Magic Kaito

The cover of the first volume of Magic Kaito released on May 15, 1988.

Magic Kaito (まじっく快斗 ,Majikku Kaito) is a shōnen manga series by Gosho Aoyama, about a thief named Kaitou Kid. Aoyama stopped work on the manga after three volumes due to the fact that he started Detective Conan, which was an instant hit. Chapters of the Magic Kaito manga have been released in Shōnen Sunday since then, and have only recently been collected into a fourth volume in February 2007.

Plot

Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up his father's mantle in an attempt to bait the killers, Kaito performs a number of thefts and eventually learns that his father died for interfering in the organization's quest to find the Pandora Gem. Pandora is said to glow in the light of the moon, and beneath the moon and a certain comet, will shed a tear granting immortality to whomever drinks it. Kaito then decides to search for Pandora as Kaitou Kid and destroy it, in order to prevent the organization from obtaining their goals.

Characters

See also: List of minor Magic Kaito characters

Protagonists

Picture	Name	Role
	Kaito Kuroba	Main character of the story. A high school student with a mischievous attitude and a knack for performing magic tricks. Kaitou Kid's secret identity.
	Kaitou Kid	Kaito Kuroba's alter ego. A master thief known to use magic tricks and send warning notes to the police before a heist.
	Konosuke Jii	Toichi and Kid's loyal assistant.
	Toichi Kuroba	The original Kaitou Kid and Kaito's late father. Was a world-renowned stage magician.
	Chikage Kuroba	Kaito's mother. Was once a thief known as Phantom Lady.
	Aoko Nakamori	Kaito's childhood friend and love interest.
	Ginzo Nakamori	Aoko's father who's in charge of the Kaitou Kid taskforce.
	Akako Koizumi	A witch currently at the same school with Kaito who wishes to win the heart of Kaitou Kid.
	Saguru Hakuba	A high school detective from England determined to catch Kaitou Kid.
	Keiko Momoi	Aoko's friend and classmate.

Unnamed Organization

Picture	Name	Role
	Snake	A mysterious agent responsible for the death of Toichi Kuroba, he and his gang of subordinates violently target big jewels. He is internationally referred to as "Jackal."
	Magic Kaito Sub-boss	A chubby old man who is Snake's superior.
	Magic Kaito Boss	The boss of the Magic Kaito Organization, this person seeks to obtain Pandora and achieve immortality.
	Rose	An assistant of Snake's when he targeted the big topaz "Crystal Mother" belonging to the Queen of the Principality of Ingram.
	Spider	A newly established anime only character who appears to work under the same person Snake works under.

Chapters

Volume 1-4

Magic Kaito Volume 1-4

Chapters not yet included in a Volume

• Chapter 29: The Phantom Lady (Part 1)
• Chapter 30: The Phantom Lady (Part 2)
• Chapter 31: Midnight Crow (Part 1)
• Chapter 32: Midnight Crow (Part 2)

Anime

TV series

In celebration of Detective Conan's 20th manga anniversary Shonen Sunday announced that an anime adaptation of the Magic Kaito manga would begin being broadcast October 4, 2014. It will be animated by A-1 Pictures and has been stated that it will be a "completely new work". The show's official website is http://www.ytv.co.jp/magickaito/. The production company's website for the series is http://a1p.jp/works/magickaito/.

Magic Kaito 1412 TV series logo

Specials

The manga was adapted into a series of specials titled Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief (まじっく快斗: KID THE PHANTOM THIEF ,Majikku Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief).

Magic Kaito specials logo

See also

• Manga
• Nonchalant Lupin

External links

• Magic Kaito on Wikipedia.