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January 14, 2023

First volume of the Star Comics edition.

The Detective Conan manga was first published in Italy by Comic Art in August 1998. 22 volumes containing six chapters, as opposed to the Japanese version of nine to eleven chapters, were released, before Comic Art declared bankruptcy in 2000. Kabuki Publishing later purchased the rights to the series, but only released the first volume in 2002, before the releases were stalled again. Finally, Star Comics acquired the rights to the series in October 2004 and released its first volume in February of 2005, and follows the Japanese version of release. Publishing is ongoing, with at least 100 volumes released as of 2023. On February 21, 2018, Star Comics announced its joint release of Detective Conan volumes with La Gazzetta dello Sport, a daily newspaper that regularly features comic books together, and started a weekly release of the manga until November 2019 with volume 90. In september 2021, Star Comics announced its New Edition of the Detective Conan series, featuring revised translations and volume formats. As of 2023, both the regular serialization and the New Edition serialization are still running in Italian. Learn more ...

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June

June 18, 2023

Hand-drawn poster of movie 21 by Gosho Aoyama, author of the original manga.

The Crimson Love Letter (から(くれない)恋歌(ラブレター) Karakurenai no Raburetā?) is the 21st movie of the Detective Conan franchise. It was first released during Golden Week of 2017 on April 15th. Directed by Kobun Shizuno and written by Takahiro Okura, it was released following Movie 21: The Darkest Nightmare. It is the second movie focused on Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, particularly on Kazuha. Its main theme is the Japanese card game of karuta. It is also the introduction of Momiji Ooka, a karuta champion from Kyoto and Heiji's self-declared future wife, and her butler Muga Iori. In Kyoto, the incubent karuta champion of the high-school Satsuki Cup Toshiya Yajima is killed in his mansion by a black figure. Later that day, Conan, Ran, Kogoro, the Detective Boys and Heiji and Kazuha attend the filming of a karuta TV program in Osaka along with Kazuha's friend Mikiko Hiramoto. They meet the organizer of the Satsuki Cup Kensuke Achiwa. However, they are the target of a vicious bombing, which they narrowly survive. In these two crimes, the culprit left a mysterious karuta card, hinting to further crimes. At the same time, Satsuki Cup finalist Koji Sekine is seen in front of Yajima's body. Moreover, Togo Kaieda, Achiwa's secretary is moving in the shadows. Heiji and Conan are ready to solve the crime, but it takes more than brains to go against a very calculating serial killer. Will they be able to stop him ?! ...

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