Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Anime Film Opens at #1, 2025 Doraemon Film Drops to #2
The film sold 697,355 tickets on Friday to earn 1,058,422,300 yen (about US$7.43 million); 835,908 tickets on Saturday to earn 1,246,314,200 yen (about US$8.75 million); and 781,427 tickets on Sunday to earn 1,133,870,200 yen (about US$7.96 million). Comparatively, Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, the previous film in the franchise, earned 960 million yen (about US$6.26 million at the time) on its opening day last April. The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend, selling 2,274,333 tickets and earning 3,352,494,500 yen (about US$21.7 million) in its first three days.Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback opened in Japan on April 18, and has screenings in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema in addition to regular screenings. The film opened in 522 theaters in Japan, a new record for the franchise. King Gnu performs the theme song "Twilight!!!."The film takes place in the snowy mountains of Nagano prefecture, and a previous visual depicted Conan on a snowboard. Yamato — an inspector in Nagano with an injured left eye — and Kogoro — a major character whose last major role in a film was back in the ninth movie Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005 — both appear in the film. Taka'aki and Yui, who are also from Nagano, also appear in the film.Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the film. Takeharu Sakurai (various Detective Conan movies) wrote the script.The film opened in Japan on March 7. It sold 571,000 tickets for 702,817,200 yen (about US$4.78 million) in its first three days.The story follows Doraemon, Nobita, and friends as they enter a painting into a medieval European world. In the painting, they meet Claire and Milo, children from the country of Artoria. They also encounter a small demon with wings named Chai. Together, they face a powerful enemy for a legendary jewel. Yukiyo Teramoto (Doraemon series and movies) directed the film. Satoshi Itō (Doraemon series) wrote the script. The film commemorates the 45th anniversary of Doraemon movies. Aimyon performed the film's theme song "Sketch," as well as the film's insert song "Kimi no Yume o Kikinagara, Boku wa Waraeru Idea o!" (An Idea That Makes Me Smile Comes to Me, While I Listen to Your Dreams!).The first present for theatergoers for the film is a "volume 0" of the manga, drawn by Shūhei Miyazaki.The film was delayed from winter 2024 to April 18 to improve the film's quality.The film's staff had revealed in December that the film's story will have a "multiverse" storyline. Shōhei Osada voices the character of the formidable enemy Dai Kanbu (Mr. Top Brass). Osada and Roboco's voice actor Shun Matsuo are the comedians behind the comedy duo Chocolate Planet. The television anime of Shūhei Miyazaki's Me & Roboco (Boku to Roboko) manga premiered in December 2022 on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels, and ended in June 2023. Each episode was five minutes long. Crunchyroll began streaming the television anime in July 2023. Akitarō Daichi (2001 Fruits Basket, Ninja Girl & Samurai Master, Kodocha) returned from the earlier television anime to direct the film at Studio Gallop. ano performs the film's theme song "Lolilokkyun Robo❤."The film earned 160,297,600 yen (about US$1.07 million) in its first three days. The story of the film, including the winner of the Third Division Rap Battle onscreen, can be different at each screening. The storyline will change depending on the realtime polling of the audience members via their smartphones. The interactive film has 48 story routes, 16 new songs, and seven possible endings. The Division All Stars perform the film's opening theme song "Hypnosis Mic -Division Battle Anthem-+."Takanori Tsujimoto (Resident Evil: Vendetta) directed the film at Polygon Pictures, and Yūichirō Momose — a developer of the franchise's story setting, characters, and game events — wrote the script. Kazui returned as the character designer. TOHO NEXT is distributing the film. (A-1 Pictures animated the previous television anime with a different main staff.)King Records' Hypnosis Mic rap-themed project features voice actors who rap in the personas of original characters, and it launched in September 2017. Hypnosis Mic's first full album Enter the Hypnosis Microphone launched in April 2018. The group earned the top spot as the most popular voice actor Twitter account in Japan for 2018. The project includes multiple manga tie-ins, a mobile game, stage plays, and live events.The first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle film trilogy will open in Japan on July 18. Between April 4 and July 3, the previous 12 films (including the compilation ones) are returning to theaters for limited-engagement runs. The compilation films will run for one week each in 33 theaters, while the 4K-converted edition of the Mugen Train film will play again from May 9 to June 12 in 423 theaters (including some with IMAX, remixed Dolby Atmos, remixed Dolby Cinema, 4DX, and MX4D screenings). These screenings will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the new trilogy.The first Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle film will play on 443 screens (a franchise record) throughout Japan, including IMAX screenings. Outside Japan, Aniplex aims for the new film to play in over 150 countries and regions, which is wider than the franchise's previous world tour of over 145 countries and regions. The new films adapt the "Infinity Castle" arc. Crunchyroll will bring the trilogy to theaters globally excluding select Asian territories and Japan. The live-action film of Mashiro's My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 (Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru) manga dropped off the top 10 in its third weekend.The Gekijо̄-ban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyо̄ no Gunshi (Nintama Rantaro the Movie: The Dokutake Ninja Team's Strongest Strategist) anime film is still off the top 10 in its 14th weekend, but still earned 39,321,340 yen (about US$277,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 3,117,983,600 yen (about US$22 million).Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
