On the official Twitter account for the twenty-fourth film in the Detective Conan franchise, titled Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan (Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet), it was announced that the theatrical release of the feature film will be delayed until April 2021.
Previously, it had been announced that the film would have delayed its release indefinitely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on production, and a new release date had not been specified. The film was slated to debut in theaters in Japan on April 17.
The most recent film in the franchise, Meitantei Conan: Konjō no Fist (Detective Conan: Fist of Blue Sapphire) premiered in theaters in Japan on April 12, and grossed a total of 1,866,292,700 yen (about $ 16.85 million). ) in a total of 1,458,263 tickets sold in its first three days alone. Until August 25 of this year, the collection reached a total of 9,182,702,500 yen (about $ 83.6 million).
Production team
- Tomoka Nagaoka is in charge of directing the film.
- Takeharu Sakurai is in charge of writing the scripts.
- Katsuo Ono will return to compose the soundtrack.
Synopsis
The film will focus on the FBI agent Shuichi Akai; his younger brother and professional shōgi player, Shukichi Haneda; his younger sister and high school student, Masumi Sera; his mother Mary Sera; and Conan Edogawa himself.
In history, Japan is celebrating the "World Sports Games" in Tokyo. The “Japanese Bullet”, the first ultra-fast linear train built with the latest Japanese technology and synchronized to coincide with the opening ceremony of the WSG; It is slated to go from Shin Nagoya Station to Tokyo Station at a speed of nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour.
However, a bizarre incident occurs during a party held inside tres, which quickly turns into a kidnapping of top executives. Conan deduces that this may be related to a similar event that occurred fifteen years ago.
Source: Official Twitter Account
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