Detective Conan Celebrates 30th Anniversary with 1-Hour TV Special and More
LOS ANGELES, CA – [December 18th, 2025] Detective Conan, the beloved mystery series that has captivated fans worldwide for three decades, proudly celebrates its TV series 30th anniversary on January 8th, 2026. To commemorate this monumental milestone, TMS Entertainment has announced exciting initiatives to start the celebrations.
To kick off the new year, 1-hour special of Detective Conan will be streaming on Crunchyroll on Saturday, January 3rd! The 30th anniversary episode titled Episode “ZERO” The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case will serve as a prologue to the first episode of the series, before high school detective Shinichi Kudo had turned into Conan Edogawa.
Continuing with the festivities, more exhilarating episodes will be joining the Detective Conan Episode Selection #2: Rivals of the Great Detective on Crunchyroll and Netflix. The new episodes will continue showcasing key supporting characters Heiji Hattori and Kid the Phantom Thief, as well as explore the dynamic between Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mori. Fans can begin streaming these episodes in both English subtitles and all-new English dub starting January 1st.
Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays will be reaching its finale on January 3rd with the premiere of the series’ first feature-length movie, Detective Conan: The Time-bombed Skyscraper. This follows the current release schedule of Captured in Her Eyes on December 13th, Strategy Above the Depths on December 20th and Black Iron Submarine on December 27th, and will conclude the ambitious 26-week countdown project bringing together Conan fans to experience the rich history of Detective Conan movies on the official TMS Anime YouTube channel.
Additionally, fans have until January 5th to participate in the Conan with Friends Giveaway Campaign for a chance to win one of 200 Crunchyroll membership codes.
This only marks the start of the celebrations, so stay tuned for more information about the Detective Conan 30th anniversary year!
Upcoming Detective Conan releases
December 13th – Movie #4 Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
December 20th – Movie #9 Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
December 27th – Movie #26 Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
January 1st – Detective Conan Episode Selection #2 Part 2 premiere
January 3rd – Movie #1 Detective Conan: The Time-bombed Skyscraper
January 3rd – Detective Conan 1-hour special episode premiere on Crunchyroll
About Detective Conan
The manga first serialized on Weekly Shonen Sunday, published by Shogakukan Inc. in 1994. The total sales of the comic series exceeds 270 million copies. The series is one of the bestselling detective mystery comics and boasts incredible popularity internationally.
The Anime series launched in 1996, further expanding its popularity. Three decades in the making, the franchise includes more than 1,000 episodes and 28 films — with total box office revenue exceeding $1 billion worldwide. The movies have been released every year since 1997 and has smashed numerous box office records in Japan, with the series’ 28th entry One eyed Flashback grossing over 10 billion yen in Japanese box office sales for the third consecutive year.
-Synopsis-
While investigating a suspicious deal, high school detective Shinichi Kudo is ambushed and turned into a child by a mysterious poison. With a body of a child and a mind of an adult, he begins his search for the men in black responsible for his tragedy. Under a new identity as Conan Edogawa, he now lives with his childhood friend Ran Mori and her detective father in hopes of hunting down the Black Organization while solving cases. He faces numerous challenges in order to find the one and only truth!
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About TMS Entertainment
TMS Entertainment is one of the largest and most established anime studios in Japan. With its core strength on anime production, licensing, and distribution, TMS boasts a library of over 13,000 episodes across a total of 470 titles that include much-loved anime titles such as Detective Conan, LUPIN THE 3rd, Dr. STONE, and SAKAMOTO DAYS. For more information, visit tmsanime.com.
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