Detective Conan is, without a doubt, a massive franchise beloved by kids and adults alike.
A theatrical film comes out every year and rakes in staggering box-office numbers.
What I'm featuring this time is one of the most popular of those many films: the sixth installment, The Phantom of Baker Street.
The Phantom of Baker Street is set in a VR recreation of Baker Street in 1888, where Sherlock Holmes lived, and follows Conan and the others as they take part in a mystery game to uncover the true identity of the legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Conan loves Sherlock Holmes, and in the film he boldly declares he wants to be 'the Heisei-era Sherlock Holmes' (even though the Heisei era is now over). In the original manga, he even attends a gathering of Sherlockians—the term for Holmes fans—and actually travels to England to visit the place that served as the model for Baker Street. After all, the 'Conan' in Conan Edogawa comes from Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes. In other words, Conan himself is a Sherlockian.
On top of that, the screenwriter this time was Hisashi Nozawa. For those who don't know him, he's famous as a TV drama screenwriter, having penned numerous notable works like 'Sleeping Forest,' 'Aoi Tori,' and 'Hyoten no Sekai,' while also being an accomplished novelist—he won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for 'Hasen no Malice,' and went on to give the world many acclaimed works like 'Toride Naki Mono,' 'Hanran no Voyage,' and 'Shinku.' But at age 44, he took his own life, and this Conan film became his only anime screenplay.
He'd said that if he ever got to write a Conan film again, he wanted to depict the love triangle between Conan, Ran, and Haibara—but that wish, too, was never to be fulfilled.
When this genius screenwriter suddenly took his own life, fans at the time voiced an outpouring of grief.
Precisely because it was his only anime script, he reportedly went through countless revisions with original author Gosho Aoyama and struggled quite a bit. Even so, the fact that he said he'd love to write another one suggests it must have been a deeply rewarding experience. I really wish we could have seen more Conan films from Hisashi Nozawa.
Now, as for the score this time—when it comes to Conan, it's the ever-familiar Katsuo Ono. He's a seasoned veteran who has worked on all sorts of scores, including 'Terauchi Kantaro Ikka' and 'Taiyo ni Hoero!' This score shows no sign of decline either, and it's a magnificent piece of work.
First and foremost, there's Conan's theme, which changes with each film. This time too it's been boldly arranged into a really cool theme.
Also, in a rare twist this time, there's even a scene where Conan is cornered to the brink of disaster and lets out a moment of weakness. The theme for that moment is track 39, 'Conan Cornered.'
To wrap up, let's part ways with the ever-familiar film teaser.
This movie is currently available on Amazon Prime or Netflix.
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