Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
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Kanji	名探偵コナン ゼロの執行人
Revised Hepburn	Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkōnin
Directed by	Yuzuru Tachikawa
Screenplay by	Takeharu Sakurai
Based on	Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama
Produced by	Keiichi Ishiyama Shūhō Kondō Yoshihito Yonekura
Starring	Minami Takayama Kappei Yamaguchi Rikiya Koyama Wakana Yamazaki Gara Takashima Megumi Hayashibara Tōru Furuya Aya Ueto Nobuo Tobita Naoko Matsui Yukiko Iwai Ikue Ōtani Wataru Takagi Tokuyoshi Kawashima Daikichi Hakata Yukimasa Kishino
Cinematography	Jin Nishiyama
Edited by	Terumitsu Okada
Music by	Katsuo Ōno[1]
Production company	TMS/V1 Studio
Distributed by	Toho Company, Ltd.
Release date	April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$108.2 million

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer, known as Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Japanese: 名探偵コナン ゼロの執行人, Hepburn: Meitantei Konan: Zero no Shikkōnin) in Japan, is a 2018 Japanese anime film directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa and written by Takeharu Sakurai. It was the twenty-second installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2017 film Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter. The film was released on April 13, 2018^[1] and has grossed over $108.2 million worldwide. It is the second highest-grossing Case Closed film of all time.

Plot

Located in Tokyo Bay, the newly built integrated resort and convention center "Edge of Ocean" is going to host an upcoming Summit Meeting. Prior to the Summit, an explosion went off at one of the buildings, killing and injuring many Public Security Bureau personnel performing inspection there, including Amuro Tōru and Kazami Yūya. A preliminary investigation found the fingerprint which matches with Mori Kogoro's, and with other evidence purportedly located inside Kogoro's computer, Kogoro is arrested. After a hopeless search for a lawyer who is willing to represent Kogoro in the trial, Ran, Kisaki Eri, and Conan encountered a freelance lawyer, Tachibana Kyōko, who offered to represent Kogoro in the case.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Attorney-General believes that the evidence incriminating Kogoro is sufficient to build the case, and Iwai Sayoko, the Attorney-General, instructed Kusakabe Makoto to prosecute Kogoro. At the same time, the police investigation of the case is ongoing, and it was discovered that the gas valve and pressurized cooker can be connected to the internet (Internet of Things (IoT)) and that the two was remotely accessed via Nor (resembling Tor) through Kogoro's device to cause the explosion. On the day of the conference, people are experiencing strange cases of IoT devices malfunctioning, causing electrical short circuit and fire around Tokyo. At that time, Kogoro was being held in Tokyo Penitentiary, which means Kogoro could not have been the culprit in the bombing and the IoT attack, and the case against him was dropped.

On the date the unmanned Martian mission craft called "Hakuchō" is scheduled to land, Conan deducted the identity of the culprit of the bombing and IoT attack, the prosecutor Makoto Kusakabe. Kusakabe employed an assistant named Haba Fumikazu, who previously worked with and fell in love with Tachibana. During the investigation by Kusakabe, Haba discovered that the culprit that hacks into the system of NAZU (resembling NASA) are working in a game company. Haba was arrested for breaking into the game company and was presumed dead after the interrogation by Amuro, causing Kusakabe to exact revenge on the Public Security Bureau. Amuro then revealed that Haba's death was faked to ensure that the public prosecutor will not employ the help of the assistant in the same manner as he did to Haba again.

However, Kusakabe already hacked into the system to change the projectile of the capsule launched from Hakuchō to crash to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police building, but he causes blackout at the building and initiates the IoT attack at the nearby vicinity to allow police personnel and other residents to be evacuated to the Edge of Ocean. Although Kusakabe relented and gave up the access code, it was almost too late, and Conan and Amuro employed help from Dr. Agasa, Haibara and the Detective Boys to detonate the bomb using a drone built by Dr. Agasa near the capsule in order for the capsule to fall into the harmless spot. With the point of impact being the casino tower at the Edge of Ocean, Amuro and Conan race against time and traffic to allow Conan to shoot the ball to deflect the capsule, and the capsule falls harmlessly into the water.

