Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
2009 anime film directed by Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (名探偵コナン 漆黒の追跡者(チェイサー), Meitantei Konan: Shikkoku no Cheisā) is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery thriller film and the thirteenth film installment of the Case Closed manga and anime series. The film was released in Japan on April 18, 2009. This film earned 3.9 billion yen in the domestic Japanese box office, making it the highest-grossing film in the Case Closed series so far. The story of the film involving a new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi Kudo's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan Edogawa, making this discovery starts to put those around Conan in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser involves active members of the Black Organization, making this the Black Organization's second appearance in a film since Countdown to Heaven. A special preview to the film aired in Japan on Animax.
The film was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2010 Awards of the Japanese Academy.
Plot
A man driving down a hillside road suddenly realizes that his car Alfa Romeo Brera's brakes don't work. Traveling at a high speed, his car crashes into a toll station. As a man succumbs to his injuries, he leaves a mysterious dying message: "Tanabata kyo" with a mysterious Mahjong tile next to him, linking this case to six other homicide cases in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and other places in Japan.
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