July 13, 2011

Detective Conan ED #39 by B’z

Detective Conan’s 39th ending theme song will be sung by B’z. The song is entitled Pilgrim and is a song included in the Japanese hard rock duo’s 18th album, C’mon. The album will be released on July 27, 2011.


The song will be used in the Detective Conan anime from August 6, 2011 and will be used only for the month of August.

Songs included in the album:
  1. C’mon
  2. Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo さよなら傷だらけの日々よ
  3. Hitoshizuku no Anata ひとしずくのアナタ
  4. Homebound
  5. Don’t Wanna Lie
  6. DAREKA
  7. Boss ボス
  8. Too Young
  9. Pilgrim ピルグリム
  10. The Master ザ・マイスター
  11. Dead End デッドエンド
  12. Meimei 命名
  13. ultra soul 2011
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New Magic Kaito Anime Special

This week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday (issue #33) is announcing a new anime special for Detective Conan. The anime special, entitled Detective Conan Special—Kaitou Kid Summer Festival: Kaitou Kid’s Busy Date, will air on August 6, 2011. The contents of the special are from Magic Kaito, another series by Detective Conan’s author Aoyama Gosho. Here is a brief summary of the anime special:
“Kaitou Kid, or Kuroba Kaito, sends out a warning card that he will steal The Angel’s Crown from the Treasures of the Medieval Period Exhibition. However, on the same day that he stated on the card, his classmate Nakamori Aoko makes him go out on a date with her. Aoko suspects that Kaito and Kid are the same person, and wants to confirm her suspicions.”
Kuroba Kaito and Nakamori Aoko

In addition, a second episode entitled The Royal Princess Likes Magic will air on August 13, 2011.
This is the second anime special of Magic Kaito, and spans two episodes this time. The first anime special, entitled The Secret behind the Birth of Kaitou Kid, aired in April 2010.

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Sources: websunday.net, Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue #33, dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club

Conan with Live-Action Ran on SS Cover

Conan is on the cover of issue #32 of Weekly Shonen Sunday. This is the second time Detective Conan is on the cover of the weekly manga magazine this year, the first being issue #20 that was on sale in April. In line with the first Detective Conan live-action drama that premiered on July 7, Kutsuna Shiori who plays Mouri Ran in the drama is on the cover together with Edogawa Conan, the protagonist of Detective Conan.

Kutsuna Shiori: Lalala♪ I’m with Conan-kun♡
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Source: Weekly Shonen Sunday Issue #32, dcfc | Detective Conan Fan Club

July 2, 2011

Detective Conan OP #32 by Garnet Crow

Detective Conan’s 32nd opening theme song will be sung by Garnet Crow. The song is entitled Misty Mystery and is the 33rd single of the Japanese band. The single will be released on 31st August, 2011.


The song will be used in the Detective Conan anime from August 6, 2011.

June 11, 2011

Detective Conan OP #31 is 45th Number One Single of B’z

The 49th single of Japanese rock duo B’z Don’t Wanna lie, which includes Detective Conan’s 31st opening theme song of the same name, was released on June 1, 2011 and debuted at first place on Oricon’s singles sales ranking chart, selling 169,000 copies in its first week of release.


This is the 45th B’z single in a row to debut at number one on the chart. The rock duo’s first number one single was Taiyou no Komachi Angel, released in June 1990. Don’t Wanna lie has renewed the records of the most number of number one singles and the most number of consecutive number one singles, both of which were already held by B’z.


The song Don’t Wanna lie is the 31st opening theme song of the Detective Conan anime, and also the theme song of the 15th Detective Conan movie, Quarter of Silence. Sales of this single has kicked off to a great start, as it has sold 39,000 more copies than the 130,000 copies sold in the first week of B’z's previous single, Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo, released in April this year.

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