Magic Kaito

Magic Kaito (Japanese: まじっく快斗, Hepburn: Majikku Kaito) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It premiered in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in June 1987. It is Aoyama's first serialized manga. The story depicts the adventures of Kaito Kuroba, a teenage magician who secretly operates as the internationally-wanted phantom thief Kaito Kid.

Magic Kaito
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kaito Kuroba
まじっく快斗 (Majikku Kaito)
Genre	Action, mystery[1]
Manga
Written by	Gosho Aoyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 10, 1987 – present
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshiki Hirano
Produced by	Masahito Yoshioka, Mitomu Asai (1) Shuichi Kitada, Mitomu Asai, Takeshi Mizogami (2–8) Isato Yonekura, Mitomu Asai, Takeshi Mizogami (9–12)
Written by	Junichi Miyashita Aya Yoshinaga
Music by	Atsushi Umebori
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Original network	NNS (ytv)
Original run	April 17, 2010 – December 29, 2012
Episodes	12
Anime television series
Magic Kaito 1412
Directed by	Susumu Kudo
Produced by	Koji Nagai Tomonori Ochikoshi
Written by	Kunihiko Okada Toshiya Ono
Music by	Taku Iwasaki
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	NNS (ytv)
Original run	October 4, 2014 – March 28, 2015
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Though the series was popular in its initial run, Aoyama placed it on hiatus in late 1988—after two tankōbon volumes had been published—in order to focus on Yaiba and later Case Closed. Since then, new installments have been produced very sporadically, often years apart; a third volume was compiled in 1994, a fourth in 2007, and a fifth in 2017; three more chapters were published in 2024. Notwithstanding this, Kaito Kid has (along with several associated characters) made numerous appearances in Case Closed and various spinoff media, achieving much wider recognition through them.

12 animated television specials based on the series have been produced by TMS Entertainment and aired between 2010 and 2012. A 24-episode anime series titled Magic Kaito 1412 was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired from October 2014 to March 2015.

Synopsis

High-school class clown Kaito Kuroba, son of world-famous—and deceased—magician Toichi Kuroba, leads a carefree life in Tokyo with his childhood friend Aoko Nakamori. However, on the eighth anniversary of his father's death, he stumbles across a hidden section of his home that reveals his father's double life: that of the internationally-notorious thief Kaito Kid. Shortly after, he finds his father's elderly aide Konosuke Jii masquerading as Kid in a new series of burglaries; when cornered, Jii admits the "accident" which had killed the elder Kuroba in his final show was actually murder, and the culprits remain at large.

Vowing to avenge his father, Kaito personally assumes Kaito Kid's mantle, and continues the heists for the same reason as Jii: to draw out his father's killers. By day, he maintains the guise of an ordinary high-schooler and his friendship with Aoko, all while knowing her father is a police inspector long-obsessed with capturing Kid.^[2]

After many outlandish adventures, Kaito eventually discovers that the killers belong to a mysterious crime syndicate pursuing a legendary jewel known as Pandora. Per their sources, Pandora is a doublet—a gem hidden within a larger gem—that glows red under moonlight and sheds "tears" during the pass of the Volley Comet, every 10,000 years. These tears, if drunk, will bestow immortality.^[3]

With the comet's next pass fast approaching, Kaito sets out to find—and destroy—Pandora first, turning his focus exclusively to large, long-storied gemstones.

Characters

Kaito Kuroba (黒羽 快斗, Kuroba Kaito)

A smart, quirky and arrogant 17-year-old master illusionist. As Kaito Kid, he occasionally appears in the Case Closed series as an antagonist, but slowly develops a Lupin-esque complex. He has some feelings for his childhood friend Aoko Nakamori who he teases constantly. His alter ego is Kaito Kid, a gentleman thief who publicly announces his heists; after his heists, he returns the stolen items to their owners. Throughout his escapades he has made many enemies, from semi-friendly detectives (such as Saguru Hakuba and Conan Edogawa/Jimmy Kudo) and policemen to rival phantom thieves and vicious professional gangsters. His Japanese voice actor is Kappei Yamaguchi and his English voice actor is Jerry Jewell.

