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After the success of this year's Detective Conan film Zero the Enforcer, it looks like Rei Furuya is a bigger deal than ever. To that end, fans can look forward to Zero getting his very own spinoff comic starting this month.

 

Titled ZERO's Tea Time (Zero no Nichijou), the manga will focus on the life of the triple agent as he attempts to keep all his different roles in check. The series will be drawn by manga artist Takahiro Arai, also known for his manga adaptation of Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak.

The manga's first release comes with a special pull-out Rei Furuya postcard, as well as an appendix of extra Zero the Enforcer art.

 

 

ZERO's Tea Time begins in Weekly Shonen Sunday #24, which hits newsstands tomorrow.

 

>> Watch Case Closed on Crunchyroll

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The team behind the award-winning stop-motion film Kubo and the Two Strings is moving from Japan to Shangri-La. Laika has announced its next film is Missing Link, a tale about finding living proof of humankind’s primitive ancestry. It’s apparently the studio’s most ambitious film to date.

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Monkey Punch's gentleman thief character Lupin III still has some tricks up his sleeve, because the currently airing LUPIN THE 3rd PART 5 TV anime just announced seven guest screenwriters who will take a crack at depicting their favorite versions of Lupin as the series continues. The guest screenwriters include:

 

• Daisuke Sakou
• Gō Zappa (BEATLESS, BLEND-S)
• Kazushige Nojima (Final Fantasy video game series)
• Takahiro Ōkura (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter)
• Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream!, Locodol)
• Keiichi Sigsawa (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online novel series, Kino's Journey novel series)
• And Nishida Shatner.

 

 

LUPIN THE 3rd PART 5 is directed by Yuichiro Yano and features animation by Telecom Animation Film. The series broadcasts as part of Nippon TV's "AnichU" programming block, and it is also available via streaming on Crunchyroll, who describe the story as follows:

Lupin’s current target: a key to a certain server facility. Once obtained, the information of all the customers and their funds from the world’s largest online bank will be in Lupin’s hands. There, they find the developer of the security system of the bank: Amlita. Lupin and Jigen successfully capture Amlita and bring her to their hideout. However, almost immediately upon their arrival, Zenigata and his men surround the place. Being at a loss as to why their location was exposed so easily, they discover an online show going viral. The show’s name: "Arrest Lupin III."

 

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As expected, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer delivered a first place finish in Japan's weekend box office for four consecutive weeks since its release of April 13. The 22nd Conan film earned an impressive 552 million yen from the 418,000 ticket sales in its fourth weekend, becoming the box office king of Japan's Golden Week Holiday. Both its revenue and ticket sales surpassed those of Walt Disney's latest super hero assemble film Avengers: Infinity War in its second weekend (408 million yen/266,000 tickets).

Zero the Enforcer has already made a massive 6.2 billion yen on 4.79 million admissions from its four-week domestic run, and is confirmed as the most successful animation film in this spring season in Japan, beating other strong competitors, including The Boss Baby (3.3 billion yen), Coco (4.7 billion yen), and Crayon Shin-chan Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ (1.4 billion yen).

 

If this momentum continues, which is highly likely, Zero the Enforcer is expected to become the top-

grossing film in the 22-year-old anime franchise by the middle of this month, surpassing the 21st film

Crimson Love Letter (2017/6.87 billion yen) and the 20th film Pure Black Nightmare (2016/6.33 billion).

    

  

Weekend box office in Japan (May 5-6, 2018)

 (ticket sales basis)

 

 1 (1). "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer"

 2 (2). "Avengers: Infinity War"

 3 (new). "Laplace's Witch"

 4 (4). "Crayon Shin-chan Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~"

 5 (3). "Ready Player One"

 6 (5). "Coco"

 7 (6). "Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun"

 8 (9). "The Boss Baby"

 9 (new). "Gundam The Origin VI: Rise of the Red Comet"

 10 (7). "Inuyashiki"

  

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"Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" trailer

   

 

Source: Eiga.com

  

© 2018 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee 

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Yoko Taro is always up to some kind of shenanigans, whether it’s to prove a point or just to troll, but this time it was a little bit of both in a recent costume made for the smartphone game SINoALICE.

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Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer is ruling Japan's box office even in its third weekend. The 22nd Conan feature film sold an impressive 453,000 tickets in the weekend of April 28-29, which was 16,000 more than Avengers: Infinity War did in its opening weekend in Japan. 

 

After breaking the franchise's opening weekend record, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer has collected 4.8 billion yen on 3.74 million admissions from its three-week domestic run. It has already become the third top-grossing film in the franchise, behind only the 21st film Crimson Love Letter (2017/6.87 billion yen) and the 20th film Pure Black Nightmare (2016/6.33 billion).

