It was announced on February 16th that voice actress Yamazaki Wakana, known for her role as Mouri Ran in the popular anime "Detective Conan," will be taking a break from her activities due to poor health. The announcement was made on the official "Detective Conan" anime website. It was also announced that Okamura Akemi will be replacing Yamazaki as Mouri Ran in the "Detective Conan" TV anime series starting from the episode airing on March 14th. Yamazaki has completed recording for the latest film, "Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway," which will be released on April 10th, and will appear as scheduled.
The production staff of the "Detective Conan" TV and movie anime series commented, "All of us on the production staff are prioritizing Yamazaki's health as she has supported this series for many years, and we sincerely hope for her speedy recovery." "We look forward to the day when she can once again play Mouri Ran with her energetic voice."
"Detective Conan" is a manga that depicts Conan Edogawa solving difficult cases one after another, and began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan) in 1994. An anime TV series has been broadcast since 1996. The total number of copies of the comics published has exceeded 270 million.