Aoko Nakamori (中森 青子, Nakamori Aoko)

Kaito's best friend since childhood and love interest. She is an obstinate, impulsive and lighthearted girl. She often bickers with Kaito at school. She has feelings for Kaito, although she is afraid of admitting to him. She gets along well with Akako, but unknown to her, Akako envies her. Both girls vie for Kaito's affections. As the daughter of Inspector Nakamori, she despises Kaito Kid, though she is unaware of the irony. Her Japanese voice actresses are Ayumi Fujimura in the specials and Mao Ichimichi in Magic Kaito 1412, Yukiko Iwai in episode 76 of Case Closed, Minami Takayama in episode 219 and the fourth OVA of Case Closed.

Ginzo Nakamori (中森 銀三, Nakamori Ginzō)

Aoko's father (known as Mace Fuller in Funimation's Case Closed dub), a loud, aggressive Tokyo Metropolitan Police inspector assigned to capture Kaito Kid.^[4] Tirelessly devoted to his work, he is (much to Aoko's dismay) frequently absent-minded at home. His Japanese voice actors are Unshō Ishizuka (1997–2018) and Kōji Ishii (2019–present) and his English voice actor is Jay Jones.^[5][6]

Konosuke Jii (寺井 黄之助, Jii Kōnosuke)

An elderly man that assisted Toichi Kuroba as both magician and thief. Eight years after his master's murder, he began a masquerade as Kaito Kid in hopes of luring out the killers; when confronted by Kaito, he confessed the truth and conceded the mantle, becoming Kaito's assistant.^[2] By day he owns and operates the Blue Parrot billiards bar, which Kaito and Aoko sometimes patronize.^[7]

Toichi Kuroba (黒羽 盗一, Kuroba Tōichi)

Kaito's (supposedly) deceased father. A world-famous magician, he originated the Kaito Kid costume as a gimmick for a Parisian performance, but became a genuine thief in order to divert attention from his wife Chikage's own criminal career, allowing her to retire in peace. Initially known as Phantom Thief 1412 (after his Interpol criminal code), he embraced Kaito Kid as a moniker after Booker Kudo publicly misread a journalist's scrawl of "1412" as KID.^[4] Toichi was killed after impeding a criminal syndicate's pursuit for Pandora. His Japanese voice actor is Shūichi Ikeda.

Chikage Kuroba (黒羽 千影, Kuroba Chikage)

Kaito's mother, initially shown as a plain housewife but later revealed to have once been the international thief Phantom Lady. During a heist in Paris, she fell in love with Toichi Kuroba and quit her criminal career to marry him. Even in retirement, she remains a free-spirited globetrotter, and frequently leaves Kaito alone at the Kuroba home in Japan, periodically checking in via video calls. She once tried to persuade her son to give up robbery and start a new life as a magician in Las Vegas. It is strongly implied in the "Midnight Crow" Arc that she knows who is Kaito Corbeau, the mysterious rival of Kaito Kid, who had recently become active in Las Vegas.

Akako Koizumi (小泉 紅子, Koizumi Akako)

A haughty teenage witch, the world's last practitioner of "Red" sorcery. She delights in magically charming men to worship her, and becomes obsessed with Kaito Kid upon learning that he is destined to be the only man on Earth immune to her. By happenstance she attends the same school as Kaito and Aoko, and realizes Kaito's secret identity when he defies her advances on Valentine's Day.^[8] Initially she acts with very few morals, regularly scheming to magically enslave (or even kill) him; in time, however, she comes to admit a genuine affection for him, and begins using her magical resources to warn and aid him against other perils. Her Japanese voice actresses are Miyuki Sawashiro in the Magic Kaito specials, Eri Kitamura in Magic Kaito 1412, and Megumi Hayashibara in Case Closed.