Cast

Character	Japanese	English
Conan Edogawa	Minami Takayama	Wendee Lee[2]
Ran Mōri	Wakana Yamazaki	Cristina Vee[3]
Kogorō Mōri	Rikiya Koyama	Xander Mobus[4]
Shinichi Kudō	Kappei Yamaguchi	Griffin Burns
Ai Haibara	Megumi Hayashibara	Erica Mendez[5]
Ayumi Yoshida	Yukiko Iwai	Janice Kawaye
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Ikue Ōtani	Erika Harlacher[6]
Genta Kojima	Wataru Takagi	Andrew Russel
Eri Kisaki	Gara Takashima	Mari Devon
Ninzaburo Shiratori	Kazuhiko Inoue	Greg Chun
Hyōe Kuroda	Yukimasa Kishino	Richard Epcar
Yūya Kazami	Nobuo Tobita	Danny Boston
Kyōko Tachibana	Aya Ueto	Cherami Leigh
Fumikazu Haba	Daikichi Hakata	Sean Chiplock
Sayoko Iwai	Miina Tominaga	Rachel Robinson[7]
Makoto Kusakabe	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Lex Lang
Rei Furuya/Tōru Amuro	Tōru Furuya	Kyle McCarley

Production

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer was directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa. It is the first film to feature the character Tōru Amuro since 2016's Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare and the first to feature Hyōe Kuroda.^[1] The film's theme song is "Zero" (零 -ZERO-) performed by Masaharu Fukuyama.^[1]

The film was dubbed in English by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, marking the first official English dub of a Case Closed film since 2010.^[8] The dub uses the original Japanese character names (ex. "Shinichi Kudō", "Ran Mōri") instead of the Americanized names (ex. "Jimmy Kudo", "Rachel Moore") that Funimation and Viz Media use in the anime and manga respectively.

The film is set in Urban Dock LaLaport TOYOSU, Tokyo,^[9] and the background of some of the live-action video of the ending credits is in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea.^[10]

Release

The English dub was first shown in the United Arab Emirates with Arabic subtitles^[11] before being shown in America at the 2019 Anime Expo using 4DX technology.^[12] On June 30, 2020, TMS announced on Twitter an English Blu-ray release slated for September, which was released on September 29, 2020 by Discotek Media.^[13][14] The film is also available for digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video.^[15]

Box office

Debuting on 384 screens with Toho distributing, Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer earned $12.1 million from 1.012 million admissions in its first weekend and ranked number-one at the Japanese box office. The 22nd Case Closed feature film earned ¥9.18 billion ($83,134,719) from its domestic run,^[16] becoming the 9th highest-grossing anime film of all time, and the top-grossing film in the Case Closed anime franchise, surpassing the 21st film The Crimson Love Letter which grossed ¥6.87 billion in 2017.^[17]

Overseas, the film grossed CN¥127,365,000 ($19,746,512) in China,^[18] and ₩3,207,824,361 ($2,804,165) in South Korea,^[19] ¥149 million in Taiwan,^[20] $63,401 in the United Arab Emirates,^[21] and $75,161 in Spain.^[22] In total, the film's worldwide gross was $108.11 million by January 2019,^[23] and $108.2 million as of March 2022^[update].^[24]

References

1. Mateo, Alex (February 28, 2018). "22nd Detective Conan Film's Trailer Reveals Fukuyama Masaharu's Theme Song". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
2. Lee, Wendee. ""Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" Special Screening at Anime Expo — with Wendee Lee, Greg Chun, Cherami Leigh, Griffin Burns, Erika Harlacher, Richard Epcar, Kyle McCarley, Michael Sorich, Cristina Vee, and Jason Charles Miller. Guess who I play?". www.facebook.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
3. Vee, Cristina [@CristinaVee] (July 3, 2019). "I'm Ran Mouri in Detective Conan: Zero the Executioner! It premieres at a sold out screening tonight!!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
4. Mobus, Xander [@XanderMobusVO] (July 6, 2019). "If you caught Detective Conan: Zero Enforcer at #AnimeExpo2019 you might've heard a familiar voice as a certain sleeping detective! I love me some Detective Conan and I'm thrilled to have gotten to be a part of it!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
5. Mendez, Erica [@tsunderica] (July 4, 2019). "Anyone check out the dub showing of "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" at AX tonight? Ai is such a mood..." (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
6. Harlacher, Erika [@ErikaHarlacher] (July 4, 2019). "I hear that the dub for "Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer" showed at Anime Expo!! Did you see it? If you did, you heard me as Mitsuhiko!!! Detective Conan is one of my favorite series of all time - I'm soo excited to be a part of it, especially as this sweet boy" (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
7. Robinson, Rachel [@larynx_lynx] (July 5, 2019). "I had no idea, sadly, that there was an #AX19 screening last night of #DetectiveConan #ZeroTheEnforcer last night, or I would have tried to be there. Was psyched to be a part of it as the Eng script adapter and as Sayoko Iwai. Hope all who saw it enjoyed!pic.twitter.com/zDYFEH9e7N" (Tweet). Retrieved November 16, 2019 – via Twitter.
8. Lang, Lex. "Directing an animated feature film at one of my favorite studios! @bangzoomstudios #bangzoom #directing #voiceactors #fun #grateful #dreambig #animation #movies #detectiveconan". Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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External links

• Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer at IMDb
• Conan Movie Website
• Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Box Office Mojo