Cinema Today has announced that the 28th Detective Conan film has set the opening weekend record for the franchise. It has sold 2,314,690 tickets and earned 3,438,626,700 yen.
The movie, titled Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback, recently released in Japan on April 18. The 28th Detective Conan film has already beaten the opening weekend record set by the previous film in the series, titled Case Closed: The Million-Dollar Pentagram.
The film has screenings in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema in addition to regular screenings. The film opened in 522 theaters in Japan, a new record for the franchise. It is unknown if the 28th Detective Conan movie will premiere in the west. Both the original and rebooted versions of the series are available on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Shinichi Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
Recently, on April 5, the new YAIBA anime, titled Shin Samurai-den YAIBA, premiered. It aired before the ongoing Detective Conan anime’s 6:00 p.m. JST timeslot, to start the “Gōshō Aoyama Hour” block on YTV, NTV, and other affiliate channels. The cast and staff of the anime includes:
- Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
- Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjūrō Kurogane
- Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto
The 28th Detective Conan, Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback, is available to watch now in Japanese theaters.