Saguru Hakuba (白馬探, Hakuba Saguru)

The half-British, half-Japanese son of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Superintendent-General. Renowned across Europe as an amateur detective, he takes an interest in capturing Kaito Kid and resettles in Japan to do so, becoming a major school rival to Kaito.^[9] He is highly sophisticated and arrogantly proud of his skills, suspecting Kaito's secret identity almost immediately after their first meeting.^[9][10] However, he never succeeds in securing definitive proof.^[11] His Japanese voice actors are Akira Ishida in the Magic Kaito specials and in Case Closed, and Mamoru Miyano in Magic Kaito 1412.

Snake (スネーク, Sunēku)

The main representative of the syndicate that killed Toichi Kuroba, and continues to pursue the Pandora gem. A vicious hitman, he possesses limited intelligence, but is always well-armed and often supported by several subordinates.^[3]

Connections with Case Closed

While Magic Kaito has always shared a number of elements with Aoyama's later series Case Closed (such as the Tropical Land amusement park), Aoyama did not originally view them as a serious shared universe. When planning a Case Closed storyline in 1997 guest-starring Kaito Kid and Inspector Nakamori (with cameo appearances from Kaito Kuroba in his civilian identity and Aoko Nakamori), he intended for it to be a standalone, with no impact on either series' continuity besides a retroactive origin for Kid's alias.^[12][4] However, the story's unexpected popularity inspired many more Kid appearances throughout Case Closed, and even a Magic Kaito storyline guest-starring a full-grown Jimmy Kudo.^[13]

In 2006, Aoyama explicitly tied Kaito's backstory into that of Case Closed, revealing that Toichi Kuroba had not only maintained a rivalry with Booker Kudo as the first Kaito Kid, but tutored both Vivian Kudo and Sharon Vineyard in disguise arts.^[14] A 2010 storyline tied the two series closer still, with a Case Closed story introducing Chikage Kuroba's identity as the Phantom Lady immediately followed by a Magic Kaito story explaining her past (as well as the context of Kaito's actions in the present-day).^[15]

Despite this, Aoyama has repeatedly stated that the two series exist in separate continuities, in particular citing Akako's sorcery as an element that cannot coexist with Case Closed.^[16][17] He has also denied longstanding fan theories that Snake belongs to the "Black Organization" serving as Case Closed's main antagonists, and maintained that—with the one-time exception of 2012's "Mystery Train" arc—Kaito Kid would not have any story involvement with the latter.^[18][19]

Production

In 1985, having been convinced by university friends to pursue a professional manga career, Aoyama drafted a 40-page one-shot titled Nonchalant Lupin (さりげなく ルパン, Sarigenaku Rupan). This story, inspired by Aoyama's childhood love of mystery and phantom-thief fiction in addition to Zoetrope Studios' The Escape Artist (1982), featured a mischievous teenage magician named Kaito Lupin trying to save his childhood friend Aoko Holmes from corrupt school officials.^[20][21]

