Magic Kaito 1412

Eight years after the mysterious death of his father, Kaito Kuroba, a slightly mischievous but otherwise ordinary teenager, discovers a shocking secret: the Phantom Thief Kaito Kid—also known as "The Magician Under the Moonlight"—was none other than his own father. The former thief was murdered by a criminal organization seeking a mythical stone called the Pandora Gem, said to shed a tear with the passing of the Valley Comet that comes every ten thousand years. When the tear is consumed, the gem supposedly grants immortality.

Vowing to bring those responsible for his father's death to justice, Kaito dons the Phantom Thief's disguise, stealing priceless jewels night after night to find the Pandora Gem before his enemies can use the power for themselves.

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Kuroba, Kaito Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Nakamori, Aoko Main

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Edogawa, Conan Supporting

Takayama, Minami Japanese

Haibara, Ai Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Mouri, Ran Supporting

Yamazaki, Wakana Japanese

Mouri, Kogorou Supporting

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Suzuki, Sonoko Supporting

Matsui, Naoko Japanese

Hakuba, Saguru Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Megure, Juuzou Supporting

Chafurin Japanese

Kuroba, Touichi Supporting

Ikeda, Shuuichi Japanese

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Oomatsu, Yutaka Producer

Nagai, Kouji Producer

Kudou, Susumu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Jul 8, 2023

mery58

Recommended

Every Detective Conan fan should watch this series, but also who hasn't seen Detective Conan, since Magic Kaito is not directly connected to the main series, but useful for DC's fans and Kaito Kid fans. Thanks to Magic Kaito, we discover many things about Kaito Kid, a mysterious character from Detective Conan who appears a few times in the main series, and of which we know nothing. In this series we see the Kid in his daily life, his genesis, his history, his beautiful magic tricks... and his encounters with other characters well known to us! and it is well explained why he steals ... and returns the jewels.. Not only does this series show us the daily life of Kaito Kid in his true identity, but it remakes some episodes that we saw in the main Detective Conan series, with the difference that here we see the Kid's point of view and not Conan's. This way we have the full picture, understanding how Kid plans for that specific episode. The only criticism I feel of making this series is that, probably because it was made before DC, it is sometimes more unrealistic than necessary: for example the girl-witch. In this series, in addition to having known the characters around Kaito well, I "re-evaluated" another one: Hakuba. In the main series I didn't even remember his name, since he appeared 1-2 times, and as a character he didn't tell me anything, while here he has a secondary role and I was able to get to know him better. I liked his character more and I liked his relationship with Kaito. Absolutely recommended. Hope we get other seasons, as the manga counterpart has many more chapters, evenf if it's unlikely to happen.
ps. Love the openings and the endings.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 15, 2023

micsss

Recommended

Magic Kaito 1412 has been a bolt from the blue.

I started watching it since I was in the mood for something light, easy and slightly childish; I thought that this show was perfect since it's a spin-off of Detective Conan, and actually I got no more and no less than what I expected. But somehow I got to enjoy it more that I thought.

I mean, if I think about it objectively, I know Magic Kaito 1412 doesn't reach high standards: it has a few plot holes, it is pretty unrealistic, its characters have underdeveloped psychological features, not a great animation, basically it could not ... be compared to other 10s I've scored, but since I am here to point out a personal opinion about how this anime made me feel, and not to highlight technical issues, let me tell you what I really think.

Let's say there are two types of shows you like:
1. The show you like because you know exactly what's going to happen, and you like it. (Comfort shows)
2. The show you like because it's full of surprises and you can't wait to know what happens next.
Well, it felt as if Magic Kaito 1412 mixed 1 and 2 together: since the beginning, I couldn't stop perceiving the classical warm and cosy feeling you get while watching your comfort show, but if I had to guess what this show was about before watching it, there's no way I could have predicted the actual plot; it is low key very surprising, also because I have no recollection of the original show, Detective Conan.
Basically, this anime results to be very bright, both for being clever than for being lively and clear.

The more I watched, the more I felt good about it, the more I enjoyed it. And that's also why I was able to overcome all its flaws and bring out its values, such as the sound (you'll get addicted to the intro/Kaito's theme, I swear) the mysterious and original plot, the smoothness of the scenes, the easy going mood it sets, the reasoning and cunning behind each crime, the slight romance, and so on...
That is why I can't help but score a 10.

While trying to recover from this, I look forward to starting the original Special series, hoping it's as good as this one. :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 16, 2016

Yatyear

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (11/24 eps)

The best was to describe Magic Kaito 1412 is "simple", too simple actually. The story surrounds around Kaito who realize his father was a great thief and he decides to become one himself to realize the mystery behind his father death.

Kaito Kid is supposedly one of Conan ultimate rivals, one who can challenge the great detective and make a run for it, however watching this show doesn't give any such ideas.

Kaito tricks are very simple yet he always win in the easiest way because every other character in the show are so naive. With that in mind this 24 episodic anime feels like a ... collection of cheap fillers while the only decent episodes are those featuring Conan.

When I started watching this show I expected some interesting and genius type of heists but no what I got was a high school kid walking into any museum and stealing stuff in front of a whole police squad.

Kaito is a terrible character. He treats his best friend who loves him and makes him dinner every day as a total jerk with crude remark about her chest, how she's ugly and how her father -who welcome him in his house every day- is an idiot.

Kaito reminds me a lot of Kirito form SAO, the idiot and self-centered douchebag who gets praised form every other character in the show.

This anime could have benefited a lot from being even a little more serious with better and more fleshed-out characters, deeper plot, interesting heists and a totally different MC persona.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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