All new film opens 4 years after TV special

The combined 21st-22nd issue of Shogakukan 's Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing next Wednesday that a Lupin III vs. Detective Conan The Movie film will open in Japan in December 2013, more than four years after Lupin III vs. Detective Conan television special aired on NTV in 2009 and earned a 19.5% rating.

More details about the upcoming film will be revealed in future issues of Shonen Sunday .

The magazine is also confirming that the 18th Detective Conan ( Case Closed ) film will open in Japan in April 2014. This year's Detective Conan film, Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea , is opening on Saturday in TOHO theaters throughout Japan.

[Via runlan]