Detective Kindaichi can hardly compete with Detective Conan in terms of popularity and popularity.
Famous Detective Conan has always attracted the attention of detective story fans since its debut, thanks to its mysterious stories that always have unexpected details.
However, this is not the only anime about detectives released in the 90s. The Kindaichi Case Files is certainly no less interesting than Detective Conan.
But why is Detective Kindaichi not as famous as Detective Conan?
Similar to Conan, Kindaichi also focuses on the teenage detective character, in this series the main character is named Hajime Kindaichi.
Kindaichi inherited the genius ability of his grandfather, who was known as the best detective in Japan. Kindaichi participates in solving problems related to various incidents happening around him.
Detective Kindaichi is a manga series by Shin Kibayashi and Youzaburou Kanari, while the illustrations are done by Fumiya Satou. The manga was first published in October 1992 and ended in October 1997 with a total of 219 chapters.
The anime adaptation aired from April 1997 to September 2000. The Detective Kindaichi anime series produced by Toei Animation had only 148 episodes.
Meanwhile, the Detective Conan manga was first published in early January 1994. Furthermore, Detective Conan received an anime adaptation earlier than Kindaichi, specifically in January 1996. Both the Detective Conan manga and anime Conan is still in a continuing state.
Why is Detective Kindaichi not as famous as Detective Conan?
There are some important points as to why Kindaichi lost its popularity.
First of all, the anime Detective Kindaichi is not shown as much as Detective Conan. This point is highly influential, as casual fans tend to choose to watch series.
Furthermore, this also has to do with Kindaichi's demographic or target audience, as the series is classified as a shounen series with seinen tendencies. As is known, the seinen genre is intended for mature fans. The reason is because seinen anime/manga contain 'heavy' content that is not recommended for underage fans to enjoy.
Compared to Conan, Kindaichi offers problem solving for cases that are quite brutal, aka darker and more complicated.
That's why Kindaichi is not as famous as Detective Conan.