

It was again written and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and Kazunari Kochi respectively. The third movie, Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師, Meitantei Conan Seikimatsu no Majutsushi),debuted on April 17, 1999. Although the storyline remained the same, due to character name changes, there have been significant changes in the explanation of the names used.

It was released by FUNimation as a DVD in 2007. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.05 billion yen. Directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about a case in which people close to Kogoro Mouri were attacked in a way similar to The A.B.C. The second movie, known as Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的, Meitantei Conan Jūyon banme no Tagetto) in Japan, debuted on April 18, 1998, and the English version was released in 2007. It was released by FUNimation in 2006, and short of standard name changes, there was no significant changes to the English adaptation.

It was partly based on Gosho Aoyama's planned ending for Magic Kaito, on a chain of arson/bombing cases around Tokyo, intertwined with Ran's request for a date with Shinichi in a place destined to be bombed. The first movie, known as Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼, Meitantei Conan: Tokei-jikake no matenrō) in Japan, was screened on April 19, 1997, directed by Michihiko Sawa and written by Kazunari Kochi. With the exception of the first movie, all Detective Conan movies have been among of the highest-grossing movies in the year it was screened in Japan. Since 1997, there has been an animated Detective Conan movie released during Golden Week each year.
