Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Signpost

Case Closed: The Million Dollar Signpost
Kanji名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星
Revised HepburnMētantē Konan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube
Directed byChika Nagaoka
Screenplay byTakahiro Okura
Based onCase Closed
by Gosho Aoyama
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Case Closed: The Million Dollar Signpost, also known as Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Signpost (Mētantē Konan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (Japanese: 名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星)), is an upcoming Japanese animated mystery film directed by Chika Nagaoka. It is the twenty-seventh installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, preceded by Black Iron Submarine in 2023. The film is scheduled to be released in Japan on April 12, 2024.[1]

Plot

In Hakodate, Hokkaido, Kaito Kid made an announcement for his next heist, the target being a Japanese sword with connections to warrior Toshizo Hijikata. On the day of the heist, Heiji Hattori and Conan, who were visiting a kendo tournament taking place in Hakodate, confronts Kid, with the hopes of learning why he was after the sword.[2]

Cast

Character Japanese voice actor
Conan Edogawa Minami Takayama[3]
Shinichi Kudō Kappei Yamaguchi[3]
Kaito Kid
Ran Mōri Wakana Yamazaki[3]
Kogorō Mōri Rikiya Koyama[3]
Ai Haibara Megumi Hayashibara
Heiji Hattori Ryō Horikawa[3]
Kazuha Toyama Yuko Miyamura
Ayumi Yoshida Yukiko Iwai
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ikue Ōtani
Genta Kojima Wataru Takagi
Hiroshi Agasa Kenichi Ogata
Momiji Ooka Satsuki Yukino
Muga Iori Daisuke Ono
Toshizo Hijikata Kenjiro Tsuda[3]

Promotion

On 30 September 2023, the official Detective Conan film series X (formerly Twitter) account posted an initial trailer of the movie.[4]

On 29 November 2023, in the first issue of 2024 for Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the title of the movie has been confirmed as The Million Dollar Signpost, with a hand-drawn poster by Gosho Aoyama and a synopsis of the film attached, with the release date confirmed as 12 April 2024.[5][6][7]

On 26 December 2023, a new 60-second trailer and a visual poster featuring Conan, Heiji and Kaito Kid were released.[8]

References

  1. ^ Nazru, Ami (2023-11-29). "Detective Conan's 27th Feature Film Reveals Title, Release Date & Other Details". Animehunch. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "Detective Conan's 27th Feature Film Reveals New Trailer & Visual". Animehunch. 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星（みちしるべ）／劇場映画 第27作目｜アニメキャスト・キャラクター・登場人物・最新情報一覧 | アニメイトタイムズ". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  4. ^ "劇場版名探偵コナン【公式】on X (formerly Twitter)". X (formerly Twitter). 2023-09-30.
  5. ^ "映画『コナン』来年4月12日公開 函館舞台で平次VS怪盗キッド『名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星』". ORICON NEWS. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ^ "劇場版「名探偵コナン」新作は「100万ドルの五稜星」、函館で平次と和葉の恋模様描く". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ^ "Detective Conan's 27th Film Reveals Title, Release Date, and a Special Trailer!". tokyohive. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  8. ^ Nazru, Ami (2023-12-26). "Detective Conan's 27th Feature Film Reveals New Trailer & Visual". Animehunch. Retrieved 2024-01-16.