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Detective Conan Franchise to Release New Card Game on May 4
posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
The history of collectible and trading cards is long to say the least. Over the past century and a half, those cards have evolved into the modern tabletop card games (commonly known as TCGs). While the progenitor TCG is often thought of to be Magic: The Gathering, other popular TCGs include the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Of course, there are a plethora of other TCGs played around the world. Japan is no different with card games based on popular anime franchises. Among the TCGs based on anime, there are Weiß Schwarz, the Dragon Ball Super Card Game, and the One Piece Card Game. But this May, the Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan) franchise will rejoin the fray with the new Meitantei Conan Card Game.
発売日は、コナン&新一の誕生日【5月4日】に決定🎂
— 【公式】名探偵コナンカードゲーム (@CONAN_tcg) January 7, 2024
これだけあれば始められるスターターデッキ5種(江戸川コナン・服部平次・怪盗キッド・赤井秀一・安室透)
ランダムでカードが入っているブースターパック第1弾「探偵たちの切札(ジョーカー)」
周辺商品も同時発売✨#コナンカード #コナンTCG pic.twitter.com/GIde6O9cIO
The release date is set for Conan & Shinichi's birthday [May 4th] 🎂
All you need to get started is in 5 starter decks (Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, Kaito Kid, Shuichi Akai, Tooru Amuro).
The first booster pack containing random cards “Detectives' Trump Card (Joker)”
Peripheral products will also be released at the same time ✨
#コナンカード [ConanCard] #コナンTCG [ConanTCG]
The official Twitter account for the Detective Conan Card Game announced the news on January 7 that the game is slated to go on sale the same day as series protagonist Shinichi Kudo's birthday, May 4. While details about the game are still light, the tweet revealed five starter decks based on the characters Conan Edogawa (Kudo's alias), Heiji Hattori, Kaito Kid, Shuichi Akai, and Touru Amuro will be available on May 4 along with the first set of six-card booster packs.
The card gam and franchise's official Twitter account also posted promotional tweets regarding the upcoming card game. The game's Twitter account revealed a handwritten letter by Detective Conan's creator Gosho Aoyama, who wrote:
Hello, this is Aoyama!
The official Conan card game finally released for Conan's 30th anniversary!
I was hooked on a certain TCG when I started serializing Conan, so I'm really looking forward to it! (lol)
The game will go on sale on May 4, Conan's (Shinichi's) birthday, so look forward to it!
Gosho Aoyama
The ninth issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday included on January 24 the game's “first card” promo: Conan Edogawa. The tweet also mentions the design of Conan is based off the magazine issue the series first appeared in.
さらに、青山剛昌先生からのメッセージも到着!
— 【公式】名探偵コナンカードゲーム (@CONAN_tcg) January 7, 2024
名探偵コナンカードゲーム、発売や情報をお楽しみに!#コナンカード #コナンTCG pic.twitter.com/mewYF8Krpf
Additionally, a message from Mr. Gosho Aoyama has arrived! Look forward to the release and information on the Detective Conan Card Game!
#コナンカード [ConanCard] #コナンTCG [ConanTCG]
【緊急告知!】
— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) January 7, 2024
1/24発売のサンデー9号に
コナンTCG ファーストカード「江戸川コナン」がつくよ!
30年前、サンデー初表紙のボクが付録化!
コナンTCG記念すべき最初の1枚、ぜひゲットしてみてね! pic.twitter.com/b1mqRhFHrF
[Urgent announcement! ]
The first card of the Conan TCG, “Conan Edogawa” will be included in Sunday Issue 9 released on 1/24!
30 years ago, I was featured on Sunday's cover for the first time!
Be sure to get the first card of the Conan TCG!
In more recent weeks, the card game's Twitter account also announced on February 15 that a promotional card would be included with a purchase of an advance ticket to the franchise's latest film, Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (The Million-Dollar Five Guiding Stars).
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— 【公式】名探偵コナンカードゲーム (@CONAN_tcg) February 15, 2024
劇場の前売券で、#コナンカード をGET!
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劇場版名探偵コナン #100万ドルの五稜星 (みちしるべ) の劇場版前売りの特典に、なんと【名探偵コナンカード】✨
ここでしか手に入らない貴重なカードです🔍
是非、手に入れてください!#コナンカード #名探偵コナン pic.twitter.com/BbkcA1tz8r
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Get a #コナンカード [ConanCard] with an advance theater ticket!
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The Detective Conan #100万ドルの五稜星 [The Million-Dollar Pentagram] has a Detective Conan card ✨ as a bonus for advance tickets to the movie.
This is a valuable card that can only be obtained here 🔍
Please come and get it!
#コナンカード [ConanCard] #名探偵コナン [Detective Conan]
While details about the game are still wrapped up in a mystery–which is apropos for the Detective Conan franchise–fans of the series will have a chance to play the game as early as Saturday at a pre-release event at the Animate Ikebukuro. The card game's producer Takara Tomy has a list of the dates and locations on its website. Unfortunately, the entry period for the pre-release events has ended.
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— 【公式】名探偵コナンカードゲーム (@CONAN_tcg) February 21, 2024
先行体験会の募集を開始しました!
\#コナンカード の遊び方・ルールが学べる先行体験会!
こちらのURLから概要を確認の上、ぜひご応募ください!https://t.co/mY6hSJma9V#名探偵コナン pic.twitter.com/D9VXrF9c1J
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We have started applications for pre-release events!
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The pre-release evets where you can learn how to play #コナンカード [ConanCard] and the rules!
Please check the overview from this URL and apply!
https://takaratomy.co.jp/products/conan-cardgame/news/
#名探偵コナン [Detective Conan]
Takara Tomy has also created a YouTube channel for the card game. While there is only one video on the channel at the time of writing, there are numerous posts regarding information about the game in the “Community” section of the channel.
Surprisingly, the Detective Conan Card Game isn't the first foray into the TCG space for the Detective Conan franchise. In 1999, Hudson released a short-lived Conan card game called Mischievous Elves Meitantei Conan. Media Factory also released the Meitantei Conan Card Tanteidan card game in April 2008 with a follow-up set in December 2008. The property has also appeared in other TCGs such as Future Card Buddyfight and the aforementioned Weiß Schwarz, so the Detective Conan franchise is no stranger to a TCG adaptation.
While nothing can be said about how the game plays until people have a hold of the cards, it appears Aoyama is excited for the new Detective Conan Card Game. Time will tell if it will outlast the previous Detective Conan TCG incarnations.
Sources: Detective Conan Card Game's Twitter account (link 2, link 3, link 4) and YouTube channel, Detective Conan franchise's Twitter account, Takara Tomy, Famitsu.com