Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time
Japanese manga series
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Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time, also known as Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time (Japanese: 名探偵コナン ゼロの日常, Hepburn: Meitantei Konan Zero No Tī Taimu), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takahiro Arai. It is a spin-off of the Case Closed manga by Gosho Aoyama, with Aoyama supervising the project, and is centered on the character Toru Amuro. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 2018 to May 2022. A six-episode anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment was broadcast from April to May 2022.
| Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rei Furuya | |
| 名探偵コナン ゼロの日常 (Meitantei Conan Zero no Tī Taimu) | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Gosho Aoyama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takahiro Arai |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics Special |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | May 9, 2018 – May 25, 2022 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tomochi Kosaka |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yoshiko Nakamura |
| Music by | Tomisiro |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Licensed by | Netflix (streaming rights) |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, ytv, BS Nippon |
| Original run | April 5, 2022 – May 10, 2022 |
| Episodes | 6 |
Arai launched another spin-off in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, titled Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc – Wild Police Story, which ran from October 2019 to November 2020.
Characters
- Rei Furuya (降谷 零, Furuya Rei)
- Voiced by: Tōru Furuya[1] (Japanese); Kyle McCarley[2] (English)
- He has three faces: he protects Japan as Rei Furuya of the Public Security Police, serves as an apprentice detective under Kogoro Mori as "Toru Amuro", and also infiltrates a black-ops organization under the code name "Bourbon".
- Azusa Enomoto (榎本 梓, Enomoto Azusa)
- Voiced by: Mikiko Enomoto[3] (Japanese); Janice Kawaye[2] (English)
- Works at the Poirot coffee shop, located downstairs from the Mori Detective Agency.
- Midori Kuriyama (栗山 緑, Kuriyama Midori)
- Voiced by: Asako Dodo[3] (Japanese); Julie Ann Taylor[2] (English)
- A secretary supporting Eri Kisaki, who runs the Kisaki Law Office.
- Yuya Kazami (風見 裕也, Kazami Yuya)
- Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita[3] (Japanese); Ray Chase[2] (English)
- A public security police officer in the Public Safety Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He works hard to assist Amuro as his right-hand man.
- Haro (ハロ)
- Voiced by: Megumi Han[3]
- A stray dog that suddenly appeared in front of the mortuary.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Takahiro Arai, with supervision by Gosho Aoyama, the manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 9, 2018,[4][5] to May 25, 2022, with its conclusion announced as the end of its first part.[6][7] The series was only published when Aoyama's main series, Case Closed, was on hiatus.[8] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from August 8, 2018, to June 17, 2022.[9][10]
Shogakukan Asia licensed the manga for English language release in Southeast Asia in January 2019.[11]
Arai published another spin-off, titled Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc – Wild Police Story, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2, 2019, to November 18, 2020.[12][13]
Volumes
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 8, 2018[9] | 978-4-09-128536-2 |
| 2 | October 8, 2018[14] | 978-4-09-128638-3 |
| 3 | April 10, 2019[15] | 978-4-09-128884-4 |
| 4 | November 18, 2019[16] | 978-4-09-129497-5 |
| 5 | October 18, 2021[17] | 978-4-09-850803-7 |
| 6 | June 17, 2022[10] | 978-4-09-851175-4 |
Anime
On October 4, 2021, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime adaptation.[18] In November 2021, at Netflix's "Festival Japan" virtual event, it was revealed that they would stream the series.[19] It is produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Tomochi Kosaka, with scripts written by Yoshiko Nakamura, character designs handled by Kyōko Yoshimi, and music composed by Tomisiro. The series was broadcast for six episodes on Tokyo MX, ytv, and BS Nippon from April 5 to May 10, 2022.[1][3][20] The opening theme is "Shooting Star" by Rakura, while the ending theme is "Find the truth" by Rainy.[1] The series premiered on Netflix outside of Japan on July 29, 2022.[21]
Episodes
| No. | Title [22] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Original release date [23][24] | English release date [21] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Time. 1" | Tomochi Kosaka | Yoshiko Nakamura | Tomochi Kosaka | April 5, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| 2 | "Time. 2" | Tomochi Kosaka | Yoshiko Nakamura | Jirō Kanai, Iwao Teraoka | April 12, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| 3 | "Time. 3" | Yasuhito Takahashi | Yoshiko Nakamura | Iwao Teraoka | April 19, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| 4 | "Time. 4" | Yasuhito Takahashi | Yoshiko Nakamura | Iwao Teraoka | April 26, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| 5 | "Time. 5" | Minoru Tozawa | Yoshiko Nakamura | Yasuyuki Honda | May 3, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| 6 | "Time. 6" | Hitomi Ezoe | Yoshiko Nakamura | Jiro Kanai | May 10, 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
Reception
Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time ranked sixth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" ranking by the Honya Club website.[25] The series ranked seventh on AnimeJapan's "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2019.[26]
See also
- Les Misérables, another manga series by Takahiro Arai
Notes
- Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
