um, guys, have you read magic kaito already?
if yes, or at least have a background of that manga, then please read this.
for me, detective conan is the cousin of magic kaito..
Look at this..
Main problem of the detective conan:
Shinichi became conan BECAUSE OF AN UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION, which he currently calls the BLACK organization
and he freeloads to ran's house as conan since ran's father is a detective and somehow hopes to get a lead to the black organization, which somehow succeeded..
(he got fbi, cia, vermouth)
Main problem of the magic kaito:
Kaito kid, Magician of the Moonlight. Whatever.
Kaito's father, which is the former 1412, or the former kaito kid, the best of the best. 8years ago(or so in the series), an UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION asked his help to the pandora gem(every full moon, this gem drops a tear, and when drunk, it will gives immortality), and when he refused, he was killed by this organization...
So kaito just knew all of this(the murder of his father, his father's kaito kid identity) when he was like, 17 or 16.. He knew all of these from the loyal apprentice of his father, ermm, i forgot his name.. so when he knew all about that, he followed the footsteps of his father, and began searching for that pandora gem through stealing..
and haven't you noticed? he steals gems every FULL MOON, and he gives back the gem right away when he found out that it is not the pandora gem?(it implies, right?)
and always saying: "i do not need that, afterall" or something like that.
so my point is, what if conan and kid's target is the same organization? it would be sooooooo exciting... )
NOTE: i haven't read the manga yet, i only watched episode 1 of magic kaito(since there's only one episode), so if this was already stated in the manga, i am sorry...