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AMBot | 09/13/2026 | Reading Time: 5 Min.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the TV anime "Detective Conan," the production team has released the main visual and a new promotional clip for the two-hour special "30-gō Satsujin Jiken" ("The 30th Case"). At the same time, it was announced that Mai Kuraki is contributing the theme song. The song, written especially for the special, is titled "Hallelujah" and is her 29th song for the series.
The special will air on September 25 at 9 p.m. in the "Kinyō Roadshow" programming block on Nippon TV, which also includes the production company Yomiuri TV. It is the first two-hour installment of the series in about ten years and marks a highlight of the anniversary year, in which a crossover episode with "Detective Precure" already aired in June, one with the J.League in July, and one with the Birdman competition in August. The story revolves around the issuance of a new 10,000-yen banknote featuring the fictional Tōto Tower, which throws the public into an uproar. When a counterfeit banknote turns up at the scene of a murder and the document examiner classifies it as a forgery, a special investigation team is formed. Since it is the 30th counterfeit discovered in Japan, the case is given the nickname "Case No. 30," and the note itself the name "Ultra 30." While the counterfeit report unsettles the country, Conan and the Osaka investigator Heiji Hattori travel to a printing plant in Osaka where the forgeries are said to have been produced. At the same time, police forces search further printing plants along the prefectural borders between Shizuoka and Kanagawa and between Nagano and Gunma.
The main visual brings together 16 characters – according to the production, the largest ensemble in the series' history – while the clip "All Deployed" ("Zen'in Shutsudō PV") shows excerpts from their operations. The ensemble includes Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mori, Chafurin as Inspector Megure, Wataru Takagi and Atsuko Yuya as the investigator duo Takagi and Sato, and Ryō Horikawa as Heiji Hattori. Akio Ōtsuka voices the twin brothers Yokomizo Sango and Jūgo, Takeshi Kusao can be heard as Toru Amuro, and Shūichi Ikeda returns as Shūichi Akai. Model and actress Elaiza Ikeda was brought on board as a guest voice actress. Nobuharu Kamanaka directs, the screenplay is by Takeharu Sakurai, the music by Katsuo Ohno; the animation is produced by TMS Entertainment, with Yomiuri TV, Shogakukan, and TMS Entertainment involved as producers.
Mai Kuraki has accompanied the series since 2000 and in July 2017 was recognized by Guinness World Records as the artist with the most theme songs for a single anime series; at the time, 21 songs were certified, and with "Hallelujah" her number rises to 29. In her comment, she explained that she wrote the piece for the two-hour format, bringing in her love and gratitude as well as her appreciation for Conan. The message is to believe in oneself, to accept and love everything, and to recognize that everyone, just as they are, is a uniquely shining star – instead of hatred and pain from a feeling of exclusion, one should open one's heart and feel the love that arises from the loneliness shared by all, and together make the visible world a hallelujah. The song will be released as a download single on September 25 via NORTHERN MUSIC; pre-orders have been possible via Apple Music and Spotify since September 12. A live DVD and Blu-ray titled "Mai Kuraki Live Project 2025 Rirakkusu – What a wonderful world" has also been announced for October 28.
One day after the special, the regular Saturday 6 p.m. slot switches to the three-part adaptation of the manga episode arc "Akaneiro no Senshūraku" ("Crimson Finale") from Volume 106. The three parts, subtitled "First Day," "Second-to-Last Performance," and "Final Performance," will air on September 26 and on October 3 and 10. In it, Conan and his companions visit the Naniwa Art Theater in Osaka to see a play modeled on Kogoro and Heiji. After a visit to the dressing room, Heiji learns that the sunset from the observation deck of Naniwa Harukas is considered the ideal place for a love confession, and resolves to finally confess his feelings to Kazuha Toyama. At the same time, ever new misfortunes have been occurring since the death of a director once called the "Puppet Demon," and a series of murders begins. The main visual shows Naniwa Harukas, the model for the Osaka skyscraper Abeno Harukas, upside down as if plunging from the sky, with Heiji in front of it turning his cap forward and Kazuha looking back at him. To match, the campaign "Naniwa Harukas Debut" will run on the Harukas 300 observation deck from September 18 to November 29, featuring a tour through the tower and surrounding facilities.
On September 19, Ryō Horikawa and Yūko Miyamura, the voices of Heiji and Kazuha, will appear on stage at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026 in Kyoto; the event will be streamed live on the official YouTube channel, and questions for the duo could be submitted via the anime series' official X account until September 13. Background: Gōshō Aoyama launched the manga in 1994 in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday, and the TV series has been running since January 1996. Internationally, the manga is published by Viz Media under the title "Case Closed," while the anime series can be seen on Crunchyroll and Netflix, among others.
