The latest issue of Weekly Shonen 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 Aoyama Detective Conan anime adaptation in early October. The anime is one of the projects being produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Detective Conan serialization 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 legendary thief Kaito Kid. The character has previously appeared in a Detective Conan , often as a formidable rival .