Aoyama initially sent Lupin to Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, where he met enough approval to win an honorable mention at the thirty-fifth New Manga Awards, but was warned by an editor that his art-style would need modification to "fit" the magazine's general aesthetic if he were hired. The following year, Aoyama approached Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday, which made no such stipulations; heartened, Aoyama quickly expanded Lupin into the basis for an ongoing series, renaming its lead characters Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori and converting its mostly-metaphorical Arsène Lupin motifs into an actual phantom thief identity.^[22][17]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama, Magic Kaito has been sporadically serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since June 10, 1987.^[23] It was halted in 1988 after two tankōbon volumes, but new chapters have been occasionally released since then; a third volume was published in 1994, a fourth volume in 2007 and a fifth volume in 2017. In 2011 the first four volumes were republished in "Treasured Editions" from August 15 to December 16.^[24][25] Two versions of each volume were released, one containing a DVD of one of the TV specials. Three more chapters, not yet collected in a volume, were published between April 10 and April 24, 2024.^[26][27][28]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	April 15, 1988[29]	978-4-09-122081-3
"The Phantom Thief Reborn" (蘇る怪盗, Yomigaeru Kaitō) "The Police are Everywhere" (警官がいっぱい, Keikan ga Ippai) "A Clockwork Heart" (時計仕掛けのハート, Tokei Jikake no Hāto) "Kaito Kid's Busy Weekend" (怪盗キッドの忙しい休日, Kaitō Kiddo no Isogashii Kyūjitsu) "The Underwater Pirate Ship" (海賊船浮上せず, Kaizokusen Fujōsezu) "A Seduction in Scarlet" (緋色の誘惑, Hiiro no Yūwaku)
2	October 15, 1988[30]	978-4-09-122082-0
"Stay Away From Me" (彼から手をひいて, Kare kara te o hiite) "Japan's Most Irresponsible Leader" (日本一の無責任総理, Nippon'ichi no Musekinin Sōri) "I Am The Master" (わたしが主人だ, Watashi ga Masutā Da) "Adults Don't Understand" (大人とわかってくれない, Otona to Wakattekurenai) "The Boy Who Bet on the Ball" (ボールにかける少年, Bōru ni Kakeru Shōnen) "Ghost Game" (ゴースト・ゲーム, Gōsuto Gēmu) "Hustler VS. Magician" (ハスラーvs.マジシャン, Hasurā vs Majishan)
Note: "Hustler VS. Magician" is actually the second chapter Aoyama created for the series, but it was never published in the magazine.
3	September 15, 1994[31]	978-4-09-122083-7
"Star Wars" (スターウォーズ, Sutā Wōzu) "Enter the Great Detective!!" (名探偵登場!!, Meitantei Tōjō!!) "Nearby Enemy" (眼下の怪盗, Ganka no Kaitō) "Akako's Delivery Service" (紅子の宅配便, Akako no Takuhaibin) "Yaiba VS. Kaito!" (〈番外編〉刃vs.快斗!, (Bangaihen) Yaiba vs. Kaito!) "Blue Birthday" (ブルーバースデー, Burū Bāsudē) "Green Dream" (グリーンドリーム, Gurīn Dorīmu)
4	February 16, 2007[32]	978-4-09-121005-0
"Crystal Mother (クリスタル・マザー, Kurisutaru mazā) "Red Tear" (レッド・ティアー, Reddo Tiā) "Black Star (Part 1)" (ブラック・スター(前編), Burakku Sutā (Zenpen)) "Black Star (Part 2)" (ブラック・スター(後編), Burakku Sutā (Kōhen)) "Golden Eye (Part 1)" (ゴールデン・アイ(前編), Gōruden Ai (Zenpen)) "Golden Eye (Part 2)" (ゴールデン・アイ(後編), Gōruden Ai (Kōhen)) "Dark Knight (Part 1)" (ダーク・ナイト(前編), Dāku Naito (Zenpen)) "Dark Knight (Part 2)" (ダーク・ナイト(後編), Dāku Naito (Kōhen))
5	July 18, 2017[33]	978-4-09-121005-0
"Phantom Lady (Part 1)" (ファントム・レディー(前編), Fantomu Redī (Zenpen)) "Phantom Lady (Part 2)" (ファントム・レディー(後編), Fantomu Redī (Kōhen)) "Midnight Crow (Part 1)" (真夜中の烏(ミッドナイト・クロウ)(前編), Mayonaka no Karasu (Middonaito Kurō) (Zenpen)) "Midnight Crow (Part 2)" (真夜中の烏(ミッドナイト・クロウ)(中編), Mayonaka no Karasu (Middonaito Kurō) (Chūhen)) "Midnight Crow (Part 3)" (真夜中の烏(ミッドナイト・クロウ)(後編), Mayonaka no Karasu (Middonaito Kurō) (Kōhen)) "Sun Halo (Part 1)" (日輪の後光(サン・ヘイロー)(前編), Nichirin no Gokō (San Heirō) (Zenpen)) "Sun Halo (Part 2)" (日輪の後光(サン・ヘイロー)(中編), Nichirin no Gokō (San Heirō) (Chūhen)) "Sun Halo (Part 3)" (日輪の後光(サン・ヘイロー)(後編), Nichirin no Gokō (San Heirō) (Kōhen))