 

Despite its various promotional efforts, including the one collaborating with the My Hero Academia characters, Walt Disney's third Avengers flick Avengers: Infinity War was not able to make much impact in Japan. The latest superhero assemble film earned a bit disappointing 672 million yen from

the 437,000 tickets sales in its opening weekend, which was 16.4% down from that of Avengers: Age

of Ultron in 2015. 

   

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"Detective Conan" film box office top 10 in Japan

 

 1. "Crimson Love Letter" (21st/2017) - 6.87 billion yen

 2. "Pure Black Nightmare" (20th/2016) - 6.33 billion 

 3. "Zero the Enforcer" (22nd/2018) - 4.8 billion

 4. "Sunflowers of Inferno" (19th/2015) - 4.48 billion

 5. "Dimensional Sniper" (18th/2014) - 4.11 billion

 6. "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" (17th/2013) - 3.63 billion

 7. "The Raven Chaser" (13th/2009) - 3.5 billion

 8. "The Phantom of Baker Street" (6th/2002) - 3.4 billion

 9. "The Eleventh Striker" (16th/2012) - 3.29 billion

 10. "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" (7th/2003) - 3.2 billion

 

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Weekend box office in Japan (April 28-29, 2018)

 (ticket sales basis)

 

 1 (1). "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer"

 2 (new). "Avengers: Infinity War"

 3 (2). "Ready Player One"

 4 (3). "Crayon Shin-chan Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~"

 5 (4). "Coco"

 6 (new). "Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun"

 7 (5). "Inuyashiki"

 8 (new). "Marmalade Boy"

 9 (6). "The Boss Baby"

 10 (8). "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle"

 

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"Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" trailer

   

 

Source: Eiga.com

  

© 2018 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee 

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Sparkle like a phosphophyllite with a new fashion line from SuperGroupies! The sweet outfit and accessory line reimagine the aesthetic of the series's gems into a wearable ensemble.

 

SuperGroupies specializes in turning fandom into fashion, collaboration with shows like Touken Ranbu and Mr. Osomatsu to create fashionable looks for fans. This latest line will be the company's fifth Land of the Lustrous collaboration.

 

In the line you'll find:

 

Overalls (shirt not included): 13,800 yen

 

Pumps: 16,800 yen

 

Bag: 13,800 yen

 

Wallet: 8,800 yen

 

Smartphone Case: 5,000 yen

 

Each piece is accented with a spray of rhinestones. 

 

Preorders for the line end May 13, and orders will ship out in August and September of this year.

 

>> SuperGroupies Land of the Lustrous Product Page

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This year's ninth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine, which shipped on Friday, featured the 149th chapter of Chika Umino's March comes in like...

 

Zero the Enforcer is doing gangbusters at the Japanese box office, proving that Detective Conan is as popular as ever. To celebrate, Village Vanguard is releasing a special Café Poirot coffee blend.

 

The blend is produced by Sawai Coffee, an award-winning coffee and tea shop located in Tottori Prefecture. Besides being a hot spot for coffee fans, it's also in the home prefecture of Detective Conan creator Gosho Aoyama.

 

 

Each box contains three single-serving drip bags, meaning you can have a fresh cup of coffee in just one minute.

 

The coffee is 745 yen per box from Village Vanguard.

 

>> Café Poirot Coffee Product Page

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Back in 2016, a cult-movie miracle occurred when film historian Ed Glaser discovered the last remaining 35mm print of 1982's The Man Who Saves the World—better known as “the Turkish Star Wars”—tucked away in a vault in Turkey. After two years of restoration, the film now has its own 2K digital scan.

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After the franchise's record-breaking opening weekend, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer is continuing to dominate Japan's box office and again finished in first place in its second week of release with an astonishing 820 million yen, beating Steven Spielberg's latest sci-fi action adventure Ready Player One, which made 367 million yen in its opening weekend in Japan. 

 

The 22nd Conan feature film has already earned 3.23 billion yen from its first ten days, which is a faster pace than The Crimson Love Letter, the franchise's 21st and top grossing-film released last year that made 2.75 billion yen in its first two weeks. There is no doubt that Zero the Enforcer will break the franchise's box office record soon.

 

Meanwhile, Kyoto Animation's newly-produced anime film Liz and the Blue Bird (73 screens) failed to rank in the top 10 and finished in 11th place in its opening weekend. The sequel/spin-off film is based

on the two-part novel Sound! Euphonium: Kitauji High School's Turbulent Second Movement published

in August and October 2017.

