The Kindaichi Case Files Explained

Ja Kanji:金田一少年の事件簿
Ja Romaji:Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo
Genre:Mystery[1]
Type:manga
Illustrator:Fumiya Satō
Publisher:Kodansha
Demographic:,
First:October 28, 1992
Volumes:96
Volume List:List of The Kindaichi Case Files chapters
Series titles
Content:
  1. Files (1992–1997, 27 volumes)
  2. Short Files (1997–2000, 6 volumes)
  3. Cases (1998–2001, 10 volumes)
  4. New (2004–2011, 14 volumes)
  5. 20th Anniversary (2012–2013, 5 volumes)
  6. Return (2013–2017, 14 volumes)
  7. 37 Year Old Kindaichi (2018–2024, 17 volumes)
  8. The Case File of Kindaichi 30th (2022–2023, 4 volumes)
  9. The Case Files of Papa Kindaichi (2025–)
Type:light novel
Author:Seimaru Amagi
Illustrator:Fumiya Satō
Publisher:Kodansha
First:September 22, 1994
Last:April 20, 2001
Volumes:9
Volume List:List of The Kindaichi Case Files light novels
Type:drama
Network:NNS (NTV)
First:July 15, 1995
Last:September 16, 1995
Episodes:8
Type:film
Operazakan – Aratanaru Satsujin
Director:Daisuke Nishio
Music:Kaoru Wada
Studio:Toei Animation
Released:December 14, 1996
Runtime:94 minutes[2]
Type:tv series
The File of Young Kindaichi
Director:Daisuke Nishio
Music:Kaoru Wada
Studio:Toei Animation
Network:NNS (YTV, NTV)
First:TV series
April 7, 1997
Last:September 11, 2000
TV specials
November 12, 2007 –
November 19, 2007
Episodes:148 + 3 (TV specials)
Episode List:List of The File of Young Kindaichi episodes
Type:live film
Director:Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Released:December 13, 1997
Type:manga
Akechi Case Files
Author:Seimaru Amagi
Illustrator:Fumiya Satō
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Magazine
First:August 13, 1997
Last:May 17, 2000
Volumes:2
Volume List:List of The Kindaichi Case Files chapters#Akechi File series (2 volumes/7 Akechi files)
Type:film
Satsuriku no Deep Blue
Music:Kaoru Wada
Studio:Toei Animation
Released:August 21, 1999
Runtime:91 minutes[3]
Type:ova
The Black Magic Murders
Director:Toshiaki Komura
Music:Kaoru Wada
Studio:Toei Animation
First:December 17, 2012
Last:March 15, 2013
Episodes:2
Episode List:List of The File of Young Kindaichi episodes#Original video animations
Type:manga
Takato Case Files
Author:Seimaru Amagi
Illustrator:Fumiya Satō
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Manga Box
First:December 4, 2013
Last:April 2, 2014
Volumes:1
Volume List:List of The Kindaichi Case Files chapters#Takato Case Files (1 volume/7 Takato cases)
Type:tv series
The Kindaichi Case Files R
Music:Kaoru Wada
Studio:Toei Animation
Network:NNS (ytv, Nippon TV)
First:April 5, 2014
Last:March 26, 2016
Episodes:47 + 1 (TV specials)
Episode List:List of The File of Young Kindaichi episodes#Kindaichi Case Files R
Type:drama
The File of Young Kindaichi Neo
Network:Nippon TV
First:July 19, 2014
Last:September 20, 2014
Episodes:9
Type:manga
Kinnyaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo
Author:Yuki Sato
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Evening
First:December 28, 2021
Last:February 28, 2023
Volumes:4
Type:drama
The File of Young Kindaichi
Network:Nippon TV
First:April 24, 2022
Last:July 3, 2022
Episodes:10
Portal:yes

is a Japanese mystery manga series about the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi (depending on series) and illustrated by Fumiya Satō, the Kindaichi series was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 1992 to October 2017, spanning a total of 76 volumes. It is one of the earliest works in the mystery manga genre. In North America, the series was published in English by Tokyopop with the title The Kindaichi Case Files. Only the first 17 volumes (the first series) were released by Tokyopop.

The series was adapted by Toei Animation into a feature film in 1996 and a 148-episode anime television series broadcast from 1997 to 2000. The series was also adapted into a live-action film, five live-action drama series, three live-action television specials and further animated features for cinema and television. A second 47-episode anime television series adaptation, titled The Kindaichi Case Files R (Returns), was broadcast from 2014 to 2016.

Another manga series, 37 Year Old Kindaichi Case Files, was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Evening from January 2018 to February 2023, and is set to continue on Comic Days manga app. It is set 20 years later, in which Hajime graduates high school, and becomes a manager of a PR firm, but is swung back into mysteries, despite quitting detective work.