Anime

Original video animations

Magic Kaito received its first anime adaptation in 2000, with the launch of Case Closed's direct-to-video OVA series: the first of these OVAs adapted "Yaiba VS. Kaito!" (Vol. 3's fifth chapter, originally published in 1989). The fourth, released in 2004, adapted "Crystal Mother" (Vol. 4's first chapter, originally published in 1995).^[34]

Between these two OVAs, the Case Closed anime also adapted "Black Star" (Vol. 4's third and fourth chapters, originally published in 1999) as part of its 219th episode, a two-hour special. This occupied roughly one-third of the episode, with the other two-thirds adapting an unrelated Kaito Kid story from the Case Closed manga.

Specials

TMS Entertainment produced twelve animated television specials based on Magic Kaito between 2010 and 2012.^[35][36] All have been directed by Toshiki Hirano, and aired on Yomiuri TV during Case Closed's regular time slot. The first three were titled as "Detective Conan Specials" despite the fact that none have had anything to do with the Case Closed / Detective Conan series. The first aired on April 17, 2010.^[37]

Episodes

Ep. no	Title	Original airdate
1	"Detective Conan Special: Secret Birth of Kaito Kid" "Meitantei Konan Supesharu 「Kaitō Kiddo Tanjō no Himitsu」" (名探偵コナンスペシャル 「怪盗キッド誕生の秘密」)	April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17)[37]
After being in remission for eight years, the Kaito Kid suddenly makes a reappearance by robbing a jewelry store. The news about the theft spreads around the school of Kaito Kuroba, a prankster magician. When his friend Aoko Nakamori informs him that the Phantom Thief uses magic as well, Kaito decides to catch him, claiming that his tricks are the best. At home, Kaito finds a secret room which was timed to reveal itself on that day and discovers a room full of Kaito Kid's equipment. Later that day, inspector Ginzo Nakamori, Aoko's father, learns that the Phantom Thief is targeting a jewel known as the Moon's Pupil and prepares an ambush at the jewel's location. Meanwhile, Kaito deduces that eight years ago is the same time, his father, Toichi Kuroba, died and suspects the original Phantom Thief was his father. To confirm that theory, he decides to don the Kaito Kid costume to confront the current Kid. Kid manages to successfully steal the Moon's Pupil but is confronted by Kaito. The current Kid reveals that he is Jii Kounosuke, Toichi's servant who confirms that Toichi was Kaito Kid and also reveals that Toichi’s death eight years previous was the result of murder. Kaito decides to take over the role of Kid, and he and Jii escape from the police. Later the next day, as Kaito is admiring the Moon’s Pupil, Aoko comes and scares him with a fish which causes him to toss the Moon's Pupil into the air and fall into the fish's mouth. Consequently, Inspector Nakamori finds the jewel when he cooks the fish for dinner that night.
2	"Detective Conan Special: Kaito Kid's Summer Festival: Kaito Kid's Busy Date" "Meitantei Konan Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri "Kaitō Kiddo no Isogashii Dēto"" (名探偵コナン　夏の怪盗キッド祭り 「怪盗キッドの忙しいデート」)	August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06)[38]
During Kaito's latest heist of the Angel Crown, a crown embedded with jewels, Nakamori sees his face and begins to suspect Kaito to be Kaito Kid. After failing to steal the crown, Kaito leaves behind a calling card announcing the time and date of his second attempt. Nakamori shares his suspicions with Aoko, who decides to take Kaito out on a date at Tropical Land on the day of Kid's heist to prove his innocence. Kaito, realizing Aoko's intentions, concludes he must use her to establish an alibi while also completing his heist to clear his name. While watching a movie, Kaito sneaks away and completes the heist while demonstrating his perfect disguise ability, throwing off Nakamori's suspicions. He returns to Aoko before she notices his disappearance who expresses relief Kaito was not Kid.
3	"Detective Conan Special: Kaito Kid's Summer Festival: The Princess Loves Magic" "Meitantei Konan Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri "Ōjosama wa Majikku ga Osuki"" (名探偵コナン　夏の怪盗キッド祭 「王女様はマジックがお好き」)	August 13, 2011 (2011-08-13)[38]
