Only culprits hide away in the shadows and the lead character of the Case Closed spin-off Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa embodies the silhouette of all the criminals seen in the main series. Today, that silhouette, also known as Hanzawa-san, was announced to be voiced by Shota Aoi, as well as the release of a new visual.

Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa is an official spin-off comedy manga illustrated by Mayuko Kanba that has been serialized in Shogakukan’s Shonen Sunday S monthly magazine since May 2017, and so far six collected volumes have been released in Japan. Its story is set in Beika-cho in Tokyo, a fictional town that is the center of the story in the Detective Conan main series, and follows the daily life of the “Shadow Man” (Hanzawa-san the Culprit), a silhouette of an unidentified criminal in Case Closed.

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Akitaro Daichi (Kodomo no Omocha) directs Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa at TMS and 1st Studio. The series is scheduled to air in Japan in October with Netflix streaming it internationally at some point after.

Source: Comic Natalie

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