Detective Konan Shibuya’s Bride: Why is this character one of the most charming in Japanese animation?

Detective Conan, a cult character created by Gosho Aoyama in 1994, first appeared in French cinemas last year. Scarlet bullet.

This year, distributor Eurozoom is repeating the operation in Saga with the French release of a new feature film: Shibuya’s Bride.

History will take us to Tokyo. Shibuya District is in full swing for Halloween. Detective Sato is in a wedding dress in front of an audience of guests, including Conan! Suddenly the attacker invades the room and Detective Takagi tries to protect Sato.

He escapes his attack, but this attack brings to life Sato the memory of Detective Matsuda, whom he was in love with, who died in an explosion three years ago. At the same time, the perpetrator of these attacks escaped from prison. Coincidence?

To avenge his classmate, Detective Furuya, nicknamed Toru Amuro, goes in search of the fugitive, who traps him. Conan finds Amuro’s neck with a bomb in an underground shelter.

Amuro tells him that 3 years ago his comrades from the police academy met the bomber in Shibuya “Plamia”. An annoying shadow hangs over Conan and his friends. Burning at the crossroads of fate, Halloween will turn into a raging parade!

From manga to anime

The original manga, released in January 1994, still contains 98 volumes. In total, more than 230 million copies were sold worldwide. A real phenomenon!

The work created by Gosho Aoyama was converted into an animated series in 1996. More than 1000 episodes have been filmed so far. There are also 25 animated films featuring a little detective.

Who is Konan Edogawa / Shinich?

Shinichi, 17, is a prominent footballer and also a fan of Sherlock Holmes. His father is the bestselling author Yusaku Kudo, and his mother is former actor Yukiko Kudo.

Both bequeathed to him the excellent spirit of deduction, which has already enabled him to solve numerous murder cases.

After rejuvenating himself with poison given to him by two blacks, Shinich aims to track down their criminal organization.

To go incognito, he created a new identity as Konan Edogawa and now lives with his girlfriend Ran. To avoid suspicion, Conan attends elementary school like all children his age.

Fascinating hero

Together with his classmates, Ayum, Genta and Mitsuhiko, he founded a small detective club. In order not to endanger his relatives, Shinich does his best to hide his true identity from those around him.

His bizarre rejuvenation is known only to a handful of selected individuals, such as Professor Agasa.

Despite the hardship, Shinichi continues to uncover all the crimes committed in his entourage and to say that he has his case clear is unbelievable.

Inspiration

Detective Conan collects a lot of information, from Sherlock Holmes to Arsen Lupine through Agate Christie, Hercule Poirot or Jules Megret.

The protagonist himself’s first name refers to the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Its name, Edogawa, comes from the Japanese master of detective fiction, Ranpo Edugawa.

Note that curator Juzo Megure is a reference to our national Jules Megure. As for Professor Agassa, he has the surname inspired by Agatha Christie.

In addition, the restaurant where the latter likes to eat is called “Colombo”, which is reminiscent of a policeman well known to thriller lovers.

Why is it a cult?

For the author of the book, Pierre-William Fregonese Detective Conan Enig (Pix’n Love editions), Conan “Above all, it is an unwritten, surprising and original choral work that has worked wonderfully for decades.”

For a writer if a work has had such success, it’s a merit “Dozens of beloved and unique characters take turns accompanying master Konan Edogawa to solve more complex cases and understand insane mechanisms. Disturbing stories, bloody stories, funny stories.”

According to the writer, Detective Conan, under his light mask, “However, it offers a real reflection on society, its excesses and its unspokenness. Unlike many classics of the detective genre, Gosho Aoyama is just as interested in motive, its deconstruction, and then ultimate repentance as the killer strategies.

During the final settlement phase, which envies nothing for the glorious hours of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, criminals often realize that their motive was not good, enough, or even recognized. We enter into the shortcomings of human psychology that lead to the incorrigible; The ransom is still suspended in this deeply human affair. “

Indeed, Detective Conan is indeed an international phenomenon. It is the 5th best-selling manga in the world with 230 million copies. Volume 97 even surpassed the demon killer hit in 2019.

“In the life of the Japanese, all age groups are united. The work has entered the visual culture of the archipelago and is successful in many countries in Asia and Europe. If Detective Conan is a monument in Japan, so be it. A successful series in France, in the country of the superintendent Jules Megre and the gentleman-thief Arsene Lupine. Lastly Detective Conan, this is more than just a detective manga, it’s a particularly large family.Concludes Pierre-William Fregonese.

The scale of the phenomenon clearly does not stop at manga. All films released in Japan will appear in the annual Top 3 of domestic box offices! Another notable figure: Conan’s films have been featured 8 times in the top 50 most lucrative anime in the world, especially surpassing One Piece (4 times) or Dragon Ball (3 times).

Shibuya Bride, the 25th film in the franchise

After Chika Nagaoka for The Scarlett Bullet, it’s the turn of Susumu Mitsunaka, who is in charge of Conan’s film. The filmmaker was absolutely delighted to be asked to take on such a project.

“I first asked myself ‘Why me ?!’ At first I did not have a clear idea of ​​what I wanted to do, but as soon as I went ahead with this project, I thought it would be good if I could. Give a new dimension to Conan and the characters.

And then, while watching the latest movies, I realized that they were no longer intended for children, but for adults.He says in the movie press team.

The greatest difficulty for the director was to study his outline of the story, as more than a hundred volumes of the manga had already been published.

“I worked, I watched movies, but I did not want to do too much, I also wanted to be able to give my vision without undue influence. The film should also be seen by everyone, even those who did not see it. I did not know Detective Conan’s world before.”

A very involved creator

The author of the original manga, Gosho Aoyama, was very involved in the project, which was confirmed by the director.

“During the storm of our minds, I saw that he was very effective in coming up with new ideas. One day we were struggling to come up with a good idea for one of the scenes in the movie. Mr. Aoyama’s shelves were enough.Reveals it.

At a previous meeting, Aoyama decided that Takagi and Sato would be the main characters and that there would be a total of five members of the police academy. Then, during the next exchange of ideas, several ideas emerged.

“We said to ourselves, ‘In this case, the story should take place in Shibuya, right?’ To which Mr. Aoyama replied: “Excellent idea! Adopted!– Ando humorous film director.

According to Susumu Mitsunaka, Gosho Aoya also got involved in checking the script, which made a lot of changes in the characters’ dialogues.

“He had already changed some of the dialogues at the script stage. I realized that he was immensely attached to his characters and that he cared about them very much. I was very happy that Mr. Aoyama would say to me several times, ‘Wonderful!’The film director is delighted.

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