in the industry of Anime There are collaborations that fans expect for years, but what has just happened exceeds any previous expectation. The official websites of the emblematic television series Detective Conan and Star Detective Precure! They have shaken social networks by announcing that both franchises will unite their universes for the first time in history through two Crossover Special Episodes (Crossover).
To celebrate this event that will mark a milestone on Japanese television, an incredible collaboration promotional illustration has been shared where we can see the two great protagonists of this event, the infallible Conan Edogawa and the charismatic Cure Answer, posing back to back ready to solve any enigma.
Release dates and details of the special episodes
This ambitious collaboration will not be limited to a simple background cameo, but the protagonists will enter completely as luxury guests in the respective series of the other. The episodes already have a confirmed release date for Japan and will be divided as follows:
- First part (in the Precure universe): Conan Edogawa will temporarily move to the world of magical girls in the Episode 18 of Star Detective Precure!, titled “Meitantei No Assemble” (The meeting of the great detectives). This historic chapter will be broadcast on Japanese television the next May 31, 2026. In fact, the official YouTube channel of the PreCure franchise has already released a small breakthrough video to warm up engines.
- Second part (in the Conan universe): Just a week later, the June 6, 2026, the roles will be reversed. Cure Answer will break into the dangerous and deductive world of the small apothecary of justice in a completely new episode of Detective Conan titled “Hanamaru Na Answer” (The answer Hanamaru).
Why is this crossover an extremely rare event in the industry?
To measure the real impact of this news, it is necessary to analyze how the anime industry moves in Japan. In general, when a crossover occurs, it is carried out between works that belong to the same author, to the same animation studio or that are transmitted through the same television network.
Detective Conan usually receives the charismatic Kaito Kid, since both are creations of the mangaka Gosho Aoyama and share the same broadcast network of Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. on the side of Precure, the saga has already had previous interactions with characters from Crayon Shin-chan, taking advantage of the fact that both series are broadcast under the block of the ABC TV and TV Asahi channels.
However, a direct collaboration between Detective Conan and Star Detective Precure! is a Extremely rare and extraordinary case, since they belong to Completely different production companies and television stations (TMS Entertainment and TOEI Animation, respectively). Coordinating the agendas and rights of these two pop culture giants is an executive engineering movement that demonstrates the great value that both brands see in this project.
The clash of two generational titans in 2026
This event brings together the best of two worlds that have marked different generations of viewers. On the one hand, the anime Detective Conan, based on the legendary manga of Gosho Aoyama, has been on the air since January 1996, accumulating the colossal number of more than 1,000 episodes and remaining an immovable pillar of television. A large selection of its seasons is available in the West through the Crunchyroll platform.
On the other side we have Star Detective Precure!, which represents the 23rd installment of the long-lived and historic Toei Animation magical girl franchise. This current iteration began its regular broadcast in February 2026 and can also be enjoyed on official simulcast thanks to Crunchyroll for multiple regions of the world, including North America, Latin America and Europe.
With the promise of combining the magic, the color and the impeccable logical deductions of both worlds, this crossover is already emerging as one of the most memorable and curious television moments of the year. We will have to be attentive to the screens at the end of May to see how this clash of mystery and fantasy unfolds.
