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Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train

2023 · 91 min

A tense, shadowy thriller that keeps you leaning in, with bursts of action and a quiet ache of loss.

Directed by
Shunsuke Ishihara
Genres
Animation
Starring
Minami Takayama, Megumi Hayashibara, Kenichi Ogata
Overview
Ai Haibara (autonym Shiho Miyano a.k.a. Sherry). A woman with three identities, who boldly faces her destiny. Shiho Miyano (code name: Sherry), a scientist and a member of the Black Organization. The organization was the one that developed a mysterious poison APTX (Apotoxin) 4869, the drug that turned Shinichi Kudo into a little boy! However, when Sherry realizes that the Black Organization has murdered her sister Akemi, she betrays the Black Organization and decides to take APTX4869. The drug turns her into a little girl, and she decides to call herself Ai Haibara in order to hide from the Black Organization. Yet slowly but surely, the Black Organization begins to cast its shadow over her.

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Directed by
Shunsuke Ishihara
Genres
Animation
Starring
Minami Takayama, Megumi Hayashibara, Kenichi Ogata
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Shunsuke Ishihara
Written by
Junichi Miyashita
Starring
Minami Takayama, Megumi Hayashibara, Kenichi Ogata, Yukitoshi Hori, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Toru Furuya, Fumihiko Tachiki
Runtime
91 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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