, you said in an old interview that you are “glad to be close with all the anime staff”, and all of this really does give the impression you get along with animation and production staff.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' There was a pretty funny one. Sanji, Niji, Ichiji. “For real?”.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, it’s always been that way. The TV Anime started a really long time ago. All of them have become my relatives at this point. Even my children have known them since they were small, so it’s almost like a family relationship.
  
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'''Oda:''' I had been thinking of drawing Sanji’s childhood for some time already, and also had thought of setting up him having one brother, but my daughter was really into ‘Osomatsu-san’ back when I was serializing that part of the story. I want my daughter to like my work, so I tried to compete with the sextuplets by making quadruplets hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Mine’s not that far of a relationship, but I have stated many times with determination that “this actor should voice this character”. For example, Koichi Yamadera, who voiced Tsutomu Akai, a character that recently appeared in the anime, was chosen by me. I sometimes also change the characters in the manga after listening to the voices of their voice actors, thinking to myself “so this is their voice”.
  
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'''How are Readers’ Impressions Dealt With?'''
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'''Oda:''' I shifted Chopper’s role to a mascot character after hearing his voice in the TV Anime, even when I had a policy of not drawing mascot characters, but Ootani Ikue’s voice was too cute haha.
  
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'''– I’m sure you both receive lots of fan letters from readers every week, but what kind of feedback are you most pleased to receive?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' It’s the same for me! When I heard Ootani’s voice as Mitsuhiko, I thought it was so cute I started to draw his character cuter.
  
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'''Oda:''' I appreciate any kind of feedback, but I’m especially happy with people who write what they liked about that week’s chapter specifically. “So that’s what you paid attention to”.
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, you also overlap voice actor names with their roles, right? Like Takagi-san or Furuya-san.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' When I read those comments, I go back to the manga and read those parts. I start to grin and read it over and over while thinking “Oh yeah, that was good”.
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'''Aoyama:''' Wataru Takagi-san had an unnamed role back then, but when his character appeared in the TV Anime he became Detective Takagi because he introduced himself saying “Please call me Takagi”. I made him take responsibility and even appear in the series with his real name haha. Furuya Toru’s case is, in fact, a homage to Gundam’s Amuro Rei, a name I separated to give birth to two names: Furuya Rei and Amuro Toru. I hope ‘Gundam’ fans will be pleased with this. Did you watch ‘Gundam’, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah! Have you thought of sending your own fan letters, or have you ever sent one already?
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'''Oda:''' I did see ‘Gundam’, and I liked it. But I think the experiences we had with it are pretty different.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all. I think it actually takes a lot of work, but it sounds amazing.
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'''Aoyama:''' I see, then you didn’t watch the ‘First Gundam’ (Mobile Suit Gundam)?
  
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'''Oda:''' Thank you for that.
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'''Oda:''' No, it was indeed the ‘First Gundam’. The boom of the series happened back during your teen times, Aoyama-san, and after that, when I was a little kid, a second boom came. I was under the impression that those rebroadcasts were already a big hit.
  
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'''– Every time ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ publish a new chapter, fans are really excited to talk about them. Do you two read your readers’ discussions?'''
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'''– How are you two usually involved with your series’ movies?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I wanted to talk about this with Aoyama-san, too. It seems that there are a lot of discussion groups recently, right?
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'''Aoyama:''' I involve myself since the very beginning of the movie. From scenarios to the content, up to getting too involved and frowned upon haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah yes, on the Internet. Like with Youtubers.
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'''Oda:''' Also, ‘Detective Conan’ releases a movie every year, right? I wonder if the disconnected nature of the stories in the series is what makes it work so well, since in my case every chapter is connected to each other. I have to continuously think about the story in the weekly serialization, so I can’t really think about different stories. I guess our brains work differently.
  
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'''Oda:''' Many people in my series’ discussion groups try to predict future developments of the series. Some of them get stuff right haha, which is why I try not to read many of them hahaha. Do they get stuff right too in a detective series like ‘Detective Conan’?
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'''Aoyama:''' Usually, one case lasts about 3 to 6 chapters in ‘Detective Conan’, which makes it easier to plan for a movie. But in ‘ONE PIECE’, any case lasts too long haha. That length may be what makes it difficult to make more movies for the series. It seems pretty hard to handle some sort of side-trip to a different island when all the characters are already on their journey to find the One Piece.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' They do guess stuff. They’re sometimes pretty quick figuring out things. In the end, it’s just 1 person against millions of people. If they united their knowledge, cases could be solved in less than a day.
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'''Oda:''' Not only that, but the crewmates onboard keep increasing so with anything that happens there is not only one reaction, which just makes the story keep getting extended. Let’s put it this way, if the number of detectives in ‘Detective Conan’ increased, wouldn’t that give you trouble?
  
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'''Oda:''' Against millions of people! That’s truly impossible hahaha!
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'''Aoyama:''' I really don’t want to increase the detective team… Hahaha, I’ll definitely not increase it.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Detective lovers like to guess and think a lot. Many readers guessed Renya Karasuma was the boss of the Black Organization.
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'''– What was your experience watching each other’s movies?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' What do you do in a situation like that? Is it troublesome?
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'''Oda:''' ‘The Bride of Halloween’ was really cool!! I was surprised when I heard ‘Detective Conan’ was increasing its female readership since I have always thought it was just a shonen series in which a bunch of little kids resolve cases. I wondered why that was, and completely understood it when I saw the movie. “Ah, so they really like the police characters and all these handsome grown men”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' No, rather I just say “People guessed it, so I’ll reveal it”, and I just reveal it haha. There are still more secrets beyond that, actually. Do you read your readers’ predictions and overturn them, Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' Out of all of Oda-kun’s movies, the one I like the most is ‘ONE PIECE FILM GOLD’. It was fun since I have always liked sparkling places like Las Vegas haha. I want to go to that Casino Ship, Gran Tesoro!
  
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'''Oda:''' Well… There are some things I can change and things I cannot. When reveals are too big, my readers can guess them since I have foreshadowed them all. Due to this I try to come up with the most interesting developments and always go beyond readers’ imaginations. When I started the serialization, my only way to connect with fans was through fan letters. I never thought the world would become the way it is now, with everyone talking about everything on the Internet. If I had known times like this would come, I would have never given hints in the series haha!
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'''Oda:''' Seriously!? Thank you!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I see.
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'''Aoyama:''' If I had to mention something all of our movies have in common, is that in ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ there’s always an ‘expansion’ in the ending.
  
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'''Oda:''' However, I’m sometimes asked if many outside-the-box theories are true or not, and I kind of feel bad for those who come up with them when I inadvertently give some answer. I probably have destroyed lots of ideas everyone was thinking about without knowing what would happen in the future with just a single word. I feel bad about it, so I recently came up with the best answer: “Yes, that’s right”. I think it’s an answer that can be taken either way haha.
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'''Oda:''' That’s the right and classic way of royal-road shonen manga, isn’t it?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s indeed one way to settle it hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh no, I’m not referring to the narrative with ‘expansion’. In ‘Detective Conan’ we expand soccer balls, and in ‘ONE PIECE’ Luffy can expand his whole body. The bigger they are, the more exciting it is!
  
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'''– Foreshadowing moments that are recovered after many years is a common trait of both of your works.'''
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'''Oda:''' So that’s what you meant haha. Big is always justice, I guess it’s pretty clear we’re both from Ultraman’s era.
  
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'''Oda:''' When I read ‘Detective Conan’, I was surprised at how tight and solid all the settings were. My approach is a little bit different, since there’s some obvious foreshadowing, but at the same time I have created a lot of voids in the series. This method of leaving various blanks lets me think like, “this point could be connected to this other one this way or that way”. Aside from the exaggerated foreshadowing that happens every few decades, you can also take your time to pick up plot points that have been left pending. If you create reasonings and threads for everything like in ‘Detective Conan’, it will be harder to execute later on!
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'''Aoyama:''' I remember that in ‘FILM GOLD’, there were turtles moving cars at the Turtle Car Race. Are you the one that comes up with these ideas?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was working on ‘YAIBA’, I used to draw in the same way you describe. People would be really surprised when later on the series I connected parts I left open in the story.
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'''Oda:''' I usually leave all the ideas to the scriptwriter, and I only check the contents of the movie and fix whatever needs to be fixed. Movies belong to directors so that’s something I shouldn’t be doing, but if I don’t do that, I can’t really take responsibility. You draw key frames for your movies, right?
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, but you work differently now, Aoyama-san.
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'''Aoyama:''' I’ve been fulfilling that role since the very first movie, ‘The Time-Bombed Skyscraper’, and it has been increasing steadily. This year I have drawn around 20 key frames.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Now I work with everything firmly in place. ‘Detective Conan’ is a big mystery as a whole.
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'''Oda:''' I’m pretty sure fans can easily notice which are drawn by you!
  
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'''– Aoyama-san, when did you start telling your editors about the identity of the Black Organization boss?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' You could draw movie key frames too, Oda-kun.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I’m currently with my 13th editor, but I have been telling them about that since I had my 8th editor.
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'''Oda:''' If I were to put too much work into the movies, then I wouldn’t be able to continue regularly with the weekly series, so it’s difficult to handle. I do know that in order to maintain the series popularity I have to attract new fans and generate more worldwide buzz with a movie at least once every three years, but it’s honestly really hard! I know if I have to do it I’ll be pretty picky, I’m aware of my own personality even if at first I didn’t really like it haha. In the end, I end up meddled even in advertisement processes, I check the booklets handled at theaters and their production deadlines, and just supervise everything. I also keep an eye on posters’ layouts and design.
  
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'''What’s the Secret to Reaching 100 Volumes?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' You seriously love this hahaha.
  
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'''– When drawing your series, how are you able to change your mood if you get stuck? Oda-sensei answered previously like this: “I don’t change my mind. I want to keep drawing, so I put myself under a lot of pressure by calling my staff and telling them to wait for me”.'''
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'''Oda:''' Still, I feel bad for my junior mangaka. I created a culture at Jump in which the movie would be a success if the original author gets involved, so everyone has started to be borrowed to work on them. To my surprise though, these youngsters are really enjoying it.
  
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'''Oda:''' Isn’t that an interview from a long time ago? Nowadays I need to take way more breaks and I have become quite health-conscious. How do you clear up your mind, Aoyama-san?
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all, I think it’s really good! Everyone seems to be enjoying it!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I play video games and watch movies. But playing is playing, and work is work. I can’t do anything if I don’t separate those two. I have never been able to do two things at the same time.
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'''– What do you think of your protagonists?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' What games do you play?
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'''Aoyama:''' Conan is everyone’s organizer.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' ‘Kantai Collection’ and ‘Animal Crossing’. Easy and simple games.
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'''Oda:''' To me, Luffy is the easiest character to draw. I always knew that he would be the character that would stay the longest with me.
  
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'''Oda:''' Don’t you do any physical exercise?
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'''– If that’s so, what character do you think you’re the only person that can write them?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Nowadays I don’t, but I used to play baseball.
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'''Oda:''' I think that’s still Luffy. Many scriptwriters try to deal with him but I have to fix his sentences all the time, otherwise people wouldn’t accept him as the Luffy they know. Does ‘Detective Conan’ have a character like that? A character that always needs to have their lines fixed?
  
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'''Oda:''' Before Coronavirus, I used to gather some friends to play soccer together, but with time I have realized it’s a little too tough of a sport for my body. I also used to be in the soccer club, but I’m so out of shape now I have completely abandoned that career hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' In my series it would be Gin! Everyone always tries to make him say “I’ll kill everyone” and I have to tell them “No, he wouldn’t ever say that” hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I was in the kendo club, but I don’t move my body as much now. I only go out to buy lunch.
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'''Oda:''' I understand that, the character we always must fix in any movie is the same character only we can write. It’s a pretty weird relationship, isn’t it? From a reader’s perspective you can notice small details if the character acts differently, but as scriptwriters it feels like a completely different character.
  
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'''Oda:''' We’re a bit unhealthy, aren’t we? I also go out to walk and play ‘Pokémon GO’.
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'''Aoyama:''' I always have to 100% fix Gin. Lately, scriptwriters just hand me the script so I directly fix him hahaha. Sometimes it’s written as some sort of love-comedy scene, like “Aoyama-sensei, save me”, and I’m like “Eeeh? Seriously?” hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should start walking too haha.
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'''Oda:''' Then you immediately fix it, the work becomes a success and they keep relying on you.
  
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'''– With serializations this long, how do you figure out when to take breaks?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Exactly haha. But it does make me happy they rely on me!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right now, Conan runs in three-chapter bursts and then takes a break while a spin-off takes its place for a fairly comfortable pace, so I can take about a month to draw the storyboards for a single case.
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'''‘Detective Conan’ and ‘ONE PIECE’ Decisive Points'''
  
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'''Oda:''' That only works because of the kind of series ‘Detective Conan’ is, right? Haha, people are more accepting in regard to Conan going on break because the case ends beforehand. ‘ONE PIECE’ on the other hand is a constantly progressing story so I can't have long breaks in the same vein as Conan. Nowadays I’m starting to get more breaks from Jump, so I can relax a bit more. Though ultimately one still has to work even when the series is on break, huh?
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'''– If you look back at the more than 100 volumes you both have published, which would you say was your most decisive point in the series?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Right? I don’t rest at all. If I'm not drawing the manga, then I'm doing work for the movies.
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s hard to say, but if I had to choose some point, it would be the chapter I wrote back when I was discharged from the hospital after taking a break due to a sudden illness. That chapter started with Akai and Amuro pointing their pistols at each other (Volume 95, Chapter 1009).
  
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'''Oda:''' There's no rest for the weary, is there? Hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' That sounds so cool! When was that chapter released?
  
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'''– Do the two of you have any secrets regarding continuing a serialization for more than 100 volumes without taking that many breaks?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Four years ago. I took a long break, so for my comeback I had to draw something popular, which pushed me to make that cool scene. Although until then I hadn’t really been writing anything in the series aiming at that moment.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Nope. People ask me about it often, but I honestly don't have any secrets to reveal. How about you, Oda-kun?
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'''Oda:''' I feel the exact same as you, but my decisive point would be something more recent. Luffy got a new power-up called ‘Gear 5th’, which is something I have wanted to draw for a long time.
  
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'''Oda:''' Ditto! To begin with, it's not like it was my intention to surpass 100 volumes.
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'''– It’s surprising you both chose such relatively recent chapters. In ‘ONE PIECE’ Chapter 1044, the real name of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is revealed, and Gear 5th appears letting Luffy fight changing his whole body.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' When ‘Detective Conan’ first started I thought it wouldn’t last longer than a volume, but around the second chapter or so, I thought: “It's actually getting popular?”. I was surprised at how it was constantly number one in the rankings. At that point I knew it'd be trouble if I didn't expand on the story more.
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'''Oda:''' I drew this because I really want to have fun, and I think that it’s okay if people don't like it. I just want to play around with my battles. Since I was an assistant, I have felt that silly expressions that were so characteristic in manga have been gradually lost. Putting a light bulb in a character’s head when they come up with some idea, or making the character’s legs go in circles when they’re running, for example.
  
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'''Oda:''' I've always wanted to end the series. That being said, I also think about how there's so much I still want to or need to draw.
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'''Aoyama:''' Right, also those eyes popping out.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I totally get that! There's still so much story left to tell!
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'''Oda:''' I have always loved those symbolic expressions, but they keep disappearing. Nobody draws them anymore even though they’re our predecessors' creations who also left many formulae we still use. Battle manga has to keep getting more and more serious to keep up with readers’ expectations and I honestly hate that. I definitely don’t want my work to become a serious manga like that. I want and have decided to have fun, and I feel like I’m finally able to do that. When I was drawing this, I actually had fun.
  
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'''Oda:''' You're really having a blast, Aoyama-san. I think that's amazing. I've also been told by senior Jump mangaka: “It's incredible you're having so much fun.”
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'''Aoyama:''' (Looks at Gear 5th pictures) Woah, amazing! I really like the design, it’s excellent. I’m also impressed that you are able to draw these kinds of faces.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Why's that?
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'''Oda:''' Thank you. When thinking about its concept, you can think of it as if it suddenly became ‘Tom & Jerry’.
  
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'''Oda:''' Because everyone is struggling to continue drawing.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yep yep. I liked ‘Tom & Jerry’. I just can’t forgive Jerry, hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' What? Seriously? That can't be right.
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'''Oda:''' Jerry? Oh no, I supported Jerry!
  
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'''– So if there is a secret to your success, would it be enjoying what you do?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Really? Tom always tried really hard, but Jerry was too sneaky. I hate Jerry a lot. Although if I had to compare one of them to Conan, he would probably be Jerry haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, I think so. The more you enjoy drawing, the faster you want to get to putting out great storyboards.
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'''Oda:''' When I tried to draw it for the first time, it was pretty difficult. The world of ‘Tom & Jerry’ works because of both characters, so I struggled a lot looking at the difference in attitude between Luffy, who was making pranks in the middle of the battle, and his serious opponent. But in the end, I feel like I actually pulled it off. The older you get, the harder and more tiring it is to draw battles, isn’t it?
  
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'''Oda:''' You really love mysteries! Do you ever get tired of drawing different cases?
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, there aren’t many action or battle scenes in ‘Detective Conan’, so when I have to draw them I do it in high spirits. Still, it usually ends pretty fast considering it’s just shooting soccer balls. A long time ago though, I did get tired of it while drawing ‘YAIBA’. When the Japanese Archipelago became a dragon, it was hard for me and my assistants to pull off those drawings. Even with that, drawing action is a fun experience.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I do love them. I've loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a child, y'know? Coincidentally, in elementary school I wrote in the graduation album that I wanted to be a mangaka specializing in private detectives.
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'''Part 2'''<br>
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'''Changes During Serialization'''
  
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'''Oda:''' What I love is the times where I freely draw the settings for different islands. Ever since the story entered the Grand Line, I've been free to do whatever I want. Fierce seas in which kingdoms can’t see or interact with each other, or islands with totally different cultures and climates… When the story reaches a new island I illustrate all of that. So if I were asked what I'd want to draw more of, I'd like to be able to draw islands like that unfettered, but I have to take my lifespan into account hahaha.
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'''– ‘Detective Conan’ has been in serialization since 1994, and ‘ONE PIECE’ since 1997. Since those days to today, what has changed?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Ahh, yeah, there's some similarities to that in ‘Detective Conan’. Like for example, if I want to draw soccer, then I can center a murder case around a soccer player. Though that has to be in the confines of 3 chapters or so. If I had a secret as to how I've been able to continue this long, that might be it. ‘Detective Conan’ allows me to draw whatever I want. For things I like such as baseball, all it takes is finding a good opportunity to center a story around them.
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was serializing ‘YAIBA’, I was addressed as “Aoyama-san”. But the moment I started serializing ‘Detective Conan’, everybody addressed me as “Aoyama-sensei” haha. My editor kept addressing me with the “-san”, but for people from TV stations or magazines I started being “Aoyama-sensei”.
  
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'''– When the two of you are drawing, which do you think gives you the most trouble? The artwork or the plot?'''
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'''Oda:''' I’m always addressed as “Oda-san”. When I have to deal with younger editors, they all usually use honorifics and so do I, since it’s a hierarchical relationship between us and I cannot complain in such situations. Still, I don’t like it because I’m not a “-sensei”, I’m “Oda-san”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Both, probably. Both can be a pain, but they can be fun too, right?
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'''– What has changed the most from then until now when it comes to the serialization itself?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' Ohh? For me it's the plot that's troublesome. I never get tired of drawing! After the planning of the storyboards is done then it's all about drawing, so I often find myself wanting to get done with storyboards sooner. I love drawing so I wish I had more time to draw what I want, but even when I don't have a lot of time I manage to make do somehow. It's the storyboards that I'm slow with.
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'''Oda:''' My weight has indeed changed. When it comes to mangaka, there are those who lose weight and those who gain it. From the moment I started the series, I started to get fat. It was common for me not to eat for 2-3 days, and I didn’t even have time to eat because I felt sleepy while at it. That’s why I usually don’t eat as much as other people, because otherwise I can eat a lot. Your body starts to feel weak and threatened, so it absorbs anything you ingest. Still, I don’t eat, I gain weight and I just lose at everything. …I really don’t enjoy talking about this hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I think I was the same way back when I was your age. If not, there's no way I would have been able to keep a schedule with only three hours of sleep. I was a real mess back then and barely made it all in time, compared to now where I can be calm and collected.
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha, I used to be quite fat. Due to it I got pretty sick and the doctor told me I had to lose weight, which I did, but I think I’m slowly gaining it again.
  
