Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa

First, let me explain my camp. The original Detective Conan is THE series of my childhood (besides with One Piece), and to this day is one of my favorites of the medium (as is readily apparent). Detective Conan is a masterpiece for me and ever since I heard about an anime adaptation of the manga "Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanazawa" coming out, I've been hyped.

The anime is a parody of Detective Conan through and through and never takes itself too seriously. This is evident right from the opening "Tsukamaete, Konya." Our protagonist Hanazawa doesn't dance in the opening by accident. The entire dance, as well as Hanazawa's final pose, is a parody of Detective Conan's eighth opening, "Koi wa Suriru, Shokku, Sasupensu." And the series is also full of such self-referential parodies. For example, the anime addresses the question of what it's like for the citizens of Beika to live in such a district with so many murders. Also, the character design of Ran Mori or Hanazawa are obvious parodies. But that's all I want to anticipate in this review.

To watch this spin-off, you should know Detective Conan, otherwise almost all the jokes won't work. But that's exactly what I like about this spin-off. It's precisely because this series is so self-referential that the spin-off parodies Detective Conan so well. And that's all the series wants. That's why I give it a complete recommendation for every fan of Detective Conan.

Thanks for reading.