The official website for the Detective
Conan films revealed the poster visual on Wednesday for Meitantei Conan: Konjō
no Fist (Detective Conan: Fist of Blue
Sapphire), the 23rd anime film in
the Detective Conan franchise.
The site also revealed a "Fist
Visual" for the film.
Tomoka Nagaoka (assistant director on Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter) is directing the film. Takahiro Okura (Detective
Conan: The Crimson Love Letter) is penning the script. Katsuo Ono returns to compose the music.
Franchise regulars Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, and Rikiya Koyama returns as Conan Edogawa,
Ran Mouri, and Kogoro Mouri. Kappei Yamaguchi reprises his role as Kaitō
Kid.
The
film will open on April 12.
The
film will be set in Singapore, and will be the first Detective Conan film
set outside of Japan. Singapore's famous Marina Bay Sands, will be the site of
a murder case in the film. The plot will involve a large gem known as the
"Blue Sapphire," which sank to the bottom of the ocean at the end of
the 19th century.
The
film will center on Kaitō Kid, Makoto Kyōgoku, and Conan Edogawa. It marks a
return of the Kaitō Kid character to the Detective Conan films since his last
appearance in Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno, the franchise's
19th film, in 2015. It is also the first appearance of the character Makoto
Kyōgoku in the franchisefilms. In the film, Makoto, an
undefeated karate master with 400 wins, confronts Kid as Kid tries to steal the
Blue Sapphire. Meanwhile, Kaitō Kid brings Conan to Singapore against his will.
Sources: Detective Conan anime film website, Comic Natalie
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