Gōshō Aoyama Celebrates Detective Conan Film Milestone With New Sketch
The sketch marks the film's continued strong performance after it set a new opening-weekend record for the franchise.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Detective Conan creator Gōshō Aoyama released an original illustration congratulating the 29th film, Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway, on earning 10.8 billion yen (about US$69 million) since its April 10 opening. The sketch features Conan Edogawa, Chihaya Hagiwara, Kenji Hagiwara, and Jinpei Matsuda.
Gōshō Aoyama drew Conan Edogawa, Chihaya Hagiwara, Kenji Hagiwara, and Jinpei Matsuda for the illustration, which he posted to the Detective Conan movies' X/Twitter account. In the sketch, Kenji says, "We've broken 10.8 billion," and Jinpei responds, "We'll keep flooring it!!" Chihaya and Conan appear in the background, with Chihaya saying, "You're flooring it too much! I'll write you up!"
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway opened at #1 on April 10 and sold 2,318,009 tickets for 3,502,137,800 yen (about US$21.9 million) in its first three days, a new opening-weekend record for the franchise. The film centers on Chihaya Hagiwara, a Kanagawa Prefectural Police officer and leader of its motorcycle division, now voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro, who replaced the late Atsuko Tanaka.
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- Anime News Network Detective Conan Creator Gōshō Aoyama Celebrates New Film with Sketch