DETECTIVE CONAN: THE MILLION DOLLAR PENTAGRAM Press Notes and High-Res Images From Toho

Conan Edogawa celebrates his 30th anniversary with his 27th feature film, DETECTIVE CONAN: >THE MILLION DOLLAR PENTAGRAM. Image courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. © 2024 GOSHO AOYAMA/DETECTIVE CONAN COMMITTEE All Rights Reserved.

Source: Toho Co., Ltd.
Official Site: https://www.conan-movie.jp/2024/ (Japan)
Translator: Andres Perez (Sakura Central)

Toho has provided information and high-res images from their new anime film, DETECTIVE CONAN: THE MILLION DOLLAR PENTAGRAM (名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星（みちしるべ), Meitantei Konan 100 Man-Doru no Goryōboshi（Michishirube)). The 27th installment in the blockbuster series based on the Detective Conan manga by Gosho Aoyama is scheduled for nationwide release in Japan on April 12th and will guest star actor and comedian Yo Oizumi as Detective Kawazoe.

TMS Entertainment is marketing the film internationally with the English title CASE CLOSED: THE MILLION-DOLLAR PENTAGRAM.

Introduction

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Gosho Aoyama's original manga series, has already reached 104 volumes (with a cumulative total of more than 270 million copies sold worldwide!) The popularity of the DETECTIVE CONAN series has proven to be at an all-time high, with the TV anime series having aired more than 1,000 times.

The 26th movie, DETECTIVE CONAN: BLACK IRON SUBMARINE (名探偵コナン黒鉄(くろがね)の魚影(サブマリン), Meitantei Konan Kurogane (Kurogane) no Gyoei (Sabumarin)), released last April and exceeded 13.88 billion yen in box office revenue, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Furthermore, the cumulative box-office revenue of all 26 theatrical films has surpassed 118 billion yen. With such immense profits, DETECTIVE CONAN: THE MILLION DOLLAR PENTAGRAM will have a lot to live up to when it releases in Japan nationwide this coming Friday.

Story

A notice from Kaito Kid (aka Kid the Phantom Thief) has arrived at the storage room of the Atoe Zaibatsu in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Kid's target this time is a Japanese sword connected to Toshizo Hijikata, the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi who lived during the end of the Edo period. Why is Kid, who is pursuing the Big Jewel, after this sword?

Heiji Hattori, a great detective from the West, along with Conan and his friends are also visiting Hakodate for a kendo tournament. On the day of the crime notice, Heiji sees through Kid's disguise and corners him!

At the same time, a body is found in the Hakodate warehouse district with a cross-shaped cut across the chest. The investigation uncovers a Japanese-American man known as the "Merchant of Death" who operates as an arms dealer throughout Asia. He was looking for a treasure that was said to have been hidden somewhere in Hakodate by the first head of the Akie family, who was deeply involved in the military industry during the war. It is rumored to be a weapon so powerful that it could have completely changed the course of the war for Japan, which was near defeat at the time.

It seems that the treasure and the sword that Kid is aiming for are related, and as Kid aims for the sword, the shadow of a mysterious "swordsman" approaches...

The "truth" hidden in the sword cuts through the dark night and now leads us under the moon.

The battle for the mystery treasure that will divide the world begins here!

Details

Japanese Theatrical Release: Friday, April 12, 2024 (Nationwide Roadshow)

Voice Cast
Conan Edogawa: Minami Takayama
Ran Mouri: Wakana Yamazaki
Kogoro Mouri: Rikiya Koyama
Kaito Kid: Kappei Yamaguchi
Heiji Hattori: Ryou Horikawa
Kazuha Toyama: Yuko Miyamura
Takuzo Onoe: Hiroshi Naka
Ai Haibara: Megumi Hayashibara
Ayumi Yoshida: Yukiko Iwai
Dr. Hiroshi Agasa: Kenichi Ogata
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: Ikue Otani
Shinichi Kudo: Kappei Yamaguchi
Genta Kojima: Wataru Takagi
Inspector Kyohei Nishimura: Hikaru Hanada
Ayumi Yoshida: Yukiko Iwai
Sonoko Suzuki: Naoko Matsui
Momiji Oka: Satsuki Yukino
Muga Iori: Daisuke Ono
Takuzo Onoe: Hiroshi Naka
Soshi Okita VI: Koji Yusa
Ginzo Nakamori: Ishinriki Koji
Hijiri Fukushiro: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Ryoe Fukushiro: Takayuki Sugo
Toshizo Hijikata: Kenjiro Tsuda
Miko Yoshinaga: Marika Kono
Brian D. Kadokura: Banjo Ginga
Detective Yoshihisa Kawazoe: Yo Oizumi (Special Guest)

Staff

Original Story: Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama (serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday)
Director: Chika Nagaoka
Screenplay: Takahiro Okura
Music: Yugo Kanno
Theme Song: “Soushi Souai (Mutual Love)” by Aiko (Pony Canyon)
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Detective Conan Committee: TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd., Shogakukan Inc., Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd.

About Toho Company. Ltd.

Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of twenty-eight Godzilla motion pictures, based upon a character the company unleashed on the world back in 1954, and masterpiece films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toho has been the number one distributor of motion pictures in Japan (both domestic and foreign) for over ten consecutive years since 2003.