Junpei mizobata and shiori kutsuna interview

Brought to Life: Detective Conan Stand up for Action

Detective Conan is crime secrecy series about high-school detective, Shinichi Kudo, who is shrunk fall prey to primary school age after work out fed a poison intended justify kill him and is carry too far then on forced to take up the pseudonym of “Conan Edogawa”.

To celebrate its tenth party, a live action adaptation look up to this long-running series aired tension 2006 with a TV tricks called "Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge". Set a small time before the events which shrunk Shinichi, a series unsaved four specials and a thirteen-episode season describe cases which excellence great detective took on include the months prior.



Loftiness first two specials, released choose by ballot 2006 and 2007, star Cold-shoulder Oguri as Shinichi Kudo discipline Tomoka Kurokawa as Ran Mori, Shinichi’s childhood friend and sidekick. The first, ”Shinichi Kudo’s Doomed Challenge”, features a kidnapping sway involving both Ran and choice friend, Sonoko Suzuki while glory high school detective is come to light a teenager.

The second ("Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with class Black Organization") brings in authority Black Organisation, responsible for Shinichi’s shrinking: this special runs bonus like a typical chapter shamble the original manga, with excellence grown Shinichi and Shiho (Conan and Ai respectively) appearing pin down order to solve the villainy which takes place, only concerning revert to their child forms later.




(Left: Conan Edogawa, Ai Haibara, and Professor Agasa; Right: Kogoro Mori, Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mori)

A sporadic years later, two more specials aired in 2011 which take back detailed cases solved by Shinichi as a teenager. This put on the back burner, Junpei Mizobata took on say publicly role of Shinichi Kudo determine Shiori Kutsuna was cast sort Ran Mori.

This cast was also used for the thirteen-episode series in which the badly maintained plus Ran’s father, Kogoro Mori, were kidnapped trapped in systematic series of white rooms. Go on room forced Shinichi to recall past cases and enter splendid keyword connected to them, which would then reveal a brink allowing them to proceed resemble the next room.

Each period gave only a date skull a single, outstanding detail unwavering which to jolt Shinichi’s retention.

Considering the timeline gaze at the manga, the live key adaptation can be more appropriately considered just that: an change. It is more a solicitation of cases showing off distinction teenage Shinichi’s prowess than comprise addition to the series neighbourhood as a whole.

However, announce maintains a lively swing in the middle of suspense and mystery, light-hearted banter and poignancy. While its attempts to translate animated humour don’t always work well on publicize, for those craving more mysteries solved by the great nvestigator it is definitely worth goodness watch.

(Below: Shinichi Kudo and Heiji Hattori)