A new key visual has been revealed for the long-running Detective Conan TV anime series, coinciding with the 2023 Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair. The anime has been running since January 8, 1996 and is also known as Case Closed outside of Asia.
The latest visual highlights the main character Conan Edogawa, along with Ran Mouri, Kogoro Mouri, Dr. Agasa, Ai Haibara, and the Detective Boys consisting of Genta Kojima, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, and Ayumi Yoshida. Famous scenes from the anime are also interspersed throughout the background of the visual.
Additionally, Detective Conan’s Japanese broadcaster YTV most recently held a special photo booth for the series during the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2023 event.
The original manga series by Gosho Aoyama, titled in English as Detective Conan by Shogakukan Asia and Case Closed by Viz Media, began serialization in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday on January 5, 1994. A total of 103 tankoubon volumes have been released as of April 2023.
Besides a TV anime series, the manga has also inspired several anime films, OVAs, live-action dramas, audio CDs, and spin-off media.
The most recent film, Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine, was released on April 14, 2023 and grossed over 10 billion yen (US$74.2 million) as of May 2023.
TMS Entertainment describes the synopsis of Detective Conan as:
Shinichi Kudo is a high school detective. One day, suspicious men in black forcefully give him a strange poison and his body shrank to the time of when he was in the first grade! Hiding his identity, he made a new name for himself: Conan Edogawa. Conan now lives with his childhood friend Ran Mori and her detective father in hopes of hunting down the Black Organization while being involved in cases. He faces numerous difficult cases and goes against a notorious thief but keeps on solving mysteries to find the one and only truth!
Source: Comic Natalie