Season 11

Season 11 aired from July 15, 2002 to April 14, 2003.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 11.

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
286	-	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case)	July 15, 2002			V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4	Costumes
Ran collapses at the restaurant! Inspector Jugo Yokomizo takes her into his police car to escort her to the local hospital, as it will be faster than calling an ambulance. While in the car, Ran dreams about the time she spent with Shinichi in New York, after their plane trip. While there, they meet with Yukiko, and as well as Sharon Vineyard. While attending a play, a murder occurs right on stage, and a gun is found in an empty private booth. Ran dreams about her times in New York.
287	-	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)	July 22, 2002			V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4	Feather
Shinichi begins the investigation! He realizes that the private booth with a gun was merely a decoy for everyone to believe the murder occurred there. Shinichi may have solved the case! But how can he get everyone to take his deductions seriously? Meanwhile, in New York City, there is a serial killer on the loose. Shinichi is very worried about Ran when she gets caught in an accident.
288	-	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)	July 29, 2002			V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4	Theater basement
Shinichi, with the help of Yukiko Kudo, is able to present his deductions, and solve the case. When leaving, it is raining, and Shinichi and Ran walk together, when Shinichi checks an abandoned warehouse when he hears a suspicious man is in there. While Ran waits outside, she meets up with Shuichi Akai, who at that point had long hair, and was wearing an FBI jacket. He warns her to leave, but she stays, waiting for Shinichi. After Akai leaves, Ran confronts the serial killer! He decides to kill her. After the killer accidentally falls off of a stairwell, Ran grabs his hand, which astonishes the killer. Shinichi then comes to the rescue! After Shinichi explains his and Ran's noble reasons for ever saying someone, the killer silently vows to leave them alone, while Shinichi carries an exhausted Ran off. Akai and the FBI kill the serial killer just a short while later. Ran wakes up, recounting that this was when she finally fully fell in love with Shinichi. Ran accidentally saves Vermouth and the viewers come to realize that Akai is a FBI agent. Ran mentions this case was when she finally fell in love with Shinichi. Ran encounters Shuichi Akai, who is trying to locate the serial killer.
289	-	Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest (Part 1)	August 5, 2002			V35 - F8~10	Lemon scent
Conan, Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are all exercising outside of the school for the school's summer program. However, Mitsuhiko is nowhere to be found. After asking his sister, they learn he's been spending time at a botany store. After going there, they learn that they still cannot find him. They then try calling him on his badge, but he doesn't answer. Conan uses his tracking glasses to discover that Mitsuhiko is somewhere in Gunma, deep in a forest. When in the forest, they see Detective Yamamura and his police officers looking for someone in the forest. It turns out that they were guarding famed serial killer Kichiro Numabuchi, and were escorting him in the forest to look for a body he had dumped there, as well as where he lived. However, they lost him. Mitsuhiko is alone in a forest, while Numabuchi is running around in there himself! The episode ends with only a shot of Mitsuhiko's scared face, as he is taking deep breaths. Asami Tsuburaya's first appearance. Conan discovers that is the serial murderer Numabuchi who is in the forest with Mitsuhiko (And a chill goes through his body when he recalls the incident in which nearly is killed by him)
290	-	Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest (Part 2)	August 12, 2002			V35 - F8~10	Historical names
Haibara tells Conan that Numabuchi was the original test subject for APTX 4869, but he later escaped. Mitsuhiko runs into Numabuchi! However, Numabuchi, which still unstable, does not hurt Mitsuhiko. After Yamamura, Conan, Agasa, Haibara, and the Detective Boys find Mitsuhiko, and Yamamura arrests Numabuchi, fireflies drape the forest, which makes Numabuchi smile and remember his past. His real reason for returning to the forest one more time was to see the fireflies for the last time, which are his last truly positive memory of his childhood. Mitsuhiko also tells everyone why he never answered the badge: his hands were full. He walks up to Haibara and Ayumi, and opens his hands, revealing a firefly. He had gone over to Gunma to catch one for the two of them, as they had wished to see one. Numabuchi does not harm Mitsuhiko because he was reminded of himself as a child. He brings Mitsuhiko to safety and turns himself in to the police. Haibara tells Conan that Numabuchi was a member of the organization. According to Haibara, he was recruited into the organization for his speed but was not psychologically well and became a scapegoat for the APTX 4869. However, he escaped from the organization, committed three murders, became involved in the case of Naniwa and then got arrested.
