Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram
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Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram[nb 1] (Japanese: 名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星, Hepburn: Meitantei Konan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube) is a Japanese animated mystery film directed by Chika Nagaoka. It is the twenty-seventh installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, preceded by Black Iron Submarine in 2023. The film was released in Japan on April 12, 2024.[3]
| Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram | |
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| Kanji | 名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星 |
| Revised Hepburn | Meitantei Konan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube |
| Directed by | Chika Nagaoka |
| Written by | Takahiro Okura |
| Based on | Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno (soundtrack) Aiko (theme song: "Soushisouai") |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $160,000,000[1] |
The film grossed over ¥15 billion (with 160 million worldwide), making it the highest-grossing Japanese film of 2024 so far, the 16th highest-grossing Japanese film and the 14th highest-grossing film released in Japan. it also the highest-grossing Case Closed film of all time.[4]
Plot
editThe current head of the Onoe Zaibatsu, Takuzo Onoe, receives a notice from Kaito Kid. The plan was to steal two wakizashi swords belonging to Toshizo Hijikata, which were stored in a zaibatsu warehouse in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Inspector Nakamori, who is chasing Kid, becomes suspicious as to why Kid, who is supposed to be targeting big jewels, is targeting swords. Around the same time, a kendo tournament was being held in Hakodate, and Heiji Hattori and Soshi Okita came to Hakodate to participate in the tournament. Conan Edogawa, Mouri Ran and Kazuha Toyama came to support Heiji. At the venue of the kendo tournament, Kazuha meets Hijiri Fukushiro, a university student who gave a best performance. In addition to the tournament, Heiji was looking for scenic spots around Hakodate in order to successfully confess his feelings to Kazuha with Ran remember about Shinichi's confession in London, England and decided to tell Heiji about Mount Hakodate. Meanwhile, Momiji Ooka, who is Kazuha's love rival and has feelings for Heiji, also visits Hokkaido by helicopter to support Heiji who is participating in a kendo tournament, but the butler, Muga Iori, says, "Hokkaido has a beautiful confession spot." When she hears that "there are many scattered around," she assumes that he is planning to confess to Kazuha, and plots to thwart his plan.
On the day of the crime notice, Heiji sees through Kid's disguise and attempts to corner Kid, who has escaped to the rooftop. Heiji recovers one of Kid's stolen swords and engages Kid in a fight with the sword. He corners Kid with his skillful swordsmanship and cuts Kid's hat off, but Heiji is surprised to see that Kid's face looks exactly like Conan's original form, Shinichi Kudo. Kid took advantage of this opportunity and ran away with one of his swords. Heiji entrusts the other sword he recovered to the police.
Shortly thereafter, the murdered body of a man with a cross-shaped wound on his chest is discovered in the Hakodate warehouse district. The body was identified as Sumito Kugaki, a legal advisor to the Onoe Zaibatsu, who was murdered shortly after returning from Dubai, and the contents of his golf bag were taken away. Conan and Heiji suspect that Kid is connected to the incident in which he targeted a sword belonging to the Onoe Zaibatsu, and they speculate that the sword was likely in the golf bag. In addition, Detective Yoshihisa Kawazoe, a subordinate of Inspector Nishimura of the Hokkaido Police Department, revealed that the stolen sword was a clue to the treasure that Keizaburo Onoe, the first head of the Onoe Zaibatsu, had hidden in Hakodate. Because he was deeply involved in the military industry, we hear that the treasure was said to be a weapon that could completely change the course of war at the end of the Edo period. Afterwards, resulting from a police investigation, a man named Brian D. Kadokura emerges as a suspect. Kadokura is outwardly a philanthropist, but in reality is an arms dealer active throughout Asia, and is aiming for the Onoe family's treasure. Kadokura also possesses two swords that are clues to the Onoe family treasure that Kugaki had.
Afterwards, Kadokura receives a notice from Kid stating Kid will steal the sword belonging to Kadokura. However, while hiding, he is suddenly attacked by a mysterious swordsman wearing a black fox mask. Kid is almost killed by his excellent swordsmanship, but then Conan and Heiji, who have been chasing Kid, arrive. Heiji engages in a sword fight with a mysterious swordsman, and with the help of Conan, manages to defeat him. Heiji sees the cross-shaped cut on Kid's clothes and suspects that the mysterious swordsman is the culprit who murdered Kugaki. Conan also discovers that the mysterious swordsman has traced the signal from a transmitter installed in the sword that Kid stole from Kadokura. Afterwards, Kid explains why he aimed the sword this time as a thank you for his help. The reason why he stole the sword was because he wanted to see what kind of treasure a father had tried to steal but gave up on, and that treasure was the treasure of the Onoe family, which Kadokura and Takuzo Onoe were also after. According to Kid, a handwritten note written by Keizaburo Onoe was found that contained only the name of the swordsmith Eitatsu Higashikubo, and it was believed that the sword struck by Eitatsu Higashikubo was a clue to finding the treasure. There were six swords in total, and four of them were the two wakizashi that Kid had tried to steal from the Onoe Zaibatsu's storage, and the two that had been stolen from Kadokura. He then says that the remaining two swings are owned by a person named Ryoe Fukushiro, who is Hijiri Fukushiro's father. Kid entrusts the stolen swords to Conan and his friends, saying, "You guys are better at solving mysteries like this, right?" Conan and Heiji head to Ryoe Fukushiro's house.
Later, as a clue to the treasure, in addition to Eitatsu Higashikubo's six swords, the existence of another sword, the Seiryoto, which has a star-shaped brim, comes to light. However, this was just the beginning of a fierce battle for the treasure of the Onoe family.
