Behind the Scenes: Detective Conan - Gosho Aoyama, Manga Artist

The English name of this documentary has been modified to fit this wiki's naming conventions. See notes for details. [[N 1]](#cite_note-N1-1)
**The Professionals
プロフェッショナル 仕事の流儀**
**Information**
**English title:**
Behind the Scenes: Detective Conan - Gosho Aoyama, Manga Artist
**English airdate:**
December 27, 2024
**Runtime:**
49 minutes
**Japanese version**
**Japanese title:**
スペシャル 世界を、子どもの目で見てみたら 〜漫画家 青山剛昌〜
(Supesharu Sekai o, Kodomo no Me de Mitemitara ~Mangaka Aoyama Gōshō~)
**Documentary**
**Cast:**
**Featuring:**
[Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")
[Mitsuru Adachi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuru_Adachi "wikipedia:Mitsuru Adachi")
Hiromichi (Gosho's father)
Michiko (Gosho's mother)
**Produced by:**
NHK
**Staff**
**Executive Producer:**
Tomohiko Yokoyama
**Producer:**
Izuru Yamamoto
**Director:**
Jun Murata
**Editor:**
Kunimitsu Nojima
**Sound Design:**
Saho Higashimoto
Shigeyoshi Tanaka
**Art Director:**
Risa Ushijima
**Video Engineer:**
Tomohiro Takahashi
**Sound Engineer:**
Masaharu Iizuka
**Camera:**
Jun Murata
Yusuke Arimoto
Ryuta Yajima
**Narrator:**
**NHK World-Japan**
Emma Howard (English)
**NHK (Japanese)**
Satoshi Hashimoto
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| [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Rikiya Koyama](/wiki/Rikiya_Koyama "Rikiya Koyama") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") as [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") as [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima")   [Megumi Hayashibara](/wiki/Megumi_Hayashibara "Megumi Hayashibara") as [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Atsuko Tanaka](/wiki/Atsuko_Tanaka "Atsuko Tanaka") as [Chihaya Hagiwara](/wiki/Chihaya_Hagiwara "Chihaya Hagiwara") [Tohru Furuya](/wiki/Tohru_Furuya "Tohru Furuya") as [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya") **(NHK version only)** |
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***Behind the Scenes: Detective Conan - Gosho Aoyama, Manga Artist***[[N 1]](#cite_note-N1-1) is a documentary produced by [NHK](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK "wikipedia:NHK") and was released onto the [NHK World-Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK_World-Japan "wikipedia:NHK World-Japan") website on December 27, 2024 as part of NHK World-Japan's *The Professionals* series. The documentary was originally part of NHK's *Professional Work Style* (プロフェッショナル 仕事の流儀 ,*Purofesshonaru Shigoto no Ryūgi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) series and was broadcasted in Japan on April 28, 2024 under the name ***When You Look at the World Through the Eyes of a Child ~Manga Artist Gosho Aoyama~*** (世界を、子どもの目で見てみたら 〜漫画家 青山剛昌〜 ,*Sekai o, Kodomo no Me de Mite Mitara ~Mangakka Aoyama Gosho~*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")). The Japanese version was also available on-demand on the NHK Plus streaming website, but as of January 2025, that documentary has been removed.
## Contents
* [1 Background](#Background)
* [2 Details](#Details)
+ [2.1 About Gosho Aoyama](#About_Gosho_Aoyama)
- [2.1.1 Daily life](#Daily_life)
- [2.1.2 Childhood](#Childhood)
- [2.1.3 Career before Detective Conan](#Career_before_Detective_Conan)
- [2.1.4 Career while making Detective Conan](#Career_while_making_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.2 Manga production](#Manga_production)
- [2.2.1 Flaming Skull Case](#Flaming_Skull_Case)
- [2.2.2 Kaitou Kid and the Azure Throne](#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Azure_Throne)
- [2.2.3 Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case](#Foiled_Kidnapping_Transaction_Case)
+ [2.3 Other interviews](#Other_interviews)
* [3 NHK version](#NHK_version)
* [4 Quotes](#Quotes)
+ [4.1 Gosho Aoyama](#Gosho_Aoyama)
+ [4.2 Other](#Other)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [7 References](#References)
* [8 External links](#External_links)
## Background[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")]
Filming for the documentary began on May 29, 2023 and ended on January 2024 during Let's Talk Day event. It is the first ever documentary to film the manga production process up close. Being the first-of-its-kind, there were initially some issues in negotiating filming for the production of the [Flaming Skull Case](/wiki/Volume_105#Flaming_Skull_Case "Volume 105"), but after unmanned cameras were introduced, the documentary was able to include segments featuring Gosho brainstorming and drawing rough drafts for the manga. Besides the production of the manga, the documentary also includes short interviews with fellow renowned manga artist [Mitsuru Adachi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuru_Adachi "wikipedia:Mitsuru Adachi") and Gosho's parents, Hiromichi and Michiko.
