DRESSED in a blue suit, white shirt, red bow tie (蝴蝶结) and a pair of black-framed (黑框的) glasses – yes, it’s our familiar character Conan, who has been a faithful friend to a generation of Chinese teenagers since 1994. In that year Japanese animator Gosho Aoyamahe (青山刚昌, 1963-) created him in the detective manga series Meitantei Conan (《名侦探柯南》).