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Magic Kaito

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Magic Kaito

まじっく快斗
(Majikku Kaito)

Demographic

Shōnen

Genre

Comedy

Manga

Author

Gosho Aoyama

Publisher

Shogakukan

Other publishers:
Planeta DeAgostini Egmont Manga & Anime

Serialized in

Shonen Sunday

Original run

1988 – present

Volumes

4 (currently)

Magic Kaito (まじっく快斗 , Majikku Kaito^?) is a shōnen manga series by Gosho Aoyama. A light-hearted manga (HA ELA) about a thief named Kaitou Kid. Gosho Aoyama stopped work on the manga after three volumes due to the fact that he started Detective Conan (Case Closed), which was an instant hit. Chapters of the Magic Kaito manga have been released in Shōnen Sunday since then, and have only recently been collected into a fourth volume in February 2007. Kaitou Kid, also known as "Phantom Thief 1412" also makes appearances in Detective Conan (Case Closed). Kaitou Kid appears in volumes 16, 20, 30, 44, 46 & 53 of the manga. He also appears in the Detective Conan movies 3, 8 and 10, and appears in a few of the Detective Conan anime episodes. Teenage magician Kaito Kuroba has a secret identity: that of Kaitou Kid, a famous internationally-known and wanted "phantom thief". Kaito took the identity after one day discovering that his late father was the original Kaitou Kid. Later on, he discovers his father, who died from an 'accident' during a magic trick, was really murdered because he would not steal the jewel Pandora for an evil organization. (The organization is after Pandora because it was rumored that its tears would grant the owner immortality.) As Kaitou Kid, Kaito tries to find Pandora before that organization that killed his father do, and destroy it, leading Inspector Nakamori and his taskforce on the wildest jewel heists imaginable!

Characters

Kaito Kuroba (黒羽快斗, Kuroba Kaito^?)

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English)

Kaito is a smart, quirky, 17-year-old magician. He's childhood friends with Aoko Nakamouri, is good at all sports except for ice skating, and is absolutely deathly afraid of fish. Kaito is also the Kaito Kid (怪盗キッド Kaitō Kiddo^?), the phantom thief. He gives the police riddles describing when, where, and what he is going to steal in a heist, and returns or throws away everything he steals. Kaito constantly teases Aoko, but he seems to have feelings for her. The name "Kaito" has no special meaning, but is a pun off the word "Kaitou" which means "Phantom thief." "Kuroba" means "Black Feather;" it is also a pun on the English word "clover," which Kid sports on his monocle. Shinichi Kudo from Aoyama's Detective Conan physically resembles Kaito. The only major difference in their appearance are their hairstyles. In the Detective Conan anime Kaito and Shinichi are voiced by the same seiyuu.

Aoko Nakamori (中森青子, Nakamori Aoko^?)

Voiced by: Yukiko Iwai and Minami Takayama

Kaito's childhood friend. Kaito often teases her and flips her skirt, driving her to chase him wielding her weapon of choice, a mop, even though she is secretly in love with him. She is the daughter of Inspector Nakamori, so she hates Kaitou KID. Ran Mouri from Aoyama's Detective Conan physically resembles Aoko. Like Kaito and Shinichi, the major difference in their appearances are their hairstyles.

Ginzo Nakamouri (中森銀三, Nakamouri Ginzō^?) / Inspector Mace Fuller

Voiced by: Unshou Ishizuka (Japanese), Jay Jones (English)

Aoko's father. He is the inspector who is head of the Kaito Kid Task force. He is known for his colorful, loud curses. He mistakenly believes that the current Kaitou Kid is the one that he started chasing after more than 20 years ago. Kogoro Mouri from Aoyama's Detective Conan physically resembles Nakamouri.

Saguru Hakuba (白馬探, Hakuba Saguru^?)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

A teenage detective from the United Kingdom. He is blond and very smart. He gets the closest to catching KID. He is almost certain that his classmate, Kaito, is the phantom thief, but he can't accuse him since he has no hard evidence.

Note: He appears in episode 479 and 219 of Detective Conan, as well as in the 10th movie.

Akako Koizumi (小泉紅子 , Koizumi Akako^?)

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara

A girl that goes to Kaito's school. She is actually a witch with real magic, which causes her to be very critical of Kaito's "sleight-of-hand" magic. She knows that he is Kid, but has not told anyone. Akako is very much a seductress, and is "trying to make every man her slave". She is at first angry at Kaito because she cannot "control" him, but then she grows to like him. She seems to be able to summon Lucifer at will.

Toichi Kuroba (黒羽盗一 , Kuroba Tōichi^?)

Voiced by: Shuuichi Ikeda

Kaito's father. Toichi was the previous Kid. He was a famous magician that everyone liked. He taught Kaito many magic tricks and to always use 'Poker Face' when he was little. Toichi died of an 'accident' while performing a trick, but Kaito finds out later that it was murder.

Note: He has a similar appearance to Kudo Shinichi's father, Kudo Yuusaku in Detective Conan and also taught disguise to both Shinichi's mother, Yukiko, and Vermouth, who are characters of Detective Conan.

Konosuke Jii (寺井黄之助, Ji'i Kōnosuke^?): Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki; He's an old man who is a side-kick to Toichi. He starts helping Kaito, who he calls "Young Master". For an old man he is very strong and skilled. He seldom appears in the series. It appears that he has a pool bar named Blue Parrot (ブルーパロット, Burū Parotto^?).
Keiko Momoi (桃井恵子, Momoi Keiko^?): Voiced by: Yukiko Iwai; Aoko's best friend. Keiko is a brunette who wears glasses. She envies Aoko because she has a childhood friend (Kaito) and Hakuba likes her too. She's good at ice-skating, but does not know how to ski.

Trivia

All of the recurring characters in Magic Kaito feature a different color kanji in their name.

Kuroba Kaito (黒羽快斗) and Kuroba Toichi (黒羽盗一; "black")
Nakamōri Aoko (中森青子; "blue")
Nakamōri Ginzo (中森銀三; "silver")
Hakuba Saguru (白馬探; "white")
Koizumi Akako (小泉紅子; "red")
Ji'i Kōnosuke (寺井黄之助; "yellow")
Momoi Keiko (桃井恵子; "peach")

Other naming puns in Magic Kaito include:

Princess Ann -- from Audrey Hepburn's movie Roman Holiday. (Magic Kaito vol.1 ch.2 警官がいっぱいの巻 The One Full of Policemen)
Sabrina - A country named after another of Audrey Hepburn's movies. (Magic Kaito vol.1 ch.2 警官がいっぱいの巻 The One Full of Policemen)
Silver -- Both a color name, and a pun on fictional pirate "Long John Silver." (Magic Kaito vol.1 ch.5 海賊船浮上せずの巻 The One Without Raising the Pirate Ship.)
Tsuujiro Hasura -- The name Hasura has the same pronunciation as "hustler" in English. (Magic Kaito vol.2 ch.7 ハスラーvs.マジシャン Hustler vs. Magician)
The last name of Kuroba is also used in many puns, as it is pronounced identically with the English word "clover". The decoration hanging from Kaitou Kid's Monocle shows a four-leaf clover, and he posed as a Count Clover in vol.1 ch.2 of the manga.