Detective Conan Enters into Instagram

Better check Instagram now as the long-running mystery series “Detective Conan” has made its way to the social media network. With the official name @conan.official, the account already has more than 62,000 followers.

Currently the account features different profile images but there is a promise of more to come. Set to be posted on the account are art works for upcoming releases for the franchise including this month’s film, “Zero the Enforcer.” Another feature that will be posted for the site are episode recommendations from the account’s editors. In the account’s Instagram Stories, fans can read an excerpt from the very first manga instalment.

As an added incentive, those who follow the account will be treated to Instagram-exclusive art and behind-the-scenes shots. An example of this is this manga page draft from Volume 87.

Previously, it has been reported that there would be a Chinese dub of the series to be released two hours after the Japanese broadcast on Saturday. And recently FUNimation Entertainment has begun offering simultaneous English dubs for the first few episodes of some of its simulcast anime.

“Detective Conan”, officially known as “Case Closed” due to legal considerations with the name made its start as a 1994 manga series created by Gosho Aoyama. Serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine, the series as of December 2017 reached 94 tankobon volumes.

The anime adaptation of the series made its debut in January 2016 under the production of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment. From the anime, “Case Closed” had expanded into a media franchise consisting of animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live action episodes. Also included in the franchise was a television special that released in 2009 titled, “Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan” and featuring characters from “Lupin III.”

The story of the series tells of Shinichi Kudo, a high school student who has made himself known as an amateur detective. One day during an investigation, he is attacked by a mysterious organization and is made to ingest an experimental poison which turned him into a child.

Adopting the name of Conan Edogawa, he ends up living with his childhood friend/love interest Ran Mouri. While keeping his identity a secret he solves a multitude of cases while impersonating his friend’s father and other characters.

Source: Crunchyroll News