The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case

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Episode 123 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case
Japanese title:	お天気お姉さん誘拐事件 (Otenki Onēsan Yūkai Jiken)
Original airdate:	November 9, 1998
Broadcast rating:	21,70%
Filler case:	#47
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Disappearing Weather Girl
Dubbed episode:	Episode 130
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Beeper
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Manabu Harada
Storyboard:	Yoshio Suzuki
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Kishiko Yonekura as Aki Asano Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kazumi Tsukumo Hiroyuki Yokoo as Kobayashi Yasuhiro Takato as Staff Isshin Chiba as AD
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

While Kogoro is sleeping from drinking too much, the Detective Boys listens to one of his messages and ends up talking to local newswoman Aki Asano. When she goes missing though, it's up to the Detective Boys to solve the clues she is sending them on Conan's pager.

Kidnapping
	Location: Studio 8 Props Room Victim: Aki Asano Suspects: Mr. Maruya

People

Aki Asano
	Victim (kidnapped) 27 years old Weather lady and newscaster

Kazumi Tsukumo
	31 years old Newscaster

Mr. Kobayashi
	Nichiuri-TV employee

Mr. Maruya
	Politician

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The one who kidnapped Aki Asano is Kazumi Tsukumo as revealed from number 9109 which read "tsukumo". Her goal is to decrease Aki's reputation and to get her fired from News City Program.

Trivia

• While talking about cell phones, Ayumi says that Mitsuhiko had one a while ago, but that he broke it for the sake of justice. It's a reference to episode 86.
• This is the last episode to be dubbed by Funimation Entertainment.

Dub changes

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Aki Asano - Ashley Underwood
• Kazumi Tsukumo - Katie Banwell
• Mr. Kobayashi - Brad

• The dub had Kogoro on a case in another town, rather than being too drunk to help.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	少年探偵団のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
8	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	サスペンス～危機感	Sasupensu ~ Kikikan	Suspense ~ Impending Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	スペードのエース	Supēdo no Ēsu	The Ace of Spades	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12	コナンの夢	Konan no Yume	Conan's Dream	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	氷の上に立つように	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni	Like Standing on Ice	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni
14	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

See also

• Season 5