27th Detective Conan Film Reveals English-Subtitled Trailer, English Title, Key Visual

TMS Entertainment began streaming an English-subtitled trailer and revealed a key visual for the upcoming Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube film on Wednesday. It also revealed the film’s English title: Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram.

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TMS Entertainment describes the film:

A message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to the wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to capture Kid. Onoe Family’s collections are associated with Toshizo Hijikata, a historic figure who perished in Hakodate. Why is Kid, who specializes in jewels, going after a Japanese sword?Coincidentally the family lawyer of Onoe is found murdered in the warehouse district, apparently slaughtered by a Japanese sword. The suspect is an investor/arms dealer who is said to be after Onoe family’s hidden treasure.

The grandfather of Onoe family’s patriarch was deeply involved with the army industry during wartime, and it was rumored he hid some powerful weapon that could “change the course of war” somewhere in Hakodate. Is Kid after that weapon? Meanwhile, Heiji is trying to find a perfect viewpoint to declare his love to Kazuha…

In the North among cherry blossoms, the exciting hunt for treasure begins!

The company is also holding a giveaway campaign where fans answer trivia questions from the first three episodes of the Case Closed anime. The contest is open until April 26.

The 27th film in the Detective Conan franchise will premiere in Japan on April 12. The film will screen in 515 cinemas across Japan, the largest number of theater screenings in the history of the Detective Conan film series, and will have simultaneous screenings in IMAX in 50 theaters, MX4D in 14 theaters, 4DX in 64 theaters, and Dolby Cinema in eight theaters.

AIKO will perform the film’s theme song “Sōshi Sōai” (Mutual Love).

The new cast members all play key characters connected to the sword around which the film’s plot centers, and include:

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Hijiri Fukushiro, a college student and skilled iai (Japanese swordsmanship style based on drawing a sword and slashing in one movement) swordsman who meets Kazuha in a kendo tournament

Takayuki Sugō as Ryōe Fukushiro, Hijiri’s father and master swordsman, despite being burdened with illness

Hiroshi Naka as Takuzō Onoe, the head of the Onoe conglomerate, and the one who issued a challenge to Kid

Marika Kōno as Miko Yoshinaga, a miko who knows much about Hijikata Toshizō’s sword

Banjō Ginga as Brian D. Kadokura, an American of Japanese descent, and an arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” who becomes a person of interest after a murder of someone with a cross-shaped wound becomes apparent

A separate compilation film titled Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief opened in cinemas in Japan on January 5. The compilation combined and re-edited television episodes including the debut of Kid the Phantom Thief, and added new footage to the story in episode 76, when Conan and Kid had their first confrontation. The special also featured exclusive new footage of “cherished interactions” between the two characters.

Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (Iron Submarine), the 26th film, opened in Japan on April 14 (two weeks before the official Golden Week holidays), and sold 2.17 million tickets to earn about 3.14 billion yen (about US$23.4 million) in its first three days, making it the best three-day opening for the franchise. The film is the first in the franchise to earn more than 10 billion yen.

Aoyama launched the manga in 1994. The manga has spawned a television anime that has been running since 1996, as well as an accompanying anime film series.

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