This year's 51st issue of Shogakugan's Shonen Sunday is revealing information about the 17th Detective Conan (Case Closed) movie, Meitantei Conan: Zekkai no Private Eye (Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea) on Wednesday. The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The heroine Ran is put in jeopardy, and Conan is forced to stand up against a dangerous criminal.
The new anime is the first one being presented in "2013 Sunday Anime Project," the eight-issue campaign that Shonen Sunday is hosting.
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea will open on April 20 in TOHO theaters throughout Japan.