Gosho Aoyama (right), author of the popular Japanese comic series "Detective Conan", and Tottori governor Shinji Hirai strike a pose in front of a poster drawn by Aoyama for Tottori Airport during an event in the cartoonist's hometown of Hokuei in the western Japan prefecture on Jan 3, 2015. (Kyodo photo)TOKYO: The long-running Japanese serial comic "Detective Conan" will go on hiatus starting this month due to health concerns of its author and illustrator Gosho Aoyama, a notice in the installment released Wednesday announced. "(Detective Conan) will be on hiatus for the foreseeable future so that I can recover from illness and rest up," Aoyama's message in the latest Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine read in part. The comic remains popular in Japan and abroad with translations available in over two dozen languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, English and Thai under the title "Case Closed." It has also been adapted into an animated series running since 1996 as well as feature films, video games and live action television specials.

Source: Bangkok Post December 13, 2017 07:41 UTC