📝 Highlights & Appeal Light spoilers
01① The 28th entry in the theatrical film series
The 28th Detective Conan theatrical film, released in Japan on April 18, 2025.
02② Set in Nagano's Yatsugatake mountains
The story begins with an avalanche in the snowy mountains, with Nagano police detectives playing a central role.
03③ Inspector Kansuke Yamato, left with one eye
Injured in the avalanche, Inspector Yamato begins feeling a strange ache in his eye whenever a new incident unfolds.
04④ Kogoro Mouri's past holds the key
A case file connected to one of Kogoro's former colleagues from his police days becomes central to the mystery.
05⑤ Guest voices from Takayuki Yamada and Mizuki Yamashita
Actors Takayuki Yamada and Mizuki Yamashita voice guest characters Takashi Otomo and Madoka Tsuburai, dubbed the Yama×Yama duo by fans.
06⑥ Theme song: King Gnu's TWILIGHT!!!
King Gnu wrote TWILIGHT!!! especially for this film as its theme song.
07⑦ Directed by Katsuya Shigehara
Katsuya Shigehara, who handled direction on Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine, directs this installment.
08⑧ A ¥14.4 billion box-office smash
The film became the first Japanese movie ever to surpass 10 million admissions for two consecutive years.
💡 Key Points & Predictions Some spoilers
As the series' April 2025 release, it continues an unbroken annual tradition — the next installment is expected in spring the following year, as usual.
🧾 Story So Far Contains spoilers
While tracking a man in the snowy mountains, Nagano police inspector Kansuke Yamato takes a rifle bullet graze to his left eye, then gets swept up in an avalanche. Ten months later, now blind in one eye, he and detective Yui Uehara respond to an incident at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, where his injured eye suddenly starts throbbing violently. That same night, a call from one of Kogoro's former colleagues draws Conan and Kogoro into a case where past and present collide.
✅ Recommended Viewing Points
A must for fans of the Nagano police detective arc, anyone who loves a hard-boiled mystery set in the snowy mountains, and King Gnu fans alike.
👀 Trivia & Fun Facts
💫 Unresolved Foreshadowing Contains spoilers
The previous film, The Million-Dollar Pentagram, teased at its end that Kansuke Yamato, Takaaki Morofushi, and Kogoro Mouri would become key figures in the next story.