Detective Conan is one of the wonders of Japanese manga history. Nearly 30 years of serialization, still maintain great vitality, thus influencing generations of people. This is inseparable from the endless inspiration of his author, Tsuyoshi Aoyama, and his inspiration comes from the interests of various hobbies from childhood to adulthood.
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In 1994, Tsuyoshi Aoyama, a manga artist who likes to read speculative fiction, suddenly had an inspiration.
At that time, the most popular reasoning manga was Ben Gree's "Kaneda Kazuna Incident Book", and under the influence of this, Aoyama Tsuyoshi also wanted to create a manga work with a collection of "youth + funny + reasoning".
However, as a non-newcomer manga artist who already has several works in hand, Aoyama Tsuyoshi certainly cannot follow the trend to create a manga of a similar genre, and if he wants to fight against the "Kaneda Kazuna Incident Book", he must be different from it.
Tsuyoshi Aoyama spent about two weeks pondering and finally saw Jiro Akagawa's mystery novel "The Reasoning of Sherlock Holmes the Tricolor Cat" on the desk, which tells the story of a tricolor cat helping the criminal police solve the case.
Aoyama had a flash of inspiration, why not create a detective detective detective story that hides his identity with a special appearance.
Detectives who have turned into children live in the home of the young plum bamboo horse girl, and the strong contrast triggers a series of interesting daily stories, while there are dangerous cases waiting for them.
This is the original structure of the reasoning comic "Detective Conan", and the super long serial legend spanning nearly 30 years was born in that year.
Detective Conan has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 1994, and by 2003 the total circulation exceeded 100 million copies, and now sales have exceeded 200 million. Its derivative animations, games, music, dramas, etc., as well as peripheral merchandise, are also very popular, becoming one of the most gold-sucking works in the history of Japanese anime.
As a manga with a long serial, Tsuyoshi Aoyama does not seem to have the intention of ending it until now. The biggest reason why it is still updated should be considered from a commercial point of view, after all, it is still possible to make a lot of money on this, but I believe that Aoyama Tsuyoshi has a big reason for not giving up this work.
Because this man wants to draw all his hobbies into his favorite comics.
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Born on June 21, 1963 in Yura-juku, Ōei-cho, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, Aoyama was a man of wide interests and many things he liked since he was a child.
The Aoyama family runs an auto repair shop and gas station, and there are three brothers in the family, Aoyama Tsuyoshi is the second oldest, and they have loved to read speculative novels since they were young, especially the Sherlock Holmes series. Whenever it comes to the holidays, the three brothers always form a young detective team and venture around in a way.
Tsuyoshi Aoyama was also very interested in manga, and when he graduated from elementary school, he wrote a bold statement that "I want to draw a manga about a private detective.". His favorite work is "Lupin III", which regards the heroine Feng Fujiko as the dream lover. Anda Chong's works are also his favorite, especially the beautiful feelings between the young plums and bamboo horses in the story, which deeply attracted him when he was young.
In addition, Gundam, baseball, football, TV series, kendo, games, are all things he likes, he is a supporter of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team and a fan of Italian star Roberto Baggio. Energetic Aoyama Tsuyoshi spent his childhood happily with these wonderful interests.
Growing up, Tsuyoshi Aoyama studied fine arts at nihon University College of Fine Arts. As soon as he entered college, he couldn't wait to join the comic book research society.
In the society, Aoyama Met a senior named Abe Toyo, and with his encouragement, Aoyama began to try to draw manga and submitted articles to manga magazines, but after several failures, he finally published the manga "Covenant" in the Weekly Shonen Sunday, and since then knocked on the door of the manga artist.
Tsuyoshi Aoyama, who became a manga artist, quickly adapted to this role, and the advent of works such as Magic Fight, Legend of Sword Warrior, and Baseball Rhapsody made him one of the well-known manga artists, and the launch of Detective Conan made him a super money-making manga artist.
At this moment, Tsuyoshi Aoyama may not have thought that "Detective Conan" will be his peak work.
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Interest is the best teacher and the motivation to support yourself through the road.
"Detective Conan" has been serialized for nearly 30 years, and characters and cases have emerged in an endless stream, which is the credit of the editorial team and the wide range of interests of the cartoonist himself.