In 1995, The Kindaichi Case Files won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. By June 2019, the manga had over 100 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Overview

Kindaichi mysteries are whodunnit stories featuring gruesome (usually multiple) murders, often with a folkloric tinge. Most feature a locked room mystery[4] and recurring elements such as the murder occurring when all surviving suspects have (apparently) airtight alibis.

A notable trait of The Kindaichi Case Files is that the killers are not depicted as psychopathic murderers and the murders are never committed for financial reasons alone. The identified killers all have deep rooted problems, often involving great emotional trauma through the greed or thoughtlessness of others, as their reasons for committing the murder(s). Thus the killers are often portrayed as sympathetic figures, as opposed to cold, calculating killers in some other mystery series.

In addition to this, after being revealed, the criminal usually attempts suicide.[5]

Characters

17-year-old Fudo High School student Hajime Kindaichi is unmotivated, lazy, and a little lecherous, much to the exasperation of childhood friend Miyuki Nanase. However, only a few people see his great intelligence and deductive prowess by his 180 IQ, possibly inherited from his grandfather, private detective Kosuke Kindaichi.[6] He is also an accomplished sleight of hand artist. Despite his clumsiness and myriad other flaws, he is a loyal friend and a first-rate detective.
  • 20 years later, he became a PR firm manager, quitting detective work. But crimes never retire. So he was stuck into a case he solved many years ago.
    The childhood best friend and next door neighbor of Hajime; many question why a model student like Miyuki is friends with a slacker like him. Deep down inside, Miyuki feels Hajime is not an idiot, and they seem to have a love that neither has yet fully expressed. She possesses remarkable logic and perception, although she is obviously not as gifted as he is. Miyuki is the president of Fudo High's student council.
  • 20 years later, she became a flight attendant. She connects to Hajime via cellphone.
    A Tokyo homicide police inspector who met Hajime on his first case, and was so impressed that he has lent the youngster his unquestioning support ever since. He is often the investigating officer on Hajime's cases, and provides the official stamp of approval Hajime often needs to pursue his investigations. He believes fully in Hajime's ability.
  • 20 years later, he retired, but had contact with Hajime.
    An extremely intelligent, elite-level police detective (superintendent), who is Kenmochi's supervisor. He is an arrogant and snobbish character that becomes a rival to Kindaichi in crime-solving. However, Akechi (indeliberately) not only helped Kindaichi solve the case, but also aided him out of trouble. His relationship to Kindaichi is abrasive at the least, but they have an unspoken mutual respect for each other's abilities. He often compares the crimes in Japan to his experience in Los Angeles. He is proficient in English and French.
  • 20 years later, he became a Police Commissioner.
    He is obsessed with filming through a V8 camera. He basically shoots everywhere at any time. His tape helped Kindaichi solve the case. In "The Santa Slayings", his tape recorded a critical piece of evidence and he was killed for this. In "Kindaichi the Killer", his younger brother, Ryuji Saki, who very much resembled his elder brother, approached Kindaichi at a party, telling him his elder brother told him in a dream that Kindaichi would be in trouble. Soon after, Ryuji helped Kindaichi avoid a murder trap. Afterwards, Ryuji claims himself as Kindaichi's assistant and sometimes really helps Kindaichi in solving cases. In the anime series, Ryuta survived the attack in "The Santa Slayings" story arc and Ryuji did not appear later on.
  • Portrayed by: Emiri Nakayama (1995), Wakana Sakai (2001)
  • A famous actress and singer, first appearing in "Death TV", who initially appeared to be arrogant but turned out to be weak and desperate for protection. After this case, Reika has had a crush on Kindaichi and sent her only Valentine's Day gift, a heart-shaped chocolate, to him without revealing her name. Since then, she and Miyuki seem to be rivals over Kindaichi. In "Playing the Fool", Reika's past, that even she lost memory of, was revealed. In "Reika's Kidnapping", it was revealed that Reika's real mother is veteran actress Keiko Mitamura, but throughout the series Reika never knew it, and it was a secret that only Keiko and Kindaichi know.
  • 20 years later, she retired, married, has a son and is a florist.
    Kindaichi's cousin. First appeared in "Saint Valentine's Murders" in manga and "The Undying Butterflies" in the anime television series, and later became a regular character appearing in the majority of cases for an extended period. Fumi has good reasoning skills (although not as good as Kindaichi), she even solves a few mysteries on her own. She sometimes pokes fun at Kindaichi when nobody else is around. Inspector Kenmochi nicknames her "Chibikin" (meaning little Kindaichi).
  • 20 years later, she became a mystery novelist (using cases from Hajime's young days), works at a detective agency and no longer has pigtails.
    Kindaichi's nemesis, also known as . He is known to be extremely intelligent, considers himself to be the evil twin of Kindaichi, and describes their relationship as parallel lines. He is the only son of Reiko Chikamiya, an internationally known magician, who in turn drove Takato to be a magician himself. What he uncovered about the murder of his mother triggered what he is today. A twisted, coldhearted magician who considers his devilish setups for the perfect crime as masterpieces, and tolerates no mistakes from the people he uses as his puppets.
  • 20 years later, he called the trio on his cell.

