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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno Film's Philippine Opening Delayed by 7 Days

Philippine cinema chain SM Cinema has confirmed with ANN that the premiere date of the Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno anime film in the Philippines has been moved to July 29, seven days from its originally announced July 22 premiere date.

SM Cinema mentioned that the delay was due to Singaporean anime licensing company Odex not providing the film materials on time.

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 will also premiere in Indonesia in an as-yet unannounced date, and premiered in Singapore on Monday.

Singaporean cinema chain Golden Village began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the film on July 1:

The film's story centers on Conan as he tries to track down Kaito Kid, who is 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 is 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/Kaitō Kid.

The rock band Porno Graffitti contributed their 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 Kaitō 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]