Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa
Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa, also known as Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayuko Kanba. It is a spin-off to the original manga Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama and stars the black-silhouetted "criminal" that appears in the main series to represent the mystery culprits. Kanba launched the manga in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S in May 2017 and its chapters have been collected in nine volumes as of October 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment aired from October to December 2022.Characters
;Makoto Hanzawa
;Pometarō
;Conan Edogawa
;Ran Mōri
;Kogorō Mōri
;Ai Haibara
;Saguru Hakuba
;Tsutomu HanbayashiMedia
Manga
Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa is written and illustrated by Mayuko Kanba. It is a spin-off to the original manga Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama and stars the black-silhouetted "criminal" that appears in the main series to represent the mystery culprits. The manga began in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S on May 25, 2017. The series 30th chapter was published on November 25, 2019, the 31st chapter on February 25, 2020, and the 32nd chapter on May 25, 2020. The series resumed publication on December 25, 2020. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on December 18, 2017. As of October 18, 2024, nine volumes have been released.Volumes
Anime
In October 2021, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime adaptation. In November 2021, at Netflix's "Festival Japan" virtual event, it was revealed that they would stream the series. It is produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Akitaro Daichi, with character designs handled by Fū Chisaka, and music composed by Jun Abe and Seiji Muto. The series aired on Tokyo MX, ytv and BS Nippon from October 4 to December 20, 2022. The opening theme song is "Tsukamaete, Konya" by Leon Niihama, and the ending theme song is "Secret, Voice of My Heart" by Mai Kuraki. The series premiered outside of Japan on Netflix on February 1, 2023.Episodes
Reception
The manga ranked fourteenth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018". By October 2018, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.