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'''Oda:''' Though when not asleep one can keep creating and be successful, right? Meanwhile, it's when one is at rest that they become most anxious.
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'''Oda:''' Now talking seriously, it’s like you unconsciously and unwillingly gain some sort of mysterious power. Anything you say can become some kind of big deal. “Is people really doing this because I said it?”, and stuff like that.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' When I was sick and admitted into the hospital I couldn't help but worry. "Is it really okay for me to stop there?” and such.
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'''Aoyama:''' Yeah… I was honestly thinking the same, haha. I can’t really say many bad things.
  
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, I get you. It gets you totally anxious! I was sick once for a bit, and despite being in the hospital I took my color tools with me and did a color spread from the hospital.
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'''Oda:''' I have started to feel the responsibility of being careful with whatever I say because my name has grown a lot. Even if I myself haven’t changed, it feels like my surroundings and people around me constantly are. Many times my editors are already fans of the series and tell me “I have been reading your work for a really long time”, which makes it hard for me to be harsher, and I become way kinder.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' It's hard to calm down. Even in my case I asked to draw a special illustration as a gift to Sunday Super readers, and the fans got angry at the publisher. “Aoyama-sensei is in the hospital and you're still making him work?”, hahaha. Even though it was me who asked to do it.
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'''Aoyama:''' We also have many assistants or animation staff who are long-time fans of our work.
  
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'''Oda:''' Being in the hospital you'd think that I'd rest and relax. Instead I got excited and really wanted to draw, and insisted that just one color page wouldn't hurt me. Being in a serialization is like being chased in a race. Fundamentally there's no such thing as downtime, because deadlines are always around the corner.
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'''Oda:''' But in the end it’s all people who do a really good job, because they really love the series.
  
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'''– Generally speaking, what are editor meetings like for you two?'''
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'''– If you were allowed to leave your current position and draw anything you wanted, what would it be?'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' They're usually around 2 in the afternoon. The editor comes to my house and for a while we discuss stuff like TV and magazines for a while. Discussions about the manuscripts begin in the evening.
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'''Aoyama:''' I want to draw a ‘Journey to the West’. As a battle story. I have always loved Goku. He’s the strongest character ever, isn’t he?
  
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'''Oda:''' Your meetings seem to be long!
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'''Oda:''' It’d be great if I were to answer “a mystery series” here, haha. But I could never pull off such a series, I don’t have a brain for that.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' They sure do! The editor in charge usually comes up with ideas for the culprit's methods, but there are times occasionally where we can't come up with anything. We'll come back around to it the next day in those cases where we end at midnight. A long time ago we'd stay up until dawn coming up with ideas but not so much now that we're older. How do your editorial meetings go?
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' All of mine are via phone.
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'''Oda:''' I have already drawn everything I wanted to draw. I did want to draw robots in the future, but I decided and have already done that in the series. Everything I have ever wanted to draw is already packed into ‘ONE PIECE’, so if I was asked to draw one more time, I would draw ‘ONE PIECE’ again.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Wow, voice only?
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'''Aoyama:''' Aah, that’s really great. If I was asked to draw another ‘Detective Conan’... I don’t know… Hahaha, I do have lots of things I would like to draw in the series too, so I might do that.
  
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'''Oda:''' A long time ago we'd meet in person, but before long it just became easier to take notes and speak on the phone. After all, one can tell someone's expressions through their voice, and when listening to the tone you can tell their reactions as to whether they like something or not. Though getting back to me, ours is a continuing project, so we get through the meetings one week at a time with the mentality that we have to clear that week to get to the next one.
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'''“Love Comedy”, “Friendship” and Character’s Charm!'''
  
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'''How Long until the Final Chapter?'''
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'''– What do you two think is your manga’s power?'''
  
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'''– Both of your series have reached their critical junctures together. The identity of the Black Organization's 2nd in Command ‘Rum’ has been revealed, and ‘ONE PIECE! has reached its final arc!'''
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'''Oda:''' I think the most important feature of manga is for it to be “a tool to make friends”. I know it’s a pretty common topic, but in fact I did make many friends when I was a child through it.
  
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'''Oda:''' Truly at the start I thought ‘ONE PIECE’ would end in five years, and in about a year and a half Luffy's crew of ten would have gathered together. I thought of it like a video game but I was far too naive! It's not that I wanted things to keep getting longer, that's just what ended up happening!!
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'''Aoyama:''' I hope ‘Detective Conan’ helps people with their love relationships haha, that way readers can fall in love like the characters from the series. But well, those mostly end up as “murder love comedies” hahaha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Same, haha.
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'''Oda:''' It’s all a dream world, so I always strive to draw beautiful scenes.  
  
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'''Oda:''' Have you thought to yourself “Okay, it’s time for ‘Detective Conan’ to end”?
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'''– Speaking of love comedies, Aoyama-sensei previously said that “romcoms”, “adventure” and “friendship” are the “3 elements of shonen manga hits”, and it is clear Aoyama-sensei is good at “love comedy and adventure”, and Oda-sensei is good at “adventure and friendship”.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' This is between us, but I've already drawn the storyboard of the final chapter.
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'''Aoyama:''' Love comedies… You haven’t drawn anything like that, right Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' What!?
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t. There’s a tradition in Jump that states love comedies are love comedies, battles are battles. They’re two separated genres and totally different works.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I shouldn't have said that? I don't want someone to come and steal it, haha. So as I mentioned earlier, I was in the hospital for a bit once. I got to thinking that people can up and die without warning, so I figured why not draw it? This was about five years ago. So I figured drawing the storyboard wouldn't be a big deal, though for now it's a stand in.
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'''Aoyama:''' Oh well, I guess love comedy developments while battling are not for Jump.
  
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'''Oda:''' I guess it was just on a whim. But if you actually drew it, at least you were able to do it at your leisure?
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'''Oda:''' I haven’t read many of those either, but ‘Detective Conan’ integrates those elements properly! I think you make a really good use of those settings.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' You could say that, yeah. It wasn't such a big deal because I've already decided on the major details, but there are arcs and stories I'd have to get to beforehand…
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I do enjoy love comedies, but I guess you’re not really interested in them, Oda-kun.
  
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'''Oda:''' How long will it take until the final chapter?
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'''Oda:''' I’m not confident I could draw those, it’s a bit embarrassing haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That's a secret, haha. I might decide to redraw the finale in the future… Hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' On the other hand, friendship is a tough theme for me. It’s not impossible for me to draw, but I don’t really come up with stuff I think “Oh, this is cool”. I think the only characters I can picture that topic on are the police academy members.
  
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'''Oda:''' I've always pictured what the final chapter of ‘ONE PIECE’ would be like, though from time to time, the situation surrounding it changes. It will still be over whenever the One Piece is found in the series, haha. Anyway, this next arc is the final one.
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'''Oda:''' ‘Detective Conan’ actually has a lot of romantic relationships, right? It’s full of bidirectional feelings. But I also know that if I draw romance, some of my fans leave. I think it’s fine when they’re one-sided feelings, but if it goes both ways, both characters lose fans.  
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Seriously? Is it really going to end?
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'''Aoyama:''' I won’t leave haha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Yup, to me this is really the final arc.
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'''Oda:''' Ah, seriously!?
  
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'''– I'm just going to act this flat out. How many years are left until the final chapter?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' On the contrary, I think it’s exciting. Most of my characters have couples. It’s quite rare to find one without a partner.
  
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'''Oda:''' I'm not sure how many years it will take... I have answered this question so many times already I have lost credibility, so I don't think I should answer, hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' People seem so supportive of couples! That’s something I didn’t really read when I was a kid. During the old days of Jump, there were mangaka that wouldn't even draw women. That’s why I’m one of those that sent submissions with female characters. I did want to draw strong women, and I think characters like Nami were quite rare back in those days.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha yeah I think that too.
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'''– Nami’s popularity was reflected all over the world in the Popularity Poll commemorating ‘ONE PIECE’ reaching Chapter 1000.'''
  
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'''Oda:''' I shouldn’t really say this out loud, because so far I’ve been pretty off, but I'd personally like to go for three more years.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, we did a worldwide popularity poll. When it comes to the two main female characters, Nami proved to be overwhelmingly popular in Japan, while adult women like Nico Robin seem to be more popular in the rest of the world. Feelings and tastes are entirely different from one country to another.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' But you don't know for sure. It all depends on how the characters act.
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'''Aoyama:''' I know ‘Detective Conan’ is pretty popular in China, but I don’t think that makes much of a difference. Still, Ai Haibara is pretty popular, especially overseas.
  
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'''Oda:''' We're all merely navigators in these stories.
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'''– Ai Haibara got 1st Place in the “Major Female Character Popularity Vote” that ‘Detective Conan’ held to commemorate the screening of ‘The Bride of Halloween’, getting an illustration drawn by Aoyama-sensei. Still, it’s amazing to look at the number of characters that appear in both works’ popularity polls.'''
  
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'''– Oda-san, does your editor know how the story will go up until the end?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' And the number keeps increasing. Even in ‘Detective Conan’ there are characters such as Chihaya Hagiwara, who have only recently appeared.
  
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'''Oda:''' I'm on my 11th editor now, but I make it a point to tell every successive editor the entire story from beginning to end. Though it's become a bit of a pain lately, so I've been breaking it up into parts haha. Although some of the particulars change from time to time, the goal remains the same. There have been some outrageous plot twists during the serialization, but the flow of the story has been so rock solid that past editors are surprised. They ask me: “Are you sure you can just do that?”, but then they don't remember anyway, hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' Aoyama-san, how do you execute your characters’ appearances?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha, have you drawn the finale yet, Oda-kun?
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'''Aoyama:''' By pure intuition. If I think I need some sort of new character, or that it’s missing in the series, I just draw it. How do you decide the name of your characters, Oda-kun?
  
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'''Oda:''' I've got notes of all thoughts I've made before they reach a new island, as well as a notebook of the most profound mysteries of ‘ONE PIECE’ that I've created.
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'''Oda:''' I take them from various places.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should steal it, haha. Though I've also got my notes on the Akai Family and their resolution, which is about three pages or so? When I get a new editor I let them have a look, but it's so complex they don't remember, so by the time the story reaches the serialization proper they're surprised by the events, despite me not deviating from the notes I showed them. Though well, the finale is already there. When I give that over it'll be in one go.
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'''Aoyama:''' There was a pretty funny one. Sanji, Niji, Ichiji. “For real?”.
  
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'''– Do you have any plans for after the final chapters are done?'''
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'''Oda:''' I had been thinking of drawing Sanji’s childhood for some time already, and also had thought of setting up him having one brother, but my daughter was really into ‘Osomatsu-san’ back when I was serializing that part of the story. I want my daughter to like my work, so I tried to compete with the sextuplets by making quadruplets hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' I'd like to go on a trip and stay at a new place every night.
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'''How are Readers’ Impressions Dealt With?'''
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'''– I’m sure you both receive lots of fan letters from readers every week, but what kind of feedback are you most pleased to receive?'''
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'''Oda:''' I appreciate any kind of feedback, but I’m especially happy with people who write what they liked about that week’s chapter specifically. “So that’s what you paid attention to”.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I'd like to move.... Or that’s what I would say, but I also don't want to either. It's probably not much better than Oda-kun’s, but I've got a lot of stuff which makes moving a pain.
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'''Aoyama:''' When I read those comments, I go back to the manga and read those parts. I start to grin and read it over and over while thinking “Oh yeah, that was good”.
  
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'''Oda:''' You wouldn't go on a trip?
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'''Oda:''' Ah! Have you thought of sending your own fan letters, or have you ever sent one already?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I did once upon a time. I went to London to have a look at the British Museum because ‘Detective Conan’ original manuscripts were exhibited there. I also went to the Vauxhall Bridge to get materials for Mary and Vermouth's showdown there. Though after that, Coronavirus happened.
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'''Aoyama:''' Not at all. I think it actually takes a lot of work, but it sounds amazing.
  
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'''Oda:''' I want to go overseas and travel to hot springs around the entire world until I die!
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'''Oda:''' Thank you for that.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' A long time ago, I wanted to go to Brazil to see the World Cup. Though when I was leaving Japan, the passport inspection dude stared at my passport for an uncomfortably long amount of time. I asked him if anything was the matter, and he said “I was worried because I want to keep reading the continuation of ‘Detective Conan’. Please have a safe trip and return.” Like, seriously? Hahaha.
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'''– Every time ‘ONE PIECE’ and ‘Detective Conan’ publish a new chapter, fans are really excited to talk about them. Do you two read your readers’ discussions?'''
  
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'''Oda:''' He realized who you really are. It is a fairly unusual name… It'd probably be embarrassing to say it out loud in the hospital.
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'''Oda:''' I wanted to talk about this with Aoyama-san, too. It seems that there are a lot of discussion groups recently, right?
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Like someone saying we share the same name, haha. But lately I've been secretly referred to as just “Aoyama-san”.
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'''Aoyama:''' Ah yes, on the Internet. Like with Youtubers.
  
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'''Oda:''' My name has become a big deal as of late too, so when at the hospital out of consideration for me, they've been careful in calling me out. Though I was already getting shout-outs when I was only partially famous.
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'''Oda:''' Many people in my series’ discussion groups try to predict future developments of the series. Some of them get stuff right haha, which is why I try not to read many of them hahaha. Do they get stuff right too in a detective series like ‘Detective Conan’?
  
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'''– Are there any highlights fans should be on the lookout for going forward?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' They do guess stuff. They’re sometimes pretty quick figuring out things. In the end, it’s just 1 person against millions of people. If they united their knowledge, cases could be solved in less than a day.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I have to draw a case where Rum once had both of his eyes, as well as how that connects to Akai Shuichi's father Tsutomu. Maybe that'll be interesting for readers, haha.
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'''Oda:''' Against millions of people! That’s truly impossible hahaha!
  
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'''Oda:''' For me… This is tough to answer. There will be lots to see for sure, but I want readers to be surprised, so I don’t know if I should say it here…
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'''Aoyama:''' Detective lovers like to guess and think a lot. Many readers guessed Renya Karasuma was the boss of the Black Organization.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' True.
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'''Oda:''' What do you do in a situation like that? Is it troublesome?
  
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'''Oda:''' Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting. What I find the most fun is when the readers are enjoying themselves. It's truly a ton of fun!
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'''Aoyama:''' No, rather I just say “People guessed it, so I’ll reveal it”, and I just reveal it haha. There are still more secrets beyond that, actually. Do you read your readers’ predictions and overturn them, Oda-kun?
  
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'''– Give us your closing thoughts, please!'''
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'''Oda:''' Well… There are some things I can change and things I cannot. When reveals are too big, my readers can guess them since I have foreshadowed them all. Due to this I try to come up with the most interesting developments and always go beyond readers’ imaginations. When I started the serialization, my only way to connect with fans was through fan letters. I never thought the world would become the way it is now, with everyone talking about everything on the Internet. If I had known times like this would come, I would have never given hints in the series haha!
  
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'''Aoyama:''' I don't want ‘ONE PIECE’ to end before ‘Detective Conan’!!
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'''Aoyama:''' I see.
  
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'''Oda:''' Ah! That's what I was going to say too, hahaha.
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'''Oda:''' However, I’m sometimes asked if many outside-the-box theories are true or not, and I kind of feel bad for those who come up with them when I inadvertently give some answer. I probably have destroyed lots of ideas everyone was thinking about without knowing what would happen in the future with just a single word. I feel bad about it, so I recently came up with the best answer: “Yes, that’s right”. I think it’s an answer that can be taken either way haha.
  
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'''Aoyama:''' Haha, good luck continuing ‘ONE PIECE’...
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'''Aoyama:''' That’s indeed one way to settle it hahaha.
  
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'''Oda:''' Well, when the time to end comes, let’s make it exciting!
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'''– Foreshadowing moments that are recovered after many years is a common trait of both of your works.'''
  
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'''Aoyama:''' That’d be amazing, haha.
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'''Oda:''' When I read ‘Detective Conan’, I was surprised at how tight and solid all the settings were. My approach is a little bit different, since there’s some obvious foreshadowing, but at the same time I have created a lot of voids in the series. This method of leaving various blanks lets me think like, “this point could be connected to this other one this way or that way”. Aside from the exaggerated foreshadowing that happens every few decades, you can also take your time to pick up plot points that have been left pending. If you create reasonings and threads for everything like in ‘Detective Conan’, it will be harder to execute later on!
  
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'''– Thanks for coming today.'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Back when I was working on ‘YAIBA’, I used to draw in the same way you describe. People would be really surprised when later on the series I connected parts I left open in the story.
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'''Oda:''' Yeah, but you work differently now, Aoyama-san.
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'''Aoyama:''' Now I work with everything firmly in place. ‘Detective Conan’ is a big mystery as a whole.
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'''– Aoyama-san, when did you start telling your editors about the identity of the Black Organization boss?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Well, I’m currently with my 13th editor, but I have been telling them about that since I had my 8th editor.
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'''What’s the Secret to Reaching 100 Volumes?'''
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'''– When drawing your series, how are you able to change your mood if you get stuck? Oda-sensei answered previously like this: “I don’t change my mind. I want to keep drawing, so I put myself under a lot of pressure by calling my staff and telling them to wait for me”.'''
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'''Oda:''' Isn’t that an interview from a long time ago? Nowadays I need to take way more breaks and I have become quite health-conscious. How do you clear up your mind, Aoyama-san?
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'''Aoyama:''' I play video games and watch movies. But playing is playing, and work is work. I can’t do anything if I don’t separate those two. I have never been able to do two things at the same time.
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'''Oda:''' What games do you play?
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'''Aoyama:''' ‘Kantai Collection’ and ‘Animal Crossing’. Easy and simple games.
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'''Oda:''' Don’t you do any physical exercise?
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'''Aoyama:''' Nowadays I don’t, but I used to play baseball.
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'''Oda:''' Before Coronavirus, I used to gather some friends to play soccer together, but with time I have realized it’s a little too tough of a sport for my body. I also used to be in the soccer club, but I’m so out of shape now I have completely abandoned that career hahaha.
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'''Aoyama:''' I was in the kendo club, but I don’t move my body as much now. I only go out to buy lunch.
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'''Oda:''' We’re a bit unhealthy, aren’t we? I also go out to walk and play ‘Pokémon GO’.
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'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should start walking too haha.
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'''– With serializations this long, how do you figure out when to take breaks?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Right now, Conan runs in three-chapter bursts and then takes a break while a spin-off takes its place for a fairly comfortable pace, so I can take about a month to draw the storyboards for a single case.
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'''Oda:''' That only works because of the kind of series ‘Detective Conan’ is, right? Haha, people are more accepting in regard to Conan going on break because the case ends beforehand. ‘ONE PIECE’ on the other hand is a constantly progressing story so I can't have long breaks in the same vein as Conan. Nowadays I’m starting to get more breaks from Jump, so I can relax a bit more. Though ultimately one still has to work even when the series is on break, huh?
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'''Aoyama:''' Right? I don’t rest at all. If I'm not drawing the manga, then I'm doing work for the movies.
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'''Oda:''' There's no rest for the weary, is there? Hahaha.
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'''– Do the two of you have any secrets regarding continuing a serialization for more than 100 volumes without taking that many breaks?'''
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'''Aoyama:''' Nope. People ask me about it often, but I honestly don't have any secrets to reveal. How about you, Oda-kun?
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Ditto! To begin with, it's not like it was my intention to surpass 100 volumes.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' When ‘Detective Conan’ first started I thought it wouldn’t last longer than a volume, but around the second chapter or so, I thought: “It's actually getting popular?”. I was surprised at how it was constantly number one in the rankings. At that point I knew it'd be trouble if I didn't expand on the story more.
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 +
'''Oda:''' I've always wanted to end the series. That being said, I also think about how there's so much I still want to or need to draw.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I totally get that! There's still so much story left to tell!
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' You're really having a blast, Aoyama-san. I think that's amazing. I've also been told by senior Jump mangaka: “It's incredible you're having so much fun.”
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Really? Why's that?
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Because everyone is struggling to continue drawing.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' What? Seriously? That can't be right.
 +
 
