Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet

Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet
Theatrical release poster
Japanese名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸
Directed byChika Nagaoka
Written byTakeharu Sakurai
Based onCase Closed
by Gosho Aoyama
Starring
CinematographyHitoshi Nishiyama
Music by
  • Katsuo Ono
  • Tokyo Jihen (Theme Song: "Eien no Fuzai Shoumei")
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$102.5 million

Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet, known in Japan as Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Japanese: 名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸, romanized: Meitantei Konan Hiiro no Dangan), is a 2021 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Chika Nagaoka. It is the twenty-fourth installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2019 film The Fist of Blue Sapphire. This is the first Reiwa-era Case Closed movie.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet was released in Japan on April 16, 2021. Its release was delayed from an original April 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A global release was announced on February 9, 2021, featuring a multi-language trailer in Japanese, English, Korean, German, and Chinese. The Scarlet Bullet is listed as 2021's second highest-grossing Japanese film worldwide, below Jujutsu Kaisen 0.