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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno Film Opens in the Philippines in July

Philippine cinema chain SM Cinema announced on Wednesday that it will open the 19th Detective Conan film, Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno, in the Philippines on July 22, exclusively in selected SM Cinema theaters. Singaporean anime licensing company Odex will distribute the film.

SM Cinema also unveiled the film's official poster for the Philippine premiere.

SM Cinema describes the film:

Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly stole a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction in "Detective Conan: The Sunflowers of Inferno."

The film premiered in Japan on April 18.

The film's story centers on Conan as he tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction. (A real version of the painting depicted was owned by a Japanese collector, until it was destroyed during World War II. A version of the painting depicted in the movie was recently recreated.)

Kobun Shizuno returned to direct the film, and Takeharu Sakurai wrote the script. Katsuo Ono again composed the music. Minami Takayama reprised her role as Conan Edogawa with Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mōri, Rikiya Koyama as Kogorō Mōri, and Kappei Yamaguchi as Kaito Kuroba/Kaito Kid.

The rock band Porno Graffitti contributed the song "Oh! Rival" as the theme song to the movie. The band created the new song specifically for the film. The "rival" in the title is in the French or Spanish pronunciation of the term, and it signifies the contentious relationship between the titular detective lead Conan Edogawa and the phantom thief Kaito Kid. Film distributor TOHO previously streamed a trailer for the film in March that features the song.

The 18th Detective Conan film opened in April of last year, and the 20th anniversary special premiered on December 26. A new anime series based on Gōshō Aoyama's Magic Kaito manga began airing in October.

[Via Anime Pilipinas]