 +
'''– So if there is a secret to your success, would it be enjoying what you do?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Yeah, I think so. The more you enjoy drawing, the faster you want to get to putting out great storyboards.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' You really love mysteries! Do you ever get tired of drawing different cases?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I do love them. I've loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a child, y'know? Coincidentally, in elementary school I wrote in the graduation album that I wanted to be a mangaka specializing in private detectives.
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 +
'''Oda:''' What I love is the times where I freely draw the settings for different islands. Ever since the story entered the Grand Line, I've been free to do whatever I want. Fierce seas in which kingdoms can’t see or interact with each other, or islands with totally different cultures and climates… When the story reaches a new island I illustrate all of that. So if I were asked what I'd want to draw more of, I'd like to be able to draw islands like that unfettered, but I have to take my lifespan into account hahaha.
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 +
'''Aoyama:''' Ahh, yeah, there's some similarities to that in ‘Detective Conan’. Like for example, if I want to draw soccer, then I can center a murder case around a soccer player. Though that has to be in the confines of 3 chapters or so. If I had a secret as to how I've been able to continue this long, that might be it. ‘Detective Conan’ allows me to draw whatever I want. For things I like such as baseball, all it takes is finding a good opportunity to center a story around them.
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 +
'''– When the two of you are drawing, which do you think gives you the most trouble? The artwork or the plot?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Both, probably. Both can be a pain, but they can be fun too, right?
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 +
'''Oda:''' Ohh? For me it's the plot that's troublesome. I never get tired of drawing! After the planning of the storyboards is done then it's all about drawing, so I often find myself wanting to get done with storyboards sooner. I love drawing so I wish I had more time to draw what I want, but even when I don't have a lot of time I manage to make do somehow. It's the storyboards that I'm slow with.
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 +
'''Aoyama:''' I think I was the same way back when I was your age. If not, there's no way I would have been able to keep a schedule with only three hours of sleep. I was a real mess back then and barely made it all in time, compared to now where I can be calm and collected.
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 +
'''Oda:''' Though when not asleep one can keep creating and be successful, right? Meanwhile, it's when one is at rest that they become most anxious.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' When I was sick and admitted into the hospital I couldn't help but worry. "Is it really okay for me to stop there?” and such.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Yeah, I get you. It gets you totally anxious! I was sick once for a bit, and despite being in the hospital I took my color tools with me and did a color spread from the hospital.
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 +
'''Aoyama:''' It's hard to calm down. Even in my case I asked to draw a special illustration as a gift to Sunday Super readers, and the fans got angry at the publisher. “Aoyama-sensei is in the hospital and you're still making him work?”, hahaha. Even though it was me who asked to do it.
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 +
'''Oda:''' Being in the hospital you'd think that I'd rest and relax. Instead I got excited and really wanted to draw, and insisted that just one color page wouldn't hurt me. Being in a serialization is like being chased in a race. Fundamentally there's no such thing as downtime, because deadlines are always around the corner.
 +
 
 +
'''– Generally speaking, what are editor meetings like for you two?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' They're usually around 2 in the afternoon. The editor comes to my house and for a while we discuss stuff like TV and magazines for a while. Discussions about the manuscripts begin in the evening.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Your meetings seem to be long!
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' They sure do! The editor in charge usually comes up with ideas for the culprit's methods, but there are times occasionally where we can't come up with anything. We'll come back around to it the next day in those cases where we end at midnight. A long time ago we'd stay up until dawn coming up with ideas but not so much now that we're older. How do your editorial meetings go?
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 +
'''Oda:''' All of mine are via phone.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Wow, voice only?
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' A long time ago we'd meet in person, but before long it just became easier to take notes and speak on the phone. After all, one can tell someone's expressions through their voice, and when listening to the tone you can tell their reactions as to whether they like something or not. Though getting back to me, ours is a continuing project, so we get through the meetings one week at a time with the mentality that we have to clear that week to get to the next one.
 +
 
 +
'''How Long until the Final Chapter?'''
 +
 
 +
'''– Both of your series have reached their critical junctures together. The identity of the Black Organization's 2nd in Command ‘Rum’ has been revealed, and ‘ONE PIECE! has reached its final arc!'''
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Truly at the start I thought ‘ONE PIECE’ would end in five years, and in about a year and a half Luffy's crew of ten would have gathered together. I thought of it like a video game but I was far too naive! It's not that I wanted things to keep getting longer, that's just what ended up happening!!
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Same, haha.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Have you thought to yourself “Okay, it’s time for ‘Detective Conan’ to end”?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' This is between us, but I've already drawn the storyboard of the final chapter.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' What!?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I shouldn't have said that? I don't want someone to come and steal it, haha. So as I mentioned earlier, I was in the hospital for a bit once. I got to thinking that people can up and die without warning, so I figured why not draw it? This was about five years ago. So I figured drawing the storyboard wouldn't be a big deal, though for now it's a stand in.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I guess it was just on a whim. But if you actually drew it, at least you were able to do it at your leisure?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' You could say that, yeah. It wasn't such a big deal because I've already decided on the major details, but there are arcs and stories I'd have to get to beforehand…
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' How long will it take until the final chapter?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' That's a secret, haha. I might decide to redraw the finale in the future… Hahaha.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I've always pictured what the final chapter of ‘ONE PIECE’ would be like, though from time to time, the situation surrounding it changes. It will still be over whenever the One Piece is found in the series, haha. Anyway, this next arc is the final one.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Seriously? Is it really going to end?
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Yup, to me this is really the final arc.
 +
 
 +
'''– I'm just going to act this flat out. How many years are left until the final chapter?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I'm not sure how many years it will take... I have answered this question so many times already I have lost credibility, so I don't think I should answer, hahaha.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Haha yeah I think that too.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I shouldn’t really say this out loud, because so far I’ve been pretty off, but I'd personally like to go for three more years.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' But you don't know for sure. It all depends on how the characters act.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' We're all merely navigators in these stories.
 +
 
 +
'''– Oda-san, does your editor know how the story will go up until the end?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I'm on my 11th editor now, but I make it a point to tell every successive editor the entire story from beginning to end. Though it's become a bit of a pain lately, so I've been breaking it up into parts haha. Although some of the particulars change from time to time, the goal remains the same. There have been some outrageous plot twists during the serialization, but the flow of the story has been so rock solid that past editors are surprised. They ask me: “Are you sure you can just do that?”, but then they don't remember anyway, hahaha.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Hahaha, have you drawn the finale yet, Oda-kun?
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I've got notes of all thoughts I've made before they reach a new island, as well as a notebook of the most profound mysteries of ‘ONE PIECE’ that I've created.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Maybe I should steal it, haha. Though I've also got my notes on the Akai Family and their resolution, which is about three pages or so? When I get a new editor I let them have a look, but it's so complex they don't remember, so by the time the story reaches the serialization proper they're surprised by the events, despite me not deviating from the notes I showed them. Though well, the finale is already there. When I give that over it'll be in one go.
 +
 
 +
'''– Do you have any plans for after the final chapters are done?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I'd like to go on a trip and stay at a new place every night.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I'd like to move.... Or that’s what I would say, but I also don't want to either. It's probably not much better than Oda-kun’s, but I've got a lot of stuff which makes moving a pain.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' You wouldn't go on a trip?
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I did once upon a time. I went to London to have a look at the British Museum because ‘Detective Conan’ original manuscripts were exhibited there. I also went to the Vauxhall Bridge to get materials for Mary and Vermouth's showdown there. Though after that, Coronavirus happened.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' I want to go overseas and travel to hot springs around the entire world until I die!
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' A long time ago, I wanted to go to Brazil to see the World Cup. Though when I was leaving Japan, the passport inspection dude stared at my passport for an uncomfortably long amount of time. I asked him if anything was the matter, and he said “I was worried because I want to keep reading the continuation of ‘Detective Conan’. Please have a safe trip and return.” Like, seriously? Hahaha.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' He realized who you really are. It is a fairly unusual name… It'd probably be embarrassing to say it out loud in the hospital.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Like someone saying we share the same name, haha. But lately I've been secretly referred to as just “Aoyama-san”.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' My name has become a big deal as of late too, so when at the hospital out of consideration for me, they've been careful in calling me out. Though I was already getting shout-outs when I was only partially famous.
 +
 
 +
'''– Are there any highlights fans should be on the lookout for going forward?'''
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I have to draw a case where Rum once had both of his eyes, as well as how that connects to Akai Shuichi's father Tsutomu. Maybe that'll be interesting for readers, haha.
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' For me… This is tough to answer. There will be lots to see for sure, but I want readers to be surprised, so I don’t know if I should say it here…
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' True.
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 +
'''Oda:''' Well, for now, the “past” will be a big deal. Something once happened in the world during the Void Century, which will come to light soon and should prove both fun and interesting. What I find the most fun is when the readers are enjoying themselves. It's truly a ton of fun!
 +
 
 +
'''– Give us your closing thoughts, please!'''
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I don't want ‘ONE PIECE’ to end before ‘Detective Conan’!!
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 +
'''Oda:''' Ah! That's what I was going to say too, hahaha.
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Haha, good luck continuing ‘ONE PIECE’...
 +
 
 +
'''Oda:''' Well, when the time to end comes, let’s make it exciting!
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:''' That’d be amazing, haha.
 +
 
 +
'''– Thanks for coming today.'''
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</spoiler>
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 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Mayuko Kanba Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date''': September 28, 2022<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 44/2022
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<spoiler>
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'''Raw:'''
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[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Mayuko Kanba Talk 1.jpg|150px|]]
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</div>
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</div>
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</spoiler>
  
 
= 2023 =
 
= 2023 =
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Yoshiharu Habu Special Conversation ===
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Nao Kosaka interview ===
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'''Date''': June 21, 2023<br>
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'''Date''': March 29, 2023<br>
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 30/2023
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'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2023
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<spoiler>
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<spoiler>
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'''Raw:'''
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https://websunday.net/37403/ <br>
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https://x.com/shonen_sunday/status/1640734875912380416
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'''Raw:'''
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=== Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Special Talk ===
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</gallery>
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'''Date''': December 5, 2023<br>
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'''Published in''': "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2024 edition
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＼ #剛昌に聞け① ／<br>
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<spoiler>
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小坂：物語にある数多くの伏線は先に考えてますか？<br>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
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剛昌：ほぼだいたい考えてます(笑)。<br>
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'''Raw:'''
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＼ #剛昌に聞け② ／<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 2.jpg|150px|]]
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小坂：ジンとウォッカは裏でどんな会話をしていたりしますか？　組織っぽい会話ばかりなのでしょうか。<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 1.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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剛昌：なんかしらんけど ジャズの話とかしてそう。「あのジャズバーは良かったぜ」とか(笑)。<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 4.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 3.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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＼ #剛昌に聞け③ ／<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 6.jpg|150px|]]
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小坂：降谷さんや赤井さん、阿笠博士が乗っている車はどのように選んだんですか？<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 5.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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剛昌：降谷はアムロなので、ガンダムのRX-7にしました！　赤井のマスタングは、キャンティのバイパーに負けないスピードを出せる車ってことで決めました。阿笠博士は、かわいいビートルが似合うかなと思って決めました(笑)。<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 8.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 7.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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＼ #剛昌に聞け④ ／<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 10.jpg|150px|]]
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小坂：もし少年探偵団のメンバーが大人になったらどんな職業についていると思いますか？<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 9.jpg|150px|]]<br>
+
剛昌：光彦は両親が先生なので、先生かも。元太は親父の酒屋を継いでるんじゃ…
歩美ちゃんはがんばって日向坂に入ってるんじゃないかな(笑)。<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 12.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 11.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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＼ #剛昌に聞け⑤ ／<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 14.jpg|150px|]]
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小坂：赤井さんのスナイパー能力は生まれながらの才能ですか？
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 13.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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剛昌：…と思わせつつ、陰でわりと努力してます(笑)。</div>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 16.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 15.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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＼ #剛昌に聞け① ／
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</div>
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</spoiler>
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Kosaka: Do you plan out the many foreshadowing elements in the story ahead of time?<br>
 +
Aoyama: I more or less think about them in advance (laugh).
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 +
＼ #剛昌に聞け② ／
 +
 
 +
Kosaka: What kind of conversations do Gin and Vodka have behind the scenes? Are they always talking about organization stuff?<br>
 +
Aoyama: I don’t really know, but I imagine they talk about jazz or something. Like, “That jazz bar was great,” or something (laugh).
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 +
＼ #剛昌に聞け③ ／
 +
 
 +
Kosaka: How did you choose the cars driven by Furuya, Akai, and Professor Agasa?<br>
 +
Aoyama: Since Furuya is “Amuro,” I gave him the Gundam RX-7! As for Akai’s Mustang, I chose it because it’s a car that can match Chianti’s Viper in terms of speed. For Professor Agasa, I thought a cute Beetle would suit him well, so I went with that (laugh).
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 +
＼ #剛昌に聞け④ ／
 +
 
 +
Kosaka: What do you think the Detective Boys would be doing for work if they grew up?<br>
 +
Aoyama: Mitsuhiko might become a teacher, since his parents are teachers. Genta would probably take over his dad’s liquor store… As for Ayumi-chan, maybe she’d work really hard and get into Hinatazaka (idol group) (laugh).
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 +
＼ #剛昌に聞け⑤ ／
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 +
Kosaka: Is Akai’s sniper skill a natural-born talent?<br>
 +
Aoyama: …He may seem like it, but he’s actually been putting in quite a bit of effort behind the scenes (laugh).
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</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
===Cinema Guide 2023 Interview===
 +
'''Date:''' April 11, 2023
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' [https://imgur.com/a/qiWuku3 Raw]<br>[https://imgur.com/a/Cnsg0Q6 Print Scans Raw]
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</div>
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</div>
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</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Yoshiharu Habu Special Conversation ===
 +
'''Date''': June 21, 2023<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 30/2023
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<spoiler>
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[[File:Aoyama Gosho x Yoshiharu Habu Talk 3.jpg|150px|]]
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</div>
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</div>
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</spoiler>
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 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date''': December 5, 2023<br>
 +
'''Published in''': "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2024 edition
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<spoiler>
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'''Raw:'''
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 11.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 14.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 13.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 16.jpg|150px|]]
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 15.jpg|150px|]]<br>
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[[File:Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Talk 17.jpg|150px|]]
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</div>
 +
</div>
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama Nippon TV Interview ===
 +
'''Date''': December 27, 2023<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Nippon TV News Culture Youtube Channel
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQq9Z3uqW8 Video]
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
= 2024 =
 +
<br>
 +
{{Under Construction}}
 +
=== From Gosho Aoyama To All Readers - DC 30th Anniversary ===
 +
'''Date:''' January 10th, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 7/2024
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
===== 名探偵コナン連載30周年 =====
 +
 
 +
===== 青山剛昌先生より読者の皆様へ =====
 +
 
 +
どーも青山です!<br>
 +
オレが30歳の時に始めた作品が<br>
 +
この度、30周年を迎えました!<br>
 +
・・・って事は･･･<br>
 +
 
 +
'''オレの人生の半分がコナンです. '''<br>
 +
(笑) <br>
 +
 
 +
ここまでついて来てくれたファンの皆さんへの 感謝を込めて、色々な企画を用意してるので おっ楽しみに~♪<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]
 +
 
 +
===== Detective Conan – 30th Anniversary of Serialization =====
 +
===== From Gosho Aoyama to all readers ===== 
 +
 
 +
Hi, Aoyama here!<br>
 +
The series I started when I was 30 years old<br>
 +
has now reached its 30th anniversary!<br>
 +
…which means…<br>
 +
 
 +
'''Half of my life has been Conan.''' <br>
 +
(lol)
 +
 
 +
To show my gratitude to all the fans who have stayed with me until now, we’ve prepared all sorts of projects— so please look forward to them~♪
 +
 
 +
</spoiler>
 +
===Detective Conan Volume 105 Interview===
 +
'''Date:''' April 10, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' Detective Conan Volume 105
 +
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 +
'''Raw Text and Translation: Questions & Answers'''<br/>
 +
'''Source:''' https://x.com/conan_file?s=21 And search the page using this hashtag: #剛昌に聞け <br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 景光と零は喧嘩しますか？<br>
 +
A:くだらないことで、喧嘩してそう！すぐ仲直りするけどね（笑）<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Do Hiromitsu and Rei fight?<br>
 +
A: They probably fight over silly things! But they make up right away (lol)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q:ウォッカはジンのどこを一番尊敬してますか？<br>
 +
A: 全部！！(笑)。<br>
 +
ジンが言ってた事を、後で復唱してそう(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: What does Vodka respect most about Gin?<br>
 +
A: Everything!! (lol).<br>
 +
He probably repeats what Gin says later on (lol).<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 零と景光、松田と萩原はそれぞれ中高大も一緒なのでしょうか？<br>
 +
A:大学は萩原と松田、ヒロと安室が一緒！伊達は別の所かなぁ？<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Did Rei and Hiromitsu, and Matsuda and Hagiwara all attend the same middle school, high school, and university?<br>
 +
A: In university, Hagiwara and Matsuda, and Hiro and Amuro were together! Date was probably at a different place?<br>
 +
 
