It has been revealed that a two-hour special will be produced to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the TV anime " Detective Conan, " based on Gosho Aoyama 's popular manga. This will be the first two-hour special of the series in about 10 years, since "Episode ONE: The Shrunken Detective," which aired in 2016. The special will be a completely original story, titled "Murder Case No. 30." The script will be written by Takeharu Sakurai, who has worked on films such as " One-Eyed Flashback" and "Submarine of the Black Iron Fish."
The live streaming program "Detective Conan 30th Anniversary Information Release (Headlines) ~2026 is So Exciting, B-Boy Special~" was streamed on YouTube on December 27th, and all the 30th anniversary projects were announced at once.
It was also announced that a collaborative episode with the professional soccer J.League will be produced. This will be the first collaboration between the series and the J.League since "Behind the Scenes of the J.League Showdown" in 2023, and Yuka Kageyama , a " Detective Conan " fan and known soccer fan, will appear in the episode.
An episode in collaboration with the "Birdman Contest," a competition to see who can fly their own human-powered airplanes over Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, will also be produced. The script will be written by Takahiro Okura, who has worked on the theatrical versions of "The Million Dollar Five-Pointed Star" and "Halloween Bride."
It has been announced that singer Mai Kuraki will be performing the new ending theme (ED) for the TV anime, "TOWA ~Ride the Wind Forever~." Kuraki's collaboration with " Detective Conan" began with the 2000 ending song "Secret of my heart," and in 2017 she was recognized by the Guinness World Records for "the most theme songs sung by the same artist for an anime series." "TOWA ~Ride the Wind Forever~" is the 28th song in the series and will be played as the ending from the broadcast on January 10, 2026.
Kuraki commented, "The title of this song is 'TOWA - Riding the Wind Forever' and it has a theme that evokes hope and makes you feel various connections such as friendship and love. I think there are some parts that overlap with the human relationships between Shinichi and Ran. This is also my first time trying my hand at composing a song, so I would be happy if you have a chance to listen to it. Also, the TV anime ' Detective Conan' will soon be celebrating its 30th anniversary, so congratulations! I hope that as a Conan family, we can continue to support our beloved ' Detective Conan' together. Let's support it together!"
It was also announced that the orchestral concert "Detective Conan Special Concert 2026" will be held at K Arena Yokohama (Nishi-ku, Yokohama) on April 17th and 18th, 2026, and at GLION ARENA KOBE Kobe (Chuo-ku, Kobe) on May 23rd and 24th.
To kick off the 30th anniversary, a promotional video for the one-hour special "Episode ZERO: Kudo Shinichi Aquarium Incident," which will be broadcast from 4:30 p.m. on January 3, 2026, has been released on YouTube.
The latest episodes of the anime will be released sequentially on various video streaming services starting around spring 2026. Until now, paid video streaming services have only been able to release episodes from about a year ago, but from around spring 2026, the latest episodes will be available to watch sequentially after they are broadcast on terrestrial television.
"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.