291	-	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case)	August 19, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4	Note in the sand
Heiji and Kogoro is invited to Okinawa to appear on a detective competition show to solve a mysterious murder that has plagued the area's tourism. Heiji is taken to the island where the body was found with Conan, the girls, and a couple of TV crew members named Masao, Yoshitsugu, Noburo, Yoshie, and Mikihito, and a boat captain. They are shown an abandoned house that was owned by the mayor with a message about the sleeping place of a princess scratched onto the porch. Yoshie is missing when its time to go and she is found strangled on the beach. The group is unable to go home because the captain fled on the boat, so they are forced to spend the night in the abandoned house.
292	-	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Pursuit)	August 26, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4	Automatically controlled plane
Conan, Heiji, Ran, and Kazuha listen to the story about the mayor's daughter being kidnapped and his priceless golden by?bu stolen by three men. The group split into two to search the house in case there is an unexpected guest. Heiji and Conan search the bedroom to find a picture of the mayor's kidnapped daughter and the names "Chiyo-nii" and "Kaa-chan" written with crayon on the walls and bed. When they can't find anyone, everyone returns to the dining room when there's a loud crash from outside. They find their boat crashed into the pier with the captain beaten to death.
293	-	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution)	September 2, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4	Castle
Heiji dresses up as Yoshitsugu, one of the TV crew members, and runs into the forest where he is strangled. He manages to free himself and confront the attacker, Mikihito, also one of the TV crew members that was with them all along. Heiji and Conan explain their deduction about how Yoshitsugu, Yoshie, the captain, and the mysterious dead man found on the island were the four members who robbed the mayor's golden by?bu and Mikihito killed them as revenge for killing his wife in the robbery. Mikihito admits that he's the killer, but didn't know Yoshie was the mayor's missing kidnapped daughter who faked the kidnapping to test her father's loved for her.
294	-	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 1)	September 9, 2002			TV Original	E-mail
Genta wins a prize in lottery to participate in the "Volcanic Cup" Tennis tournament for charity in Kumamoto,so Kogorou,Ran, Sonoko, Conan, Ai-chan and the Detective Boys travel there. While there Sonoko and Ran find a cell phone abandoned at on it there is a message for another Sonoko curious to know who is sending the message Ran and Sonoko decide to meet the person who sent the message. While waiting at a coffee shop Sonoko leaves to go to the bathroom Ran overhears two men talking about some job involving a "Sonoko-san" and they were also planning to kill someone today hearing this Ran tries to run from the criminals but is knocked out from behind by someone and gets kidnapped. After regaining her consciousness she calls Sonoko to tell her that she has been kidnapped and gives clues to her location and also manages to tell Conan the plan of those criminals to kill someone. With only these clues in hand will Conan be able to save Ran?
295	-	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2)	September 16, 2002			TV Original	Awards ceremony
Continuing from the previous episode with Ran kidnapped a ransom call is made demanding 50 million yen. With only the clues given by Ran left for him, Conan and Haibara with help from Sonoko quickly deduce the place where Ran is being held and rush to rescue her. After defeating the kidnappers Ran tells Conan about a third criminal who hit her on the head. Conan then tries to deduce the identity of the man the criminals are trying to kill he deuces that it is the man sponsoring the tournament Narimasu-san who the trio are planning to kill. After that he calls the police and asks them to rush back to the tournament as Narimasu is in danger. At the tournament during the prize distribution Masato-san is holding Narimasu-san at knifepoint as hostage threatening to kill him as he was responsible for the death of his secretary and his beloved Saeki-san who Narimasu made take the fall for his corruption charges, however Sonoko-san arrives just in time and prevents Makoto from killing Narimasu. After the incident was settled, Narimasu was arrested for corruption charges and the episode ends with Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko punishing Ai-chan and Conan for not making it to the semifinals of the tennis tournament.