 +
Q:名探偵コナンといえば張り巡らされた伏線！というイメージですが、
 +
どの伏線を張ったか、回収したか、というのはメモとかで残している
 +
のでしょうか…？<br>
 +
A: コミックスにバリバリ付箋が貼ってある(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Detective Conan is known for being full of intricately woven foreshadowing!
 +
Do you keep records, like memos, of which foreshadowing you’ve set up and which ones you’ve resolved?<br>
 +
A: The manga volumes are covered with sticky notes! (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 英理は37で蘭が17ってことは英理は20で蘭を産んだことになりますが、
 +
英理は蘭を身ごもった状態で大学に通っていたのですか？<br>
 +
A: たしかに…(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Eri is 37 and Ran is 17, which means Eri gave birth to Ran at 20.
Does that mean Eri was attending university while pregnant with Ran?<br>
 +
A: That’s true... (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 安室さんはコーヒーは微糖派ですか？ブラック派ですか？<br>
 +
A: ミルク入り砂糖抜きですね(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Does Amuro like his coffee mildly sweetened or black?<br>
 +
A: He takes it with milk but no sugar (laughs).<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: ライ、バーボン、スコッチが行動を共にしていた瞬間がありますが、雰囲気は緊迫していたのでしょうか？<br>
 +
A:バーボンだけが勝手に緊迫してる（笑)
 +
スコッチとライは仲良さそうだけど、バーボンはライの事をいけすかないヤツだと思ってた！<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: There was a moment when Ray, Bourbon, and Scotch were working together — was the atmosphere tense?<br>
 +
A: Only Bourbon was tense on his own (laughs).
Scotch and Ray seemed to get along well, but Bourbon thought Ray was an insufferable guy!<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 零が高明と会う時に緊張していたのはなぜでしょうか？<br>
 +
A:ヒロから色々聞いてて、言われることわざ分かるかなぁ…って（笑）<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Why was Rei nervous when meeting Taka’aki?<br>
 +
A: He had heard a lot about him from Hiro, and was like, Will I even understand the proverbs he’s going to say (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 景光はどれくらいの頻度で高明に電話してたのでしょうか？<br>
 +
A: 1ヶ月に1回ぐらいかなぁ。あんまり電話すると、ことわざで怒られる（笑）<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: How often did Hiromitsu call Taka’aki?<br>
 +
A: About once a month, I guess. If he called too often, he'd get scolded with a proverb (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 萩原姉弟は神奈川県出身ですか？仮に神奈川県出身だとしたら
 +
松田も神奈川県出身なのでしょうか？<br>
 +
A: 東京と神奈川の境目なんじゃないかなぁ(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Are the Hagiwara siblings from Kanagawa Prefecture? If they are, would that mean Matsuda is also from Kanagawa?<br>
 +
A: I think they’re probably from around the Tokyo and Kanagawa border (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q:蘭ちゃんが前田さんに憧れたのは6年前とのことなので、空手を習い出したのは小学校高学年からですか？
 +
それとも中学校に入って部活で始めたのですか？<br>
 +
A: 小学生高学年から習い始めた！<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Ran-chan said that she first admired Maeda-san six years ago, so did you start learning karate in the upper grades of elementary school?
 +
Or did you start as part of a club when you entered junior high school?<br>
 +
A: she started learning in the upper grades of elementary school!<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 瑛祐くんは元気にやってますか？<br>
 +
A: やってます！<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Is Eisuke-kun doing well?<br>
 +
A: He is doing well!<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 数多いる警察官の中から風見が降谷さんの部下に抜擢された経緯、理由ってこの先描かれますか？知りたいです…！<br>
 +
A: 偶然というか運命ですね(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Among the many police officers, will the reason and circumstances behind Kazami being chosen as Furuya-san's subordinate be depicted in the future? I'd really like to know…!<br>
 +
A: It was coincidence or rather fate (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 京極さんと園子は普段どんなデートをしてるんですか？<br>
 +
A: なかなか会えないから、みんなが知ってる数ぐらいしかデートしてないと思うよ。電話はしてるけどね(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: What kind of dates do Kyogoku-san and Sonoko usually go on?<br>
 +
A: Since they rarely get to see each other, I think they've only gone on as many dates as everyone knows about. They do talk on the phone though (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 一緒にお酒を飲みたいコナンキャラは誰ですか？☺️<br>
 +
A: 小五郎(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Which Conan character would you like to have a drink with? ☺️<br>
 +
A: Kogoro (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 青山先生が蘭ちゃんの手料理で食べたいものは何でしょうか？<br>
 +
A: カレー♪(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: What dish would Aoyama-sensei like to eat from Ran-chan’s home cooking?<br>
 +
A: Curry ♪ (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 千速に松田はいつ告白したんですか?
 +
また、千速は松田に好かれてると気づいてたんですか？それとも告白された?<br>
 +
A: いつというか、事あるごとに「付き合ってくれよ」と言ってた。何回もフラレてると思う(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: When did Matsuda confess to Chihaya?
Also, did Chihaya realize that Matsuda liked her, or was she actually confessed to?<br>
 +
A: Rather than a specific time, he would say “Go out with me” whenever he had the chance. I think he got rejected many times (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 佐藤刑事が乗っているRX-7のグローブBOXの内側に、松田刑事が書いた落書きがある…なんてことありません？（笑）<br>
 +
A: それ面白いね(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Is there any chance that inside the glove box of the RX-7 that Detective Sato drives, there’s a graffiti drawn by Detective Matsuda? (laughs)<br>
 +
A: That’s funny (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: ハロ嫁で佐藤刑事が「松田は警視庁に配属されてから泊まり込みで事件のことを捜査をしていた」と話していましたが、その間ちゃんとお風呂に入っていたんでしょうか？<br>
 +
A: 入ってなさそう(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: In the Halloween Bride movie, Detective Sato mentioned that Matsuda stayed overnight at the station to investigate a case after being assigned to the MPD. During that time, was he properly taking baths?<br>
 +
A: Doesn’t seem like it (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 新一と蘭ちゃんは時々電話をしてると思うのですが、最新のお電話内容を教えてください<br>
 +
A: 「元気？」「ちゃんと食べてる？」とか当たり障りのないことを話すけど、二人とも照れて核心に触れようとしない(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: I assume Shinichi and Ran-chan talk on the phone from time to time, but could you tell us what their most recent phone conversation was about?<br>
 +
A: They talk about harmless things like “How are you?” or “Are you eating well?”, but both of them get shy and avoid getting to the heart of the matter (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 以前雑誌のインタビューで伏線は後付けが多いと仰っていたと思いますが、
 +
逆にこれは最初から考えてた！という伏線を教えてください！<br>
 +
A: 後付けもあるけど、だいたい最初から考えてるよ(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: In a previous magazine interview, I believe you mentioned that many of the foreshadowed elements were added later.
On the flip side, could you tell us about some foreshadowing that you had planned from the beginning?<br>
 +
A: While there are some added later, I actually plan most of them from the start (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 怪盗キッドが「どーもあの手の顔には弱くってね…」と言っていますが、蘭ちゃんと青子ちゃんのお顔は実際どのくらい似ていますか?
 +
中森警部は蘭ちゃんと対面しても反応してなかったので<br>
 +
A:「すげー似てるけど、胸の大きさがぜんぜん違う(笑)」<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Kaitou Kid says "Somehow, I’m weak against that kind of face..." but just how much do Ran-chan and Aoko-chan actually look alike?
Even Inspector Nakamori didn’t react when he met Ran-chan.<br>
 +
A: "They look really similar, but their chest sizes are totally different (lol)."<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: ベルモットがわざわざ口移しでメアリー母さんに薬を飲ませるという英断な行動を取った理由が知りたいです!<br>
 +
A: メアリーの虚を突きたかった！<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: I want to know why Vermouth went out of her way to give the drug to Mary-mother mouth-to-mouth—it was such a bold move!<br>
 +
A: She wanted to catch Mary off guard!<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 蘭ちゃんは料理が超・下手な英理さんの娘なのになぜあんなに料理上手
 +
なんですか？
 +
誰かに教わったりしたのでしょうか？<br>
 +
A: 英理が下手だから自分ががんばんなきゃと思って、いろいろ勉強した！(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Ran-chan is the daughter of Eri-san, who's super bad at cooking, so why is she so good at it?
Did someone teach her?<br>
 +
A: Because Eri was so bad at it, Ran thought she had to step up and do her best, so she studied a lot! (lol)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 諸伏高明さんと景光さんではどちらが身長高いですか？<br>
 +
A: 高明！
 +
高っていう字が入ってるし(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Between Hiromitsu Morofushi and Takaaki Morofushi, who is taller?<br>
 +
A: Takaaki!
 +
His name even has the character for "tall" (高) in it! (lol)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 青山先生は刑事ドラマや刑事映画観る時に犯人すぐにわかりますか？<br>
 +
A: わりと分かるかな？<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Aoyama-sensei, do you figure out who the culprit is right away when you watch detective dramas or movies?<br>
 +
A: I think I can usually tell?<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: マスタングはウィンカーが日本車と逆ですが、赤井さんが沖矢昴としてスバル360を運転している時、ウィンカーと間違えたことはありますか？<br>
 +
A: あるかも…誰か同乗してたら「いやワイパーがちゃんと起動するかどうか確かめたんだ」と言ってると思う(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: The Mustang’s turn signal is on the opposite side compared to Japanese cars, but has Akai ever accidentally used the wrong one while driving the Subaru 360 as Subaru Okiya?<br>
 +
A: Maybe… If someone was riding with him, I think he’d say, “Nah, I was just checking if the wipers work properly” (lol).<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: 青山先生が最近ハマっている事は何ですか？<br>
 +
A: 『トップガン マーヴェリック』が面白かった！(笑)<br>
 +
 
 +
Q: Aoyama-sensei, what have you been into lately?<br>
 +
A: “Top Gun: Maverick” was really fun! (lol)<br>
 +
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'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]<br>
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 +
 
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama Documentary 2024 ===
 +
'''Date:''' April 28, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' On The NHK ONE Live Sreaming
 +
 
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source: The full video is translated into English. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gz0H72pPUR72LTNrYw8KjFDes9FnooDW/view?usp=drivesdk Video]'''<br>
 +
'''For more information, please visit this [[Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist|Page]]'''
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</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== 1983 Love Comedy Youth Interview===
 +
'''Date:''' July 25, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' 1983 “Love Comedy Youth” — Shonen Sunday’s Bookshelf
 +
<spoiler>
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]
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 +
 
 +
'''Interview with Gosho Aoyama'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 316'''<br>
 +
'''1983 Love Comedy Youth – Shonen Sunday'''
 +
 
 +
[Illustration, title lettering]<br>
 +
Gosho Aoyama – (Minami, Lum, Love Comedy Youth)<br>
 +
Rumiko Takahashi – (Kotatsu Neko, “of 1983”)<br>
 +
Mitsuru Adachi – (Punch, Shonen Sunday)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 317'''<br>
 +
'''Gõsho Aoyama 青山剛昌'''
 +
 
 +
Being a manga artist is an amazing profession.
 +
It’s been fun ever since I was a rookie, and even now I still think, [It’s incredibly lucky ♪] that I get paid just for drawing pictures.
 +
 
 +
Born on June 21, 1963. From Tottori Prefecture. Gemini. Blood type B.
 +
Debuted in 1986. Has many notable works. His motto is “Nowhere and everywhere” (Shinshutsu-kibotsu).
 +
Likes: “The Giants, curry rice, Shigeo Nagashima.”
 +
Dislikes: “Natto, raisins, soba.”
 +
Currently serializing Detective Conan in Shonen Sunday.
 +
 
 +
Interview date: January 19, 2024
 +
Interview location: Gosho Aoyama’s studio
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 318'''<br>
 +
'''Hey, your drawing’s gotten worse!” — The one and only time I ever cut corners in my art'''<br>
 +
'''Q:''' From here on, we bring you a special feature spanning the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras.
 +
In 2009 (Heisei 21), we asked Rumiko Takahashi the question:
 +
“If you could say one thing to yourself in 1983 (Showa 58), what would it be?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I see. So that was a question looking back on the time when Adachi-sensei was drawing Touch and Takahashi-sensei was working on Urusei Yatsura, right?<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Exactly. So we’d like to ask you the same question, Aoyama-san.
 +
If you could say one thing to yourself in 1983, what words would you choose?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Eh—!? Well, I was still a university student back then.
 +
But yeah, I guess I’d say…
 +
[Detective manga are tough, so don’t do it!]<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Hahahahaha<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 319'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I’m joking, of course. (laughs)<br>
 +
'''Q:''' For you, Aoyama-san, what kind of impression did Weekly Shonen Sunday have in 1983?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Love comedy <br>
 +
'''Q:''' It was an immediate answer <br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' No, when it comes to Sunday, it’s definitely love comedies.
 +
I’d always been more of a Weekly Shonen Magazine kid, but there was one time I bought Sunday.
 +
I really liked the idol Momoko Kikuchi (see note 1), and she happened to appear in a Sunday gravure feature.
 +
That issue had Touch as the opening color pages.
 +
At the time, Minami was about to compete in the Kanto Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament, and there was this scene where she was changing clothes in the clubroom while sulking and saying, “Hmph, whatever…”
 +
I remember thinking, “She’s so cute ♡” (laughs).
 +
I’d already read all of Touch in the collected volumes before that, but that was the first time I actually bought Sunday, the magazine where it was serialized.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Aoyama-san’s serialization debut was in 1987. His first serialized work was Magic Kaito in Weekly Shonen Sunday. At that time, what was the most important thing for you when it came to creating manga?<br>
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'''Page 320'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Is that the same question you asked the other two as well?<br>
 +
'''Q:''' That was the question we asked Takahashi-san. She said that although it was a very busy period for her, with other work overlapping her weekly serialization of Urusei Yatsura, “my theme at the time was never to cut corners. I want to believe I never compromised on the storyboards (names)…”<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Ah, that’s the same for me. In my case, it’s not just about the storyboards — it includes the art as well. “Never cutting corners” has always been something I’ve truly valued.
 +
Actually, there was one time I did cut corners, and an editor noticed… or rather, he pointed it out to me. He said, “Hey, your drawing’s gotten worse.”
 +
At that time, I was doing an irregular serialization of Magic Kaito in Sunday while also drawing another manga called Detective George’s Mini-Mini Operations, so I really was busy and short on time. Because of that, there was one chapter where I kind of rushed through the drawings.
 +
But when that person pointed it out to me, I thought, “That’s not good!”
 +
From then on, I decided that no matter how much time it took, I’d draw properly and never cut corners again.<br>
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'''Page 321'''<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Over your 35 years as a manga artist, if you had to choose the best single chapter you’ve ever drawn, which one would it be?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' The Detective Conan story “Shinichi BOY (Part 1).”<br>
 +
'''Q:''' That was an immediate answer.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I completed it after being hospitalized. It’s a connected story with “Ran GIRL,” which was published just before it, and together they depict the episode of when Shinichi and Ran first met—each from their own point of view.
 +
As I talked about in detail in my 30th Anniversary Book (see note 2), I was inspired by the works of author Saeko Himuro (see note 3), and I had always wanted to try creating a linked story like that someday.
 +
But what I felt when I was in the hospital was the realization that maybe I’d never be able to draw manga again. So I thought, if that’s the case, I at least want to leave behind this story.
 +
That’s why, even if I’m asked from now on, “What’s your best episode?” I think I’ll always choose this one. That’s how satisfied I am with it.
 +
I also received a lot of feedback from readers. Since I had been on a long break at the time, maybe they had really been looking forward to its release—
 +
someone even posted online, saying, “I read it as if I were opening a treasure chest.”
 +
That made me truly happy.<br>
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'''Page 322'''<br>
 +
'''Q:''' That’s such a wonderful comment. But actually, since it seems your choice for “best episode” hasn’t changed since then, we prepared another question for you. So—what would be your second-best episode?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Eh——!? Maybe the Detective Conan one set at Kiyomizu Temple (see note 4).
 +
That’s the story where I finally, you know… gave Shinichi and Ran some sort of resolution.
 +
Including the setting, everything just came together really well.
 +
I actually went on location beforehand to do some research, but Kiyomizu Temple happened to be under renovation at the time, so I thought, “Oh no, this could be a problem.”
 +
Still, I gathered tons of photo books and reference materials from the internet and used them while drawing.
 +
The readers’ reactions to that one were really great too. I got lots of letters praising the episode.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Gosho Aoyama’s Love Comedy Theory — A Seven-Year-Late Apology to Kōki Mitani?''' <br>
 +
'''Q:''' Both your first and second choices were love comedy episodes.
 +
What do you find to be the appeal and the difficulty of drawing love comedies?<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Page 323'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' The fun part is seeing the readers’ reactions. Even while I’m drawing, I’m eager to know what they’ll think, so I always feel like, “I can’t wait for everyone to see this!”
 +
That’s why, when I get responses like the ones for “Shinichi BOY (Part 1),” it makes me genuinely happy and motivates me a lot.
 +
The difficult part is my age. (laughs)
 +
Since I’m getting older, I sometimes worry—“The things I find interesting… do people today still find them interesting too?”
 +
It’s not exactly about matching the times, but that kind of uncertainty is always there.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' In your 30th Anniversary Book, you said:
 +
“(If I don’t stay in tune with the times, I’ll fall behind.) That fear is always with me.”
 +
You also said, “That’s why I try to incorporate new things; when I watch Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (We Married as a Job!) or Your Name., and feel ‘This is great!’—and see that many people out there feel the same way—it gives me a bit of relief.”<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Yes, yes, exactly. But there’s actually something from that time I’d like to correct.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Oh? What is it?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' About Kōki Mitani!
 +
In that book, I talked about the Taiga drama Sanadamaru, which had a script written by Mitani-san. I really loved that drama, so I said, “That was incredible—”<br>
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 +
'''Page 324'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I said back then that it was “so incredibly entertaining!” and that “in terms of portraying human drama — from the dramatic elements to the gags and everything in between — it was amazing.”
 +
But I also added, “If I had to say one thing, maybe love comedies aren’t his strong point?” — just speculating about Mitani-san’s strengths and weaknesses.
 +
I’d like to retract that statement about “maybe he’s not good at love comedies.”
 +
Because the 2022 Taiga drama Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The 13 Lords of the Shogun), for which Mitani-san wrote the script, had absolutely wonderful love comedy elements. It was incredibly entertaining — so much so that I take back what I said! (laughs)
 +
The love comedy parts were brilliant; it was far from being a weak point — I was like, “I stand corrected!” I laughed out loud so many times.
 +
That scene with “the woman and the mushrooms” (note 5), which had a perfect payoff in the final episode, was just masterful.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Understood. We’ll make sure to publish that correction properly.
 +
Aside from that, are there any recent love comedy works you’ve particularly enjoyed?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' “Ishiko and Haneo: You Sue People for That!?” (note 6) was a truly wonderful love comedy.
 +
At first, I thought it would just be a typical lawyer drama, but it turned out to be a pure love comedy. Of course, the legal storylines were interesting too, but the conversations between the two main characters — played by Tomoya Nakamura and Kasumi Arimura — were absolutely exquisite.
 +
When I’m working on rough sketches for my manga, I often think back to my favorite scenes from shows I’ve watched before…<br>
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 +
'''Page 325'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' When I’m drawing manga drafts, I sometimes replay dramas and just listen to the audio while I work — and “Ishiko and Haneo: You Sue People for That!?” was one of those. I replayed it over and over again (laughs). I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves love comedies.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Speaking of the Gosho Aoyama style of love comedy, what do you think is the appeal of Mitsuru Adachi’s works?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I get completely drawn in — every single time, with every work.
 +
When a new series starts, I might initially think, “Hmm, I don’t really like these characters that much personally…” But as the story progresses, I suddenly find myself thinking, “This character’s great!” without even realizing it. That’s incredible.
 +
It might sound a little rude to say it this way, but being able to captivate readers like that — every time, with brand-new characters — that’s just too good.
 +
I mean, look at me — I’ve been using the same characters all along! (laughs)<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Then, what about Rumiko Takahashi’s works — what makes her love comedies so special?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' It all comes down to Kyoko Otonashi from Maison Ikkoku. No one can surpass her.
 +
She seems gentle and easygoing, yet deep down she has a jealous side — and that contrast is what makes her so cute.
 +
I think Kyoko-san is a one-of-a-kind, perfect character that only Takahashi-sensei could ever create.
 +
In my case, even other scriptwriters can write Conan episodes pretty well without me! (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 326'''<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Thank you very much. In the upcoming 2024 interviews with Takahashi-san and Adachi-san, we’ll also be asking them about their relationship with the love comedy genre.<br>
 +
Aoyama: Yeah, I’m looking forward to that.<br>
 +
'''“Death” and “Genius” in Manga'''<br>
 +
'''Is the genius Conan-kun your ideal image of a detective?'''<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Aoyama-san, what are your thoughts on “death” in manga?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' ………“Death,” huh. Well, I haven’t yet drawn a story where a main character dies, so honestly, I don’t really know how I’d feel about it.
 +
But when it comes to non-main characters — yeah, a lot of people die in my works. Victims in the cases die almost every time, after all.
 +
That’s why I feel very strongly about one thing:
 +
I never want to rely on the kind of ending where the culprit chooses suicide.
 +
I’ve intentionally written that kind of ending only once — but aside from that, I’ve always made sure not to kill off the culprit.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 327'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I’ve always drawn with the belief that culprits should atone for their crimes.
 +
That ties into my idea of an ideal detective figure.
 +
If the story ends with the culprit committing suicide, it can look “clean” — it neatly wraps things up.
 +
It’s also the easier route to take.
 +
But I don’t want to take that easy way out.
 +
If we’re talking about “death in manga,” that’s the one thing I’ve always been particular about when drawing.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Then what about “genius” in manga?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' ………“Genius,” huh. There are quite a few geniuses in my works.
 +
I like portraying genius characters.
 +
If we’re talking about an obvious example — a genius in combat — then there’s Okita (Sōshi) in Conan.
 +
But of course, Conan-kun himself is a genius too.
 +
Actually, in the past, in the manga industry, it was said that “genius” or “good at studying” protagonists don’t work — because readers can’t empathize with them.
 +
So maybe you could say that Conan-kun overturned that old rule.
 +
But there’s a secret behind that, as one editor once analyzed:
 +
“The reason readers can still empathize with Conan even though he’s a genius is because he became small.”
 +
And that’s absolutely true.
 +
If he had stayed as Shinichi Kudō, the genius high school detective, readers might have thought, “What an annoying guy!” and wouldn’t have connected with him emotionally.
 +
Also, Kaito-kun from Magic Kaito is good at studying too (smart).
 +
So yeah, I really do enjoy drawing geniuses.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Page 328'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:'''(The rest of the sentence)  I like drawing geniuses.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Aoyama-san, do you consider yourself a genius as a manga artist?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' No, no, not at all! (laughs) I’m absolutely not a genius.
 +
I do get fan letters saying things like “Aoyama-sensei, you’re a genius,” but… I’m just someone who’s been lucky and who works hard. (laughs)<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Then who, in your opinion, is a genius manga artist?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Adachi-sensei is a genius! Takahashi-sensei is a genius too!
 +
When it comes to love comedies, I still can’t beat them.
 +
And you know what? I put in quite a bit of effort — but I’m pretty sure Adachi-sensei and Takahashi-sensei don’t even have to try! That’s why they’re geniuses.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' (laughs) I’ll make sure to ask them that question directly too.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Please do!
 +
And speaking of geniuses, in terms of art, I think Akira Toriyama (note 7) is an absolute genius.
 +
His drawing style doesn’t belong to any school or lineage — it’s like something from another planet.
 +
And Chiba Tetsuya-sensei — he’s not just a genius, he’s a divine all-rounder.
 +
For example, if you have Chiba-sensei’s Ore wa Teppei sitting on your desk and you think, “I’ll put this back on the shelf,” but then you just happen to flip it open—<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 329'''<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' …you end up reading it. It’s so interesting you just can’t stop. That power to draw readers into a story — that’s divine.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' What about titles or labels? “Manga artist,” “shonen manga artist,” or “something else” — if you could choose, which would you prefer?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Manga artist.<br>
 +
'''Q:''' That was an immediate answer.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Well, because I want everyone to read my work — not just boys.
 +
In fact, I get fan letters that say things like, “I’m two years older than you, Aoyama-san, but I still love Conan.”
 +
So I want people of all ages — from kids to grandparents — to read my manga.
 +
I think being a manga artist is an amazing job.
 +
Sure, there are tough moments, but ever since I was a rookie, it’s always been fun.
 +
And above all, the fact that I can draw pictures and get paid for it still makes me think, “Man, I’m so lucky♪.”<br>
 +
'''Q:''' Finally, if you were reborn, what profession would you want to have?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' The Giants’ cleanup hitter! …No, actually, the Giants’ No. 3 batter.
 +
Because that’s what my favorite player, Shigeo Nagashima, was.
 +
If I’m reborn, I’d love to be the Giants’ No. 3 hitter. (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Page 330'''<br>
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 +
'''Note 1:''' Momoko Kikuchi — Entered the entertainment industry in 1983 after passing the audition for the film Pants no Ana (A Hole in My Pants). She went on to enjoy immense popularity. Her 1985 concert at the Nippon Budokan set the record at the time for the youngest performer to hold a concert there.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Note 2:''' Refers to Gosho Aoyama 30th Anniversary Book (published by Shogakukan).
 +
The 256-page volume includes an interview exceeding 30,000 characters, a dialogue with Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Aoyama’s own selection of “The Best Episode in 30 Years,” and various other features such as a recreation of Café Poirot’s mixed-sandwich recipe.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Note 3:''' Saeko Himuro — Born in Hokkaido in 1957, a novelist and a leading figure in the shōjo shōsetsu (girls’ fiction) genre. She has many notable works. The linked stories that deeply moved Gosho Aoyama were Nagisa Boy and Taeko Girl.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Note 4:''' “The Kiyomizu-dera one” — Refers to the final chapter of the six-part Crimson School Trip arc, collected in volumes 94 and 95 of the Detective Conan manga. It was a special commemorative story marking the 1,000th serialized chapter.<br>
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 +
 
