Currently with TV Japan now going with a direct feed from NHK World Premium, we're no longer getting any other programs from the Japanese commercial channels which means our formerly regular episodes of "Meitantei Conan"（名探偵コナン...Case Closed）on Thursdays have been discontinued for now. As well, I just read that the latest "Conan" motion picture, "Meitantei Conan ~ Hiiro no Dangan"（緋色の弾丸...The Scarlet Bullet）which was supposed to have started in Japanese theatres yesterday has been postponed until the pandemic abates.
Along with the famous theme by Katsuo Ono（小野克夫）, Tokyo Jihen（東京事変）headed by singer-songwriter Ringo Shiina（椎名林檎）has joined the long list of singers including B'z and Maki Ohguro（大黒摩季）providing theme songs for the franchise. For "Hiiro no Dangan", the Tokyo Incidents/Incidents Tokyo provide "Eien no Fuzai Shoumei" (The Scarlet Alibi), an appropriate theme for the usual danger and intrigue in a "Conan" motion picture. There's that mixture of jazz and rock along with a soupcon of James Bond, and of course, Shiina's vocals which range from breathy to her famous sharp and spiky delivery.
"Eien no Fuzai Shoumei" came out as Tokyo Jihen's latest digital single at the end of February 2020 and is also a track on the band's 7th studio album "News" which was released earlier this month. It has so far reached No. 2 on the Oricon weeklies.
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