Another card game is hitting the scene as it was announced that a new trading card game under the Detective Conan franchise is released on May 4, the same date as Conan & Shinichi’s birthday.
The official Twitter account of the Detective Conan Card Game announced the new card game on January 7. As of press time, not much details have been revealed so far, except that five starter decks based on the series’ primary characters (Conan Edogawa (Kudo’s alias), Heiji Hattori, Kaito Kid, Shuichi Akai, and Touru Amuro) will be available on May 4 along with the release of the first set of six-card booster packs.
The ninth issues of the Weekly Shonen Sunday released on January released the game “first card” promo which was Conan Edogawa. It was revealed that the design of Conan is based off on the magazine issues the series was first released in.
The twitter account also released a handwritten letter by the creator of Detective Conan, Gosho Aoyama which says:
“Hello, this is Aoyama!
The official Conan card game finally released for Conan’s 30th anniversary!
I was hooked on a certain TCG when I started serializing Conan, so I’m really looking forward to it! (lol)
The game will go on sale on May 4, Conan’s (Shinichi’s) birthday, so look forward to it!
Gosho Aoyama”
発売日は、コナン&新一の誕生日【5月4日】に決定🎂
— 【公式】名探偵コナンカードゲーム (@CONAN_tcg) January 7, 2024
これだけあれば始められるスターターデッキ5種（江戸川コナン・服部平次・怪盗キッド・赤井秀一・安室透）
ランダムでカードが入っているブースターパック第1弾「探偵たちの切札（ジョーカー）」
周辺商品も同時発売✨#コナンカード #コナンTCG pic.twitter.com/GIde6O9cIO
Below shows the translations of the tweet, which says:
“The release date is set for Conan & Shinichi’s birthday [May 4th] 🎂
All you need to get started is in 5 starter decks (Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, Kaito Kid, Shuichi Akai, Tooru Amuro).
The first booster pack containing random cards “Detectives’ Trump Card (Joker)”
Peripheral products will also be released at the same time ✨
#コナンカード [ConanCard] #コナンTCG [ConanTCG]”
The upcoming 27th Detective Conan movie titled Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram is set to premiere in Japan on April 21, 2024.
Further details revealed that the character Kid’s secret, which was not revealed in the original manga, will be revealed in this film.
The official website also reveals the upcoming film’s synopsis:
“A notice from Kaito Kid arrived at the repository of the Onoe Zaibatsu in Hakodate, Hokkaido. This time, Kid is aiming for a Japanese sword which is said to be related to Toshizo HIijikata, the vice commander of Shinsengumi, who lived in the end of Edo period. Why does Kid, who has pursued Big Jewel, go after the sword? Meanwhile, Heiji Hattori, the great detective from the west, and Conan, also visited the site for a kendo tournament to be held in Hakodate. On the day of the crime announcement, Heiji discovers Kid’s disguise and hunts him down…!?At the same time, the body with a cross cut on the chest was found in Hakodate warehouse district. A Japanese-American man known as the “Merchant of Death” who works as an arms dealer throughout Asia has emerged from the investigation. He was looking for treasures believed to have been hidden somewhere in Hakodate by the first head of the Onoe family, who was heavily involved in the war industry during the World War II. Rumor has it that it is such a powerful weapon that it could change the war situation that Japan was losing at the time… And the treasure and the sword Kid is aiming at seem to have something kind of connection. The shadow of a mysterious swordsman looms over Kid who is aiming at the sword …”
Detective Conan or Case Closed began as a long-running manga series by Gosho Aoyama. The manga premiered in Japan on January 5, 1994 and still ongoing. The manga expanded to an anime series, anime films, and other media.
Source: ANN