296	-	Houseboat Fishing Shock	October 14, 2002			TV Original	Carbon make fishing rod
Kogorou, Ran and Conan go to a fishboat restaurant and watch some fireworks but while there one of the fishermen they were with suddenly slips and falls down while the other is on top of him even after being electrocuted. How is this possible? Was it an accident? Will Conan be able to deduce the real events that occurred on the boat?
297	-	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 1)	October 21, 2002			TV Original	Decorative clock
Kisaki found herself defending a burglar being charged by the state prosecutor with murder instead of manslaughter. The burglar had been caught in the act in the inner office of a company by the proprietor. He managed to flee after a struggle where he knocked out his opponent with an ashtray. The proprietor had been discovered dead by his son-in-law and the building superintendent, who witnessed from the eyehole of the inner office door the taking place. The superintendent went to call the police while the son-in-law knocked the door open. According to the charges, the suspect forced the victim to open the safe, where a large sum of cash was discovered missing, and subsequently fled through the window. The suspect admitted the burglary attempt, hitting the victim, but denied stealing the money. During the first hearing, Kisaki discovered the reason why the prosecution pressed for the murder charge - the victim had once cheated the daughter of the suspect. Ran persuaded Kogoro to investigate to help Kisaki defend the suspect.
298	-	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 2)	October 28, 2002			TV Original	Glasses
Conan went along with Kogoro during the investigation. He helped Kisaki and Kogoro realize that the superintendent only saw the shadow image of an assault. Conan also had to help Kogoro in the courtroom to reveal the truth of the death.
299	-	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)	November 4, 2002			TV Original	Eyesight
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro go to the Kanmon Strait. While at a dinner, they witness a group of people eating, and then a mean spirited and spiteful person manages to offend and hurt everyone at the table. Later, this man is killed, and everyone has an alibi. Can Conan solve the case?
300	-	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 2)	November 18, 2002			TV Original	Palm mark
With some investigation by the police and Kogoro, Conan begins and investigation of his own. He discovers that the friends took advantage of one person in the group's poor eyesight, so that one of them could commit the murder. Conan stuns Kogoro and solves a very sad case.
301	-	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 1)	November 25, 2002			V36 - F5~7	Video camera
A bomb explodes during a parade and the police believe it's the bombing case from three years ago. Sato is acting strange when she see's Takagi's disguise who resembled her previous partner. Conan realizes that the bomb was a distraction for something else. Jinpei Matsuda's first appearance. It is hinted that Sato is in love or "still" in love and can't let go of Jinpei.
302	-	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)	December 2, 2002			V36 - F5~7	Mail truck
After solving the case, it was revealed to not be related to the bombing three years ago but a simple bank robbery. Sato later breaks up with Takagi explaining every man she loves dies. Takagi tried to confess to Sato while holding her hands. However, he didn't manage to get enough courage to do it...
303	-	The Victim Who Came Back	December 9, 2002			TV Original	Recycling
The Detective Boys go to Akemodo to catch a thief that has been causing problems, while there a murder occurs and the police is called. While investigating Inspector Takagi decides to help the Detective Boys and during the investigation Mitsuhiko makes a deduction on the culprits identity and motive. Will Inspector Takagi and the Detective Boys find this culprit?
304	-	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (2 Hour Special)	January 6, 2003			V36 - F8 ~ V37 - F1	Map symbol
The death of Satou's last partner haunts her when she is put up against the same bomber. The bomber likes to place bombs around the city. Some bombs will display the location of an even bigger bomb if left for the last three seconds, this resulted in the death of Satou's partner in the past. After following clues placed by the bomber, Takagi and Conan are trapped in an elevator, where they await the bomb's clue to the location of an even bigger bomb. Conan disarms the bomb before the last second as he has already figured out the last part of the code. He stops the bomber and he is captured. Takagi finally asked Conan who he really is, suggesting his full suspicion on Conan's real identity. Conan said he'll tell him in another world. However, in the end, he wasn't able to do so. But this will be a new clue that Takagi closeness to Conan's identity is to be on it's way to it. Takagi and Satou almost kissed each other but is interrupted by Megure. The case of 3 and 7 years ago is explored... The death of the two dismantlers who died on duty Hagiwara and Matsuda and some other officials. The terrorist appears again and Sato will try to get revenge for Matusda.
