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Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Japanese: 名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸, Hepburn: Meitantei Konan Hiiro no Dangan), also known as Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet, is a 2021 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Chika Nagaoka. It is the twenty-fourth installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2019 film Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire. This is the first Reiwa-era Case Closed movie.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet
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Japanese	名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸
Directed by	Chika Nagaoka
Written by	Takeharu Sakurai
Based on	Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama
Starring	Minami Takayama Wakana Yamazaki Rikiya Koyama Kappei Yamaguchi Kenichi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Yukiko Iwai Ikue Ōtani Wataru Takagi Shūichi Ikeda Noriko Hidaka Toshiyuki Morikawa Atsuko Tanaka Yu Sugimoto Minami Hamabe
Music by	Katsuo Ono (Soundtrack), Tokyo Jihen (Theme Song: "Eien no Fuzai Shoumei")[1][2]
Production company	TMS/V1 Studio
Distributed by	Toho Company, Ltd.
Release date	April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$102.5 million

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet was released in Japan on April 16, 2021. Its release was delayed from an original April 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] A global release was announced on February 9, 2021 featuring a multi-language trailer in Japanese, English, Korean, German, and Chinese.[5][6][7][8] The Scarlet Bullet is listed as 2021's second highest-grossing Japanese film worldwide, below Jujutsu Kaisen 0.

Plot

Japan is preparing to commemorate the World Sports Games (WSG), the world's biggest sports games, hosting them in Tokyo. The Hyperlinear bullet train, the pinnacle of Japan's advanced technology, will begin operation to coincide with the WSG's opening ceremony, running at speeds of up to 1,000 km/h between Shin-Nagoya Station and Tokyo's newly built Shibahama Station. As the world watches, disaster suddenly strikes the host venue, where the sponsors of the Games are gathered. A crisis unfolds as several industry leaders are kidnapped in quick succession. In the shadows, Shuichi Akai waits, watching the crisis unfold, as FBI agents await his orders. Conan deduces the connection between the terrible WSG-related kidnappings that occurred in Boston, 15 years earlier, and it is revealed the investigation was handled by the FBI back then.

Cast

Character	Japanese voice actor	English voice actor
Conan Edogawa	Minami Takayama	Wendee Lee
Ran Mōri	Wakana Yamazaki	Cristina Vee
Kogorō Mōri	Rikiya Koyama	Xander Mobus
Shinichi Kudō	Kappei Yamaguchi	Griffin Burns
Hiroshi Agasa	Kenichi Ogata	Michael Sorich
Ai Haibara	Megumi Hayashibara	Erica Mendez
Ayumi Yoshida	Yukiko Iwai	Janice Kawaye
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Ikue Ōtani	Erika Harlacher
Genta Kojima	Wataru Takagi	Andrew Russell
Shuichi Akai	Shūichi Ikeda	Keith Silverstein
Subaru Okiya	Ryōtarō Okiayu
Masumi Sera	Noriko Hidaka
Shukichi Haneda	Toshiyuki Morikawa	TBA
Mary Sera	Atsuko Tanaka	Kira Buckland
Yumi Miyamoto	Yu Sugimoto	AmaLee
James Black	Takaya Hashi	Jamieson Price
André Camel	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Chris Tergliafera
Jodie Starling	Miyuki Ichijou	Maureen Price
Juzo Megure	Chafurin	Jake Eberle
Miwako Sato	Atsuko Yuya	Katelyn Gault
Wataru Takagi	Wataru Takagi	Christopher Bevins
Ellie Ishioka	Minami Hamabe	TBA
Maiko Shirahato	Aya Hirano	Elsie Lovelock
Osamu Inoue	Kenichi Suzumura	TBA
John Boyd	Taiten Kusunoki and Ryan Drees (English Stunt)	TBA
Alan Mackenzie	Charles Glover	TBA

Release

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet was released in several territories on opening day, including Hong Kong SAR, Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Macao.[8]

The film was later released in other territories such as Australia,[9] Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, France, Mainland China, New Zealand[10] and Luxembourg.

Due to the poor performance of previous movies outside the Catalan region of Spain, this movie was not dubbed in Spanish at release, instead being played in Spanish theaters with only the subtitled Japanese dub and the Catalan dub.[11]

The English dub of the film was scheduled to debut in the United States at Anime NYC on November 21, 2021, but was canceled,[12] produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

Reception

Box office

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet has earned a total of $102.5 million globally.[13] It is 2021's second highest-grossing Japanese film worldwide, below Jujutsu Kaisen 0.[14]

Domestic

In Japan, the film sold 1,533,054 tickets in its first 3 days and earned ¥2,218,130,800[15][16] ($20.5 million), eclipsing the revenue of the previous film by 144% on first day sales alone.[17] It ranked #1 at the Japanese box office, beating out Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time and by 15th Weekend, film earned overall gross of 7,479,317,860 yen (about US$67.86 million).[18] The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan released 2021 box office rankings (for releases up until November 2021) where The Scarlet Bullet is the second highest-grossing film in Japan with a gross collection of ¥7.65 billion at the Japanese box office.[19][20] The film opened with the third highest IMAX opening ever in Japan, grossing $1.2 million.[21]

Foreign

In China, the film earned RMB 109.6 million ($16.8 million) in its first 3 days and ranked #1 at the Chinese box office,[22][23][24][25] with a final gross of $33.6 million in China.[13]

Reviews

The variety content website Excite, highlighted the film as positive, marking the development of the character of Shuichi Akai and his relationship with Conan, calling the relationship between the two as "trustful". The review also labelled the movie as "flashy" and highlighted the importance of minor characters, expecting that they be expanded in future films about Detective Conan.[26]

The Yahoo! Japan review gave a mixed 3.67 star based on opinions from critics.[27]

Adaptation

The Scarlet Bullet will receive Manga Adaptation by Yutaka Abe and Jirō Maruden revealed in Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday S Magazine 2022 March Issue.[28]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet at IMDb
• Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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