TOHO posted a trailer on Wednesday to reveal that the Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan (Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet) film will now open in Japan on April 16, 2021.
Tomoka Nagaoka (Detective Conan: Fist of Blue Sapphire) is directing the film, and Takeharu Sakurai (Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer) wrote the script.
The film was delayed from its original date of April 17, 2020 due to concerns about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and TOHO later announced the film’s new opening date of April 2021.
In light of the 12-month delay, TOHO promoted the new film with a “Reload Project” video which counted “12 rounds” — 12 of the films in the Detective Conan franchise.