The latest issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen magazine announced that an adaptation of the manga Magic Kaito by author Gosho Aoyama is underway
An interesting detail from this published news is that the anime will be animated by A-1 Pictures (Another, Fairy Tail) and will air before the anime adaptation Aoyama Detective Conan in early October. The anime is one of the projects being produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the serialization Detective Conan in Shonen Sunday.
The manga Magic Kaito revolves around a young magician named Kaito Kuroba who follows in the footsteps of his late father as the legendary thief Kaito Kid. The character has previously appeared in a Detective Conan story , often as a formidable rival .