 +
'''Note 5:''' “The Woman and the Mushrooms” scene — In the Taiga drama Kamakura-dono no 13-nin, the protagonist Yoritoki Hōjō (played by Shun Oguri) lives his life firmly believing that “women love mushrooms,” only for his close friend—who taught him that notion—to confess in the final episode that “it was a lie.”
 +
Yoritoki’s line, “You could’ve told me sooner!” made countless viewers burst into laughter.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Note 6:''' “Ishiko and Haneo: You Sue People for That!?” — A 2022 TBS television drama. The role of Ishiko’s father was played by Masashi Sada, with co-stars Eiji Akaso and Oideyasu Oda, among others.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Note 7:''' Akira Toriyama — Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1955. A legendary manga artist known for classics such as Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball, as well as for designing characters for the Dragon Quest game series.
 +
On March 1, 2024, he passed away. The sudden news came not long after Gosho Aoyama had praised him as a “genius,” leaving fans around the world in deep sorrow.
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 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Sunday Culture Festival 2024 Conan x YAIBA Special Talk ===
 +
'''Date:''' September 25, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' Weekly Shonen Sunday TV Official Youtube Channel
 +
 
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' [https://youtu.be/cWTcoERQz1Q?si=fXcBk3zRq7s4Jd3b Video]
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===== Some photos from the video  =====
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File:Gosho Aoyama & Sunday Editors – Culture Festival Talk Live.jpg
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File:Host Kasahara.jpg|Host Kasahara
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File:MC Editor Domoto.jpg|MC Editor Domoto
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File:DC Picture.jpg|DC Picuture
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File:Aoyama Sensei.jpg|Aoyama-Sensei
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File:Yaiba Special TALK.jpg|Yaiba Special Talk
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File:Conan Special Q&A.jpg|Conan Sepcial Q&A
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File:Aoyama Laugh.jpg|Aoyama Laugh
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File:Aoyama Laugh 2.jpg|Aoyama Laugh 2
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File:Aoyama bids farewell.jpg|Aoyama bids Farewell
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</gallery>
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'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]
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 +
 
 +
'''Opening'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Host (Editor Kasahara):''' <br>
 +
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for being here. I’m Kasahara, a new editor in the Sunday Editorial Department.<br>
 +
I’m a little nervous because the energy in this room is incredible.
 +
And to those watching the stream—thank you as well.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
We won’t waste too much time up front, so let’s jump into today’s program.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
This is the third talk-live session of the day, titled:
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''“Conan & Yaiba Special Talk.”'''<br>
 +
 
 +
From here on, the moderation will be handled by Domoto-san, Aoyama-sensei’s editor.<br>
 +
 
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 +
 
 +
'''MC (Editor Domoto):'''<br>
 +
 
 +
Thank you very much.<br>
 +
I see banners congratulating the 30th anniversary and many Conan goods—thank you!<br>
 +
I’m Domoto from Weekly Shonen Sunday, and I’m responsible for Aoyama-sensei’s work.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Today we have two parts:<br>
 +
'''1. YAIBA talk,''' <br>
 +
'''2. Conan Q&A, using questions collected on X (platform).''' <br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Let’s begin immediately.<br>
 +
Please welcome Aoyama Gosho-sensei!<br>
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'''Aoyama enters'''<br>
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 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Thanks for having me.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''MC:'''<br>
 +
Amazing turnout—there are people standing all the way in the back!<br>
 +
We’re also streaming with two cameras, so thank you to everyone watching online.<br>
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 +
'''YAIBA SPECIAL TALK'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''1. New Key Visual'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''MC:'''<br>
 +
First, the latest key visual for the new Yaiba anime was released last week.<br>
 +
Sensei, what did you think when you saw it?<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
It looked exactly like my old Yaiba art.<br>
 +
Honestly, I can’t draw like that anymore. It really felt nostalgic.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''MC:'''<br>
 +
Fans were extremely happy, saying it’s “classic Aoyama.”<br>
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 +
'''2. New Title & Studio'''<br>
 +
The new anime title is “Samurai de Yaiba”, and the logo was redesigned in a style close to the original manga.<br>
 +
 
 +
Animation production is by WIT STUDIO (Spy × Family, Ranking of Kings), and the quality is outstanding.<br>
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'''3. PV Screening'''
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'''MC:'''<br>
 +
Let’s watch the PV together.<br>
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(Plays PV)<br>
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'''Aoyama (watching):'''<br>
 +
Amazing… that’s awesome.<br>
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'''4. Main Cast'''<br>
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• Kurogane Yaiba — Takayama Minami<br>
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(Conan’s VA, and she also voiced Yaiba in 1993)<br>
 +
• Mine Sayaka — Iwanaga Atsumi<br>
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(Frieren, etc.)<br>
 +
• Onimaru Takeshi — Hosoya Yoshimasa<br>
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(Reiner in Attack on Titan, etc.)<br>
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 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
During the first episode’s recording, I thought Takayama-san’s acting was perfect—just the right level of “idiotic Yaiba,” in a good way.<br>
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'''MC:'''<br>
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And we had her make Sayaka’s “BA-KA!” line a little huskier—that was your request.
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'''Aoyama:'''<br>
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Yeah, and it turned out great.<br>
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'''5. Direct Scenario Supervision'''<br>
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'''Aoyama:'''<br>
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I’m checking all the scripts.<br>
 +
The original drafts had a lot of old Shōwa-style jokes, so we removed or modernized them.<br>
 +
 
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Also, some characters and events appear earlier in the anime than in the manga.<br>
 +
 
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Please look forward to it.<br>
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'''6. Why Aoyama Created YAIBA'''<br>
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 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
I was in the kendo club during elementary and middle school, and I loved Ore wa Teppei by Chiba Tetsuya, so I wanted to draw a kendo manga.<br>
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There’s a part early on where Onimaru emerges from underground training.<br>
 +
My editor at the time, Oshima-san, drew horns on Onimaru’s head directly on my draft.<br>
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I thought, “What’s this?”<br>
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He said, “Isn’t this better?”<br>
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And from there, the work shifted into a fantasy action series.<br>
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'''MC:'''<br>
 +
So it wasn’t originally meant to be a fantasy?<br>
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'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
No, it was supposed to stay a kendo story.<br>
 +
But I felt the limits of that format, so the horn idea came at the perfect time.<br>
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'''7. Target Audience vs Magic Kaito'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Magic Kaito was popular mostly with older teens.<br>
 +
My editor said, “This is a kids’ magazine—you need something that appeals to children.”<br>
 +
 
 +
So I made Yaiba… and it ended up appealing only to children.<br>
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'''MC:'''<br>
 +
But with Conan, you eventually captured both audiences.<br>
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'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Yes, Conan got the right balance.<br>
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 +
'''CONAN SPECIAL Q&A'''<br>
 +
 
 +
We gathered thousands of questions under the hashtag #剛昌に聞け!  (“Ask Gosho”).<br>
 +
Here are some selected questions.<br>
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'''Q1 — Will you draw more childhood Shinichi & Ran stories?'''<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Actually… I’m working on one right now.<br>
 +
I’m drawing the name (draft) as we speak.<br>
 +
 
 +
It’s connected to this year’s Police Academy story.<br>
 +
It continues from the moment in the movie where Hagiwara is at the waterworks.<br>
 +
 
 +
Please look forward to it.<br>
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 +
'''Q2 — Was Amuro (Furuya Rei) popular when he was younger?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
In my mind, Amuro is very popular… he just doesn’t realize it.<br>
 +
He’s completely unaware of the attention he gets.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q3 — Who is stronger: Wakasa-sensei or Akai?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
In shooting, Akai wins.<br>
 +
But in hand-to-hand combat, Wakasa-sensei is stronger.<br>
 +
 
 +
She’s one of the strongest characters in the series—top class.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Q4 — Do Yūsaku and Toichi really look alike?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Yes. I draw them with almost the same face, just at different ages.<br>
 +
If Kaito saw Yūsaku in proper lighting, he’d probably mistake him for his own father.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q5 — Thoughts on the movie The Million-dollar Pentagram?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
It was great. Really fun.<br>
 +
My favorite part was the final scene where Kaito smiles.<br>
 +
Ikeda-san (Toichi’s VA) said, “That was a delicious role.”<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q6 — Would Aoko tell Kaito she met a boy who looks like him (Conan)?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
She’d probably mention it casually:<br>
 +
“Hey, I met a boy who looks just like you.”<br>
 +
 
 +
Kaito would respond with something like:<br>
 +
“Oh yeah? Huh.”<br>
 +
I don’t think he realizes how similar they look.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q7 — Does the Black Organization receive salaries?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
That’s better left a mystery.<br>
 +
But judging from their clothes and cars, they’re probably paid pretty well.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q8 — Does Chihaya notice Yokomizo Jūgo’s crush?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Of course.<br>
 +
She knows—and she teases him because of it.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q9 — Does Hagiwara Kenji have a “type”?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Since he grew up with Chihaya as a strong older-sister figure, his standards are probably extremely high.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q10 — Does Iori Muga get vacations?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
No. None.<br>
 +
He’s the type who willingly devotes his whole life to serving his lady.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q11 — What did Momiji think of Yuriko joining as a maid?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Probably:<br>
 +
“Oh, a very skilled person has arrived. She’ll be useful.”<br>
 +
But she trusts her completely.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q12 — Does Ran like Chinese food?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
She probably likes home-style dishes like mapo tofu, not something like Peking duck.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q13 — How did Hakuba get Akako’s phone number?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
With his investigative resources, he could easily track it down.<br>
 +
He wasn’t aware she was a witch.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q14 — Can Akai play piano since he can play accordion?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Hmm… maybe, maybe not.<br>
 +
I can’t really picture it.<br>
 +
If I later draw him playing it well—sorry in advance.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q15 — Who was more popular during their student days: Zero or Hiromitsu?'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
Pretty even.<br>
 +
In official popularity, Furuya would be first.<br>
 +
In “underground popularity,” Hiromitsu might be first.<br>
 +
 
 +
Kazami and Koumei?<br>
 +
Also probably even.<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Closing'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''MC:'''<br>
 +
We’re out of time.<br>
 +
Thank you so much for supporting Detective Conan during its 30th anniversary year.<br>
 +
 
 +
Next Wednesday, the conclusion of the current manga case will be published, featuring Heiji—please look forward to it.<br>
 +
 
 +
We’ll also publish new Yaiba information soon.<br>
 +
 
 +
Finally, please enjoy Conan’s 31st year and beyond.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
It’s been a long-running series, but I hope you’ll continue supporting it.<br>
 +
Thank you very much!
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Celebrating 30 Years of Detective Conan with Fans! A Message from Gosho Aoyama ===
 +
'''Date:''' November 27, 2024<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' On the official Weekly Shōnen Sunday website
 +
 
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' https://websunday.net/68617/ <br>
 +
and also an image in Volume 7
 +
===== 30周年 ありがと! <br> これからも ヨロシク ね~♪  =====
 +
 
 +
'''Raw:'''
 +
 
 +
<gallery widths=95px>
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File:Aoyama’s Message on the 30th Anniversary of Conan-WEB.JPG
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File:Aoyama’s Message on the 30th Anniversary of Conan-Vol7.JPEG
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</gallery>
 +
 
 +
'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]
 +
 
 +
===== Thanks for the 30th anniversary! <br> Please continue to support us~♪=====
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
= 2025 =
 +
<br>
 +
{{Under Construction}}
 +
 
 +
=== anan 5 Questions for Aoyama Gosho ===
 +
'''Date''': April 23, 2025<br>
 +
'''Published in''': ''anan'' magazine Vol. 2444
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' https://magazineworld.jp/anan/anan-2444/<br>
 +
'''Translated by:''' [https://floofiestboy.tumblr.com/post/782335370034642944/translation-of-5-questions-for-aoyama-gosho-in floofiestboy]
 +
 
 +
Q1. When did you first decide on the relationship between Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito that was revealed in Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram?
 +
 
 +
The last movie revealed how Shinichi and Kaito were related to each other. I always wanted them to have a special relationship, so I ended up bursting into tears in the theatres from shock and joy. I do personally think that this wasn’t always planned, as Magic Kaito came before Conan… or at least, that’s what I’m imagining. So, how exactly did you end up deciding on their relationship?
 +
 
 +
:A1. The truth is, I decided on it a pretty long time ago.
 +
 
 +
:When Kaito Kid first appeared in the [Conan] manga, Yamaguchi Kappei - who voices Shinichi - asked, “Since Kaito and Shinichi look similar, I’ll be voicing him, right?”
 +
 
 +
:Then I went, “…Ah, you’re right.” (haha)
 +
 
 +
:That’s when I decided to make them cousins (haha). So it was a while ago, a whole 28 years ago. It was around when the anime started. The reason why I chose to reveal it in a movie has no deep meaning, I just thought I wouldn’t have the opportunity to draw it in the manga. So, I was like, “Then I’ll show it in the movies.”
 +
 
 +
:Wait, Kyomoto-kun, you burst into tears watching the reveal? I see, thank you very much (haha).
 +
 
 +
Q2. Do you have a vision for Movie 30 just yet, and if so how much?
 +
 
 +
I do love that, well, grand, special, gorgeous feeling that yearly release works give you. That’s why I’m super excited thinking about how amazing the 30th movie might be. So, do you have anything planned out in your mind already?
 +
 
 +
:A2. I do. I have an amazing vision.
 +
 
 +
:I have a vision that you’ve all been waiting for (haha).
 +
 
 +
:I’ll leave things off there (haha).
 +
 
 +
Q3. Is it possible for any member of the main cast to die?
 +
 
 +
I would rather they didn’t, but if they can, I want to be prepared… that’s what I’m thinking. I would be very happy if you could even just answer if it’ll happen or if it won’t.
 +
 
 +
:A3. Ahhh, I’m not sure how much of a ‘main cast’ member they are, but…
 +
 
 +
:There is one guy in danger… (haha)
 +
 
 +
:Leaving things off there is better, don’t you think? It helps get people excited.
 +
 
 +
Q4. Please tell me about the spin-offs you’d like to write.
 +
 
 +
If there’s any character that makes you think “I want to write a spin-off for them,” or “I want to dig deeper into who they are,” I’d love to know about it. On a side note, I also love carefree stories where nobody is murdered.
 +
 
 +
:A4. There’s tons. I’d love to write a spin-off for each Wild Police Story character one by one, but I don’t have that kind of time…
 +
 
 +
:I see, so you like more carefree stories as well. You’re kind. You’re not the type to go all, “It’s not bloody enough!” (haha) Ah, the case in this month’s Sunday actually doesn’t involve murder, so it might be perfect for you. You should read it!
 +
 
 +
Q5. Please tell me the inside scoop on how Koumoto Hyouga was created! ''[T/N: He’s the guy that Hattori pretended to be during that shrine case where he wore a mask with a voice changer to hide his identity from Kazuha.]''
 +
 
 +
I was super happy to hear that you used me as inspiration, but I’ll also be happy to learn how this character was created in the first place.
 +
 
 +
:A5. At that time, I was receiving mountains of fanmail all saying, “Kyomoto Taiga-kun is a huge Conan fan, so please put him in the manga!” So, I thought, “I see, so he’s that much of a fan…” That was the initial trigger (haha).
 +
 
 +
:But I knew that it wouldn’t do to put you in the manga as-is, so I changed your name a bit. I also googled photos of you to see your outfits, and went “So this is the kind of clothing he wears…” while using it as reference.
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== The 80th Anniversary of Hayakawa Publishing – Comment by Gosho Aoyama ===
 +
'''Date:''' August 15, 2025<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' On the official website on the occasion of the 80th anniversary
 +
 
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' https://www.hayakawa-online.co.jp/special/80th
 +
 
 +
===== オレ的な名探偵の条件は口が悪いコト! 「アンタの事件なんて自分にとっては大した謎ではない」って言 ってるようで、とても頼りになる。それがシャーロック・ ホームズである! =====
 +
 
 +
'''Raw:'''
 +
 
 +
<gallery widths=95px>
 +
File:Aoyama’s comment on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes2025.jpg
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File:Obi – Aoyama’s Recommendation Comment (80th Hayakawa).JPG
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File:Obi – Aoyama’s Recommendation Comment (80th Hayakawa)2.JPG
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</gallery>
 +
 
 +
'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]
 +
 
 +
===== For me, the condition of a great detective is having a sharp tongue! It’s as if they’re saying, "Your case isn’t much of a mystery to me," and that makes them very reliable. That is what Sherlock Holmes is! =====
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</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama x Kawashima and Yamauchi's Manga Swamp ===
 +
'''Date''': August 25, 2025 (Part 1) and September 1, 2025 (Part 2)<br>
 +
'''Published in''': Yomiuri Television (YTV) website [https://www.ytv.co.jp/manganuma/ Link]
 +
 