Cast
edit| Character | Japanese voice actor |
|---|---|
| Conan Edogawa | Minami Takayama |
| Shinichi Kudō | Kappei Yamaguchi |
| Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba) | |
| Ran Mōri | Wakana Yamazaki |
| Kogorō Mōri | Rikiya Koyama |
| Heiji Hattori | Ryō Horikawa |
| Kazuha Toyama | Yuko Miyamura |
| Ai Haibara | Megumi Hayashibara |
| Ayumi Yoshida | Yukiko Iwai |
| Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya | Ikue Ōtani |
| Genta Kojima | Wataru Takagi |
| Hiroshi Agasa | Kenichi Ogata |
| Sonoko Suzuki | Naoko Matsui |
| Momiji Ooka | Satsuki Yukino |
| Muga Iori | Daisuke Ono |
| Soshi Okita VI | Koji Yusa |
| Ginzo Nakamori | Koji Ishii |
| Aoko Nakamori | Mao Ichimichi |
| Yusaku Kudo | Hideyuki Tanaka |
| Yukiko Kudo | Sumi Shimamoto |
| Toichi Kuroba | Shūichi Ikeda |
| Toshizo Hijikata | Kenjiro Tsuda[5] |
| Takeshi Onimaru | |
| Detective Yoshihisa Kawazoe | Yo Oizumi |
| Inspector Kyohei Nishimura | Hikaru Hanada |
| Hijiri Fukushiro | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka |
| Ryōe Fukushiro | Takayuki Sugō |
| Takuzō Onoe | Hiroshi Naka |
| Miko Yoshinaga | Marika Kōno |
| Brian D. Kadokura | Banjō Ginga and Julian McFarlane (English Stunt) |
| Shotoku Machida | Nobuaki Kanemitsu |
| Nacho Belga | Koji Takeda |
| Afro | Takahiro Miyamoto |
Promotion
editOn September 30, 2023, the official Detective Conan film series X (formerly Twitter) account posted an initial trailer for the movie.[6]
On November 29, 2023, in the first issue of 2024 for Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the title of the movie was confirmed as The Million Dollar Pentagram, with a hand-drawn poster by Gosho Aoyama and a synopsis of the film attached, with the release date confirmed as April 12, 2024.[7][8][9]
On December 26, 2023, a new 60-second trailer and a visual poster featuring Conan, Heiji, and Kaito Kid were released.[10]
On February 1, 2024, the main visual for the film was released. It was also announced that there will be no pre-screening of the film, but a fan meeting will be held ahead of the theatrical release of the film.[11] The theme song was revealed to be Sōshi Sōai (Japanese: 相思相愛) by Aiko in a 90-second trailer released on February 15, marking the singer's first collaboration with a Detective Conan movie.[12][13]
Reception
editBox Office
editAs of August 22, 2024, Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram grossed $41 million internationally, with $35 million from China.[14][15]
Critical reception
editJennie Kermode of Eye for Film described the film as a "mixed bag", writing that "The balance of the central mystery and teenage angst doesn’t always work, and even viewers who are in their teens themselves will likely become frustrated with it at times, but there is a good supply of drama elsewhere."[16] Phuong Le of The Guardian, in a mixed review, praised the choice of setting of the Goryōkaku fort, but criticised the plot, saying that "the film’s climax feels less like a showcase of Conan’s intellect and more like an excuse for an action sequence".[17] Tom Spoors of Loud and Clear Reviews wrote that the film's storyline "just isn’t that compelling by itself".[18]
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ "Detective Conan's 27th animated feature film unveils gripping second trailer". The Times of India. 2024-02-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ Nazru, Ami (2023-11-29). "Detective Conan's 27th Feature Film Reveals Title, Release Date & Other Details". Animehunch. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "歴代興収ベスト100". Kogyo Tsushinsha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星（みちしるべ）／劇場映画 第27作目｜アニメキャスト・キャラクター・登場人物・最新情報一覧 | アニメイトタイムズ". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "劇場版名探偵コナン【公式】on X (formerly Twitter)". X (formerly Twitter). 2023-09-30.
- ^ "映画『コナン』来年4月12日公開 函館舞台で平次VS怪盗キッド『名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星』". ORICON NEWS. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "劇場版「名探偵コナン」新作は「100万ドルの五稜星」、函館で平次と和葉の恋模様描く". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Detective Conan's 27th Film Reveals Title, Release Date, and a Special Trailer!". tokyohive. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Nazru, Ami (2023-12-26). "Detective Conan's 27th Feature Film Reveals New Trailer & Visual". Animehunch. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ Patel, Jay (2024-02-01). "Detective Conan Movie 27 Reveals Main Visual". Otaku Mantra. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ Mishra, Ishika (2024-02-15). "Detective Conan Movie 27 New Trailer Unveils Theme Song By Aiko". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "aiko、映画『コナン』主題歌担当！初タッグで喜び 新予告映像も解禁で抱き合う？平次と和葉の姿". ORICON NEWS. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Boxoffice,China Boxoffice,China film Boxoffice,Weekly Boxoffice,Yearly Boxoffice-EntGroup". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Kermode, Jennie. "Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram (2024) Movie Review from Eye for Film". Eye for Film. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ Le, Phuong (2024-09-24). "Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram review – cult anime goes on wild treasure hunt". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ Spoors, Tom (2024-09-24). "Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram Review". Loud And Clear Reviews. Retrieved 2024-12-08.