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Woman
	Purple hoodie; Acting suspicious around Kaneko Jewelry Store;

Kaneko's personal bodyguard
	Tall, muscular man;

	Episode TV Special 8 (P1) ; (Int. Episode 1262)
	File:TV Special 8.jpg
	Information
Title:	The Gold-Star Answer
Japanese title:	はなまるな真実(アンサー) ; (Hanamaru na Ansā)
Original airdate:	June 6, 2026
Season:	31
Manga source:	TV Original
	Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa ; Detective Boys ; Ai Haibara ; Hiroshi Agasa ; Kazunobu Chiba ; Kaitou Kid ; Kaito Kuroba ; Keita Kaneko ; Cure Answer
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Jewel
	Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto ; Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Storyboard:	Hiroaki Takagi
Episode director:	Hiroaki Takagi ; Minoru Tozawa ; Taichi Atarashi (asst.) ; Shinga Nakamura (asst.)
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki ; Hiroaki Takagi
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo ; Kyoko Yoshimi and Hiroaki Takagi (sub-character) ; Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa ; Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida ; Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ; Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima ; Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba ; Koji Ochiai as Keita Kaneko ; Kappei Yamaguchi as Kaitou Kid/Kaito Kuroba ; Hikari Senga as Cure Answer
	Music
Opening song:	Heaven Knows
Closing song:	7 DAYS

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Chronology
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The Gold-Star Answer (はなまるな真実(アンサー) ,Wa Namaruna Shinjitsu (Ansā)^?), is the eighth special of Detective Conan and a crossover with Pretty Cure installment, Star Detective Precure!. It's one of the commemorative specials for the 30th anniversary of the Detective Conan anime. It aired on June 6, 2026.

As part of the collaboration with the Pretty Cure franchise, Star Detective Precure! aired a crossover episode with Detective Conan in their series with The Detectives Assemble (名探偵の共演(アッセンブル) ,Meitantei no Assenburu^?), aired on May 31, 2026.

Jewelry stores across town are being robbed, but Conan's young friend Ayumi is excited. The crimes bear a striking resemblance to the events of a certain magical girl anime she's enjoying, and she's hopeful that she'll get to meet a "PreCure!" if the thieves show up again. Cure Answer appears in the episode, and Conan seems understandably surprised.

Cast

Characters

Case

Situation

Serial theft

Location: Three Jewelry stores

Stolen items: Jewelry from those stores

Culprits: Santos Thieves' Guild

The thieves disguise themselves as a distinguished character for each of their crime.

Potential theft

Location: Kaneko Jewelry Store

Targeted item: The Pum-pum-pum-pum-pumpkin

Culprits: Santos Thieves' Guild

This time, the thieves intend to frame Kaitou Kid for the theft.

People

Man A
	Kaneko Jewelry Store visitor

Man B
	Blue shirt Decoy thief

Man C
	Orange shirt Decoy thief

Man D
	Purple shirt Decoy thief

Man E
	Yellow shirt Decoy thief

Pretty Cure character

Anna Akechi
File:Akechi Anna.jpg

Resolution

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Episode numbering

There are some versions of how the episode is labeled. In the official website and Netflix, the episode is labeled as "Special Episode". In Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, it is labeled as "30th Anniversary SP". In Crunchyroll, the episode is labeled as "P1". The international numbering still continues as usual (episode 1262). Interestingly, some participation post by involved animators labeled the episode as Episode 1203, suggesting that it was internally counted as the 1203th episode during production.^[1]^[2]

Production details

The Detective Conan X Star Detective PreCure! collaboration project started with the Pretty Cure! producer, Masaya Aramaki, having interest in seeing both series connect with each other, due to its installment's detective theme and how he's a big fan of the Detective Conan series. Despite his doubts, he approached the Star Detective PreCure! staff about the crossover idea, half-jokingly saying "It'd be fun if we could do this, right?". The staff would be interested at the idea, along with TMS Entertainment and Yorimuri TV staff. Additionally, Yorimuri TV was interested at transcending the limits of the broadcasting stations with the crossover, since Star Detective PreCure! airs on TV Asahi.

Masataka Todo, the producer of Detective Conan, admits that it isn't unprecendented for studios and production companies to have collaborations, but noted that a collaboration with a high broadcasting station would be a "huge ask". And noted that the crossover between two series was a success thanks to the tireless effort of many parties involved.

During the proposal stages, the PreCure! producer Koji Kawasaki admits that he was skeptical at first with the collaboration as to whether it'd happen. As the collaboration advances in development stages, he admits that he remembers being hit with a strong wave of "Oh, is this really happening?".

Yasuichiro Yamamoto, the current Detective Conan director, was also enthusiastic about the crossover idea, although he had concerns about world-building and tones differences between the two series (as Detective Conan is a mystery action series, while Pretty Cure! is a magical girl franchise). He admits that it'd be a huge challenge in trying to reconciling its differences.

Koji Kawasaki was interested in seeing two different works be merged together and intrigued in using different approaches to take advantage of each series's setting. He also wanted the characters to be intrinsically involved in each other's stories, highlighting its self-contained nature.

Yatsuichiro Yamamoto had difficulties in making the crossover special work due to its worldbuilding rules of Detective Conan. When the script is shown to Gosho Aoyama, Yamamoto said that he had in mind that "things such as magic and fantasy do not exist" in Detective Conan universe. Masaya Aramaki admits that the staff had difficulties handling the transformation aspects of PreCure! within the Conan universe, and how far they could incorporate fantasy. He said that they managed to explore options and admits that it was pretty fun working in the crossover special. The staff did end up placing stuff for the viewers to feel they're watching Detective Conan in Star Detective PreCure! episode, out of respect for the series.^[3]

Trivia

Gallery

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References

v • d • e Detective Conan Specials
TV Specials	Special 1: Time Travel of the Silver Sky • Special 2: Black History (compilation) • Special 3: Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Special 4: Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri • Special 5: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (crossover) • Special 6: Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small • Special 7: Love Story at Police Headquarters ~Wedding Eve~ (compilation) • Special 8: The Gold-Star Answer (crossover)
Planetarium Specials	The Magician of Starlight • Detectives' Starry Night • The Burning Galaxy Railroad • The Shining Payload
Drama Specials	A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~ • Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization • A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~ • Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case
Related Articles	Anime Specials • Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief

[1] ttps://x.com/inkfish_anime/status/2063247242597749151

[2] ttps://x.com/NakamuraShinga/status/2063197809785114849

[3] ttps://www.crank-in.net/interview/185440/1

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 | animation-director  = [[Keiko Sasaki]] <br> [[Hiroaki Takagi]]
 | character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Kyoko Yoshimi]] and [[Hiroaki Takagi]] (sub-character) <br> [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
-| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Koji Ochiai]] as [[Keita Kaneko]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguci]] as [[Kaitou Kid]]/[[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Hikari Senga]] as [https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/Akechi_Anna Cure Answer]
+| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Koji Ochiai]] as [[Keita Kaneko]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Kaitou Kid]]/[[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Hikari Senga]] as [https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/Akechi_Anna Cure Answer]
 | opening-song        = Heaven Knows
 | closing-song        = 7 DAYS