At the time this was broadcasted in Japan, [Volume 105](/wiki/Volume_105 "Volume 105") of the [Detective Conan Manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") and the [27th Detective Conan movie](/wiki/The_Million-dollar_Pentagram "The Million-dollar Pentagram") had been released.
## Details[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Details")]
### About Gosho Aoyama[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: About Gosho Aoyama")]
Main article: [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")
#### Daily life[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Daily life")]
#### Childhood[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Childhood")]
#### Career before Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Career before Detective Conan")]
#### Career while making Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Career while making Detective Conan")]
### Manga production[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Manga production")]
#### Flaming Skull Case[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Flaming Skull Case")]
:   *See also: [Volume 105](/wiki/Volume_105#Flaming_Skull_Case "Volume 105")*
#### Kaitou Kid and the Azure Throne[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Kaitou Kid and the Azure Throne")]
:   *See also: [Volume 105](/wiki/Volume_105#Kaitou_Kid_and_the_Azure_Throne "Volume 105")*
#### Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Foiled Kidnapping Transaction Case")]
:   *See also: [Volume 105](/wiki/Volume_105#Foiled_Kidnapping_Transaction_Case "Volume 105") and [Volume 106](/wiki/Volume_106#Foiled_Kidnapping_Transaction_Case "Volume 106")*
### Other interviews[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Other interviews")]
## NHK version[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: NHK version")]
## Quotes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Quotes")]
### Gosho Aoyama[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Gosho Aoyama")]
> I realized I shouldn't forget how being a kid feels.
> Kids are smart, so if you simplify too much, they know you're trying to fool them. I don't treat them like kids...Even if it's hard to understand, if I do a good job presenting it, kids will enjoy it more. I believe in kids.
>
> —Explaining why difficult tricks are used in a manga supposedly targeting kids
> If I washed it, I feel like I'd lose something. Like eel shops that keep the same sauce simmering.
>
> —Referring to the color palette that Gosho uses for coloring
> I felt nothing. I really felt nothing in my heart. I didn't even feel worried about dying. I was numb...I wanted people to see what Shinichi and Ran were like as kids. I needed to tell [that story](/wiki/Volume_87#Ran_.26_Shinichi_.E2.80.93_First_Contact "Volume 87"). I felt I couldn't die until then.
>
> —How Gosho felt during his hospitalization in 2015
> Some spots look bad up close. People say no one would notice if I didn't fix them. But I can tell, so I don't like it.
>
> —Gosho's attention to detail when drawing manga
### Other[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Other")]
> It's hard to say if he grew up into a proper adult and member of society...He draws manga like a genius middle schooler.
>
> —Mitsuru Adachi, describing Gosho Aoyama
> He always seemed to be thinking about ways he could make people happy.
>
> —Hiromichi (Gosho's father), describing Gosho when he was a child
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Gosho originally did not allow filming, but as he describes it, the production staff were so enthusiastic that they won him over.
Gosho's submarine
* He spent six hours building a submarine in the game *[Animal Crossing: New Horizons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons "wikipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons")*, featuring the faces of (from left-to-right) [Amuro](/wiki/Amuro "Amuro"), [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka"), [Kir](/wiki/Kir "Kir"), and [Vermouth](/wiki/Vermouth "Vermouth") in the windows of the submarine
+ In this segment, it is also shown that Gosho's [Nintendo Switch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch "wikipedia:Nintendo Switch"):
- Has gray Joy-Con controllers
- Uses the Light theme
- Has four user accounts
- Has two other games besides *Animal Crossing: New Horizons*, one of them being *Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!*
* This is the last Detective Conan-related production of any kind to include the voices of [Atsuko Tanaka](/wiki/Atsuko_Tanaka "Atsuko Tanaka") and [Tohru Furuya](/wiki/Tohru_Furuya "Tohru Furuya"), who voiced [Chihaya Hagiwara](/wiki/Chihaya_Hagiwara "Chihaya Hagiwara") and [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), respectively.
+ In the NHK World-Japan version, there is no animated segment that includes Rei Furuya, and thus, Tohru Furuya's voice is not included in NHK World-Japan's version.
## In other languages[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Behind_the_Scenes:_Detective_Conan_-_Gosho_Aoyama,_Manga_Artist&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: In other languages")]
| Language | Title | Translation |
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| Bahasa Indonesia | Di Balik Layar: Aoyama Gosho, Seniman Manga Detektif Conan | Behind the Scenes: Aoyama Gosho, Detective Conan Manga Artist |
| Korean | 비하인드 스토리: 명탐정 코난 - 만화가 아오야마 고쇼 | Behind the Scenes: Detective Conan - Manga Artist Gosho Aoyama |