 +
<spoiler>
 +
'''Source:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZjUiv3Aw4ZtujiXpw9MCEs-EB2JkuJY/view?usp=sharing Video Part 1]<br>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XAN5Amx71keyDC0BgSTO7gR8o6dkijKS/view?usp=sharing Video Part 2] <br>
 +
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY7ghkQvjxo Official in Youtube Channel But Not FULL Video Part 1]<br>
 +
[https://youtu.be/kXhXq17cHmA?si=BHdKE11XEckbcMEt Official in Youtube Channel But Not FULL Video Part 2]
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 +
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;">
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'''Raw'''
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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===== 24 Questions with Gosho Aoyama =====
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 +
'''Q & A 1 Part 1:'''<br>
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[[File:Manga Swamp Thumbnail Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:24 Questions.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:A Present From Gosho Aoyama.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Opening Question For Editor Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:5 Serious Questions About Detective Conan Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question DC 1 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC 1 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question DC 2 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC 2 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question DC 3 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC 3 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question DC 4 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC 4 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Bonus Question Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC Bonus Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question DC 5 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q DC 5 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Yaiba 3 Serious Questions Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question Yaiba 1 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Yaiba Q 1 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question Yaiba 2 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Yaiba Q 2 Part 1.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question Yaiba 3 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Yaiba Q 3 Part 1.jpg|150px]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q & A 1 Part 2:'''<br>
 +
'''15 Serious Questions With Gosho Aoyama:'''<br>
 +
[[File:Manga Swamp Thumbnail Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:15 serious questions With Gosho Aoyama.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 1 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 1 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 2 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 2 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Picture Of Aoyama Equipment Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 3 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 3 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Picture Of A Pull-Out Side Table Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Answer Q 4 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 5 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 5 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Answer Q 7 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Answer Q 8 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 9 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 13 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Answer Q 14 Part 2.jpg|150px]]<br>
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[[File:Question 15 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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[[File:Answer Q 15 Part 2.jpg|150px]]
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</div>
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 +
'''Translation edited by:''' [[User:Manvel|Manvel]]<br>
 +
'''8 Questions with Gosho Aoyama – Part 1'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''An opening question answered by the editor, Kyosuke Domoto''' <br>
 +
'''Yamauchi:''' By the way, Aoyama-sensei… about the Black Organization—The Boss is still a mystery, right?<br>
 +
'''Editor Domoto:''' yes, yes<br>
 +
'''Yamauchi:''' Has he told you, the editor, who the Boss actually is?<br>
 +
'''Editor:''' Well, yes, he has. We make sure not to drink too much, though… So we don’t accidentally say something we shouldn’t… So we don’t let anything slip out.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Serious Questionnaire for a Manga Artist'''<br>
 +
'''Detective Conan — Five Serious Questions + 1 Bonus Question'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q1 —''' What made you start serializing Detective Conan, a “detective series”?
 +
And why did you decide to make the protagonist not an ordinary young man, but someone who is “a child on the outside, an adult on the inside”?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' The trigger was that there weren’t any detective manga running in Sunday, so they suggested I try doing one.
 +
I also thought, “If the cat in Jirō Akagawa-sensei’s Three-Colored Cat Holmes were a first-grade elementary school kid, that might be pretty funny…” (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q2—''' Within Detective Conan, please tell us a trick that made you think: “This one turned out especially well!” or “I felt a jolt of inspiration when I came up with it!”— a trick you are particularly fond of.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' I didn’t really feel a jolt of electricity, but I think the trick that faked Shuichi Akai’s death probably fooled most people… When I came up with the idea of giving the line “I never thought it would go this far…” two different meanings, I might have felt a little jolt then… (laughs)<br>
 +
Volumes 59 and 85. <br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q3 —''' During more than 30 years of serializing Detective Conan,
 +
what was the biggest crisis you remember, Aoyama-sensei?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Probably when I got sick and had to be hospitalized… (laughs) <br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q4 —''' Regarding the Detective Conan theatrical films:<br>
 +
How much are you involved in each movie every year? Also, how do you analyze the reason why three films in a row have become major hits, each surpassing 10 billion yen in box-office revenue?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' I take part in the scenario meetings, check the script,
 +
check the storyboards for the movie, and I probably draw around ten key animation cuts myself… It’s a lot of work, so other manga artists shouldn’t imitate me… (laughs)<br>
 +
The reason for the huge success?<br>
 +
Of course, I have no idea!! (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Bonus Question—''' Which Detective Conan movie is your favorite? <br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Probably the first one, The Time-Bombed Skyscraper… (laughs)<br>
 +
I put everything I had into it, thinking, “This will probably be the first and last Conan movie anyway!”<br>
 +
(Well, I still put everything into them now too… (laughs))<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q5 —''' Has the overall structure of the final chapter of Detective Conan already been decided?<br>
 +
And if it has, how far along is the story toward that ending at the present time?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' It’s decided,<br>
 +
But how far along we are is a secret! (laughs)<br>
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''YAIBA – Three Serious Questions''' <br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q1 —''' What kind of work is YAIBA to you, Aoyama-sensei?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' It was my first weekly serialization.<br>
 +
Looking back now… I think I wanted to draw a Son Goku–type character,
 +
like Teppei from Chiba Tetsuya-sensei’s Ore wa Teppei… (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
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 +
 
 +
'''Q2 —''' In YAIBA, is there a scene where you felt, “I really want readers to see this!” or “This is the scene I was determined to draw!”— a moment into which you poured your soul?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' The scene right before Kaguya, who is sealed inside Sayaka’s body, is eaten by Yamata no Orochi. The moment when she murmurs,“The rest is up to you… Don’t lose!!” That scene! Volume 22, page 101!
 +
Because it’s a line spoken by Kaguya—who had been the worst enemy up until then… (laughs)<br>
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 +
 
 +
'''Q3 —''' What sparked YAIBA being adapted into anime again after 31 years,
 +
and what feelings did you have toward this new adaptation?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' I always wanted YAIBA to be animated all the way to the end, so I kept telling my editor, “If an offer for a new anime adaptation comes in, accept it immediately!” (laughs)<br>
 +
 
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 +
 
 +
'''From his work philosophy to his private life!'''<br>
 +
'''15 Questions with Gosho Aoyama – Part 2'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q1 —''' Please tell us what your daily schedule is like, Aoyama-sensei.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:'''<br>
 +
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM : Lunch (Hanamaru Udon / Royal Host omurice / Tali-ya / Butter chicken + garlic naan)<br>
 +
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM : Work<br>
 +
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM : Dinner (Tonkatsu / Coco Ichi / Kakiya Sushi / Kamatora and so on)<br>
 +
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM : Work<br>
 +
1:00 AM - 2:00 AM : Late-Night Meal / Snack (Convenience-store sandwiches, milk, small sweets)<br>
 +
2:00 AM - 7:00 AM : Work<br>
 +
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM : Sleep<br>
 +
'''Summary''' <br>
 +
Three-quarters of his day is devoted to work, totaling 15 hours of working time.<br>
 +
Work: 15 hours<br>
 +
Sleep: 6 Hours<br>
 +
Meals: 3 Breaks (Lunch/ Dinner/ Late-night snack)<br>
 +
He doesn’t take days off.<br>
 +
Sometimes, when he suddenly finds himself free, he calls his editor to ask if there’s any work he can do.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q2 —''' Please tell us the “seven tools” you use when drawing manga.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:'''<br>
 +
1) Pigma micron pens: 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.8 mm <br>
 +
2) Maru-pen (round nib pen) <br>
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3) PILOT drafting ink <br>
 +
4) Makkī extra-fine marker <br>
 +
5) Misnon (correction fluid) <br>
 +
6) Ruler <br>
 +
7) Mechanical pencil <br>
 +
8) Eraser <br>
 +
9) Tissues <br>
 +
10) Logarithmic table <br>
 +
11) Whiteboard marker <br>
 +
12) Lightbox (tracing table) <br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Q3 —''' What is something you’re particular about in your workroom, Aoyama-sensei?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' A pull-out side table! Super convenient! (laughs)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q4 —''' Up until now, which manga artist have you thought was “the most amazing”?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Chiba Tetsuya-sensei, Monkey Punch-sensei, and Adachi Mitsuru-sensei!<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q5 —''' Please tell us which manga you think is “the most interesting right now”!<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Probably Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End! I can’t wait for season 2 of the anime. (laughs) <br>
 +
And speaking of things I can’t wait for— I really want to see the continuation of the Saki anime!!!!<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q6 —''' In your private life, which manga artists are you especially close with?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Adachi Mitsuru-sensei, Takahashi Rumiko-sensei, Hata Kenjirō-sensei, and Wakaki Tamiki-sensei!<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q7 —''' When was the moment you felt, “I can make it as a manga artist!”?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Probably when the first volume of my manga was published… (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q8 —''' When it comes to drawing manga, what is the most important thing to you?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' When I’m coming up with new cases for Detective Conan, of course I always try to make them stories that readers have never seen before.
 +
And whenever I get the chance, I try to slip in a little romantic comedy somewhere. (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q9 —''' Is there a mystery-solving trick from another manga or novel that you’ve envied or been deeply impressed by?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' Everything in The Devotion of Suspect X!
 +
The trick is amazing, but the story development is so incredible that I was fooled about three times within a single chapter! (laughs)<br>
 +
Just read it! And watch the movie too!!!<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q10 —''' Within your own works, what is something you have decided you will never do?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' In the case of Detective Conan:<br>
 +
• Conan will absolutely never cry. (I feel like it would be disrespectful to the culprit if the detective were crying while revealing the truth… (laughs))<br>
 +
• The culprit is always a single perpetrator.<br>
 +
(If I made them accomplices, the number of possibilities would double, and the resolution couldn’t fit into one chapter… (laughs))
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q11 —''' Please tell us the “3 rules for creating a bestselling manga.”<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' I’m the one who wants to know!! (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q12 —''' Please tell us the secret to continuing a weekly serialization for a long time.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' That’s another thing I want to know!!! (laughs loudly)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q13 —''' What is your biggest form of relaxation right now?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' The game Kantai Collection<br>
 +
Animal Crossing: New Horizons<br>
 +
Pokémon Sleep<br>
 +
and probably Poké-Poké… (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q14 —''' Which comedian do you think is “the funniest right now”?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' I’ll go with Kamaitachi, I guess? (laughs)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Q15 —''' Please tell us the person you most want to meet right now.<br>
 +
'''Aoyama’s Answer:''' It would have been Shigeo Nagashima…<br>
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 +
=== Detective Conan Diary 2026 Interview===
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'''Date:''' September 18, 2025<br>
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'''Published in:''' Detective Conan Diary 2026
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'''15 Questions for Gosho Aoyama'''
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'''Question 1:''' Do you use a Planner/Diary? <br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Rather than a Diary, I use a memo pad<br>
 +
A memo pad called (Rollbahn).<br>
 +
The board-like insert where you can stick a pen only came in a large size,
 +
so I cut it and attached it to a smaller one to make my own.
 +
Actually, I messed up the first time, so I bought it again and rebuilt it (laughs).
 +
Pretty impressive, right?”<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Question 2:''' What’s an essential item when drawing manga?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' My Starbucks tumbler.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 3:''' What’s your favorite food to eat while working? <br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Pocky Ultra Slim and Candemina gummies.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 4:''' What’s your favorite drink to have while working?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:'''Cold green tea. <br>
 +
I pour it into the Starbucks tumbler I mentioned earlier and drink from that.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 5:''' What’s your background music while working?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I play cable radio, so I don’t choose the songs myself, but lately, it’s been Mrs. GREEN APPLE playing all the time.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 6:''' Where do your ideas come to you?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' On the living room sofa. I lie down and think there.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 7:''' If you had a long vacation, what would you like to do?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Travel around the world by ship.
 +
And the Orient Express sounds nice too.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 8:''' The world will end in 24 hours! What would you do with the remaining time?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Nothing in particular (laughs).<br>
 +
Maybe I’d watch one of my favorite movies—like Tsubaki Sanjūrō.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 9:''' If you could bring only three things to a deserted island, what would they be?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Well, since a smartphone wouldn’t get any signal… hmm…<br>
 +
A boat, a radio, and water!<br>
 +
You’d die without water, and I’m totally planning to escape — no intention of staying there (laughs).<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 10:''' Which historical figure do you respect the most?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I’d say… Manager Shigeo Nagashima.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 11:''' What’s your hobby?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Games!<br>
 +
Kantai Collection – KanColle (by DMM GAMES) and Animal Crossing: New Horizons (by Nintendo).<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 12:''' What’s the thing you want most right now?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' The moving Lillie card from “PokePoke.”<br>
 +
(The immersive card.)<br>
 +
Note: “PokePoke” is short for the mobile game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 13:''' What’s a recent purchase that made you think, “That was a good buy!”?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' The new slim stick-type vacuum cleaner from Dyson.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 14:''' What’s something that made you happy recently?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Finding out that skateboarder Yuto Horigome is actually a big fan of Detective Conan.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 15:''' Straight to the point! What is your resolution for 2026?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Hmm, I wonder what that would be~. A resolution… nothing comes to mind at all(laughs wryly). Well… as long as nothing happens, I guess it’d be nice if things stay peaceful just as they are now〜.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''2025 Theatrical Film — 28th Movie'''<br>
 +
'''One-eyed Flashback'''<br>
 +
'''Tell us, Aoyama-sensei! Question'''<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 1:''' The 28th movie, One-eyed Flashback, was a huge hit. What’s your honest impression of the film?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:'''Once the culprit snaps, it gets insanely entertaining! <br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 2:''' What’s your favorite scene in particular? <br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' I also drew the key animation, but I especially like the part where Komei quotes an old proverb. That scene is so cool! Even back when we were still at the scenario stage, I was already saying, ‘This line is awesome!’ —<br>
 +
(if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.)<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 3:''' What was the most difficult part?<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' Making sure everything lined up with the original manga.
 +
Takeharu Sakurai did most of the hard work, but various inconsistencies popped up,
 +
and fixing those was quite a challenge.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Question 4:''' Say a few words about the 2026 movie, the 29th theatrical installment!<br>
 +
'''Aoyama:''' That girl who rides a motorcycle will appear too!<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Conan says:''' Please Looking forward to 2026 year<br>
 +
'''Gosho Aoyama:''' Born in Tottori Prefecture. Debuted as a manga artist in 1986. His representative work, Detective Conan, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024, and its total worldwide circulation has surpassed 270 million copies.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Character data'''<br>
 +
'''Conan Edogawa'''<br>
 +
Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B / Detective<br>
 +
Shinichi Kudo, a high school detective, is Conan’s true identity.
 +
After witnessing a black-organization deal, he was forced to take the deadly poison APTX-4869, which shrank his body.
 +
To hide his survival from the organization, he now goes by the name Edogawa Conan and lives at the home of his childhood friend and girlfriend, Ran Mouri.
 +
While concealing his true identity, he solves numerous cases under the guise of Kogoro Mouri.
 +
Among those who know his secret, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara—who shares the same fate—constantly support him.
 +
The professor’s inventions, in particular, have proven extremely useful when Conan combines them with his physical skills and deductive ability.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Shinichi Kudo'''<br>
 +
Teitan High School, Class 2-B / Detective<br>
 +
Edogawa Conan’s true identity.
 +
He is the only son of the famous couple — world-renowned mystery writer Yusaku Kudo and former actress Yukiko Kudo (née Fujimine).
 +
Shinichi himself was active as a celebrated high school detective, known by many titles such as The Great Detective of the East, The Savior of the Japanese Police, and The Heisei Holmes.
 +
However, after witnessing a black organization’s secret deal, he was forced by Gin to swallow the deadly poison APTX-4869, which shrank his body.
 +
To conceal his survival from the organization, he now lives under the alias Edogawa Conan, hiding his true identity.
 +
His parents, who had been living overseas, also know that Conan is really Shinichi; they have since returned to Japan to secretly support him while investigating the organization’s movements.
 +
His relationship with his childhood friend Ran Mouri developed into romance during their school trip.
 +
However, his temporary return to his original form caused the organization to take notice of him once again.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Ran Mori'''<br>
 +
Teitan High School, Class 2-B / Karate Club<br>
 +
Shinichi Kudo’s kind and strong childhood friend.
 +
Because her detective father, Kogoro Mouri, and her lawyer mother, Eri Kisaki, live separately, Ran handles all the housework as their only daughter living with her father.
 +
She takes care of Conan, who boards with them, and supports the Mouri household.
 +
Her relationship with Shinichi has developed into romance.
 +
After Shinichi confessed his feelings to her in London, she expressed her answer during their school trip to Kyoto by giving him a kiss on the cheek in front of Kiyomizu-dera Temple—a scene witnessed by her best friend Sonoko Suzuki.
 +
At Teitan High School, she is a member of the karate club and strong enough to have won the Kanto regional tournament.
 +
Although she hasn’t realized Conan’s true identity, she has suspected it several times in the past.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Ai Haibara'''<br>
 +
Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B / Scientist<br>
 +
A genius scientist who, like Conan, was transformed into a child by a drug.
 +
Her real name is Shiho Miyano, and her actual age is 18.
 +
Within the Black Organization, she was known by the codename Sherry and was engaged in developing a poison that left no trace in a corpse.
 +
She inherited this research from her late parents but defected from the Organization after the death of her sister, Akemi Miyano, who had also been part of it.
 +
Prepared to die, she took APTX-4869, but instead of dying, she was transformed into a child.
 +
Although Vermouth knows the true identities of Conan and Haibara, she keeps their secret due to shared interests with them.
 +
Now going by the name Ai Haibara, she lives with Professor Agasa, who knows her circumstances.
 +
She continues to research an antidote to return Conan to his original form and has successfully created a temporary version that allows him to turn back for a short time.
 +
While she believes she has no surviving family, it is later revealed that she is actually related to the Akai family.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya'''<br>
 +
Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B<br>
 +
The intellectual member of the Detective Boys.
 +
Polite and well-mannered in his speech.
 +
He used to have a crush on Ayumi, but after Haibara transferred in, he began to be interested in both of them. Shows a surprisingly mature side when it comes to matters of love. <br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Ayumi Yoshida'''<br>
 +
Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B<br>
 +
The one who originally invited Conan and Haibara to join the Detective Boys.
 +
Cheerful, honest, and full of curiosity. Though innocent and carefree, she also has a surprisingly strong competitive spirit that even astonishes Haibara.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Genta Kojima'''<br>
 +
Teitan Elementary School, Class 1-B<br>
 +
A self-proclaimed leader of the Detective Boys, known for his strength, big appetite, and cheerful personality. He especially loves unajū (eel rice). Although he often speaks rudely to adults, he never means any harm.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Professor Hiroshi Agasa'''<br>
 +
Inventor <br>
 +
A 53-year-old genius inventor who lives next door to the Kudo residence.
 +
His full name is Hiroshi Agasa, though Conan and the others usually call him Hakase (“Professor”) along with his title.
 +
He knows the true identities of Conan and Haibara and serves as both a trusted confidant and a vital ally to them.
 +
He also lets Haibara live in his home.
 +
Agasa supports Conan with brilliant inventions that compensate for his child-sized body, such as gadgets and tools.
 +
He even provides the Detective Boys with detective badges equipped with built-in transceivers and often takes the children out on camping trips or picnics.
 +
His first love, Fusae Campbell, is a designer of a ginkgo-patterned fashion brand—one that Haibara herself often wears.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Sonoko Suzuki'''<br>
 +
Teitan High School, Class 2-B <br>
 +
The second daughter of the wealthy Suzuki family — a carefree, celebrity-obsessed young lady.
 +
Trendy and energetic, she often invites everyone to various events and places, either through her family’s connections or her own initiative.
 +
She has been a close friend of Ran Mouri and a childhood acquaintance of Shinichi Kudo since kindergarten.
 +
Having watched their relationship from up close, she often teased them by calling them a “married couple” long before they officially became lovers.
 +
A huge fan of Kaito Kid, whom she reverently calls “Kid-sama,” she frequently accompanies her uncle Jirokichi Suzuki—who is obsessed with capturing Kid—to heist locations.
 +
However, when her boyfriend Makoto Kyogoku, the world-renowned karate champion, was set to face Kid, she became deeply worried for his safety.
 +
There are even times when Conan uses Sonoko as his stand-in detective, giving rise to the persona of “Sleeping Sonoko.”<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Makoto Kyogoku'''<br>
 +
Haido High School / Karate Club <br>
 +
Captain of Haido High School’s karate club, known as “The Lone Fist Saint” and “The Noble Prince of Kicks.”
 +
He once held an undefeated record of 400 consecutive wins in world karate tournaments but willingly gave up a match—ending the streak—for Sonoko Suzuki’s sake.
 +
A serious, sincere, and devoted Japanese man, Makoto first developed feelings for Sonoko when he saw her passionately cheering for Ran Mouri during a karate match.
 +
Later, when he returned home to his family’s inn in Shizuoka, he reunited with Sonoko and confessed his feelings to her.
 +
They became a couple, though their relationship has since been long-distance due to his overseas training journey.
 +
He harbors a strong sense of jealousy toward Kaito Kid, whom Sonoko adores as a fan.
 +
It’s said that underneath the bandage he always wears, there’s a photo of Sonoko.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Heiji Hattori'''<br>
 +
Kaihō Academy High School, 2nd Year / Detective <br>
 +
A high school detective from Osaka, renowned as “The Great Detective of the West,” standing alongside Shinichi Kudo, “The Great Detective of the East.”
 +
When he once challenged Shinichi to a deduction match, he was deeply impressed by Shinichi’s belief that “there’s no such thing as superior or inferior reasoning.”
 +
After discovering that Conan is actually Shinichi, Heiji became one of his most trusted allies and often assists him in solving cases.
 +
He is the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Superintendent, making him well-connected to law enforcement.
 +
His skill in kendo and his off-road motorcycle both play useful roles during investigations.
 +
He and his childhood friend Kazuha Toyama struggled for a long time with awkward, failed confessions, but they finally became a couple.
 +
Inside the matching charms that Kazuha gave him is an iron chain, a memento of one of their shared memories.
 +
According to Kazuha, when Heiji gets serious, he turns his cap around to wear it facing forward.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Kazuha Toyama'''<br>
 +
Kaihō Academy High School, 2nd Year <br>
 +
Heiji Hattori’s childhood friend — a spirited, strong-willed Osaka girl.
 +
Like Heiji, she speaks in Kansai dialect, and their lively back-and-forth often sounds like a married couple’s comedy routine.
 +
For a long time, their mutual feelings went unspoken, leaving them in a state of one-sided affection.
 +
However, after Kazuha accidentally overheard Heiji regretting that he hadn’t confessed to her, their relationship quickly progressed, and they finally became a couple.
 +
The matching charm she gave Heiji contains the chain from the handcuffs that once bound their hands together — a cherished memory.
 +
Her father is the chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police’s Criminal Investigation Division and a childhood friend of Heiji’s father, meaning both families had approved of their relationship even before they started dating.
 +
She has even faced her love rival, the “High School Karuta Queen” Momiji Ooka, in a karuta match.
 +
Kazuha also holds a second-degree black belt in Aikido.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Momiji Ooka'''<br>
 +
Kyoto Senshin High School, 2nd Year <br>
 +
A quick-witted high school karuta queen.
 +
She is the refined daughter of the distinguished Ooka family in Kyoto and is always accompanied by her loyal butler, Muga Iori.
 +
Since losing to Heiji Hattori in a childhood karuta tournament, she has harbored romantic feelings for him.
 +
She affectionately calls her romantic rival, Kazuha Toyama, “Happa-chan” (“little leaf”) while both pursuing Heiji and keeping Kazuha in check.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Muga Iori'''<br>
 +
Butler of the Ooka Family <br>
 +
The devoted butler who serves Momiji Ooka.
 +
He personally investigated Heiji Hattori, the young man his mistress has feelings for, and deemed him an ideal match.
 +
Though aware that Heiji and Kazuha Toyama share mutual but unspoken feelings, Iori still believes his lady has a chance and has gone to great lengths to prevent Heiji’s confessions.
 +
He was formerly a member of the Public Security Bureau (PSB) and is 30 years old.<br>
 +
 