   

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Weekend box office in Japan (April 21-22, 2018)

 

 1 (1). "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer"

 2 (new). "Ready Player One"

 3 (2). "Crayon Shin-chan Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~"

 4 (3). "Coco"

 5 (new). "Inuyashiki"

 6 (5). "The Boss Baby"

 7 (4). "Pacific Rim Uprising"

 8 (6). "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle"

 9 (8). "The Greatest Showman"

 10 (7). "Doraemon the Movie 2018 Nobita's Treasure Island"

 

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"Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" trailer

   

 

Source: Eiga.com

  

© 2018 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee

 

 

Sunrise has revealed plans for Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (also written as Mobile Suit Gundam NT), a new series that is set after Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and that continues the events of the "Universal Century" timeline. The main staff has been revealed, including:

 

• Production, planning: Sunrise
• Original work: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Director: Shunichi Yoshizawa
• Screenplay: Harutoshi Fukui
• Main character draft: Kumiko Takahashi
• Character design: Se Jun Kim
• Mechanical design: Hajime Katoki, Eiji Komatsu
• Color design: Takako Suzuki
• Director of photography: Kentaro Waki
• Art director: Yukiko Maruyama, Yoshimi Mineda
• Special effects director: Kumiko Taniguchi
• Sound director: Eriko Kimura
• Editor: Daisuke Imai
• Music: Hiroyuki Sawano

 

 

The story of Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative is described as follows:

 

U.C. 0097. The year the Laplace's Box was opened. Despite the revelation of the original charter for the Universal Century, which acknowledges the existence of Newtypes and their rights, the world remains largely unchanged.

After the destruction of the Neo Zeon remnant force known as the Sleeves, the event that has come to be known as the "Laplace Incident" seems to have drawn to a close. In the final battle, two Full Psycho Frame mobile suits displayed power beyond human imagination. The menace of the White Unicorn and the Black Lion were sealed away from public consciousness, and were consigned to be forgotten by history.

But now sightings of the RX-0 Unicorn 03, long thought lost two years ago, are being reported. Its name is Phenex, an immortal golden bird.

 

 

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative will hit theaters in Japan beginning in November of 2018.

 

Sources:

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GUNDAM.INFO

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Once again, the Detective Conan anime franchise has enjoyed amazing box office success in Japan. Its 22nd feature film Zero no Shikkounin/Zero the Enforcer opened in 360 theaters on Friday, then earned an impressive 1.296 billion yen on 1.012 million admissions from its first Saturday and Sunday, easily topping Japan's weekend box office and also surpassing the previous opening week record of 1.287 billion yen marked by last year's Kara Kurenai no Love Letter/The Crimson Love Letter. The 22nd film's three-day box office total is 1.67 billion yen from the 1.289 million ticket sales.

 

The 21st film The Crimson Love Letter made 6.87 billion yen from its total domestic run and became not only the top-grossing title in the Detective Conan film series, but also the top-grossing Japanese film of 2017. If the strong momentum of Zero the Enforcer continues, it is expected to renew the franchise's box office record for six consecutive years.  

  

 

"Detective Conan" film box office top 10 in Japan

 

 1. "Crimson Love Letter" (21st/2017) - 6.87 billion yen

 2. "Pure Black Nightmare" (20th/2016) - 6.33 billion 

 3. "Sunflowers of Inferno" (19th/2015) - 4.48 billion

 4. "Dimensional Sniper" (18th/2014) - 4.11 billion

 5. "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" (17th/2013) - 3.63 billion

 6. "The Raven Chaser" (13th/2009) - 3.5 billion

 7. "The Phantom of Baker Street" (6th/2002) - 3.4 billion

 8. "The Eleventh Striker" (16th/2012) - 3.29 billion

 9. "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" (7th/2003) - 3.2 billion

 10. "The Lost Ship in The Sky" (14th/2010) - 3.2 billion

   

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Weekend box office in Japan (April 14-15, 2018)

 

 1 (new). "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer"

 2 (new). "Crayon Shin-chan Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~"

 3 (1). "Coco"

 4 (new). "Pacific Rim Uprising"

 5 (2). "The Boss Baby"

 6 (3). "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle"

 7 (4). "Doraemon the Movie 2018 Nobita's Treasure Island"

 8 (5). "The Greatest Showman"

 9 (6). "The Post"

 10 (8). "KusoYarou to Utsukushiki Sekai"

 

 

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なんと公開から僅か3日間で100万人動員を突破いたしました！#ゼロの執行人 を愛してくださり、本当にありがとうございます。

本日も絶賛劇場で執行中！
まだの方もご来場心よりお待ちしております！#ゼロコナン pic.twitter.com/FBOncK8g3R

— 劇場版名探偵コナン【公式】 (@conan_movie) 2018年4月16日

   

"Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" trailer

   

 

Source: Eiga.com

  

© 2018 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee

 

Cygames revealed details and launched the Granblue Fantasy smartphone game's collaboration with the Detective Conan franchise on Sunday. The company also...