The special will air on September 25 at 9 p.m. in the "Kinyō Roadshow" programming block on Nippon TV, which also includes the production company Yomiuri TV. It is the first two-hour installment of the series in about ten years and marks a highlight of the anniversary year, in which a crossover episode with "Detective Precure" already aired in June, one with the J.League in July, and one with the Birdman competition in August. The story revolves around the issuance of a new 10,000-yen banknote featuring the fictional Tōto Tower, which throws the public into an uproar. When a counterfeit banknote turns up at the scene of a murder and the document examiner classifies it as a forgery, a special investigation team is formed. Since it is the 30th counterfeit discovered in Japan, the case is given the nickname "Case No. 30," and the note itself the name "Ultra 30." While the counterfeit report unsettles the country, Conan and the Osaka investigator Heiji Hattori travel to a printing plant in Osaka where the forgeries are said to have been produced. At the same time, police forces search further printing plants along the prefectural borders between Shizuoka and Kanagawa and between Nagano and Gunma.
The main visual brings together 16 characters – according to the production, the largest ensemble in the series' history – while the clip "All Deployed" ("Zen'in Shutsudō PV") shows excerpts from their operations. The ensemble includes Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mori, Chafurin as Inspector Megure, Wataru Takagi and Atsuko Yuya as the investigator duo Takagi and Sato, and Ryō Horikawa as Heiji Hattori. Akio Ōtsuka voices the twin brothers Yokomizo Sango and Jūgo, Takeshi Kusao can be heard as Toru Amuro, and Shūichi Ikeda returns as Shūichi Akai. Model and actress Elaiza Ikeda was brought on board as a guest voice actress. Nobuharu Kamanaka directs, the screenplay is by Takeharu Sakurai, the music by Katsuo Ohno; the animation is produced by TMS Entertainment, with Yomiuri TV, Shogakukan, and TMS Entertainment involved as producers.
Mai Kuraki has accompanied the series since 2000 and in July 2017 was recognized by Guinness World Records as the artist with the most theme songs for a single anime series; at the time, 21 songs were certified, and with "Hallelujah" her number rises to 29. In her comment, she explained that she wrote the piece for the two-hour format, bringing in her love and gratitude as well as her appreciation for Conan. The message is to believe in oneself, to accept and love everything, and to recognize that everyone, just as they are, is a uniquely shining star – instead of hatred and pain from a feeling of exclusion, one should open one's heart and feel the love that arises from the loneliness shared by all, and together make the visible world a hallelujah. The song will be released as a download single on September 25 via NORTHERN MUSIC; pre-orders have been possible via Apple Music and Spotify since September 12. A live DVD and Blu-ray titled "Mai Kuraki Live Project 2025 Rirakkusu – What a wonderful world" has also been announced for October 28.
One day after the special, the regular Saturday 6 p.m. slot switches to the three-part adaptation of the manga episode arc "Akaneiro no Senshūraku" ("Crimson Finale") from Volume 106. The three parts, subtitled "First Day," "Second-to-Last Performance," and "Final Performance," will air on September 26 and on October 3 and 10. In it, Conan and his companions visit the Naniwa Art Theater in Osaka to see a play modeled on Kogoro and Heiji. After a visit to the dressing room, Heiji learns that the sunset from the observation deck of Naniwa Harukas is considered the ideal place for a love confession, and resolves to finally confess his feelings to Kazuha Toyama. At the same time, ever new misfortunes have been occurring since the death of a director once called the "Puppet Demon," and a series of murders begins. The main visual shows Naniwa Harukas, the model for the Osaka skyscraper Abeno Harukas, upside down as if plunging from the sky, with Heiji in front of it turning his cap forward and Kazuha looking back at him. To match, the campaign "Naniwa Harukas Debut" will run on the Harukas 300 observation deck from September 18 to November 29, featuring a tour through the tower and surrounding facilities.
On September 19, Ryō Horikawa and Yūko Miyamura, the voices of Heiji and Kazuha, will appear on stage at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026 in Kyoto; the event will be streamed live on the official YouTube channel, and questions for the duo could be submitted via the anime series' official X account until September 13. Background: Gōshō Aoyama launched the manga in 1994 in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday, and the TV series has been running since January 1996. Internationally, the manga is published by Viz Media under the title "Case Closed," while the anime series can be seen on Crunchyroll and Netflix, among others.
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This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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