The total number of viewers for the “Conan” movie series exceeds 100 million, reaching the milestone after 27 years.

New information has been announced for the 27th movie in the Detective Conan anime series, Detective Conan: 100 Million Dollars no Michi Shirube (to be released on April 12th). The cumulative number of viewers for the movie series so far has exceeded 100 million people after 27 years.

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Finally, this year, the cumulative number of viewers for the series exceeded 100 million.

“We will continue to move forward together with all of you with the support of many people. Thank you for your continued support of Detective Conan!”

“Detective Conan” is about the main character, Shinichi Kudo, a high school detective who was forced to drink poison by men dressed in black and turned into a child.He calls himself Conan Edogawa and chases a group of men dressed in black, and goes on a number of missions. The original work is a mystery manga about solving difficult cases. It began serialization in “Weekly Shonen Sunday” in 1994, followed by a TV anime in 1996 and a movie version in 1997, and the series continues to this day, making it a nationally popular work.

The latest movie version, “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five Star” attracted 630,000 viewers and box office revenue of over 960 million yen in its first day of release.

According to distributor Toho, it recorded 112% compared to the previous No. 1 hit in the series, Detective Conan: Submarine (released on April 14, 2023/box office revenue of 13.88 billion yen). He explained that it has gotten off to a mega-hit start, aiming to break even more all-time records, and is maintaining momentum that surpasses the previous work, “Detective Conan: The Black Iron Fish Shadow”.

The story of this work is set in Hakodate, where Heiji Hattori and Kaito Kid collide. Heiji misses the time and place to confess to Kazuha, and the one who stands in his way is Kid, who has a fateful relationship with him… Once, during an incident involving the conch pearl “Fairy Lips,” Heiji almost kissed Kazuha, who was disguised as Kid, without thinking.

Will Heiji, who turns into a detective when Kazuha gets involved, repay his debt to Kid in the latest movie and confess to Kazuha? Momiji Ooka, Muga Iori, and Souji Okita also appear, watching over Heiji and Kazuha.