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

Additional concept

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

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

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

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

List of regular movies

The following is a list of regular movies.

Theme songs

TV broadcast

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

See also

Footnotes

Notes

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

References

Detective Conan Movies
Regular Movies Movie 01: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper • Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target • Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century • Movie 04: Captured in Her Eyes • Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven • Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street • Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital • Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky • Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths • Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem • Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure • Movie 12: Full Score of Fear • Movie 13: The Raven Chaser • Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky • Movie 15: Quarter of Silence • Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker • Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea • Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper • Movie 19: Sunflowers of Inferno • Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare • Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter • Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer • Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire • Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet • Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween • Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine • Movie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram • Movie 28: One-eyed Flashback • Movie 29: Fallen Angel of the Highway • Movie 30
Crossover Movies Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
Compilation Movies The Scarlet Alibi • The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ • Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief
3D Movies Conan vs. Kid: Shark & Jewel • Conan vs. Kid: The Pitch-Black Sniper
Related media 16 Suspects!? (Movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (Movie 7) • Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother (Movie 8) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (Movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (Movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (Crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (Movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (Movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (Movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (Movie 16) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (Movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (Movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (Movie 18) • Munch's Missing Scream (Movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (Movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (Movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (Movie 22) • Intrigue at the Food Court (Movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (Movie 26) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (Movie 27) • The Secret's Afterimage (Movie 28) • The Cosplay Rider of the Wind (Movie 29)
Related pages Agasa's Quizzes