To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the hit TV anime series " Detective Conan ," based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama , in 2026, it has been announced that a one-hour special, " Detective Conan Episode ZERO: Kudo Shinichi's Aquarium Incident," will be broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV from 4:30 PM on January 3, 2026. The story begins shortly before high school detective Kudo Shinichi becomes Edogawa Conan after being drugged by the Black Organization, and visits the Beika Aquarium with his childhood friend Mouri Ran, where they encounter a murder case.
It was also announced that a "Detective Conan Memorable Theme Song Project" will be held as a special 30th anniversary project. The project will feature the announcement of memorable TV theme songs from those involved, and will feature the original author Aoyama, Minami Takayama, who plays Edogawa Conan, Yamaguchi Kappei, who plays Kappei Yamaguchi, and Yamazaki Wakana, who plays Mouri Ran. Each of their "memorable theme songs" will be announced on the January 3, 2026 broadcast.
"Detective Conan" is a manga that depicts Conan Edogawa solving a series of difficult cases that occur one after another, and began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan) in 1994. The total number of comics published has exceeded 270 million copies. The TV anime has been broadcast since January 1996. It is broadcast every Saturday at 6pm on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV.
