Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer

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Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
Detective-conan-22.jpg
Japanese名探偵コナン ゼロの執行人
Directed byYuzuru Tachikawa
Screenplay byTakeharu Sakurai
Based onCase Closed
by Gosho Aoyama
Produced byKeiichi Ishiyama
Shūhō Kondō
Yoshihito Yonekura
Starring
  • Minami Takayama
  • Wakana Yamazaki
  • Rikiya Koyama
  • Kappei Yamaguchi
  • Aya Ueto
  • Daikichi Hakata
  • Tōru Furuya
CinematographyJin Nishiyama
Edited byTerumitsu Okada
Music byKatsuo Ōno[1]
Production
company
TMS/V1 Studio
Distributed byToho Company, Ltd.
Release date
  • April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$108.11 million[2]

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer, known as Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (名探偵コナン ゼロの執行人, Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkōnin) in Japan, is a 2018 Japanese anime film directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa and written by Takeharu Sakurai. It was the twenty-second installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2017 film Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter. The film was released on April 13, 2018[1] and has grossed over $108.11 million worldwide. It is the second highest-grossing Case Closed film of all time.

Plot[]

Located in Tokyo Bay, the newly built integrated resort and convention center "Edge of Ocean" is going to host an upcoming Summit Meeting. Prior to the Summit, an explosion went off at one of the building, killing and injuring many Public Security Bureau personnel performing inspection there, including Amuro Tōru and Kazami Yūya. A preliminary investigation found the fingerprint which matches the Mori Kogoro's, and with other evidence purportedly located inside Kogoro's computer, Kogoro is arrested. After a hopeless search for a lawyer who is willing to represent Kogoro in the trial, Ran, Kisaki Eri, and Conan encountered a freelance lawyer, Tachibana Kyōko, who offered to represent Kogoro in the case.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Attorney-General believes that the evidence incriminating Kogoro is sufficient to build the case, and Iwai Sayoko, the Attorney-General, instructed Kusakabe Makoto to prosecute Kogoro. At the same time, the police investigation of the case is ongoing, and it was discovered that the gas valve and pressurized cooker can be connected to the internet (Internet of Things (IoT)) and that the two was remotely accessed via Nor (resembling Tor) through Kogoro's device to cause the explosion. On the day of the conference, people are experiencing strange cases of IoT devices malfunctioning, causing electrical short circuit and fire around Tokyo. At that time, Kogoro was being held in Tokyo Penitentiary, which means Kogoro could not have been the culprit in the bombing and the IoT attack, and the case against him was dropped.

On the date the unmanned Martian mission craft called "Hakuchō" is scheduled to land, Conan deducted the identity of the culprit of the bombing and IoT attack, the prosecutor Makoto Kusakabe. Kusakabe employed an assistant named Haba Fumikazu, who previously worked with and fall in love with Tachibana. During the investigation by Kusakabe, Haba discovered that the culprit that hacks into the system of NAZU (resembling NASA) are working in a game company. Haba was arrested for breaking into the game company and was presumed dead after the interrogation by Amuro, causing Kusakabe to exact revenge on the Public Security Bureau. Amuro then revealed that Haba's death was faked to ensure that the public prosecutor will not employ the help of the assistant in the same manner as he did to Haba again.

However, Kusakabe already hacked into the system to change the projectile of the capsule launched from Hakuchō to crash to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police building, but he causes blackout at the building and initiates the IoT attack at the nearby vicinity to allow police personnel and other residents to be evacuated to the Edge of Ocean. Although Kusakabe relented and gave up the access code, it was almost too late, and Conan and Amuro employed help from Dr. Agasa, Haibara and the Detective Boys to detonate the bomb using a drone built by Dr. Agasa near the capsule in order for the capsule to fall into the harmless spot. With the point of impact being the casino tower at the Edge of Ocean, Amuro and Conan race against time and traffic to allow Conan to shoot the ball to deflect the capsule, and the capsule falls harmlessly into the water.

Cast[]

Character Japanese English
Conan Edogawa Minami Takayama Wendee Lee[3]
Ran Mōri Wakana Yamazaki Cristina Vee[4]
Kogorō Mōri Rikiya Koyama Xander Mobus[5]
Shinichi Kudō Kappei Yamaguchi Griffin Burns
Ai Haibara Megumi Hayashibara Erica Mendez[6]
Ayumi Yoshida Yukiko Iwai Janice Kawaye
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ikue Ōtani Erika Harlacher[7]
Genta Kojima Wataru Takagi Andrew Russel
Eri Kisaki Gara Takashima Mari Devon
Ninzaburo Shiratori Kazuhiko Inoue Greg Chun
Hyōe Kuroda Yukimasa Kishino Richard Epcar
Yūya Kazami Nobuo Tobita Danny Boston
Kyōko Tachibana Aya Ueto Cherami Leigh
Fumikazu Haba Daikichi Hakata Sean Chiplock
Sayoko Iwai Miina Tominaga Rachel Robinson[8]
Makoto Kusakabe Tokuyoshi Kawashima Lex Lang
Rei Furuya/Tōru Amuro Tōru Furuya Kyle McCarley

Production[]

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer was directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa. It is the first film to feature the character Tōru Amuro since 2016's Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare and the first to feature Hyōe Kuroda.[1] The film's theme song is "Zero" (零 -ZERO-) performed by Masaharu Fukuyama.[1]

The film was dubbed in English by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, marking the first official English dub of a Case Closed film since 2010.[9] The dub uses the original Japanese character names (ex. "Shinichi Kudō", "Ran Mōri") instead of the Americanized names (ex. "Jimmy Kudo", "Rachel Moore") that Funimation and Viz Media use in the anime and manga respectively.

