Anime to Manga Characters by Appearance

Anime to manga characters by first few appearances

Wataru Takagi

Original appearance (episode 21).

Original Gosho art (file 172).

Post Gosho art (episode 75).

Wataru Takagi was first introduced in On Location, TV Drama Murder Case as an unnamed police detective that had accompanied Inspector Megure on the scene. For a time, this character only appeared in episodes that have Haruo Ogawara as the animation director. The character's name is first given as "Detective Takagi" in the credits for the Karaoke Box Murder Case despite his face not actually appearing on-screen. Although the Karaoke Box Murder Case was based on a manga story, Takagi does not appear in the original. Takagi receives his first manga canon appearance in the Actor's Apartment Case.

1. (Anime) 21 - June 24, 1996 (Anime original)
2. (Anime) 26 - July 19, 1996 (Anime original)
3. (Anime) 31 - September 2, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Anime) 38 - November 18, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
5. (Anime) 42 - December 16, 1996 (Manga based, added in)
6. (Anime) 50 - March 3, 1997 (Manga based, added in)
7. (Anime) 66 - July 7, 1997 (Anime original)
8. (Anime) 67 - July 14, 1997 (Anime original)
9. (Manga) 171-172 - July 30, 1997
10. (Anime) 75 - September 8, 1997 (Manga based)
11. (Manga) 183 - October 29, 1997

Ninzaburo Shiratori

Original appearance (movie 1).

Original Gosho art (file 209).

Post Gosho art (episode 146).

Ninzaburo Shiratori was first introduced in The Time-Bombed Skyscraper and received his first canon manga appearance in the Treadmill Murder Case as Takagi's rival for Miwako Sato's affections.

1. (Movie) 1 - April 19, 1997
2. (Movie) 2 - April 18, 1998
3. (Manga) 209-210 - May 20, 1998
4. (Manga) 231-233 - November 4, 1998
5. (Movie) 3 - April 17, 1999
6. (Anime) 146-147 - May 24, 1999 (Manga based)
7. (Anime) 156-157 - August 9, 1999 (Manga based)
8. (Manga) 267-269 - September 1, 1999

Kazunobu Chiba

Original appearance (episode 139).

Original Gosho art (file 269).

Post Gosho art (episode 173).

Kazunobu Chiba was first introduced in the anime version of The Final Screening Murder Case and received his first canon manga appearance in Sato's Father Case.

1. (Anime) 138-139 - March 8, 1999 (Manga based, added in)
2. (Manga) 269 - September 16, 1999
3. (Anime) 172-173 - December 13, 1999 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Manga) 289 - February 23, 2000
5. (Movie) 4 - April 22, 2000
6. (Anime) 187 - April 24, 2000 (Anime original)

Azusa Enomoto

Original appearance (episode 152).

Original Gosho art (file 438).

Post Gosho art (episode 350).

Azusa Enomoto was first introduced in The Mysterious Old Man Disappearance Case as a waitress at Café Poirot as a background character. She receives her name and first speaking appearance in The Deduction That Was Too Good. Her first canon manga appearance occurs during the Forgotten Cellphone Case.

1. (Anime) 152 - July 12, 1999 (Anime original)
2. (Anime) 207 - September 11, 2000 (Anime original)
3. (Anime) 220 - January 15, 2001 (Manga based, added in)
4. (Manga) 438-440 - June 4, 2003
5. (Anime) 350-351 - February 9, 2004 (Manga based)
6. (Manga) 523-524 - May 18, 2005
7. (Anime) 425 - January 9, 2006 (Manga based, added in)

Midori Kuriyama

Original appearance (episode 264).

Original Gosho art (file 413).

Post Gosho art (episode 333).

Midori Kuriyama was first introduced in The Fourteenth Target as Eri Kisaki's secretary and received her first canon manga appearance in the Eri vs. Yukiko case.

1. (Movie) 2 - April 18, 1998
2. (Movie) 4 - April 22, 2000
3. (Anime) 264-265 - January 14, 2002 (Anime original)
4. (Anime) 297-298 - October 21, 2002 (Anime original)
5. (Manga) 413 - November 13, 2002
6. (Anime) 333-334 - August 25, 2003 (Manga based)
7. (Manga) 511 - February 9, 2005
8. (Anime) 431-432 - February 20, 2006 (Manga based)

Takahiro Sanada

Original appearance (movie 16).

Original Gosho art (file 885).

Post Gosho art (episode 742).

Takahiro Sanada was first introduced in The Eleventh Striker as a new player on the Big Osaka soccer team and received his first canon manga appearance in the Kite-Flying Competition Murder Case.

1. (Movie) 16 - April 14, 2012
2. (Manga) 885-887 - January 22, 2014
3. (Anime) 742 - June 14, 2014 (Anime original)
4. (Anime) 766 - January 31, 2015 (Manga based)
5. (Manga) 925 - July 22, 2015
6. (Anime) 822 - June 18, 2016 (Manga based)

Yuya Kazami

Original appearance (movie 20).

Original Gosho art (file 998).

Post Gosho art (episode 926).

Yuya Kazami was first introduced as Amuro's PSB subordinate in The Darkest Nightmare and received his first canon manga appearance in The Heartfelt Strap.

1. (Movie) 20 - April 16, 2016
2. (Manga) 998 - July 19, 2017
3. (Movie) 22 - April 13, 2018
4. (Anime) 926 (Manga based) - December 22, 2018

Fumimaro Ayanokoji

Original appearance (movie 7).

Original Gosho art (file 1001).

Post Gosho art (episode 927).

Fumimaro Ayanokoji was first introduced in Crossroad in the Ancient Capital as an Inspector from Kyoto Prefectural Police and received his first canon manga appearance in The Scarlet School Trip case.

1. (Movie) 7 - April 19, 2003
2. (Movie) 13 - April 18, 2009
3. (Anime) 694 - April 20, 2013 (Anime original)
4. (Movie) 17 - April 20, 2013
5. (Movie) 18 - April 19, 2014
6. (Movie) 21 - April 15, 2017
7. (Manga) 1001 - August 23, 2017
8. (Anime) 927 (Manga based) - January 5, 2019

Special circumstances

Momiji Ooka and Muga Iori

Originally Momiji Ooka was a character created for The Crimson Love Letter for the purpose of being a love rival in the Heiji/Kazuha relationship. In The Darkest Nightmare celebration on 04/15/2016, Aoyama decided to let Momiji briefly show up in the manga series so that her later appearance in the movie wouldn't seem too abrupt. Muga Iori was originally designed by Aoyama himself, however his original design was to be an old man, then later changed to a young man. (The Crimson Love Letter guide book, information from FirefoxAPTX)

1. (Manga) 958-962 - Apr 27, 2016 - Jun 8, 2016
2. (Manga) 981-983 - Dec 07, 2016 - Dec 21, 2016
3. (Manga) 990-993 - Mar 22, 2017 - Apr 19, 2017
4. (Movie) 21 - April 15, 2017
5. (Manga) 1000-1005 - Aug 09, 2017 - Sep 20, 2017
6. (Anime) 872-874 - Sep 09, 2017 - Sep 23, 2017 (Manga based)