Countdown to Detective Conan's New Movie "The Fallen Angel of the Highway": A Record Target of 20 Billion Yen!

The legendary detective is returning! As the countdown continues for the highly anticipated 29th feature film of the Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan) series, The Fallen Angel of the Highway (Highway no Datenshi), a special fan meeting held in Kanagawa on April 4th made a huge splash. With the entire film crew in attendance, exciting details about the future of the series were shared, and box office expectations were set to the sky.

The most notable moment of the event was the bold statement by master voice actor Akio Otsuka, who brings the character Jugo Yokomizo to life. Relying on the series' rise in recent years, Otsuka thrilled fans by saying, "We will cross the 20 billion yen mark this year!" This goal aims to surpass the 15.8 billion yen success of the series' previous record-breaking film, The Million-dollar Pentagram. Detective Conan films are known for breaking box office records every year by being released during the "Golden Week" period in Japan in April.

While the iconic voice of the series, Minami Takayama (Conan Edogawa), stars in the lead role, the character Chihaya Hagiwara, who will be brought to the big screen for the first time in this production, is at the center of the story. As the leader of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police's motorcycle unit, Chihaya has a deep history as the older sister of the late Kenji Hagiwara. In the film, Chihaya is voiced by the famous voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro, who took over the role following the passing of Atsuko Tanaka last year. The story focuses on a high-speed pursuit of a mysterious criminal dubbed "Lucifer" who emerges at a motorcycle festival in Yokohama.

The meeting was also attended by the film's guest stars, popular actors Ryusei Yokohama and Mei Hata. Ryusei Yokohama, who voices the character Kazuaki Oomae, expressed his pride in being part of a series he has been a fan of since childhood. This massive brand, created by Gosho Aoyama and running for over 30 years, has become not just an anime, but a cultural phenomenon in Japan. Detective Conan: The Fallen Angel of the Highway aims to take this legacy a step further when it is released in Japan on April 10, 2026.