Welcome! Happy New Year and… HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY DETECTIVE CONAN!

This Week’s Translation

高校生探偵の新一兄ちゃんは、蘭姉ちゃんと米花水族館で待ち合わせをしてたんだって!
別居中の小五郎のおじさんと英理さんを仲直りさせるための作戦の下見だったみたい。
でも水族館の人だかりの異様な空気に、新一兄ちゃんが事件に気付いたんだ!

そして事件の先には、あの日へと繋がる“もう一つの下見”が…!?

TVアニメ放送30周年突入!
1時間スペシャル「名探偵コナン エピソード“ZERO” 工藤新一水族館事件」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) January 3, 2026

High school detective Shinichi-nii-chan was meeting up with Ran-nee-chan at Beika Aquarium.
Looks like she’s on a recon mission for her plan to get her parent’s back together.
But when he notices the crowd at the aquarium were acting strange, Shinichi realized something was up!

And after the case is closed, there is another reconnaissance that leads back to that day!

Entering the 30th Anniversary of the Anime Broadcast!
1 Hour Special “Detective Conan Episode “Zero” – Kudo Shinichi and the Aquarium Case” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victims

朱本　国博（26）客
Shumoto Kunihiro (26) Guest

容疑者　ー　Suspects

中桐　鹿子（27）客
Nakagiri Kanoko (27) Guest

尾城　那穂（26）客
Ojiro Naho (26) Guest

仁部　浩大（28）客
Jinbe Kodai (28) Guest

Before we get into the special, I am surprised that Crunchyroll dropped this so early. Usually there is a delay with these kinds of things. They got it up on the site at 3:30 am! I guess they didn’t have much to translate given that this special is adapted from episodes 772 and 773. Bit confused why this counts as an episode though.

Nonetheless, what an exciting way to start the year off. Using the first OP and ED was awesome. Want to see some more OPs and EDs from the past? The official Detective Conan Anime Channel dropped a video this morning.

This is probably just to celebrate the 30th anniversary, but I’m not complaining if this keeps going for a while. Love that they updated the visuals and gave us new scenes for the OP, too.
They even added Haibara into the ED with the Detective Boys.

Another thing I liked about this episode is that I got to see this scene.

Having different OPs and EDs during the eye catchers was also a great touch.

The case itself was easy to deduce. I like a Japanese pun or having to crack a code every now and then. However, paying attention the details and bringing it all together is what I love the most about this series. The tricks that were used and Shinichi’s sharp deduction to reveal it all was where this episode shined. I miss these “how did he know” deductions. Hopefully, we get to see more like this in the near future.

I forgot about the motive for the case so hearing “that” in a Detective Conan episode took me out. The guy was terrible but surely there had to be a better way. Considering she resorted to murder, I guess she tried and it lead to this conclusion. And with the culprit identified the case is closed.

We even got some new scenes with Shinichi checking out Tropical Land. Plus, a cameo from Kaito on a date with Aoko. Given that Magic Kaito came first, I am hoping that we get some development in Kid’s story someday.

This is truly an episode zero. It would be nice to watch the Episode One Special on Crunchyroll. Seeing the effort TMS is making in the US gives me hope that we’ll see more love for the series.

Next Episode is…

We’ve got another car chase coming next week. The second one came out last March and given how quirky this series can be, I’m looking forward to it.

As for the Conan Hint: Minced Cutlet-Kun & Croquette-Kun – メンチ君とコロッケ君

This year is going to be big for the series. We have reached the 30th anniversary for the anime. I was hoping we got a new OP and ED. That kinda happened. We didn’t get to see Chihaya or promotion for the movie in April. However, this is the big 3-0, so it is fitting to see Conan doing the new year’s celebration solo.

Until next time 👋 and once again…