Conan comes back

The Raven Chaser, a movie based on popular Japanese detective manga series Detective Conan, will premiere in China in early February. It will be the first Conan movie to be screened in China, where the manga series and its TV cartoon adaptations have many fans.

Conan, a young detective inadvertently transformed into a child by poison, confronts a mysterious institution named the Black Organization, which puts him and everyone around him in danger.

The film will have two versions for theatrical release, in Japanese and Chinese. The film has raked in $39 million in two months since its premiere in Japan in April, making it the highest grossing film in the series. There are altogether 13 films based on the series. The films have been released in April every year since 1997.