    Media

    Manga

    The Kindaichi Case Files is written by Yōzaburō Kanari (File and Case series) and Seimaru Amagi (other series) and illustrated by Fumiya Satō. The series ran 25 years in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 28, 1992,[7] to October 18, 2017. Six main series ran in the magazine: (1992–1997), collected in twenty-seven volumes;[8] [9] (1997–2000), collected in six volumes;[10] [11] (1998–2001), collected in ten volumes;[12] [13] (2004–2011), collected in fourteen volumes;[14] [15] (2012–2013), collected in five volumes;[16] [17] and (2013–2017),[18] [19] collected in fourteen volumes.[20] [21]

    In North America, Tokyopop licensed the series in 2003.[22] 17 volumes have been published in North America from October 6, 2003, to May 13, 2008,[23] [24] before Tokyopop ceased the series' publication in July 2008.[25]

    A seventh series, titled, set 20 years later, started in Kodansha's manga magazine Evening on January 23, 2018.[26] In January 2022, it was announced that the series would enter on hiatus.[27] Evening ceased its publication on February 28, 2023,[28] and the series moved to the Comic Days manga app, starting on April 26 of the same year.[29] The series finished on November 27, 2024.[30] The first volume was released on June 15, 2018.[31] As of October 22, 2024, 17 volumes have been released.[32]

    An eighth series, titled, was serialized in Evening from January 11, 2022,[33] [34] to February 28, 2023, ending in the magazine's final issue.[35] The first volume was released on May 23, 2022, and the fourth and last on April 21, 2023.[36] [37]

    A ninth series, titled, is set to start on Comic Days in January 2025.[30]

    Other series

    was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1998 and 2000, and compiled into two volumes.[38] [39]

    started on Manga Box app in 2013 and finished in 2014.[40] Its chapters were collected in a single volume, published on May 9, 2014.[41]

    A spin-off manga illustrated by Awabako, titled, was published on Manga Box from April 23, 2014,[42] to December 7, 2016.[43] Its chapters were collected in three volumes released from September 17, 2014,[44] to December 9, 2016.[45]

    , written and illustrated by Shinpei Funatsu, was published on Magazine Pocket app from July 4, 2017,[46] to March 25, 2020;[47] the series had a "revival" serialization, titled from March 2 to May 11, 2022.[48] [49] Its chapters were collected in eleven volumes released from November 17, 2017,[50] to June 16, 2022.[51]

    A 4-panel comedy spin-off manga, titled was serialized in Evening from December 28, 2021,[52] to February 28, 2023.[53]

    Light novels

    The novels were written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō. Nine volumes were released in Japan between September 22, 1994,[54] and April 20, 2001.[55]

    Anime

    Produced by Toei Animation and directed by Daisuke Nishio, the anime adaptation of the original manga aired on Nippon Television between April 7, 1997 and September 11, 2000,[56] spanning 148 episodes plus one special episode. In addition, two animated films were released on December 14, 1996 and August 21, 1999 respectively. Seven years after the conclusion of the TV anime, two new animated episodes were aired in Japan on November 12, 2007 and November 19, 2007 respectively.[57]

    On April 6, 2007, DVD collector's box of Kindaichi was released by Warner Home Video to mark the 10th anniversary of airing of the original TV anime.[58]

    The series aired on Animax Asia as The File of Young Kindaichi in Japanese with English subtitles.[59]

    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, two special episodes based on "The Black Magic Murders" were released on DVDs in November 2012 and February 2013.

    A revival of the anime television series, The File of Young Kindaichi Returns, aired from April 5 to 27 September 2014.[60] A second season aired from October 3, 2015 to March 26, 2016.[61] They were streamed on Crunchyroll during their original broadcast.[62]

    Video games

    Seven Kindaichi video games were released as of September 17, 2009. All of them were released in Japan only. Many of the game voice actors differ from those in the anime version.