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'''Kogoro Mouri'''<br>
 +
Private Detective <br>
 +
The father of Ran Mouri.
 +
Once a struggling detective whose off-target deductions left his agency deserted, he suddenly gained fame after Conan began secretly solving cases behind the scenes—earning him the nickname “Sleeping Kogoro.”
 +
A cheerful man with a fondness for alcohol and gambling, Kogoro lives separately from his wife.
 +
A former officer of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he possesses impressive skills in both judo and marksmanship.
 +
He is 38 years old.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Eri Kisaki'''<br>
 +
Lawyer <br>
 +
Known as the “Queen of the Courtroom,” she has maintained an undefeated record since her very first trial ten years ago.
 +
She married her childhood friend Kogoro Mouri, and together they had a daughter, Ran, though the couple is currently living apart.
 +
She and Yukiko Kudo were rivals in a high school beauty contest during their school festival days.
 +
She is 38 years old.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Yusaku Kudo'''<br>
 +
Novelist <br>
 +
The father of Shinichi (Conan) Kudo, possessing an even more extraordinary power of deduction than his son.
 +
A world-famous mystery writer whose “Night Baron” series is a bestselling hit beloved even by international fans.
 +
He is the one who gave Kaito Kid his name and was a friendly rival of the original Kid, Toichi Kuroba!?<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Yukiko Kudo'''<br>
 +
Former Actress <br>
 +
The mother of Shinichi (Conan) Kudo.
 +
She was once an active actress under the stage name Yukiko Fujimine before retiring after her marriage.
 +
Her exceptional disguise skills were learned alongside the American actress Sharon Vineyard (Vermouth) under the tutelage of the world-famous magician Toichi Kuroba.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Kaito Kid'''<br>
 +
Phantom Thief 1412 <br>
 +
Nicknamed the “Magician Under the Moonlight,” he is an internationally wanted master thief who specializes in stealing Big Jewels.
 +
He searches for a mysterious gem known as Pandora, and when a stolen jewel turns out not to be it, he courteously returns it to its owner.
 +
Before each heist, he dutifully sends a notice letter, then steals the target with dazzling skill, vanishing like a phantom—a true trickster.
 +
His heists often attract large crowds of fans, with Sonoko Suzuki among his most devoted admirers.
 +
His true identity is Kaito Kuroba, a second-year student at Ekoda High School with an IQ of 400.
 +
After learning that his late father, Toichi Kuroba, had been the original Kaito Kid, he took up the mantle himself to uncover the mystery behind his father’s death.
 +
He excels at mimicry, able to change his voice without using a voice changer or disguise equipment—and can impersonate Shinichi Kudo using only a hairstyle change.
 +
Although known as the “Kid Killer’s” rival, Edogawa Conan, the two have occasionally joined forces.
 +
Kaito Kid originally appeared as the protagonist of Magic Kaito.<br>
 +
 
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'''Tōru Amuro:''' Café Poirot Waiter / Detective<br>
 +
'''Bourbon:''' The Black Organization<br>
 +
'''Rei Furuya:''' Public Security Bureau Officer NPA<br>
 +
A part-time waiter at Café Poirot who forced his way into becoming Kogoro Mouri’s apprentice after being impressed by (Conan’s) deductions.
 +
Handsome, polite, athletic, and highly skilled — he can cook, play the guitar, and handle any physical task with ease — making him extremely popular among female customers.
 +
In reality, he is Rei Furuya, an elite agent of the National Police Agency Security Bureau, Security Planning Division (commonly known as Zero).
 +
He is currently infiltrating the Black Organization under the codename Bourbon, where he has earned a trusted position as one of their intelligence operatives.
 +
In the past, his childhood friend and fellow undercover agent Scotch (Hiromitsu Morofushi), who had infiltrated the organization from the Public Security Bureau, died under tragic circumstances.
 +
Because FBI agent Shuichi Akai (Rye) was indirectly involved, Amuro deeply resents him, even while understanding the situation.
 +
He holds Conan in high regard for knowing his true identity and occasionally seeks his cooperation in investigations.
 +
His beloved car is a white Mazda RX-7, and he is known as the man of three faces — café waiter, private detective, and undercover agent.
 +
He is 29 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Shuichi Akai:''' FBI Agent <br>
 +
'''Rye:''' The Black Organization<br>
 +
A left-handed, elite sniper of the FBI, highly skilled in Jeet Kune Do.
 +
He possesses exceptional physical ability as well as brilliant deductive skills.
 +
He infiltrated the Black Organization about five years ago and remained undercover for roughly three years under the codename Rye, during which he wore his hair long.
 +
While gathering intel, he approached Akemi Miyano (Haibara’s older sister), a low-ranking member of the organization, under the alias Dai Moroboshi, becoming romantically involved with her.
 +
Before she was killed by the organization, Akemi sent Akai an email confessing her feelings.
 +
When Scotch (Hiromitsu Morofushi), a Public Security Bureau agent, was exposed during his own infiltration, Akai tried to help him escape — but upon hearing approaching footsteps, Scotch took his own life with his gun.
 +
Ironically, those footsteps belonged to Bourbon (Tōru Amuro).
 +
During a joint operation devised by Conan, Akai had Kir (Rena Mizunashi) shoot him to fake his death, successfully deceiving both the organization and even his FBI colleagues.
 +
While in hiding, he assumed the identity of Subaru Okiya.
 +
His parents were MI6 intelligence agents from the U.K., and he is the eldest son of the Akai family.
 +
He is 32 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Subaru Okiya'''<br>
 +
Graduate Student, Faculty of Engineering, Tohto University <br>
 +
A 27-year-old doctoral student in engineering at Tohto University.
 +
After his apartment, Mokuba-sō, was completely destroyed in a fire, Conan, who knew the circumstances, allowed him to stay at the Kudo residence.
 +
In truth, Okiya is actually Shuichi Akai, the FBI agent believed to have died in action.
 +
He uses a choker-style voice changer invented by Professor Agasa and disguises himself using the techniques he learned from Yukiko Kudo.
 +
He is aware of the true identities of both Conan and Haibara, and because of his connection to his late lover Akemi Miyano, he keeps a protective watch over Haibara.
 +
Within the Akai family, only Shukichi Haneda knows that Okiya is Akai’s disguise.
 +
After Akai’s “return,” the FBI was also informed that Okiya had been his undercover identity.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Masumi Sera'''<br>
 +
Teitan High School, Class 2-B / Detective <br>
 +
A high school girl detective who transferred to Teitan High from overseas.
 +
Her tomboyish personality and use of the masculine pronoun “boku” often cause others to mistake her for a boy.
 +
She uses her mother’s maiden name, but she is actually the younger sister of the Akai family’s three siblings.
 +
Her older brothers are Shuichi Akai of the FBI and Shukichi Haneda, the professional shogi player.
 +
Influenced by her eldest brother, she is highly skilled in Jeet Kune Do and excels in close combat.
 +
Believing “Shu-nii” (Shuichi) to be dead, she occasionally seeks deduction advice from “Yoshi-nii” (Shukichi).
 +
She currently lives in a hotel with her mother, Mary Sera, who was de-aged by the APTX-4869 drug.
 +
When she was in first grade, she met Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri by chance at the beach.
 +
Because of that encounter—and her mother’s situation—she has strongly suspected that Conan and Shinichi are the same person.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Mary Sera'''<br>
 +
MI6 Intelligence Agent <br>
 +
A girl currently living in a hotel with Masumi Sera.
 +
In truth, she is the mother of the Akai siblings and a member of Britain’s MI6.
 +
She was forcibly made to swallow the poison APTX-4869 through a mouth-to-mouth trick by Vermouth, which caused her body to shrink.
 +
Believing Conan to be in the same situation as herself, she devised a plan to have her daughter Masumi steal the antidote that could restore her to her original form.
 +
Her maiden name is Sera.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Shukichi Haneda'''<br>
 +
Professional Shogi Player (Former Seven Titles Holder) <br>
 +
The second son among the three Akai siblings.
 +
A professional shogi player famously known as the “Taikō Meijin” (Great General of Shogi), once holding all seven major titles and currently maintaining six.
 +
After graduating from high school, he was adopted into the family of the late shogi player Koji Haneda.
 +
He is deeply in love with Yumi Miyamoto, and the two have successfully rekindled their relationship.
 +
Within the Akai family, he is the only one who knows that his older brother, Shuichi Akai, is still alive, and he keeps in touch with him.
 +
He is 28 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Tsutomu Akai'''<br>
 +
MI6 Intelligence Agent <br>
 +
The missing father of the Akai family.
 +
Like his wife Mary, he was an intelligence officer with the British MI6.
 +
Seventeen years ago, he traveled to the United States to investigate the murder of professional shogi player Koji Haneda.
 +
Realizing that dangerous individuals were involved, he ordered his family to flee to Japan — and has been missing ever since, his fate unknown.
 +
At that time, Masumi Sera had not yet been born and was still in her mother’s womb.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Yuya Kazami'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Public Security Bureau / Assistant Inspector <br>
 +
A subordinate of Rei Furuya (Tōru Amuro).
 +
While Furuya belongs to the National Police Agency’s Security Bureau, Kazami serves under the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Security Bureau.
 +
Because Furuya must keep his face and real name highly confidential, Kazami acts as his hands and feet, faithfully carrying out his superior’s orders.
 +
Through his connection with Furuya, he has come to regard Conan as an incredibly remarkable boy.
 +
During the course of his investigations, he also became a fan of singer Yoko Okino.
 +
He is 30 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Wataru Takagi'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Sergeant <br>
 +
A kind and gentle detective under Inspector Megure, known for being very caring toward children.
 +
He is deeply trusted by Conan and the Detective Boys.
 +
He had long harbored feelings for his senior colleague, Detective Miwako Sato, two years his elder.
 +
Despite frequent interruptions from their fellow detectives, their bond grew stronger through many cases, and he eventually won her heart.
 +
When in disguise, he bears a striking resemblance to the late Detective Matsuda, which once caused emotional turmoil for Sato because of her past connection with Matsuda.
 +
He respects his former mentor, Detective Jinpei Date, and still treasures the notebook that Date left behind.
 +
At one point, Takagi, puzzled by Conan’s uncanny abilities, once asked the penetrating question:
 +
“Who in the world are you…?”<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Miwako Sato'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Assistant Inspector <br>
 +
The admired “madonna” of Division 1, known for her strong sense of justice.
 +
Highly skilled in both marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat, she often displays action-hero–level bravery in the field.
 +
Three years ago, she developed quiet feelings for Detective Jinpei Matsuda, who died protecting her from a bomb explosion during a terrorist incident.
 +
Though haunted by his death, she eventually moved forward and became romantically involved with Detective Wataru Takagi.
 +
However, Inspector Shiratori and several other colleagues once tried to interfere with their relationship.
 +
Her late father was also a detective, and his sense of justice lives on in her.
 +
Her beloved car — a Mazda RX-7 — is her father’s keepsake.
 +
On mountain roads, her extraordinary driving skills earned her the nickname “The Silver Witch.”<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Hyoue Kuroda'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Superintendent (Administrative Inspector) <br>
 +
He first appeared as the Chief of the First Investigation Division of the Nagano Prefectural Police.
 +
Because of his large build and his single eye, he was once suspected of being RUM, a high-ranking member of the Black Organization.
 +
In reality, however, he is Rei Furuya’s (Tōru Amuro’s) superior within the Public Security Bureau.
 +
He is now serving as the Administrative Inspector of the First Investigation Division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Juzo Megure'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Inspector <br>
 +
A reliable superior officer in the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
 +
Warm-hearted and deeply trusted by his subordinates, he often relied on the deductive insight of high school detective Shinichi Kudo during investigations.
 +
A devoted husband who dotes on his beautiful wife, he hides an old scar beneath his trademark hat.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Ninzaburo Shiratori'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Inspector <br>
 +
A fast-track career officer who was promoted to inspector at a young age.
 +
He once competed with Detective Takagi for the affection of Detective Sato, but after realizing that his childhood first love was actually Sumiko Kobayashi, the rivalry came to an end.
 +
He and Kobayashi-sensei are now in a mutual, loving relationship.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Kazunobu Chiba'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 / Police Sergeant <br>
 +
A chubby detective and tokusatsu enthusiast who’s a huge fan of Kamen Yaiba and Gomera.
 +
Naeko Miike from the Traffic Division was his classmate at Teitan Elementary School and his first love.
 +
Although he didn’t recognize her at first, it turned out that their feelings were mutual, and the two eventually became a couple.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Yumi Miyamoto'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Traffic Division / Assistant Inspector <br>
 +
A lively and cheerful officer in the Traffic Division, well acquainted with even the toughest detectives through games like mahjong.
 +
She has been close friends with Detective Miwako Sato since their student days.
 +
For a long time, she didn’t realize that her ex-boyfriend “Chū-kichi” was actually the famous shogi player Shukichi Haneda, but the two have recently rekindled their relationship.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Naeko Miike'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Traffic Division / Police Sergeant <br>
 +
Transferred from the Haido Police Station to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Traffic Division.
 +
Since her transfer, she has been partnered with Yumi Miyamoto, patrolling together in a mini-patrol car.
 +
She had long harbored one-sided feelings for Detective Kazunobu Chiba, but because they were childhood friends, he didn’t recognize her at first.
 +
Eventually, he realized who she was, and the two became a couple.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Jinpei Matsuda'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 (Deceased) <br>
 +
A detective who transferred from the bomb disposal unit to Division 1 three years ago.
 +
He pursued alone the serial bomber responsible for the death of his close friend Kenji Hagiwara, but ultimately sacrificed his life—choosing to die in an explosion to protect others.
 +
Just before his death, he sent Detective Miwako Sato an email containing words that hinted at a confession of love.
 +
He was a police academy classmate of Rei Furuya (Tōru Amuro), to whom he passed on his expert knowledge of bomb defusal.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Kenji Hagiwara'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Security Bureau, Riot Squad – Bomb Disposal Unit (Deceased) <br>
 +
A close friend of Jinpei Matsuda who served with him in the bomb disposal unit.
 +
Originally only mentioned by name, his appearance was later shown in the anime and subsequently in the manga as well.
 +
He died in the line of duty seven years ago while attempting to defuse a bomb.
 +
A highly skilled driver, he was known among his police academy peers as the most popular man — a charming flirt with a sweet face.
 +
His older sister is Chihaya Hagiwara of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Wataru Date'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division 1 (Deceased) <br>
 +
A detective who was transferred to Division 1 from a local precinct a year before his death.
 +
He served as Wataru Takagi’s mentor, and because they shared the same first name, they were fondly nicknamed the “Wataru Brothers” by their colleagues.
 +
Tragically, after an all-night stakeout, he fell asleep at the wheel and was killed in a traffic accident.
 +
Among his police academy classmates, he was known as the squad leader — and notably, the only one who had a girlfriend.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Hiromitsu Morofushi'''<br>
 +
Metropolitan Police Department, Public Security Bureau (Deceased) <br>
 +
Originally introduced as Scotch, a member of the Black Organization.
 +
When his cover as a Public Security Bureau officer was blown, he took his own life by shooting through his heart along with his smartphone to prevent any information leaks.
 +
His real name was revealed when it was discovered that Takaaki Morofushi of the Nagano Prefectural Police was his older brother.
 +
In the past, he taught cooking to his childhood friend and fellow undercover agent Rei Furuya (Tōru Amuro), and also taught bass guitar to Masumi Sera.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Kansuke Yamato'''<br>
 +
Nagano Prefectural Police / Inspector <br>
 +
A stern-looking inspector of the Nagano Prefectural Police, known for his rough manner of speaking.
 +
About ten months ago, he was caught in an avalanche and went missing for six months, leaving him with injuries that cost him an eye and forced him to use a cane.
 +
He has been close friends with Takaaki Morofushi since elementary school, and his junior colleague Yui Uehara is his childhood friend.
 +
He is 35 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Yui Uehara'''<br>
 +
Nagano Prefectural Police / Detective <br>
 +
When she first appeared, she was known by her married name, Torada, as a widow.
 +
Believing her childhood friend and senior colleague Kansuke Yamato to have died after going missing, she married into the prestigious Torada family, whom she had once suspected of involvement in a past case.
 +
After the case was resolved, she returned to her position as a detective.
 +
She harbors romantic feelings for Yamato Kansuke.
 +
She is 29 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Takaaki Morofushi'''<br>
 +
Nagano Prefectural Police / Inspector <br>
 +
Nicknamed “Komei”, he often uses classical Chinese idioms and, like the strategist Zhuge Liang from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, calmly and wisely assesses any situation.
 +
Although he graduated at the top of his class from Tohto University’s Faculty of Law, he joined the prefectural police as a non-career-track officer rather than through the elite civil service path.
 +
Hiromitsu Morofushi (Scotch) is his younger brother.
 +
He is 35 years old.<br>
 +
 
