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Kaito Kuroba
, the true identity of the gentleman thief , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Magic Kaito'' manga series created by Gosho Aoyama. His father Toichi Kuroba was the original Kaito Kid before being killed by an unknown organization, while his mother was a former phantom thief known as the Phantom Lady. Kaito Kuroba then takes on the role of Kid after learning the organization is after a gemstone called Pandora and decides to find and destroy it. Kaito Kuroba has also made significant appearances in Aoyama's ''Case Closed'' series. His strong resemblance to the protagonist of this series, Shinichi Kudo, allows Kaito to impersonate him without a mask. He is also voiced by the same voice actors as Shinichi. When ''Case Closed'' was localized into English, Viz Media chose the rōmaji Kaito Kid for the manga, while Funimation Entertainment and Discotek Media refer to him as Phantom Thief Kid/Kid the Phantom Thief, respectively, in the anime. Shogakukan Asia also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Kaito
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It began in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in June 1987. The story tells of a phantom thief named Kaito Kid. Aoyama put the manga on hiatus after the first two '' tankōbon'' volumes were published in 1988, and only occasionally draws new chapters; the third volume was published in 1994, the fourth in 2007, and the fifth in 2017. Kaito Kid and other characters from ''Magic Kaito'' make occasional appearances in ''Case Closed'', another manga series by Aoyama that has also been adapted into an anime. 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. Plot Kaito Kuroba is a normal teenage student whose father died under mysterious circumstances eight years ago. Eight years later, he is made aware o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |