Since the second year of the detective conan anime broadcast, Being has maintained a deep collaboration with the Conan production committee, a partnership that continues to this day.
Therefore, many of the opening and ending themes for the detective conan anime, including the theme songs for the theatrical movies, are provided and performed by Being artists.
Among the more well-known artists are B'z, ZARD (Sakai Izumi), Miho Komatsu, and Mai Kuraki, who would later be known as the dedicated diva of the Conan series, among others—
In short, being at Being meant having the opportunity to provide songs for the Conan series, a fact that both Akira and Rin had known for a long time.
For Rin, she had decided to debut as a singer specifically to sing anime songs; joining Being—
—gave her the perfect 'vantage point' to secure such an opportunity.
She just never expected the opportunity to come so quickly!
"Really?!"
Rin's eyes widened slightly in pleasant surprise.
"Of course."
Haruka smiled and nodded again.
For Being, anime song resources are essentially just another promotional channel, generally used in two ways:
First, they are given to top-tier artists for song promotion, especially for artists like Sakai Izumi who dislike public exposure.
Second, they are used to pile resources onto promising newcomers worth Training.
They undoubtedly belonged to the latter category now.
As Haruka confirmed it once more, the surprise in Rin's heart turned into excitement and joy. She couldn't help but look at Akira, wanting to share her current feelings with him immediately.
Understanding why she was so excited, Akira was also happy for her and said, "With this, it's finally a dream come true, isn't it?"
"Mm!"
Rin nodded vigorously, a bright and radiant smile appearing on her face.
This intense and beautiful emotion radiating from the inside out unconsciously affected Akira, and a smile involuntarily tugged at the corners of his mouth.
—Wait, I'm still here.
Haruka really wanted to remind them to pay a little attention.
This ambiguous atmosphere was practically slapping her in the face.
But thinking about how these two were the golden thighs that would carry her to success, she ultimately chose to endure in silence, acting as a wooden block for the time being.
Once Rin's emotions calmed down a bit, Akira looked back at Haruka and asked, "Are there any requirements for providing the song for this Conan movie?"
"It's like this."
Haruka replied immediately, "The movie's production team plans to hold a project briefing to specifically explain the movie's situation and the requirements for the theme song."
"However, the timing of the briefing needs to be coordinated between both parties as soon as possible before it can be decided. Their request is 'the sooner, the better'."
"We understand."
Akira and Rin nodded together.
Aside from taking two days a week to update Fsn, his time was more than ample, and the update schedule for Fsn could be flexibly adjusted.
As for Rin, if there was anything she had to do during this period, it was the things Haruka had just mentioned.
Therefore, they had no special requirements and would mainly follow the arrangements of the company and the other party.
"Alright."
Having understood the situation, Haruka smiled and said, "I will discuss the briefing time with them as soon as possible and then notify you."
"Thanks for the trouble."
After leaving the company building and walking home, Akira was still thinking about providing the song for the Conan movie.
If nothing unexpected happened, the movie currently in production should be the fourth in the Conan series—'captured in her eyes'.
The plot roughly involves a series of police murders where Ran suffers a mental shock at a crime scene and loses her memory, but becomes a target because she witnessed the culprit's face.
—
The 'Ran loses her memory' plot might seem a bit cliché in the future, but there was no such issue in this era, and the reason for the amnesia in the story was quite reasonable.
Overall, the content and atmosphere of this movie fit the original work very well.
Whether it was the case deduction or the handling and depiction of the feelings between Shinichi and Ran, both were excellent, making it a high-quality movie.
Getting back to their work, he remembered that the original theme song for 'captured in her eyes' was Miho Komatsu's 'because of you'.
It was said that the sales upon release weren't ideal at the time, but it was well-regarded by Conan fans later on, and it fit the movie itself quite well.
Personally, he actually thought the song was quite nice too.
If possible, he didn't want to change history in this regard; he should probably still submit that song when the time came.
He didn't really care about the sales because he already had the safety net of 'Marigold', and he was very confident in the performance of the upcoming 'snow flower'.
If it really didn't work out, he could always just copy a few more major hits later.
Additionally, he wondered if he would be able to meet Gosho Aoyama himself through this collaboration.
"Mochizuki-kun,"
Just then, Rin's voice called from beside him, pulling him back to reality.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
He turned his head in confusion, only to see her inviting him with a happy face: "Shall we go celebrate tonight? My treat!"
Has that rush of excitement still not worn off?
Akira found it a bit amusing.
But since it was her treat, what else could he say?
"Let's go!"
It had to be said that Haruka's efficiency was indeed high.
By that very evening, she had already finalized the time for the project briefing with the other party, setting it for 10:00 AM the day after tomorrow.
The animation production company for the Conan series is Tokyo Movie Shinsha, located at 3-31-1 Nakano, Nakano Ward, and the same went for the 'captured in her eyes' production team.
So on the day, Haruka drove them to the other company's building in a company car, and the other party had also sent a staff member to wait for them at the entrance.
"Hello, I am Haruka, the artist contact person for 『Tsukirin』."
"Ah, hello, I am Kitamura Shunta, a Production Assistant at Tokyo Movie Shinsha."
Facing Haruka's greeting, Kitamura Shunta's response was a beat slow before he hurriedly replied.
It wasn't that he was slow-witted, but rather that he hadn't expected that besides the beautiful young singer Rin, a handsome guy who looked like an idol artist would also step out of the car.
He knew Rin; she was the lead singer of 『Tsukirin』, a rising rookie singer who seemed even more beautiful in person than on TV.
But the director hadn't told him an idol was coming too?
—Wait.
No!
Suddenly remembering that 『Tsukirin』 was a two-person musical duo, he thought with surprise:
Could this be the songwriter, Akira?
He's actually this handsome? For real?
In the next moment, the question in his heart was completely answered as the two introduced themselves respectively: "I am Rin, the lead singer of 『Tsukirin』. Pleased to meet you."
"I am Akira of 『Tsukirin』. Pleased to meet you."
It really was him!
Kitamura Shunta was greatly amazed but still hurriedly responded on the surface, "Pleased to meet you!"
"In any case, Chief Director Kodama asked me to take you to the meeting room. Please follow me."