The folks at Kaze Deutschland surprised with a really interesting pickup that I hope gets tried out stateside with Aoyama Gōshō Tanpen-shū, which is the Gosho Aoyama Short Stories Collection. The seven shorts were released throughout 1999 and vary in length and are now coming out in Germany in bilingual form for fans. The DVD is priced at 29.95 € and the Blu-ray at 31.95 € with a planned April 12th, 2019 debut.
The shorts were directed by Osamu Nabeshima based on the scripts by Kazunari Kouchi. Masatomo Sudo handled the character designs and served as the chief animation director with Tokyo Movie handling the animation production.
The main Japanese cast for the various episodes includes Hideyuki Tanaka as Yūsaku Kudō, Kappei Yamaguchi as Yutaka Takai, Minami Takayama as Mamiko Abe, Wakana Yamazaki as Asuka Anzai, and Wataru Takagi as Keisuke Hara.
WAIT FOR ME (30 min.)
A genius inventor, who is still a high school student, has a girlfriend two years older than him. One day, he invents a time machine and attempts to go two years back into the past, to become the same age as her. However, it is she who ultimately uses the machine to travel through time!
TEN PLANETS IN THE NIGHT SKY (10 minutes)
Meet Baby Conan! Yukiko Kudo is looking for her missing husband. The only clue to find him again is to decipher a mysterious message left for her. Their baby, Shinichi Kudo, one who later becomes the famous high school Detective Conan, will at this age already be offering some important hints for her.
THE WANDERING RED BUTTERFLY (7 minutes)
A handsome detective, Yusaku Kitakata, receives phone calls from a mysterious woman day after day, with a new case each day. He of course solves them one by one. But the biggest mystery is who is this mysterious woman?
PLAY IT AGAIN (30 minutes)
Thanks to the mystical powers of a Cherry Blossom Tree, a 70-year-old man with a secret sword technique goes back into the past and becomes the same age as his granddaughter. While enjoying his youth for the second time around, he notices that a player is after his granddaughter.
SANTA CLAUS IN SUMMER (30 minutes)
Keisuke, a young man of 17, accidentally activates the Earth Destruction System. The destiny of the Earth now depends on whether he can stop the system within 24 hours. However, suddenly amnesia strikes him and he forgets the pin number to stop the system. The time is running out…
DETECTIVE GEORGE’S SPECIAL CASE (30 minutes)
A girl is fleeing from men in black. She runs into a detective agency and discovers that the detective there is a super-miniature-size, cool dude. He risks his life trying to solve a case for this client. Will they come through in the end?
MAKING OF DETECTIVE CONAN (7 minutes)
Do you know how to make animation? Everybody wants to see the workings of an animation studio. Based on the concept of Detective Conan, the three sub-characters visit the animation studio of Detective Conan. This episode will surely catch the hearts of Detective Conan fans! (The actual animation is also involved in this special.)
