Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (名探偵コナン　迷宮の十字路 (クロスロード), Meitantei Konan: Meikyū no Kurosurōdo) is the seventh Detective Conan feature film, released on April 19, 2003. The movie brought a box office income of 3.2 billion yen.[2]

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
Theatrical release poster
Japanese名探偵コナン　迷宮の十字路 (クロスロード)
HepburnMeitantei Konan: Meikyū no Kurosurōdo
Directed byKenji Kodama
Produced byMasahito Yoshioka
Michihiko Suwa
Written byKazunari Kochi
Based onDetective Conan by Gosho Aoyama
StarringAkira Kamiya
Kappei Yamaguchi
Minami Takayama
Wakana Yamazaki
Chafurin
Kazuhiko Inoue
Ikue Ohtani
Megumi Hayashibara
Naoko Matsui
Wataru Takagi
Yukiko Iwai
Music byKatsuo Ono
CinematographyTakashi Nomura
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
April 19, 2003
Running time
108 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥3.2 billion[1]
($32.4 million)

Plot

Heiji Hattori searches for a girl he fell in love with after he saw her playing outside a temple when he was little. Meanwhile, Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and Sonoko go to Kyoto and meet up with Heiji and Kazuha to investigate a robbery and several murders. The killer tries to kill Heiji several times and severely injures Heiji. The killer kidnaps Kazuha, but Heiji collapses before he can reach her. Conan swallows a pill Haibara gave him and a bottle of wine, temporarily turning him back into Shinichi. He disguises himself as Heiji and attempts to arrest the killer and save Kazuha and manages to stall the murderer until Heiji arrives. Using kendo, Heiji fights the culprit while Shinichi runs into the woods to hide while his transformation into Conan occurs. In the woods, Shinichi bumps into Ran and stuns Ran with his tranquilizer watch to prevent her from seeing his transformation into Conan. Conan then reaches Heiji and Kazuha in time to save them by kicking sticks of fire at the culprit. The culprit continues to fight Heiji and manages to push the Osaka detective to the edge of the roof. Conan kicks a soccer ball at the enemy, giving Heiji time to regain his footing. In the end, Heiji finds out that the girl from his childhood was Kazuha and does not tell Kazuha that she is the girl he was looking for.

Digital animation

This was the first film in full-length traditional digital paint. Studio A-CAT did the 3D graphics.

Cast

Staff
  • Original creator: Gosho Aoyama
  • Screenplay: Kazunari Kouchi
  • Music: Katsuo Ono
  • Character design and chief animation director: Masatomo Sudo
  • Art director: Yukihiro Shibutani
  • Director of photography: Takashi Nomura
  • Sound director: Yasuo Uragami
  • Sound effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
  • Sound production: Audio Planning U
  • Producers: Masahito Yoshioka, Michihiko Suwa
  • Animation production: TMS Entertainment
  • Director: Kenji Kodama

Music

The theme song is "Time After Time ~In the City of Whirling Blossoms~" (Ｔｉｍｅ　ａｆｔｅｒ　ｔｉｍｅ 〜花舞う街で〜, "Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~) by Mai Kuraki. It was released on March 5, 2003.[3] Crossroad in the Ancient Capital is the second Case Closed movie for which Mai Kuraki wrote the theme song, after Countdown to Heaven.

The official soundtrack was released on April 16, 2003.[4] It costs ¥3059 including tax.

Home media

DVD

The DVD was released on December 17, 2003.[5] It contains the movie and trailer and costs ¥6090 including tax.[5]

Blu-ray

The Blu-ray version of the film was released on December 24, 2010.[6] The Blu-ray contains the same content as the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film.[6]

References
  1. "Highest grossing movies of 2003" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  2. "Highest grossing movies of 2003" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  3. "Mai Karaki's Official Website - Time After Time ~In the City of Whirling Blossoms~" (in Japanese). Kuraki Mai. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  4. "Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital Official Soundtrack" (in Japanese). amazon.co.jp. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  5. "Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capitial DVD" (in Japanese). amazon.co.jp. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  6. "Detective Conan: Crossroad in Ancient Capital" (in Japanese). Being Inc. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
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