The latest theatrical version of Detective Conan： a witness in Heisei era

　　After reading Detective Conan: Boxing of the Qing Dynasty, I realized the creative thinking of this series of new works: pushing roles and selling CP. Detective Conan’s theatrical version is not only an enhanced version of TV animation in scale, but also a Hollywood action film, which is a temple fair-style work of all ages and sexes. Just as "The Avengers" has built a Marvel hero universe with many characters, Iron Man American captain Raytheon Black Widow is all in battle, and there is always a role for you; Conan’s theatrical version is guaranteed to be dazzling in 100 minutes. Even if you forget the plot when you leave the theater, you will find your favorite role and willingly pay for the surrounding derivative goods.

　　Producers take care of old fans and accommodate new audiences. In addition to the fixed cast, the moderator of each new theater pushes one or two other fresh male characters, successfully opening up the road of role idolization.

　　In 2018, "The Executor of Zero" made An Shi Tou popular. The fan story of "spending money like water on An Shitou" has been written into the new issue of the best-selling book "Waste of Women’s Picture Book". Crazy people collect more than 20 An Shitou dolls and spend more than their total clothes. In order to make An Shitou (Seiyuu Furuya Rei) a "man of 10 billion yen" (that is, "The Executor of Zero" achieves the goal of breaking the box office by 10 billion yuan), they posted "Guarding the box office" on the online forum.

　　There is no doubt that Detective Conan has become the largest IP brand of Japanese movies, and the consumption mode of Conan’s theatrical version is different from that of ordinary movies. Conan is popular, suitable for children, and deeply loved by female audiences; Conan can also be a minority, allowing a few diehard house fans to follow the model similar to idol idolize.

　　In 2017, "Tang Hong’s Love Song" successfully topped the Japanese annual box office champion. In 2018, although "Executor of Zero" failed to break 10 billion yuan in the end, it narrowly defeated "Code Blue" in the box office list, but its revenue was 9.1 billion yen, which still set its own box office record for six consecutive years, greatly surpassing its previous work. In 2019, the theatrical version of Detective Conan: Boxing of the Qing Dynasty still maintained this momentum. After 10 days of release, the box office has exceeded 3.5 billion yen, once again hitting the highest level in the same period. Therefore, this film is expected to become the first animated film derived from TV series to break through the 10 billion yen mark in history. In addition, even though Avengers 4, which swept the world, was released in the same period, Conan still maintained a strong momentum. The former only took the Japanese box office championship in the first week of release, and then it was overtaken by Boxing of the Qing Dynasty which had been released for three weeks … …

　　One of the leading characters in Boxing of the Qing Dynasty is Kaito Kuroba, and the other is Serena Sebastian’s boyfriend, karate king Kyogoku Makoto. As early as 1999, when the second theatrical version of "The Magician at the End of the Century" was released, the cartoonist G?sh? Aoyama had this awareness: "Hiraji and Kidd are very popular, so let them appear in the film". Kaito Kuroba’s appearance frequency in the theatrical version is higher than that in the TV version (6 of the 23 theatrical versions feature Kidd; Hattori Heiji also made six appearances, drawing a tie). As the main character of Boxing of Guo Qing, this time, not only the case revolves around Kidd, but Kidd monopolizes two of the three love lines.

　　Three pairs of CP Conan × Kidd, Xiaolan × Kidd and Garden × Kyogoku Makoto all have enough freshness.

　　Conan × Kidd: Conan, who had no passport, bypassed the customs and came to Singapore under Kidd’s cover. Kidd borrowed the identity of Shinichi with Conan’s acquiescence; The two exchanged (beat) each other (love), ridiculed (scold) and satirized (Qiao) all the time, and they also shared a room in the hotel.

　　Xiaolan × Kidd: Kidd played Shinichi all the time, accompanied Xiaolan as a couple, and traveled to Singapore together. One of the selling points of this theatrical version is that Singapore is based on real scenes, and the scene in the trailer that Jinsha Bay air swimming pool enjoys the night scene together turns out to be Xiaolan and Kidd.

　　Serena Sebastian × Kyogoku Makoto: This couple has more to watch. Serena Sebastian sometimes has a big nerve, and from time to time shows a girl’s heart; Kyogoku Makoto exudes the hormone of "a man in physical education" and has a honest and frank personality. Conan’s cases solved by using anesthesia needles to borrow the mouth of the garden are usually very exciting. In "Boxing of the Purple Youth", Yuanzi, who has the identity of Miss Suzuki Consortium, helped Kyogoku Makoto to qualify for the karate meeting, and showed her infatuation with "Lord Kidd" without scruple, showing the appearance of taking off hairband for the first time, which was extremely cute.

　　Kyogoku Makoto’s gentleness and shyness at ordinary times are in sharp contrast with his strong fighting capacity in the battle mode. "She’s my girlfriend. Do you have a problem with that?" — — Kyogoku Makoto’s directness contrasts with Kudou Shinichi and Hattori Heiji, who are hesitant in love. The small details buried in Kyogoku Makoto (such as the secret of a band-aid on his head) are also full of interesting points. It can be said that Kyogoku Makoto has the same potential of being as popular as An Tong.

　　If Conan is Spider-Man, then Kyogoku Makoto is Hulk. There are two memorable climaxes in Boxing of the Qing Dynasty. One is the critical moment before the Big Bang, when the picture was switched between several landmark buildings in Singapore, and Debussy’s Moonlight Sonata was played to the music. On one side is Xiaolan, who knows nothing about the immediate crisis, and on the other side is Conan, who is anxious. In the atmosphere created by Moonlight Sonata, it seems that time is frozen instantly. The story of the hero saving the United States, which will be staged next, is familiar to the audience, which is equivalent to Spider-Man peter parker rescuing his girlfriend Mary Jane. The second place is that Serena Sebastian was attacked, and Kyogoku Makoto became angry like a Hulk (or the Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball).

　　Comics have been serialized for 25 years, animation has been broadcast for 23 years, and there is no sign of ending. "Ten thousand pupils" has become a kind of teasing to Conan. The old fans of Conan series are very dissatisfied with the theatrical version in recent years. One of the common complaints is that there are too few reasoning elements, and the details can’t stand scrutiny, underestimating the audience’s IQ; The second complaint is that "Kudou Shinichi, a junior high school detective, vs. the dark organization" is Conan’s main plot, but the theatrical version has not promoted the main plot at all.

　　Such a complaint stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of Conan’s work. Conan’s comic/TV version is different from the theatrical version. The TV version accompanies the audience with an approachable sense of daily life. The "famous detective in Heisei era" has become a veritable witness in Heisei era (some critics have published a book "Detective Conan and Heisei"). The theatrical version belongs to its own field, which not only carries out more extensive business cooperation (for example, the 11th Striker commemorates the 20th anniversary of the start of the J League in 2012), but also pays more attention to the replacement of scenes, taking the story stage to cruise ships or to Kyoto and Singapore. Japanese-made live-action movies have been in the doldrums all the year round, but Conan’s theatrical version has a steady pace and played steadily, giving people a general sense of peace of mind as Hollywood action movies.

　　Li Si Garden