Aoyama Tsuyoshi studied Western painting, and his character modeling is more Westernized. The storyline of "Detective Conan" is also different from the classical reasoning of "Kaneda Ichi Shonen Incident Book", but a "007-style" adventure with intense scenes.
Therefore, in "Detective Conan", there are not many common sections of the Blizzard Mountain Villa, such as quasi-crime, etc., and more are the use of various physical knowledge, historical allusions, customs and habits to commit crimes. Spies, undercover, street chases, assassinations, etc. are its highlights.
Many friends have learned a lot of new knowledge after watching "Detective Conan". If the author himself did not have a wealth of knowledge reserves, he would not be able to complete this comic.
It is said that many of the criminal methods in "Detective Conan", although sometimes the result of joint ideas, are mostly conceived by Tsuyoshi Aoyama alone, sometimes they can be thought of at once, and sometimes it takes a few days.
The other two brothers who formed the "Junior Detective Corps" with Aoyama Tsuyoshi, now the older brother is a technician at the power station, and the younger brother is a doctor, and they also provide Aoyama with many criminal methods with their professional knowledge, not knowing how it will feel when this matter is known to their colleagues or service recipients.
However, Tsuyoshi Aoyama's favorite thing is to draw all his hobbies and interests into the manga.
Tsuyoshi Aoyama's "Green Plum Bamboo Horse" abounds, especially in "Detective Conan", the main characters can almost all be found. He once said that "first love" and "green plum bamboo horse" are the two strongest settings, which is obviously deeply influenced by Anda Chong.
Gundam's figure also appears repeatedly in "Detective Conan", and the names of Shimoya Zero, Toru Amuro, Shuichi Akai, and Seiryo Makoto are all derived from the Gundam series.
Even his dream lover, The heroine of Lupin III, Fumiji Kuroko, became the two most attractive women in Detective Conan — Arishiko and Belmode.
Elements such as baseball and football are often interspersed in the plot, forming a colorful and grand conan world.
Aoyama even had more ideas than he could fill in the manga.
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Long-term serialization is very physical and energy-intensive.
In fact, Tsuyoshi Aoyama was a manga artist known as the "Conscience School" before he was suspended for medical reasons in 2015. The popularity of the manga forced him to work intensively, and finally he was hospitalized due to illness in March 2015, before turning the manga into an irregular serial.
Busy work also affected Aoyama's family. He was originally married to Takayama Nan, the voice actor of Conan Edogawa, the protagonist of "Detective Conan", which was originally a match made in heaven for "the author's voice actor matching", but because both of them were busy with their careers and gathered less and more, they could only end up divorcing in the end.
The super long series has also squeezed out the creative talent of Tsuyoshi Aoyama, and everyone generally feels that the case is not as wonderful as the early stage, and the main plot is also slow to advance, which is also inevitable. After all, people's inspiration is limited, and even the most talented people will have a day when "Jiang Lang is exhausted".
Even naming all kinds of people in the manga, Aoyama Tsuyoshi started from friends and colleagues around him. Toyama kazuyashi is derived from the name of a female assistant of Aoyama Tsuyoshi, Suzuki Tsuyoshi is said to be the name of Aoyama Tsuyoshi's descendants, and Miwako Sato is the name of an acquaintance of Aoyama Tsuyoshi.
The one who discovered Aoyama's talent, Bole Abe, later became Aoyama's assistant, and as a result, he was also drawn in the manga. However, in the manga, Abe Toyo is a person who hides a knife in a smile, is sinister and cruel, and can do whatever it takes for money, so does it really matter...
But Aoyama Gangchang still insisted.
This stubborn man seems to be constantly trying to cram his favorite things into the comics. For Tsuyoshi Aoyama, Detective Conan is like his cutest child, and the most beautiful thing is the most beautiful gift given to him.
"Detective Conan" will eventually come to an end, but this must be when Aoyama Tsuyoshi is squeezed out of the last drop of inspiration. Maybe this day will not be very far away, maybe this day is long, this is a gift that travels through decades, starting from the teenager who formed the "Junior Detective Corps" in that year, walking through a long time tunnel and delivering to us who are full of fantasy.
Thanks.