    No.TitlePlatformRelease Date
    1Windows, PlayStationNovember 29, 1996[63]
    2Sega Saturn (Hudson Soft)January 15, 1998[64]
    3PlayStationMarch 26, 1998[65]
    4PlayStationAugust 5, 1999[66]
    5Game Boy ColorDecember 16, 2000[67]
    6Nintendo DSFebruary 5, 2009[68] [69]
    7Nintendo DSSeptember 17, 2009[70]

    CD books

    Kodansha released two CD books in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Both have been made into anime. However, nearly all of the CD books' voice actors are not the same as those in the anime version.

    No.TitlePublisherRelease Date
    1KodanshaJanuary 17, 1996[71]
    2KodanshaApril 21, 1997[72]

    Live action film and series

    NTV aired five live action series in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2014, and 2022.[73] Specials were aired in 2005,[74] 2013, and 2014.

    In the first adaptation, Tsuyoshi Dōmoto of Kinki Kids and Rie Tomosaka starred as Hajime Kindaichi and Miyuki Nanase for two seasons. They also starred in a live action film entitled Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, released on December 13, 1997 in Japan, adaptated from the Kindaichi novel of the same title.[75] [76]

    In the second adaptation, Jun Matsumoto of Arashi starred as Hajime Kindaichi, with Suzuki Anne as Miyuki Nanase.

    In the third adaptation in 2005, a special based on "The Legendary Vampire Murders" was aired featuring Kazuya Kamenashi of KAT-TUN and Ueno Juri as Kindaichi and Miyuki Nanase.

    In the fourth adaptation, Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada starred as Hajime Kindaichi, while Haruna Kawaguchi portrayed Miyuki Nanase. In 2013, a special based on Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case was aired, featuring Yamada and fellow JUMP member Daiki Arioka, with Haruna Kawaguchi, Vivian Hsu, Eric Tsang, Big Bang member Seungri, Rookies actor Kenta Kiritani and Taiwanese actor Chun Wu (Japanese voice dubber was Daisuke Namikawa, Jellal from Fairy Tail). In 2014, a special based on Gate of Jail Private School Murder Case aired, also featuring Yamada. Wu (Japanese voice dubber was Hiroki Touchi) and Kawaguchi, who appeared in the previous special, were also included, as well as 2PM's Nichkhun.

    In the fifth adaptation in 2022, Shunsuke Michieda of Naniwa Danshi starred as Hajime Kindaichi, and Moka Kamishiraishi portrayed Miyuki Nanase.

    TitleAiring Date
    11The Files of Young Kindaichi8+2 July 15, 1995 – September 16, 1995
    2The Files of Young Kindaichi9July 13, 1996 – September 14, 1996
    -|The Files of Young Kindaichi
    Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case|Film|December 13, 1997|-!2|1|The Files of Young Kindaichi|9+1 |March 25, 2001 – September 15, 2001|-!3|1|The Files of Young Kindaichi|1 |September 24, 2005|-!4|1|The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo|9+2 |July 19, 2014 – September 20, 2014|-!5|1|The Files of Young Kindaichi 5|10|April 24, 2022 – July 3, 2022|}

    Detective Conan & Kindaichi

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the two magazines collaborated to publish twelve biweekly magazines consisting of chapters from Weekly Shōnen Sundays Case Closed and Weekly Shōnen Magazines The Kindaichi Case Files.[77] [78] The magazine ran between April 10, 2008 and September 25, 2008.

    Reception

    By February 2012, the manga had over 90 million copies in circulation.[79] By June 2019, it had over 100 million copies in circulation.[80] [81] Kindaichi tankōbon were ranked 2nd and 3rd in a Japanese Comic Ranking in October, 2009.[82]

    In 1995, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award in the category.[83]

    Allen Divers of Anime News Network said that while The Kindaichi Case Files "presents some whoppers", the series also has mysteries that are very "familiar", calling it "the Japanese version of the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew".[84] In Jason Thompson described the mystery scenarios as "inventive and intricate, offering genuine brain teasers", but criticized the artwork as "bland".[85]

    External links

    Notes and References

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    2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20141020194253/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/film/the_file_of_young_kindaichi.php. October 20, 2014. YOUNG KINDAICHI'S CASE BOOK. Toei Animation. January 2, 2016.
    3. Web site: YOUNG KINDAIChi's CASE BOOK Deep Blue of Massacre (TOEI ANIMATION FILM LIST). July 25, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20141031055926/http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/film/the_file_of_young_kindaichi_de.php. October 31, 2014. dead .
    4. Web site: Toei Anime Premium - The Kindaichi Case Files. ja. February 7, 2010. Toei Animation. https://web.archive.org/web/20130125095106/http://shop.anime-bb.com/anime/_item/item026199_0000.htm. January 25, 2013. dead.
    5. Book: The Case Closed Casebook: An Essential Guide. Furukawa, Takuya. Gene, Tim. 107. DH Publishing Inc. 2008. 978-1-932-89730-2.
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