The title and release date were revealed on Wednesday in the first 2022 issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. A visual featuring Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi in wedding attire was teased alongside the newly revealed information.
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The upcoming film will put a greater focus on the series’ police academy characters. Creator Gosho Aoyama previously mentioned that academy characters would play a bigger role in the 25th film, and the visual teaser seems to confirm that.
TMS Entertainment will produce the film, with Susumu Mitsunaka set to direct and Takahiro Okura handling the screenplay. Mitsunaka is best known for his work on Haikyu!! and Squid Girl, while Okura has worked on a handful of Detective Conan episodes as well as the 21st and 23rd films in the franchise.
The film will take place in Shibuya during a wedding ceremony on Halloween. Miwako is attacked by a mysterious assailant during the ceremony while the serial bombing criminal who killed Jinpei Matsuda three years prior escapes. When Rei Furuya tracks the culprit down, a costumed assailant attaches a collar bomb to his neck. This prompts Rei to get Conan involved in disarming the bomb before it’s too late.
Minami Takayama will return to voice Conan, with Wakana Yamazaki and Rikiya Koyama reprising their roles as Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri, respectively. More casting news will be revealed down the line.
The 24th film in the series, Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet, was initially delayed due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film opened on April 16, 2021 in Japan, and had a simultaneous release in 22 other countries. The English dub premiered at Anime NYC on November 21.
Source: Anime News Network
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