Detective Conan Anime & Movies: 15th Year Anniversary

The Detective Conan anime and movies celebrate their 15th year anniversary next year!

The first episode of Detective Conan aired on 08 January 1996. In the blink of an eye, the Detective Conan anime is now approaching its 15th year of airing. Similarly, the 15th Detective Conan movie will open next year. Hence, 2011 will be the 15th year anniversary for both the television anime and the Detective Conan movies.

To celebrate this occasion, a special Detective Conan website has been set up. The website (in Japanese only) contains congratulatory messages from celebrities and a list of recommended episodes chosen by the main characters’s voice actors and actresses. In addition, a series of six videos entitled “Conan vs. Suwacchi Special Talk” will be available on the website. The videos will be added one per week on Saturdays. The first video showed an interview with Suwacchi (Suwa Michihiko), the chief producer of the Detective Conan anime, and a puppet Conan:

Here are links to the pages on the website (Japanese only):

>> Messages from various celebrities

>> Recommended episodes from voice actors/actresses

>> Conan vs. Suwacchi Special Talk

Besides the special website, previously aired episodes of Detective Conan will also be available on online Japanese video sites. While the first episode is available for free, the other episodes are priced from 336-420 yen in sets of four episodes each. Episodes that aired in 1996 (episodes 01-42) will be available this year, while episodes that aired from 1997-1999 will be available next year.

Source: dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club.com

Detective Conan’s Author Draws Popular Character From “Black Lagoon” [Updated!]

Detective Conan’s author Aoyama Gosho draws Revy, a main character of the series Black Lagoon.

Black Lagoon is serialized in Sunday GX, a monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, which also publishes Shonen Sunday (the magazine that serializes Detective Conan). In accordance with the 10th year anniversary of Sunday GX, a special collaboration has been made between the author of Detective Conan and Black Lagoon. Aoyama’s drawing of Revy, Black Lagoon’s highly popular character, will be bundled as a poster with the October issue of Sunday GX.

Update: Here is part of Aoyama’s drawing:

Image © Aoyama Gosho, Monthly Sunday GX
Credits: Scanned by Mihuakuaibao

For comparison, here’s the cover of volume 01 of the Black Lagoon manga, with Revy on it:

Cover of volume 01 of the Black Lagoon manga with Revy on it

Black Lagoon’s story follows a team of mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, which smuggles goods around the Southeast Asian seas during the early 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional city of Roanapur in Thailand, and they transport goods in a torpedo boat named “Black Lagoon”. (Edited from Wikipedia’s summary)

» Black Lagoon’s official website (Japanese)

Source: dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club.com

Detective Conan ED #36 “Tomorrow is the last Time”

The 36th ending theme song of the Detective Conan anime will be Kuraki Mai’s new song “Tomorrow is the last Time”, which will be used from 18th September 2010.

The song is included in Kuraki Mai’s upcoming 9th album, “FUTURE KISS”, which will be released on 20th October 2010.

Update The release date of this album has been pushed back to 17th November 2010.

Limited Edition

Normal Edition

Tracks list:

1. FUTURE KISS
2. wana
3. Revive (Detective Conan’s 25th opening theme song)
4. Watashi no, shiranai, watashi. ～precious ver.～
5. SUMMER TIME GONE (Detective Conan’s 29th opening theme song)
6. I scream!
7. Drive me crazy
8. I can do it now
9. Beautiful～comfortable ver.～
10. I promise
11. sound of rain
12. Tomorrow is the last Time (Detective Conan’s 36th ending theme song)
13. anywhere

Update: Please click here for the lyrics & video of the 36th ending theme song.

sources: ytv, Kuraki Mai’s official website

Source: dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club.com

Conan’s Twitter Exceeds 10,000 Followers

Edogawa Conan’s official Twitter account, started on 14th July this year, has exceeded 10,000 in its followers’ count!


A wallpaper made from a drawing of the ongoing London arc in the manga has been released to mark this special event:

Also, the fifth chapter of the London arc, File 747 “Holmes’ Code”, will be released on Shonen Sunday’s free online manga reading site Club Sunday this Friday (10th September). If you can read Japanese, be sure to check it out!

Sources: Conan’s Twitter account, Club Sunday

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2011 Calendar; Ending Theme Song 36

The 2011 Detective Conan calendar will be on sale from October 2010!

Cover of the 2011 Detective Conan Calendar

2011 Detective Conan Calendar

>>Date of release: October 2010

>>Size: 45cm × 52cm, 7 sheets

>>Price: 1,680 yen

Also, the Detective Conan anime’s new (36th) ending theme song has been decided. It will be from the same singer of its recently changed opening theme song—Kuraki Mai. The popular Japanese singer’s new single “Tomorrow is the last Time” will be used and this will be the 5th time she sings an ending theme song for the Detective Conan anime.

The song will be used from 18th September, and the single’s release date is yet to be confirmed.

 
Source: dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club.com