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To promote the anniversary celebration more, a concept shop named "PreCure Pretty Store Branch Store: PreCure 15th Anniversary Memorial NagiHono Shop" will open in Harajuku, Tokyo, for a limited time of one month from April 27 to May 27. As its name suggests, the shop will feature Nagisa Misumi/Cure Black and Honoka Yukishiro/Cure White, the two main girls from the first TV series Futari wa PreCure (2004-2005).

 

Limited and advance sale of the 15th anniversary memorial goods are planned, and a special photo spot that fans can take photos with the PreCure characters will be also set up in the store.

 

「プリキュアプリティストア出張店～プリキュア１５周年記念 なぎ♡ほのショップ～」が原宿・表参道に期間限定オープン15周年アイテムの限定・先行販売や、特別フォトスポットなど盛り沢山でお待ちしております

開催期間：2018/4/27(金)～5/27(日)#precure #precure15th #ふたりはプリキュア pic.twitter.com/PRVudoRWAm

— プリキュア１５周年公式 (@precure_15th) 2018年4月10日

 

 

15th anniversary memorial goods

 

• NagiHono shop limited towel - 3,240 yen 
• Masking Tape - 648 yen
• Kinpu Tenugui - 1,620 yen
• BuraBura Tumbler - 1,600 yen

 

プリキュアプリティストア出張店 ～プリキュア１５周年記念 なぎ♡ほのショップ～」が、流行の最先端を行くオシャレスポット表参道・原宿に期間限定でOPEN決定！限定・先行販売やフォトスポットなど楽しい企画が盛りだくさん！開催期間：2018/4/27（金）～5/27（日）#プリキュア #プリティストア pic.twitter.com/41wQYeCjU9

— プリキュアプリティストア (@pps_as) 2018年4月10日

  

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Cure Black and Cure White are also confirmed to appear in the franchise's next feature film Eiga Hugtto!

PreCure♡Futari wa PreCure to be released as the franchise's 15th anniversary film on October 27, 2018.

 

Teaser 

 

 

Source: "PreCure" 15th anniversary site

 

(C)ABC-A, Toei Animation

(C)2018 Movie Hugtto! PreCure Production Committee

 

It is confirmed today that 44-year-old singer/actor GACKT and 23-year-old actress Fumi Nikaidou (Wolf Girl and Black Prince live-action film in 2016) are set to star in a live-action film adaptation of Mineo Maya (Patarillo!)'s comedy manga in the 1980s, Tonde Saitama. Hideki Takeuchi, who previously worked on very successful live-action films based on Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile and Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae, is attached to direct on a screenplay by Yuichi Tokunaga. The film will be distributed by Toei in 2019.

 

The three-part manga was originally published in Hakusensha's Hano to Yume magazine from 1982 to 1983, then compiled in one-volume tankobon, and didn't achieved much success at the time. 30 years after, it suddenly started gaining internet buzz, and Takarajimasha released its reprint edition in 2015. Even more surprisingly, it has printed over 300,000 copies so far, which is ten times more than originally planned. 

 

The story is set in a fictional Japan where people are discriminated according to their birthplace and

residence. Saitama Prefecture is particularly criticized by the people in Tokyo. One day, a mysterious

male student named Rei Asami transfers to Hakuhoudou Academy, a prestigious high school in Tokyo,

from America. Momomi Hakuhoudou, the male president of the school's student council and the grandson

of the director of the school, is gradually attracted by him. However, Rei's secret origin that he was

born in Saitama is accidentally revealed. He returns to Saitama to join resistance movement to eliminate

discrimination against Saitama citizens. When Momomi learns that a powerful politician tries to destroy

Rei's resistance group, he decides to go to Saitama to inform Rei of the danger.

 

 

44-year-old GACKT is set to play 18-year-old Rei Asami

 

Fumi Nikaidou plays her first male role, Momomi Hakuhoudou

 

 

"Tonde Saitama" reprint edition cover

 

魔夜峰央「翔んで埼玉」実写映画化！二階堂ふみ×GACKTのW主演、千葉県も参戦（コメントあり） https://t.co/06wNQ8Y5DZ pic.twitter.com/tuwZ6nRQNx

— コミックナタリー (@comic_natalie) 2018年4月8日

 

 

via: Comic Natalie

 

(c) Mineo Maya "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! comics Tonde Saitama"/Takarajimasha