305	-	The Unseen Suspect (Part 1)	January 13, 2003			V37 - F2~4	Door glass
Kogoro Mouri was invited to make an introduction in an episode of a popular detective TV serial. The star of the show revealed himself to be very disagreeable with the rest of the cast, one of whom, Ruri Amaki (?? ?? ,Amaki Ruri) turned out to be a fellow classmate of Kogoro when they were children. Ruri revealed to Ran and Conan who were present that she, Kogoro, and Kisaki, were classmates since kindergarten. Ran and Conan learned that the brainy Kisaki and the underachiever Kogoro seemed inexplicably drawn to each other, to quarrel. As the other classmates suspected, time showed that the arguments were intended to disguise their mutual attraction. The star challenged Kogoro to solve the mystery of the murder scene being filmed. To prevent Kogoro from embarrassing himself, Conan used the tranquilizer dart on Kogoro and cracked the puzzle with the clues present. During a break in the filming, the star was discovered with his throat slit, with Ruri over the body and her hands bloody. Ruri reveals that Kogoro and Eri used to bicker over everything in middle-school. That's why everybody around would make fun of them and say: The lover's quarrel has started again! Glimpses of Kogoro and Eri's childhood. It is revealed that they knew each other since kindergarten.
306	-	The Unseen Suspect (Part 2)	January 20, 2003			V37 - F2~4	Lighter
During a break in the filming, the star was discovered with his throat slit, with Ruri over the body and her hands bloody. No murder weapon could be found. The immediate suspects were members of the cast, including Ruri and the Nagumo (?? ) father-son. As the murder took place in the jurisdiction of Shizuoka Prefecture (??? ,Shizuoka-ken), Inspector Sango Yokomizo (?? ?? ,Yokomizo Sango) arrived to take charge of the investigation. Kogoro and Conan worked hard to find the clues. When Conan finally figured out the solution, he realized he had used up his only tranquilizer dart earlier, and had to resort to nudging Kogoro towards the truth. Both Kogoro and Eri find that grey looks warmer than black.
307	-	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 1)	January 27, 2003			V37 - F5~7	Shogi, Chess, and Go
A game developer is murdered in his hotel room, and the main suspects are three company owners who had come to Kogoro to ask him to find and locate the man, as he had been missing for a month. Conan discovers that the man was a contact of Tequila, and was working on a program for the Black Organization! Conan must get the floppy containing the man's diary, but he must solve a case, in which the only clue is a game of go on the table. Can Conan solve the case? Suguru Itakura's first appearance. Conan discovers Tequila had a contact.
308	-	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 2)	February 3, 2003			V37 - F5~7	Go pieces
With the help of Megure's clumsiness with computers, as well as the game of go on the table, Conan is able to solve the case. He finally obtains a copy of the man's diary. After the case, Conan and Ran are walking home, and Ran begins to cry, thinking that Shinichi's heart may have changed when it comes to his feelings about her. While Conan tries to help make her feel better, a man comes out of a phone booth... Shuichi Akai! Conan gets a diary of a Black Organization contact. Ran and Conan encounter Akai once again as he walks out from a phone booth. He makes a comment on how Ran reminds him of a woman he knows.
309	-	Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)	February 10, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1	Diary
Akai immediately recognizes Ran from the New York case, wondering why whenever he sees her, she is crying. Later, Conan heads to Agasa's home to see the floppy, which seems like a normal diary at first. However, after highlighting suspiciously blank portions of the floppy, Conan and Agasa discover that the man indeed has ties to the Black Organizatiopn. Agasa and Conan both head to the man's house in Gunma to investigate, and discover that it is bugged in numerous places. Vodka calls the house, leaving a message asking for the program that the man was making, and decides to come out promptly. Conan is able to convince him to meet him at a certain place in a few hours, to deliver the program. Conan obtains Agasa's newest invention: the Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt. Conan learns that Akai is an FBI agent and Vodka calls.