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 +
 
 +
'''Misao Yamamura'''<br>
 +
Gunma Prefectural Police / Inspector <br>
 +
A bumbling inspector from the Gunma Prefectural Police, known for his catchphrase “~shite kurechattari shite” (“maybe you could do that for me or something”).
 +
He decided to become a detective after watching “Dangerous Policewoman Stories” starring Yukiko Fujimine.
 +
He greatly admires Kogoro Mouri and looks up to him as a role model.
 +
In his childhood, he used to play with Hiromitsu Morofushi.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Chihaya Hagiwara'''<br>
 +
Kanagawa Prefectural Police / Assistant Inspector <br>
 +
The captain of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s motorcycle unit.
 +
She made a striking entrance when she leapt from her patrol bike to catch Conan as he fell from his skateboard — a scene that left Ran Mouri feeling as if she were watching a goddess of the wind.
 +
She is the older sister of Kenji Hagiwara and was Jinpei Matsuda’s first love.
 +
She is 31 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Shingo Yokomizo'''<br>
 +
Kanagawa Prefectural Police / Inspector <br>
 +
An inspector with the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.
 +
He is the twin younger brother of Sango Yokomizo from the Shizuoka Prefectural Police — they share the same face and voice, though unlike his mild-mannered brother, Shingo has a rough and hot-headed personality.
 +
He and Chihaya Hagiwara, who is four years younger, call each other by their first names, and he harbors romantic feelings for her.
 +
He is 35 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation'''<br>
 +
'''Jodie Starling'''<br>
 +
FBI Agent <br>
 +
Initially introduced under the alias Jodie Saintemillion, she infiltrated Teitan High School as an English teacher, speaking in deliberately broken Japanese.
 +
She quickly recognized Conan’s sharp intellect, calling him her “Cool Kid.”
 +
After resigning from her teaching post, she revealed her true identity and began speaking fluent Japanese.
 +
Twenty years earlier, Vermouth murdered her parents, and Jodie was raised under the FBI’s protection through the Witness Protection Program.
 +
She once had a romantic relationship with Shuichi Akai.
 +
She is 28 years old.<br>
 +
 
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 +
'''Andre Camel'''<br>
 +
FBI Agent <br>
 +
An investigator with exceptional driving skills.
 +
Despite his intimidating appearance, he is gentle-natured and somewhat timid.
 +
While Shuichi Akai was infiltrating the Black Organization under the codename Rye, a mistake by Camel led to Akai’s identity being exposed — an event that indirectly resulted in Akemi Miyano’s death.
 +
Since then, Camel has deeply respected Akai and wishes to make amends for his past failure.
 +
He is 27 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''James Black'''<br>
 +
FBI Agent <br>
 +
A calm and courteous senior FBI officer who leads Shuichi Akai’s team.
 +
He is responsible for directing investigations and possesses keen deductive insight.
 +
He was the only member of the FBI who knew in advance about the plan—conceived by Conan—to fake Akai’s death through a coordinated operation.
 +
Because of that, he also recognized from the beginning that Subaru Okiya was Akai in disguise.
 +
Born in London, England, he was raised in Chicago, USA.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''黒ずくめの組織 Black Organization'''<br>
 +
'''ジン Gin'''<br>
 +
A leading figure within the Black Organization, known for his ruthless and cold-blooded nature — he eliminates anyone who becomes an obstacle without hesitation.
 +
The scar on his left cheek was inflicted by a sniper shot from Shuichi Akai.
 +
He drives a black Porsche 356A and is left-handed.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''ウォッカ Vodka'''<br>
 +
A large-built man who loyally follows Gin, whom he respectfully calls “Aniki” (“big brother”).
 +
He often assists in carrying out the organization’s operations and serves as a sort of mediator among its many strong-willed members.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''ベルモット Vermouth'''<br>
 +
A secretive woman highly skilled in disguise, possessing the mysterious secret of not aging for decades.
 +
She once lived as the famous American actress Sharon Vineyard and later reappeared in public as her own “daughter,” Chris Vineyard.
 +
Favored by the Boss (That Person) of the Black Organization, she nonetheless seems to harbor her own agenda—possibly even plotting the organization’s downfall.
 +
She knows the true identities of Conan and Haibara but keeps their secret from the organization.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''キール Kir'''<br>
 +
Known publicly as TV announcer Rena Mizunashi, her real name is Eisuke Hondō’s older sister, Ethan Hondō’s daughter — Eimi Hondō.
 +
In truth, she is a CIA agent currently infiltrating the Black Organization.
 +
After her true identity was discovered by the FBI, she began cooperating with Akai and his team.
 +
She is 27 years old.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''コルン Korn'''<br>
 +
'''キャンティChianti'''<br>
 +
Snipers for the Black Organization.
 +
Chianti, who has a butterfly tattoo on her left eye, is always intense and quick-tempered.
 +
Korn is quiet and calm.
 +
Both of them dislike Vermouth.<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''ラム Rum'''<br>
 +
the Black Organization’s No. 2.
 +
With an artificial left eye, he is currently operating under the identity of Wakita Kanenori, a sushi chef at Iroha Sushi, and has begun to suspect Shinichi Kudo. <br>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''あの方 Anokata (That Person / The Boss) (Karasuma Renya)'''<br>
 +
His true identity is the billionaire Karasuma Renya. However, However, it is said that he died mysteriously half a century ago...…
 +
</spoiler>
 +
 
 +
=== Gosho Aoyama’s Recommendation on Momose Akira’s First Love is Falling Apart ===
 +
'''Date:''' September 18, 2025<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' Momose Akira’s First Love is Falling Apart volume 4
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 +
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 +
'''Source:''' https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09854237 <br> https://x.com/momose_hatanchu/status/1968329105189052777?s=61
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===== こんなにピュアで 笑えるラブコメは 見たコトないかも･･･♡  =====
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===== I might never have seen a romantic comedy this pure and funny before ･･･♡ =====
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=== Gosho Aoyama’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition Message ===
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'''Date:''' December 2, 2025<br>
 +
'''Published in:''' 30th Anniversary Exhibition Of The DC Anime Broadcast [https://tvconanten-30th.jp/ Link]
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'''Source:''' [https://youtu.be/02i7A8hyYK0 Video]
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===== どーも 青山です！<br> おかげさまで、テレビアニメも30周年！！<br> マンガもそうだけど、アニメも最初の頃と<br> 今とでは、キャラの絵がかなり変わってるので、<br> その辺の移り変わりをみるのも楽しいかも(笑)<br> どうぞ御堪能あれ〜♪ =====
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===== Hello, Aoyama here!<br> Thanks to all of you, the TV anime has reached its 30th anniversary!!<br> Just like with the manga, the character designs in the anime have changed a lot from the early days to now,<br> so it might be fun to enjoy seeing how things have evolved over time (Laugh).<br>Please enjoy it to your heart’s content~♪ =====
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===== Hello, this is Gosho Aoyama. Thank you always for supporting Detective Conan. <br> Please be sure to visit the ‘TV Anime Detective Conan 30th Anniversary Exhibition’! <br> There is always only one truth! =====
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Hints and Extras
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From Gosho
  Interviews with Gosho
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  Animal Crossing promotional hints
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  Super Digest Book Questions
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From others
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Contents

1994

Newtype Magazine "Comic Now" Interview

Date: August 9, 1994
Published in: Newtype Vol. 10, no. 9 (Cover date September 1994)


1997

Detective Conan's Mystery Museum Interview

Date: June 10, 1997


Detective Conan's Mystery Academy Interview

Date: September 10, 1997


1999

Gosho Aoyama's Masterpiece Theatre (Favorite Movies)

Date: April 14, 1999
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday, Vol. 41, no. 21 (Cover date April 28, 1999)


2003

Complete Color Works Interview Aoyama x Takayama

Date: May 1, 2003

Conan Drill Official Book Interview

Date: May 1, 2003
Published in: Conan Drill Official Book


2004

Love Conan Interview

Date: March 31, 2004

Conan Vs Kaitou Kid Perfect Edition

Date: April 2, 2004
Published in: Detective Conan vs. Kaitou Kid: Perfect Edition (p. 169)


2005

Unknown Fan Gathering

Note: In a later interview (Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss 2017), Gosho denied ever saying this and his editor too said that such an interview never happened. This turned out to be a hoax.


2006

Anime 10 Year Anniversary Interview #1

Date: January 6, 2006
Published in: NTV's website

Asahi Newspaper Interview

Date: January 13, 2006
Published in: Asahi Evening Newspaper
Key Plot Point: Boss's name has already appeared.

Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany Interview

Date: June 17, 2006
Held at: Press conference at Comic-Salon in Erlangen, Germany

Anime 10 Year Anniversary Interview #2

Date: ?? ,2006
Published in: Yomiuri Television (YTV) website

10 Year Cinema Guide interview

Date: ??, 2006
Published in: ??

Mini Documentary: Secret of Creation

Date: December, 2006


2007

Magic Kaito Volume 4 Interview

Date: March 15, 2007
Published in: Magic Kaito Volume 4

Urusei Yatsura Interview

Date: September 18, 2007
Published in: Urusei Yatsura Volume 21

Akigoro Interview

Date: ??, 2007
Published in: ??


2008

Conan and Kindaichi Files Interview #1

Date: April 10, 2008
Published in: Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case files #1

Otona Fami Interview #1

Date: April 21, 2008
Published in: Otona Fami(Adult Family), June issue


2009

Shonen Sunday Interview #1

Date: March 27, 2009
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday #17
no script available

Shonen Sunday 50th Anniversary Interview

Date: July 15, 2009
Published in: Shonen Sunday 1983 (A special issue commemorating Sunday's 50 years of publishing.)

Conan and Lupin Interview #1

Date: ??, 2009
Published in: ??


2010

Gundam Ace Interview

Date: January 26, 2010
Published in: Gundam Ace March issue

Otona Fami Interview #2

Date: April 20, 2010
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), June issue

Masters Of Manga Interview

Date: July 6, 2010
Published in: Masters of Manga


2011

Otona Fami Interview #3

Date: April 20, 2011
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), June issue

Mystery Magazine Interview

Date: April 25, 2011
Published in: Mystery Magazine, June issue

Nihon Uiversity College of Art Lecture Interview

Date: 26 June, 2011

Club Sunday Interview

Date: October 28, 2011

Magic Kaitou Treasured Editions: Playback Episode Interviews

Published in: Magic Kaitou Treasured Editions released throughout 2011


2012

Monthly BLT Interview

Date April 24, 2012
Published in: Monthly BLT, June issue

Sankei News Interview

Date: June 23, 2012

Gosho's True Intentions Interview

Date: November, 2012


2013

Movie 17 Interview with Aoyama Gosho and Shibasaki Kou

Date: April, 2013

Otona Fami Interview #4

Date: June 2013

Shonen Sunday Special Booklet

Date: July 17, 2013

Shonen Sunday Lupin Vs Conan Secret Report

Date: November 20, 2013

Lupin the Third VS Detective Conan: Money Punch and Aoyama Gosho Interview

Date: December 04, 2013

Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama Special Talk

Date: ???, 2013
Published in: Official website of "Lupin the Third VS Detective Conan The Movie"


2014

Monthly Conan Newspaper 2014

Date: March, 2014 (Part 1) and April, 2014 (Part 2)
Published in: Monthly Conan Newspaper, March and April edition

AnimeAnime Interview

Date: (before) April 18, 2014

Da Vinci Interviews

Date: May, 2014
Published in: da Vinci magazine, May issue

Detective Conan Character Visual Book Interviews

Date: September, 2014

Otona Fami Interview #5

Date: November 20, 2013
Published in: Otona Fami (Adult Family), January issue of 2014


2015

Gosho Aoyama's Surgery

Date: March 18, 2015
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 16/2015

2016

Gosho Aoyama X Yomuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto

Date: March 16, 2016
Published in: Shonen Sunday #16

CimemaToday Movie 20 interview

Date: April 14, 2016

Animedia Interview

Date: May 10, 2016
Published in: Animedia, June issue

Asahi Newspaper Interview

Date: July 16, 2016

Gosho Singapore visit Interview

Date: November 12-13, 2016
Held at: Singapore Writers Festival, Singapore

Akai and Amuro Secret Files Voice Actors Interview

Date: November 29, 2016

20th Anniversary DVD collection guidebook interviews

Complete Color Works Interview

20 Year Cinema Guide interviews



2017

Movie 21 Guidebook Interviews

Date: April 12, 2017
Published in: Movie 21 Guidebook

News Zero Interview

Date: Mid April, 2017

Heiji and Kazuha Secret Archives Interviews

Date: May 9, 2017
Published in:

Gosho NHK Interview

Date: June, 2017
Published in:

Magic Kaito Vol 5 Playback Episode

Date: July 18, 2017
Published in:

Gosho Aoyama 30 Years Anniversary Book

Date: October 16, 2017
Raw Images

Raw Text
Source: https://www.sbsub.com/posts/aoyama-30years/

Some Translation info

Interview with Detective Conan Producer Michihiko Suwa

Date: November 11, 2017

Gosho Aoyama Interview about the Boss

Date: November 30, 2017
Published in: Shonen Sunday Webry

Aoyama’s Message on the Manga Hiatus and Medical Treatment

Date: December 13, 2017
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 3-4/2018

2018

Shinichi and Ran Secret Archives VA interviews

Date: January 16, 2018

Movie 22 Guidebook Interview

Date: March 31, 2018

Interview on News Zero

Date: April 11, 2018

Takarakuzu College Interview

Date: April 15, 2018
Held at: Takarakuza College

"Truth in Zero" Booklet

Date: April 24, 2018

Amuro Toru/Bourbon/Furuya Rei Secret Archives PLUS

Date: May 7, 2018

Special Conan Movie Staff interview

Date: May 23, 2018
Published in: Shonen Sunday Super

Da Vinci Magazine 2018 interview

Date: December 6, 2018
Published in: Da Vinci Magazine, January 2019 issue


2019

Nagasaki Newspaper New Years short interview

Date: January 1, 2019

Ai Haibara Secret Archives Interview

Date: January 18, 2019

Kappei Yamaguchi M23 interview

Date: April 2, 2019

Aoyama Gosho x Mitsuru Adachi Interview

The interview was split into 3 parts and published in 3 magazines.
Date: April 3, April 11, April 12, 2019

Da Vinci Magazine Cross Talk and Interviews

Date: April 5, 2019

NTV Interview

Date: Filmed March 13, Aired April 6, 2019

Cinema Guide 2019 Interview

Date: April 10, 2019

CUT Magazine Interviews

Date: April 19, 2019

Gosho Interview on 1周回って知らない話 (Tv Show)

Date: April 24, 2019

Anime Style Magazine Interview

Date: April 30th, 2019

Animedia Movie staff and character Interviews June issue

Date: May 10th, 2019

2020

Da Vinci Magazine 2020 Interview

Date: May 7, 2020
Published in: Da Vinci magazine, June 2020 issue

Wild Police Story Volume 1 Interview

Date: November 18, 2020
Published in: Wild Police Story Volume 1

"This mystery is amazing!" Interview

Date: December 4, 2020
Published in: "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2021 edition

Wild Police Story Volume 2 Interview

Date: December 18, 2020
Published in: Wild Police Story Volume 2

2021

ZIP Interview

Date: Aired on March 25, 2021

Da Vinci Magazine 2021 Interview

Date: April 6, 2021
Published in: Da Vinci Magazine, May 2021 issue

Cinema Guide 2021 Interview

Date: April 14, 2021

Movie 24 Production Staff Interview Collection

Date: April 22, 2021
Published in: https://www.kitkat-nelfei.com/2021/04/detective-conan-movie-scarlet-bullet.html

Shuichi, Masumi, Shukichi, and Mary Secret Archieves Interview

Date: May 18, 2021

Kappei Yamaguchi Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 13, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 46/2021

Wakana Yamazaki Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 20, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 47/2021

Megumi Hayashibara Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 25, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday S issue 12/2021

Minami Takayama Volume 100 Interview

Date: October 27, 2021
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 48/2021

[世界はまんがで出来ている]Tokyo FM Volume 100 Special Interview - Featuring Detective Conan's Editor-In Charge, Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Arai, and Mayuko Kanba

Date: October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021

2022

Gosho Aoyama x Takahiro Arai Special Talk

Date: April 1, 2022 & April 7, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2022 & issue 19/2022

Cinema Guide 2022 Interview

Date: April 12, 2022

Gosho Aoyama x Eiichiro Oda OVER 100 Miracle Talk

Date: July 25, 2022 & July 27, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34/2022 & Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 35/2022

Gosho Aoyama x Mayuko Kanba Special Talk

Date: September 28, 2022
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 44/2022

2023

Gosho Aoyama x Nao Kosaka interview

Date: March 29, 2023
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 18/2023

Cinema Guide 2023 Interview

Date: April 11, 2023

Gosho Aoyama x Yoshiharu Habu Special Conversation

Date: June 21, 2023
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 30/2023

Gosho Aoyama x Keigo Higashino Special Talk

Date: December 5, 2023
Published in: "This mystery is amazing" magazine, 2024 edition

Gosho Aoyama Nippon TV Interview

Date: December 27, 2023
Published in: Nippon TV News Culture Youtube Channel

2024


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From Gosho Aoyama To All Readers - DC 30th Anniversary

Date: January 10th, 2024
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue 7/2024

Detective Conan Volume 105 Interview

Date: April 10, 2024
Published in: Detective Conan Volume 105

Gosho Aoyama Documentary 2024

Date: April 28, 2024
Published in: On The NHK ONE Live Sreaming

1983 Love Comedy Youth Interview

Date: July 25, 2024
Published in: 1983 “Love Comedy Youth” — Shonen Sunday’s Bookshelf

Sunday Culture Festival 2024 Conan x YAIBA Special Talk

Date: September 25, 2024
Published in: Weekly Shonen Sunday TV Official Youtube Channel

Celebrating 30 Years of Detective Conan with Fans! A Message from Gosho Aoyama

Date: November 27, 2024
Published in: On the official Weekly Shōnen Sunday website

2025


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anan 5 Questions for Aoyama Gosho

Date: April 23, 2025
Published in: anan magazine Vol. 2444

The 80th Anniversary of Hayakawa Publishing – Comment by Gosho Aoyama

Date: August 15, 2025
Published in: On the official website on the occasion of the 80th anniversary

Gosho Aoyama x Kawashima and Yamauchi's Manga Swamp

Date: August 25, 2025 (Part 1) and September 1, 2025 (Part 2)
Published in: Yomiuri Television (YTV) website Link

Detective Conan Diary 2026 Interview

Date: September 18, 2025
Published in: Detective Conan Diary 2026

Gosho Aoyama’s Recommendation on Momose Akira’s First Love is Falling Apart

Date: September 18, 2025
Published in: Momose Akira’s First Love is Falling Apart volume 4

Gosho Aoyama’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition Message

Date: December 2, 2025
Published in: 30th Anniversary Exhibition Of The DC Anime Broadcast Link

See Also

References

  1. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/149893527591/mystery-museum-interview-97-english-123 Part 1
  2. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/149940982821/end-mystery-museum-interview-97-english-4-5
  3. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150147160606/love-conan-interview-2004-english
  4. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150232943761/conan-vs-kaito-kid-perfect-edition-interview
  5. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150234936186/urusei-yatsura-volume-21-interview-2007
  6. ^ https://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/150517368956/2007s-autumn-interview-english-translation
  7. ^ https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13033&start=15
  8. ^ https://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13033&start=15
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