Release[]

The English dub was first shown in the United Arab Emirates with Arabic subtitles[10] before being shown in America at the 2019 Anime Expo using 4DX technology.[11] On June 30, 2020, TMS announced on Twitter an English Blu-Ray release slated for September, which was released on September 29, 2020 by Discotek Media.[12][13] The film is also available for digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video.[14]

Box office[]

Debuting on 384 screens with Toho distributing, Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer earned $12.1 million from 1.012 million admissions in its first weekend and ranked number-one at the Japanese box office. The 22nd Case Closed feature film earned ¥9.18 billion ($83,134,719) from its domestic run,[15] becoming the 9th highest-grossing anime film of all time, and the top-grossing film in the Case Closed anime franchise, surpassing the 21st film Crimson Love Letter which grossed ¥6.87 billion in 2017.[16]

Overseas, the film grossed CN¥127,365,000 ($18,436,252) in China,[17] and ₩3,207,824,361 ($2,752,653) in South Korea,[18] ¥149 million in Taiwan,[19] $63,401 in the United Arab Emirates,[20] and $75,161 in Spain.[21] In total, the film's worldwide gross is $108.11 million as of January 2019.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "22nd Detective Conan Film's Trailer Reveals Fukuyama Masaharu's Theme Song". Anime News Network. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkônin (2018) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ Lee, Wendee. ""Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" Special Screening at Anime Expo — with Wendee Lee, Greg Chun, Cherami Leigh, Griffin Burns, Erika Harlacher, Richard Epcar, Kyle McCarley, Michael Sorich, Cristina Vee, and Jason Charles Miller. Guess who I play?". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  4. ^ Vee, Cristina (2019-07-03). "I'm Ran Mouri in Detective Conan: Zero the Executioner! It premieres at a sold out screening tonight!!". @CristinaVee. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  5. ^ Mobus, Xander (2019-07-05). "If you caught Detective Conan: Zero Enforcer at #AnimeExpo2019 you might've heard a familiar voice as a certain sleeping detective! I love me some Detective Conan and I'm thrilled to have gotten to be a part of it!". @XanderMobusVO. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  6. ^ Mendez, Erica (2019-07-03). "Anyone check out the dub showing of "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" at AX tonight? Ai is such a mood..." @tsunderica. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. ^ Harlacher, Erika (2019-07-04). "I hear that the dub for "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" showed at Anime Expo!! Did you see it? If you did, you heard me as Mitsuhiko!!! Detective Conan is one of my favorite series of all time - I'm soo excited to be a part of it, especially as this sweet boy". @ErikaHarlacher. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  8. ^ R͙a͙c͙h͙e͙l͙ ͙R͙o͙b͙i͙n͙s͙o͙n (2019-07-04). "I had no idea, sadly, that there was an #AX19 screening last night of #DetectiveConan #ZeroTheEnforcer last night, or I would have tried to be there. Was psyched to be a part of it as the Eng script adapter and as Sayoko Iwai. Hope all who saw it enjoyed!pic.twitter.com/zDYFEH9e7N". @larynx_lynx. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  9. ^ Lang, Lex. "Directing an animated feature film at one of my favorite studios! @bangzoomstudios #bangzoom #directing #voiceactors #fun #grateful #dreambig #animation #movies #detectiveconan". Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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  11. ^ "4DX and Anime Expo Present: The First Annual 4DX Anime Film Fest". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "TMS Entertainment on Twitter: "Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer will be available on Blu-ray 9/29! Pre-order starts today!"". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  13. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 1, 2020). "Discotek Licenses Space Adventure Cobra TV Anime, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  14. ^ "Amazon.com: Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (English Dub): Wendee Lee, Cristina Vee, Xander Mobus, Janice Kawaye". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  15. ^ "歴代興収ベスト100" [Successive box-office top 100] (in Japanese). Kogyo Tsushinsha. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Now Becomes 11th Top-Grossing Anime Film of All-Time". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  17. ^ "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer". CBO (China Box Office). EntGroup. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  18. ^ "영화정보". KOFIC. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  19. ^ "コナン『ゼロの執行人』全世界で110億円超えの大ヒット！". Cinema Today (in Japanese). November 16, 2018.
  20. ^ "Detective Conan: Zero The Enforcer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Detective Conan: Zero The Enforcer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

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