Welcome! MeitanteiBunshou here with some thoughts on today’s Detective Conan.

This Week’s Translation

ボクと小五郎のおじさんは、不来市(ふらいし)が主催するイベントのスペシャルゲストに招待されて正装したんだ!

そこに「小五郎オタク」の石川元気さんがタクシーで迎えに来て市庁舎へ。
市長さんに大歓迎されたんだけど、なんだか様子がおかしいみたい。
しかもそのとんでもないイベントの裏では、ある計画も進んでて…!?

TVオリジナル「追跡！ 探偵タクシー３」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) January 10, 2026

Kogoro and I were invited to be special guests at an event in Furai City so we got dressed up!

We got picked up by the “Kogoro Otaku” taxi driver Ishikawa Genki and headed for the town hall.
The mayor gave us a grand welcome but, something’s off – a scheme being plotted behind the scenes!

Anime original “Follow Them! Detective Taxi 3” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

Love the new OP and ED!

It’s been a while since I heard B’z in OP or an ED!
This has to be one of the best ways to get the new year of Detective Conan episodes going.
So many cameos and references. I don’t know where the anime will take us this year but here’s hoping it’s a good year!

Mai Kuraki’s gentle voice set with the tearful piano while the time passes under a cherry blossom tree. Beautiful! Hopefully, we can get Shinichi back this year to reunite with Ran.

We are back again with another wild taxi episode! The art and the animation were well done. Hopefully we can get this same consistency for the rest of the year… right? Speaking of art, they kept the classic doors!

Found the outfits… odd. Ran was not having any of it (/≧▽≦)/

Bit confused on how these drones are carrying this heavy looking container. Then it has an extra load to carry when the old man gets on it. I have to give respect to the old geezer piloting the drone all the way to the hospital. Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? He really pulled out all the stops from the heist to the escape. Unfortunately for him, we have a crazy taxi driver hot on his trail.

I also liked the diagram. I heard that Crunchyroll was supposedly trying to ditch this detailed type setting. Hopefully, Detective Conan keeps up the great work of putting care into this.

On another note, I thought that the minced cutlet guys was going to be in on the scheme. But, he turned out to be a relatively “normal” person. I do like that Conan, Kogoro and Ran were not having it with these costumes throughout the episode. Luckily, they were able to give them right back.

Next Episode is…

As for the Conan Hint: Fishing Pole – 釣り竿

It’s been years, but it looks like we have a new card and a new next conan’s hint visual. Plus, they are going to change the end card every month. Excited to see what other stops they are going to pull out this year!

Until next time 👋

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