310	-	Contact with the Black Organization (The Pursuit)	February 17, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1	System-soft
Agasa and Conan escape, but their tire is flat, and they are picked up by two people in a fancy car. Conan suspiciously notices that the driver has no idea how to operate the car. The car is stopped by a road block set up by Detective Yamamura who says that he is looking for two bank robbers and kidnappers, whom he shot in a case a few hours before. Conan finally realizes who the people are. After more driving, Conan confronts the two criminals. Conan and Agasa escapes.
311	-	Contact with the Black Organization (Desperation)	February 24, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1	Coin locker
The criminals try to escape, but Conan is able to capture them in time. He then boldly tries to meet with Gin and Vodka at the place, and hides in a locker, placing a tracker on Vodka's shoe. Gin discovers this, and promptly destroys it. Conan passes out in the locker, only to be woken up by Haibara later that morning. Conan sees Gin and and Vodka.
312	-	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 1)	March 3, 2003			V38 - F2~4	The Emperor and doll display
The Junior Detective Club accompanied Ayumi to an apartment where she was promised by the owners, to replace her own broken ningyou (traditional Japanese doll), a complete set of 7-tier Hinamatsuri dolls if she could correctly position the dolls. Conan surprised Ai by his knowledge of how the individual dolls were to be arranged, what was supposed to be a girl's hobby. Conan revealed he had been made to help his childhood friend organizing the dolls when he was younger. After the dolls were correctly assembled, a neighbor came by and brought along a professional art connoisseur to verify the genuineness of an Edo era Raijin antique painting scroll hung openly in the apartment. The neighbor wanted persuade the owners to let him buy it to complement the F?jin picture he already acquired. However, as it was an heirloom, the owners refused to sell. The connoisseur was upset at the lack of care in how the antique artwork was treated. Both left shortly, after the neighbor reminded the owners they were having financial difficulties. The children went on an errand to buy wine for the owners to make amazake as a treat for them. When they came back, they ran into the connoisseur who claimed he left his mobile behind. Reaching the apartment, they discovered nobody answered the door which was unlocked, and upon entry, discovered the apartment in a mess and the valuable painting had disappeared. Inspector Momose's first appearance.
313	-	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 2)	March 10, 2003			V38 - F2~4	Stairs
The police was called into what appears to be a break-in that occurred while all occupants happened to be out. However, Conan pointed out the clues which narrowed down the suspects to the neighbor who had been trying to purchase the painting without success, the art connoisseur, the old lady who lived in the apartment with her son and daughter-in-law, the son being absent from the story as he was at work the whole time.Conan also noticed that though the positions of the dolls had been disturbed, it reflected the traditional precedence was given to the left over the right, a custom which was only changed during the Meiji era. The more obvious suspects would be the old lady who originally came from Kyoto in Kansai region where many older traditions were still observed and the connoisseur who would have specialist knowledge of the subject.
314	-	The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence	March 17, 2003			TV Original	A Japanese White-Eye's nest
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are out hiking when they witness a man jump off a cliff. Later he is found dead at the bottom and presumed to be suicide. Conan finds it suspicious and is able to later prove it to be a murder.
315	-	Place Exposed to the Sun	April 14, 2003			TV Original	Nightingale
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran visit one of Kogoro's old friends, an artist, in a place shrouded by a bamboo forest. The man's apprentice called Kogoro in, as the sensei has been very depressed lately. The man is shown acting incredibly rude and cold to various people who are with him, leaving even a little boy crying. Later, the man is found dead, hanging from bamboo. At first, it is believed to be a suicide, but Conan believes otherwise. Conan discovers the killer's incredibly clever trick, and stuns Kogoro to solve the case.

Theme songs

Openings

• Episodes 286-305: I can't stop my love for you♥ by Rina Aiuchi
• Episodes 306-315: Kaze no Lalala by Mai Kuraki

Endings

• Episodes 286-287: Yume Mita Ato de by GARNET CROW
• Episodes 288-299: Mushoku by Azumi Uehara
• Episodes 300-306: Overture by Koshi Inaba
• Episodes 307-315: Ashita o Yume Mite by ZARD

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 11