Movie series Famous detective Conan has reached a major milestone, surpassing 100 million total viewers in Japan. This remarkable achievement is thanks to the 27th film in the franchise, “Detective Conan: Million Dollar Pentagram,” attracted more than 6.44 million viewers and 9.2 billion yen in just 18 days.
In doing so, Detective Conan becoming the third franchise brand in Japan to achieve the feat of 100 million tickets sold Doraemon and Godzilla.
Distributor Toho emphasized the importance of this milestone, emphasizing that reaching 100 million views with the 27th film is the fastest record in history.
“The figure of 100 million people is almost equal to the population of Japan and is truly a remarkable achievement worthy of being called a national project. In addition, surpassing 100 million people is a record after the series'Doraemon'and'Godzilla', but surpassing it with the 27th part is the fastest record in history!“
To commemorate this landmark event, a commemorative video has been released, showcasing iconic scenes from the entire series, spanning from the first film, Detective Conan: The skyscraper was hit by a time bombup to the latest installment.
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Manga author Gosho Aoyama expressed his gratitude and excitement at this achievement, joking that the film's title coincided with the number 100 million.
Hello, it's Aoyama! Congratulations and thank you on reaching 100 million moviegoers! Coincidentally, the title of this year's movie,'Million Dollars', is roughly equivalent to 100 million yen. What? Is the over 100 million yen due to the weak yen? Don't say such harsh things (laughs).“
Conan voice actor Minami Takayama also sincerely thanked fans for their unwavering support throughout the series' journey.
“Thank you so much for your always enthusiastic support. Surpassing 100 million people? I was stunned by the unexpected good news. It really feels like we got proof of being a national anime and I'm really emotional. The Conan family continues to operate thanks to the support of your'conan love'. We will do our best to bring works that you want to watch again and again, that you want to immerse yourself in this world forever, with all our strength and love. Let's continue playing tag with 'Conan love' from now on. With gratitude for all 27 works.”
Detective Conan: Million Dollar Pentagram hits theaters in Japan on April 12, 2024.
The film also achieved the second highest opening weekend gross for an anime film, surpassing JJK 0's total opening weekend gross (2.6 billion yen).
The film also surpassed the number of opening days of the 26th feature film with a significant figure of 112%. increase.
Chika Nagaoka served as director Detective Conan: Million Dollar Pentagramwith a script by Takahiro Okura.
26th feature film, Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine released on April 14, 2023.
Twenty-seven feature films based on the series Case Closed has been released. They were animated by TMS Entertainment and produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippon Television, ShoPro and Toho. The first seven films were directed by Kenji Kodama, films 8–14 were directed by Yasuichiro Yamamoto, films 15–21 were directed by Kobun Shizuno, films 22 were directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, films 23 and 24 were directed by Chika Nagaoka, and 25 is directed by Susumu Mitsunaka.
Detective Conan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday since January 1994, with the chapters collected into 102 tankōbon volumes as of September 2022.
Due to legal issues with the name Detective Conan, the English version by Funimation and Viz was renamed to Case Closed.
Anime version of Case Closed produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment. Over 1000 episodes have been broadcast in Japan since the anime debuted on January 8, 1996, making it the fifteenth longest-running anime series to date.
Source: Official website, Oricon