Princess Anne, a European princess, travels to Japan with Detective Delon. She announces she is hosting a party for magicians and publicly challenges Kid to steal her jeweled necklace, the Beaucoup de Soleil à Paris. Delon opts to capture Kid and removes Nakamori from the case. Nakamori, saddened by this, asks Kaito to help him enter the party so he could attempt to catch Kid before Delon does. After doing so, Kaito dons the disguise and uses Delon's inexperience to successfully enter the Princess' room. Anne reveals she is a big fan of the Phantom Thief and goes along with Kaito's plan allowing him to escape and gives Nakamori credit for foiling Kid's heist.
4	"Kaito Kid Special: The Witch That Sheds no Tears" "Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Majo wa Namida o Kobosanai"" (怪盗キッドスペシャル 「魔女は涙をこぼさない」)	September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)[39]
The witch Akako Koizumi, using her magic mirror, learns that Kaito Kid is the only male in the world immune to her charms. She transfers to Kaito's school and deduces his identity when she fails to charm him on Valentine's Day. Akako decides to confront Kid on his next heist and uses her magic to predict the time and location. Kaito escapes Akako's attempts at his life but is trapped by a magic circle atop Tokyo Tower. She demands Kaito into eating her chocolate which will enslave his will to her but is freed when the snow disrupts the magic circle. Nakamori, under the influence of Akako's magic, attempts to shoot Kid but hits a gas tank causing an explosion and knocking Akako off the tower. Kaito saves her, convincing her enslaving him through magic is wrong, and departs.
5	"Kaito Kid Special: The Fated Blue Birthday" "Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Unmei no Burū Bāsudē"" (怪盗キッドスペシャル　「運命のブルーバースデー」)	October 29, 2011 (2011-10-29)[40]
After a successful heist, Kid receives a phone call from a payphone and is told to stop stealing gems. At school, Kaito promises Aoko he will attend her birthday party, which is on the same day as his heist for the gem known as the Blue Birthday. Kaito succeeds but is met by an organization and learns that they are the cause of his father's death. After seemingly killed by a man codenamed Snake, the organization steals the Blue Birthday and departs. Kaito follows them and learns the organization are searching for an immortality-granting jewel known as Pandora which resides in a large gemstone and can only be found if shone in the moonlight. After determining the Blue Birthday is not pandora, Kaito threatens to find and destroy Pandora before they can find it. Unable to make it to Aoko's birthday in time, Kaito rigs an apartment complex's lights to spell out Happy Birthday Aoko. Elsewhere, the organization contacts their boss who decides to hire the magician known as Spider to counter Kid.
6	"Kaito Kid Special: Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve" "Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Ivu wa Koisuru Gerende de"" (怪盗キッドスペシャル　「聖夜は恋するゲレンデで」)	December 24, 2011 (2011-12-24)[41]
Kaito's class travel to a ski resort and hosts their own class costume couple skiing contest. Aoko partners with an unpopular classmate after being told by Akako that Kaito is her partner. Akako places a magic charm on Kaito in an attempt to make him become enamored by her but it is ineffective on Kaito who remains dejected by Aoko's pairing. Kaito is told by Aoko's partner that Aoko wants to be with him and the two agree to switch places. Kaito and Aoko win the contest dressed as Kaito Kid and his bride.
7	"Kaito Kid's Summer Festival: Magic Kaito (The Brilliant Rival)" "Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri Majikku Kaitō "Kareinaru Raibarutachi"" (夏の怪盗キッド祭り　まじっく快斗「華麗なるライバルたち」)	August 4, 2012 (2012-08-04)[42]
Kaito aims to steal a gem in the right eye of a bronze statue from a museum. There, Saguru Hakuba is chasing after Spider, the magician hired to kill Kid. Kaito's heist is successful and after confirming it is not pandora, returns it and flees. He is confronted by Spider but is able to ward him off with Hakuba's help. Hakuba decides to stay in Japan until Spider is captured and enrolls in Kaito's class. In the end, Spider's identity is revealed to be the famous magician, Gunter Von Goldberg.
