[US DVD] Case Closed Movie 3: Last Wizard of the Century Movie Review

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge

Mania Grade: B+

In Summary:
Going into a Case Closed movie can be kind of awkward as you can't be entirely sure you're not going to get just an extended story from the TV side stretched out to a movie form. So many of their multi-episode stories were longer than they needed to be for no real reason. Thankfully, The Last Wizard of the Century does things just right, working from a good fun story that allows for some trotting around the country while referencing a lot of history and other countries as the mystery of the new Faberge Egg is explored. Like any Conan show though, it all comes down to how Kudo handles everything in his pint sized form and the kinds of tricks and deductions he has to come up with. On that score, it succeeds for the most part and keeps you entertained and guessing a little bit among the new characters who is who and who is responsible for what. It's definitely got some very smooth and fluid animation for its characters and overall it left me pretty happy with it. After that somewhat disappointing movie prior to this, I'll hold out hope that this is the start of an upswing in the movies from the Case Closed franchise.

[Damius]

That's good to hear!

[Glamrgrl104]

Overall good although I wish I watched that episode lol. They introduce a new character like people are supposed to know who they are, but since I've never seen that episode or season it's annoying. It was a really good movie you can't go wrong with case closed.