Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Becomes a Success in Mainland China!

The high-school detective who gets turned into a child during one of his missions, Detective Conan is a must-watch for all mystery and detective lovers!

Detective Conan features a young detective Kudo Shinichi who is accidentally turned into a kid and takes the alias of Conan Edogawa.

Throughout the series, he solves many cases from behind the scenes and while giving all the credit to Detective Kogoro Mori, his unofficial caretaker.

Detective Conan’s recently released movie Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan) became a hit at the Chinese box office. 

It earned about 210 million Yuan(US $3.2 million) as of Sunday last week.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet is the 24th installment of the Detective Conan movie series.

The movie has officially beaten many films and is now ranked #6 in the box office collection regarding Japanese movies released in China.

It is behind movies like Weathering With You, Stand By Me Doraemon, Spirited Away, and Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, the preceding movie of The Scarlet Bullet. 

The movie was initially scheduled for April 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid crisis and was rescheduled for April 2021 instead.

Detective Conan, popularly known as Case Closed, has served its loyal fans with nothing but quality content in the mystery and thriller genre.

The anime and manga have been going on for almost two decades now and strikes us with a sense of nostalgia as it has been a part of our childhoods.

The movie series of the popular franchise will continue more as the 25th movie of the anime was accidentally revealed in a now-deleted tweet.

The movie Scarlet Bullet takes up the story of a crisis that occurred during the World Sports Game tournament in which prominent industry leaders are kidnapped.

The incident occurs during the inauguration of Japan’s Hyperlinear bullet train, which is considered the pinnacle of Japan’s technological advancement.

Detective Conan has been a major part of my life growing up because it’s a show that pleases every mystery lover, be it a child or an adult.

Knowing that the anime is still producing content is just what adds that extra serotonin that I need.

Anyway, do watch the movie, you won’t be disappointed!

About Detective Conan

Detective Conan is a detective manga series by Gosho Aoyama. It was first serialized in 1994 and has been published for over two decades.

Shinichi Kudo, or Conan is a high school detective who has been turned into a child after consuming a toxin.

Along with the FBI and a variety of characters, he solves mysterious cases. He takes on the name of Conan and tries to pin down the syndicate responsible for shrinking him.

Source: Animation Business Journal Website

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