8	"Kaito Kid's Summer Festival: The Secret of the Red Tear" "Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri "Reddo Tiā no Himitsu"" (夏の怪盗キッド祭り　「レッド・ティアーの秘密」)	August 11, 2012 (2012-08-11)[43]
Kaito cancels his heist of the Red Tear after remembering his father telling him the secret to the gem. However, Kaito runs into the gem's owner, Jody Hopper, and sees Snake following her. Deducing the organization is after the gem, Kaito attends Jody's magic show and protects her from the organization. After successful eluding Snake, Kaito reveals when the gem is shone with light from fire, the gem emits pictures of Jody's childhood and a message from her grandfather telling her to regain her love for magic regardless of her parents' death.
9	"Kaito Kid Special: The Witch, The Detective, and The Phantom Thief" "Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Majo to Tantei to Kaitō to"" (怪盗キッドスペシャル 「魔女と探偵と怪盗と」)	September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)[44]
Kaito Kid strikes again, leaving the jewel behind where the Police got confused on what he is after. Hakuba then found a piece of evidence left by Kid, his strand of hair. Then after they examined the hair, they found out that it belongs to a high school student. After putting an all-nighter, Hakuba suspected Kaito then invites him. Where Akako intervenes saying it is a trap. Knowing that it is all a trap he took up the challenge. Kaito's identity was almost revealed until another Kaito showed up which is Akako, flying with a broom. Spider then caught Akako and used her to take Kaito out but failed. Hakuba then interfere saying Spider is Gunter von Goldberg which is a fake name. Spider escaped and Hakuba failed to reveal the identity of Kaito Kid. Kaito returned again the stolen jewel.
10	"Magic Kaito: The Reminiscent Golden Eye" "Majikku Kaito "Tsuioku no Gōruden Ai"" (まじっく快斗　「追憶のゴールデン・アイ」)	November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)[45]
On Sunday at 9 o'clock PM, a showdown will commence between Kaito Kid and Chat Noir; a French thief who seeks the last piece out of seven accessories that were collected by Marie Antoinette for exorcism. Haido City Hotel will witness the challenge between the flashy Kid and the dark Noir. Will Kid succeed in stealing Golden Eye before Noir does and win the bet?
11	"Kaito Kid Winter Special: The Teary Crystal Mother" "Fuyu no Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Namida no Kurisutaru Mazā"" (冬の怪盗キッドスペシャル　「涙のクリスタル・マザー」)	December 22, 2012 (2012-12-22)[46]
This TV Special is a remake of the fourth OVA of Case Closed with some changes. Kid seeks the Crystal Mother, which is held by the Queen. In this episode, Snake and Spider aboard the same train to get the jewel.
12	"Kaito Kid Winter Special: Tears of Love of the Dark Night" "Fuyu no Kaitō Kiddo Supesharu "Dāku Naito ni Ai no Namida wo"" (冬の怪盗キッドスペシャル　「ダーク･ナイトに愛の涙を」)	December 29, 2012 (2012-12-29)[47]
A very notorious thief, Nightmare, forces Kid to help him get the jewels he desires after helping Kid escape capture. By one incident, Kid recognized that the ICPO inspector Conelly, sent to catch Kaito Kid, was Nightmare. He became a thief in order to gather money for treatment of his son's illness. Thus Kid disguises the crime as if ICPO Inspector Conelly got injured by Nightmare before he fled from the crime scene.

Television series

See also: List of Magic Kaito 1412 episodes

A 24-episode anime series titled Magic Kaito 1412 (まじっく快斗1412) was created by A-1 Pictures and aired on NNS from October 4, 2014, to March 28, 2015.^[48] The series was announced as a new simulcast beginning with episode 13 on Crunchyroll for audiences in North America.^[49]

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External links

• Official manga website at Web Sunday (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Magic Kaito (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia