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| japanese-title      = {{lang|ja|名探偵コナン 紺青の<ruby>拳<rp>(</rp><rt>フィスト</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}} <br> (''Meitantei Conan: Konjō no Fisuto'')
 
| japanese-title      = {{lang|ja|名探偵コナン 紺青の<ruby>拳<rp>(</rp><rt>フィスト</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}} <br> (''Meitantei Conan: Konjō no Fisuto'')
 
| airdate            = April 12, 2019
 
| airdate            = April 12, 2019
| Broadcast rating when aired on television = 13.9% (aired on April 17, 2020)
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| Broadcast rating when aired on television = 13.9% (aired on April 17, 2020) <br> 9.2% (aired on April 12, 2024)
 
| english-airdate    = March 17, 2021 <small>(Digital)</small> <br> July 26, 2022 <small>(Blu-ray)</small>
 
| english-airdate    = March 17, 2021 <small>(Digital)</small> <br> July 26, 2022 <small>(Blu-ray)</small>
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kaitou Kid]] <br> [[Makoto Kyogoku]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Detective Boys]] <br> [[Ginzo Nakamori]] <br> [[Ryusuke Higo]] <br> [[Konosuke Jii]] <br> [[Jirokichi Suzuki]]
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kaitou Kid]] <br> [[Makoto Kyogoku]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Detective Boys]] <br> [[Ginzo Nakamori]] <br> [[Ryusuke Higo]] <br> [[Konosuke Jii]] <br> [[Jirokichi Suzuki]]
 
| suspects            =
 
| suspects            =
 
| solved-by          = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kaitou Kid]]
 
| solved-by          = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kaitou Kid]]
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Arthur Hirai]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]], [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] as [[Makoto Kyogoku]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Koji Ishii]] as [[Ginzo Nakamori]] <br> [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] <br> [[Wikipedia: Ikusaburo Yamazaki|Ikusaburo Yamazaki]] (special guest) as Leon Lowe <br> [[Wikipedia: Mayuko Kawakita|Mayuko Kawakita]] as Rachel Cheung <br> [[Ryan Drees]] as Hezli Jamaluddin <br> [[Jeff Manning]] as Zhon Han Chen <br> [[Yu Asakawa]] as Sherilyn Tan <br> [[Hiroki Takahashi]] as Reijiro Nakatomi <br> [[Charles Glover]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Mark Aidan|Mark Aidan]] <br> [[Yuki Kaji]] and [[Dominic Allen]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Rishi Ramanathan|Rishi Ramanathan]] <br> [[Kurt Common]] as Eugene Lim <br> [[Osamu Hayashi]] as Himself <br> [[Yasuhiro Mamiya]] as Mr. Ramanathan <br> [[Hidemitsu Shimizu]] as Waiter <br> [[Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi]] as Security Guard <br> [[Volcano Ota]] as Police Officer <br> [[Christelle Chiari]] as Female Announcer A <br> [[Ami Kobayashi]] as Female Announcer B <br> [[Chitose Morinaga]] as Elevator Voice <br> [[Miguel Dellepiane]] as Pirate <br> Shogakukan young voice actors: [[Yui Nishiyama]], [[Haruto Miyoshi]], [[Shiho Goda]], [[Atsuto Kusanagi]], and [[Liliane Roy]]
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Arthur Hirai]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]], [[Kaitou Kid]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] <br> [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] as [[Makoto Kyogoku]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Koji Ishii]] as [[Ginzo Nakamori]] <br> [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] <br> [[Wikipedia: Ikusaburo Yamazaki|Ikusaburo Yamazaki]] as [[Leon Lowe]] <br> [[Wikipedia: Mayuko Kawakita|Mayuko Kawakita]] as Rachel Cheung <br> [[Ryan Drees]] as Hezli Jamaluddin <br> [[Jeff Manning]] as Zhon Han Chen <br> [[Yu Asakawa]] as Sherilyn Tan <br> [[Hiroki Takahashi]] as Reijiro Nakatomi <br> [[Charles Glover]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Mark Aidan|Mark Aidan]] <br> [[Yuki Kaji]] and [[Dominic Allen]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Rishi Ramanathan|Rishi Ramanathan]] <br> [[Kurt Common]] as Eugene Lim <br> [[Osamu Hayashi]] as Himself <br> [[Yasuhiro Mamiya]] as Mr. Ramanathan <br> [[Hidemitsu Shimizu]] as Waiter <br> [[Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi]] as Security Guard <br> [[Volcano Ota]] as Police Officer <br> [[Christelle Chiari]] as Female Announcer A <br> [[Ami Kobayashi]] as Female Announcer B <br> [[Chitose Morinaga]] as Elevator Voice <br> [[Miguel Dellepiane]] as Pirate <br> Shogakukan young voice actors: [[Yui Nishiyama]], [[Haruto Miyoshi]], [[Shiho Goda]], [[Atsuto Kusanagi]], and [[Liliane Roy]]
 
| director            = [[Chika Nagaoka]]
 
| director            = [[Chika Nagaoka]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Takahiro Okura]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Takahiro Okura]]
 
| storyboard          = Chika Nagaoka <br> [[Iwao Teraoka]] <br> [[Jiro Kanai]]
 
| storyboard          = Chika Nagaoka <br> [[Iwao Teraoka]] <br> [[Jiro Kanai]]
| producer            = Chika Nagaoka <br> [[Ryuta Kawahara]] <br> [[Noriko Hashimoto]] <br> [[Norihito Takahashi]] <br> [[Hitomi Ezoe]] <br> [[Katsuya Shigehara]]  
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| producer            = Chika Nagaoka <br> [[Ryota Kawahara]] <br> [[Noriko Hashimoto]] <br> [[Kenji Takahashi]] <br> [[Hitomi Ezoe]] <br> [[Katsuya Shigehara]]  
 
| animation-director  = [[Masatomo Sudo]] (chief) <br> [[Hiroyuki Notake]] <br> [[Nariyuki Takahashi]] <br> [[Yoshiharu Shimizu]] <br> [[Chiemi Hironaka]] <br> [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] <br> [[Nanae Yonemoto]] (asst.) <br> [[Ken Araya]] (asst.) <br> [[Noriyuki Fukuda]] (asst.) <br> [[Kyoko Yoshimi]] (asst.) <br> [[Akiko Motoyoshi]] (asst.) <br> [[Ayu Imoto]] (asst.) <br> [[Hirona Okada]] (asst.) <br> [[Yui Ushinohama]] (asst.) <br> [[Kenichi Otomo]] (asst.) <br> [[Rei Masunaga]] (asst.) <br> [[Kenji Yazaki]] (asst.) <br> [[Masako Miura]] (asst.) <br> [[Takeshi Osame]] (asst.) <br> [[Hideyuki Motohashi]] (asst.) <br> [[Yuichi Yoshida]] (asst.) <br> [[Naoki Yamauchi]] (asst.) <br> Jiro Kanai and [[Hiroyuki Horiuchi]] (action) <br> [[Takashi Hashimoto]] (effects)
 
| animation-director  = [[Masatomo Sudo]] (chief) <br> [[Hiroyuki Notake]] <br> [[Nariyuki Takahashi]] <br> [[Yoshiharu Shimizu]] <br> [[Chiemi Hironaka]] <br> [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] <br> [[Nanae Yonemoto]] (asst.) <br> [[Ken Araya]] (asst.) <br> [[Noriyuki Fukuda]] (asst.) <br> [[Kyoko Yoshimi]] (asst.) <br> [[Akiko Motoyoshi]] (asst.) <br> [[Ayu Imoto]] (asst.) <br> [[Hirona Okada]] (asst.) <br> [[Yui Ushinohama]] (asst.) <br> [[Kenichi Otomo]] (asst.) <br> [[Rei Masunaga]] (asst.) <br> [[Kenji Yazaki]] (asst.) <br> [[Masako Miura]] (asst.) <br> [[Takeshi Osame]] (asst.) <br> [[Hideyuki Motohashi]] (asst.) <br> [[Yuichi Yoshida]] (asst.) <br> [[Naoki Yamauchi]] (asst.) <br> Jiro Kanai and [[Hiroyuki Horiuchi]] (action) <br> [[Takashi Hashimoto]] (effects)
 
| character-design    = Masatomo Sudo <br> '''Design Works''': [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] <br> '''Layout checker''': [[Rie Nakajima]]
 
| character-design    = Masatomo Sudo <br> '''Design Works''': [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] <br> '''Layout checker''': [[Rie Nakajima]]
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* Elementary school student
 
* Elementary school student
 
* Conan in disguise}}
 
* Conan in disguise}}
{{people|Leon Lowe|Leon Lowe.jpg|
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{{people|[[Leon Lowe]]|Leon Lowe.jpg|
 
* 43 years old
 
* 43 years old
 
* Criminal behavior psychologist
 
* Criminal behavior psychologist
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{{people|Zhon Han Chen|Zhon Han Chen.jpg|
 
{{people|Zhon Han Chen|Zhon Han Chen.jpg|
 
* 70 years old
 
* 70 years old
* Millionaire
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* Millionaire}}
* Kogoro and martial arts' fan}}
 
 
{{people|Sherilyn Tan|Sherilyn Tan.jpg|
 
{{people|Sherilyn Tan|Sherilyn Tan.jpg|
 
* Victim (stabbed)
 
* Victim (stabbed)
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{{people|[[Minor law enforcement#Rishi Ramanathan|Rishi Ramanathan]]|Rishi Ramanathan.jpg|
 
{{people|[[Minor law enforcement#Rishi Ramanathan|Rishi Ramanathan]]|Rishi Ramanathan.jpg|
 
* 29 years old
 
* 29 years old
* Reserve police officer}}
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* Singapore reserve police officer}}
 
{{people|Eugene Lim|Eugene Lim.jpg|
 
{{people|Eugene Lim|Eugene Lim.jpg|
 
* East Asia pirates' head}}
 
* East Asia pirates' head}}
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* "Japan's Shipping King"}}
 
* "Japan's Shipping King"}}
 
{{people|Mrs. Nakatomi|Mrs. Nakatomi.jpg|
 
{{people|Mrs. Nakatomi|Mrs. Nakatomi.jpg|
* Juzo Nakatomi's wife}}
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* Juzo's wife}}
 
{{people|Mr. Ramanathan|Mr. Ramanathan.jpg|
 
{{people|Mr. Ramanathan|Mr. Ramanathan.jpg|
 
* Deceased (boating accident)
 
* Deceased (boating accident)
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* Japanese oceanographer}}
 
* Japanese oceanographer}}
 
{{people|Pirate #1|M23 Pirate.jpg|
 
{{people|Pirate #1|M23 Pirate.jpg|
* Lim's subordinate
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* Lim's man}}
* Seajacked a tanker}}
 
 
{{people|Pirate #2|M23 Pirate2.jpg|
 
{{people|Pirate #2|M23 Pirate2.jpg|
* Lim's subordinate
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* Lim's man}}
* Attempted to shoot Kid down}}
 
 
{{people|Tan Lee|Tan Lee.jpg|
 
{{people|Tan Lee|Tan Lee.jpg|
 
* Karate player}}
 
* Karate player}}
 
{{people|Jackie Wong|Jackie Wong.jpg|
 
{{people|Jackie Wong|Jackie Wong.jpg|
 
* 29 years old
 
* 29 years old
* Suspect murder of Mr. Ramanathan}}
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* Past murder suspect}}
 
{{people|Waiter|M23 Waiter.jpg|
 
{{people|Waiter|M23 Waiter.jpg|
* Marina Bay Sands waiter
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* Marina Bay Sands waiter}}
* Collaborating with Leon}}
 
 
{{people|Liliane Roy|Liliane Roy.jpg|
 
{{people|Liliane Roy|Liliane Roy.jpg|
 
* 12 years old
 
* 12 years old
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* Interestingly enough, this is also the first movie directed by a woman, [[Chika Nagaoka]], and is likely to become the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan.
 
* Interestingly enough, this is also the first movie directed by a woman, [[Chika Nagaoka]], and is likely to become the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan.
 
* The movie had promotional collaborations with ''[[Wikipedia: Fist of the North Star|Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[Wikipedia: Avengers: Endgame|Avengers: Endgame]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia: Urusei Yatsura|Urusei Yatsura]]''.
 
* The movie had promotional collaborations with ''[[Wikipedia: Fist of the North Star|Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[Wikipedia: Avengers: Endgame|Avengers: Endgame]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia: Urusei Yatsura|Urusei Yatsura]]''.
* The movie made 422 million yen on its opening day, 1.9 billion yen in the first three days, and earned total of 9.37 billion yen from its domestic run. The movie also grossed 119.9 million dollar (worldwide). As November 2022, the movie is the 2nd highest grossing ''Detective Conan'' movie, just after [[The Bride of Halloween]].
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* The movie made 422 million yen on its opening day, 1.9 billion yen in the first three days, and earned total of 9.37 billion yen from its domestic run. The movie also grossed 123 million dollar (worldwide). As July 2023, the movie is the 4rd highest grossing ''Detective Conan'' movie in japan and the highest grossing movie worldwide.
 
* Arthur Hirai is derived from [[Wikipedia: Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle]] and [[Wikipedia: Edogawa Ranpo|Taro Hirai]] (Edogawa Ranpo's real name), just like how Shinichi came up with the name Conan Edogawa.
 
* Arthur Hirai is derived from [[Wikipedia: Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle]] and [[Wikipedia: Edogawa Ranpo|Taro Hirai]] (Edogawa Ranpo's real name), just like how Shinichi came up with the name Conan Edogawa.
 
* The white swimsuit worn by Ran in the pool is one of those she bought in [[The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room#Trivia|The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room]].
 
* The white swimsuit worn by Ran in the pool is one of those she bought in [[The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room#Trivia|The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room]].
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* The channel featured on TV at the end of the movie named NNC is punned to the world-famous broadcasting company [[Wikipedia: CNN|CNN]].
 
* The channel featured on TV at the end of the movie named NNC is punned to the world-famous broadcasting company [[Wikipedia: CNN|CNN]].
 
* There is a mistake on the mid-credits TV report, where Leon's name is written as "Leon Law" instead of "Lowe".
 
* There is a mistake on the mid-credits TV report, where Leon's name is written as "Leon Law" instead of "Lowe".
* [[Gosho Aoyama]] originally planned to have an allusion to [[Aoko Nakamori]] with the blue sapphire in the movie, but refrained from it, thinking people wouldn't notice it.<ref>[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2020]]<br>
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* [[Gosho Aoyama]] originally planned to have an allusion to [[Aoko Nakamori]] with the blue sapphire in the movie, but refrained from it, thinking people wouldn't notice it.
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* [[Gosho Aoyama]] did as his planned in 5 years later with [[The Million-dollar Pentagram]], Aoko was a supporting role for movie.
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<ref>[[Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2020]]<br>
 
Q: In the director's interview of the 2019 movie (Fist of Blue Sapphire), he talked about how you said, after the movie was finished "It was the blue sapphire so maybe I should've put hints of Aoko there"; if you had done that, how would've it been like?<br>
 
Q: In the director's interview of the 2019 movie (Fist of Blue Sapphire), he talked about how you said, after the movie was finished "It was the blue sapphire so maybe I should've put hints of Aoko there"; if you had done that, how would've it been like?<br>
 
Aoyama: Ah... See, in the end he'd return the blue sapphire to him. And when he did he did so, saying he didn't need it, he'd said "I've got a better sapphire"...<br>
 
Aoyama: Ah... See, in the end he'd return the blue sapphire to him. And when he did he did so, saying he didn't need it, he'd said "I've got a better sapphire"...<br>

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Chronology
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Movie 23

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Official trailer
Information
Title: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
English Title: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
Japanese Title: 名探偵コナン 紺青の(フィスト)
(Meitantei Conan: Konjō no Fisuto)
Original airdate: April 12, 2019
English airdate: March 17, 2021 (Digital)
July 26, 2022 (Blu-ray)
Broadcast rating when aired on television: 13.9% (aired on April 17, 2020)
9.2% (aired on April 12, 2024)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kaitou Kid
Makoto Kyogoku
Ran Mouri
Sonoko Suzuki
Shinichi Kudo
Kaito Kuroba
Kogoro Mouri
Ai Haibara
Hiroshi Agasa
Detective Boys
Ginzo Nakamori
Ryusuke Higo
Konosuke Jii
Jirokichi Suzuki
Case solved by: Conan Edogawa
Kaitou Kid
Staff
Director: Chika Nagaoka
Screenplay: Takahiro Okura
Storyboard: Chika Nagaoka
Iwao Teraoka 
Jiro Kanai
Technical Director: Chika Nagaoka
Ryota Kawahara
Noriko Hashimoto
Kenji Takahashi
Hitomi Ezoe
Katsuya Shigehara
Animation director: Masatomo Sudo (chief)
Hiroyuki Notake
Nariyuki Takahashi
Yoshiharu Shimizu
Chiemi Hironaka 
Nobuyuki Iwai
Nanae Yonemoto (asst.)
Ken Araya (asst.)
Noriyuki Fukuda (asst.)
Kyoko Yoshimi (asst.)
Akiko Motoyoshi (asst.)
Ayu Imoto (asst.)
Hirona Okada (asst.)
Yui Ushinohama (asst.)
Kenichi Otomo (asst.)
Rei Masunaga (asst.)
Kenji Yazaki (asst.)
Masako Miura (asst.)
Takeshi Osame (asst.)
Hideyuki Motohashi (asst.)
Yuichi Yoshida (asst.)
Naoki Yamauchi (asst.)
Jiro Kanai and Hiroyuki Horiuchi (action)
Takashi Hashimoto (effects)
Character Design: Masatomo Sudo
Design Works: Hiroshi Ogawa
Layout checker: Rie Nakajima
Music
Theme song: BLUE SAPPHIRE
Soundtrack: Detective Conan "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" Original Soundtrack
Collectibles
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DC Movies and Specials Shonen Sunday Comics Visual Selection
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Detective Conan Movies Shonen Sunday Comics Special
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Detective Conan The Movie Comics Edition
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Detective Conan Movie Novelization

The Fist of Blue Sapphire is the 23rd movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 12, 2019, becoming the last movie aired in the Heisei period. The pre-story is Intrigue at the Food Court.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Leon Lowe, a criminal behavior psychologist, meet Sherilyn Tan, a lawyer who is also Makoto's sponsor at Singapore Marina Bay Sands Hotel restaurant. Later, at the shopping center, Sherilyn is found stabbed. A series of explosion then happened. The police later found Kaitou Kid's card, covered with blood, at the lift where Sherilyn was. At The Singapore's Merlion Will Spurt Blood spewing out of its muzzle.

Murder

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Location: Marina Bay Sands Hotel (shopping center)
Victim: Sherilyn Tan
Age: 40 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound on the back
Suspects: Kaitou Kid
Sherilyn is seen to stumble out of an elevator, who promptly falls down in front of a few people.
Bombings

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Location: Marina Bay Sands Hotel parking lot
Suspects: Kaitou Kid
The cars in the underground car park are blown up by an explosion.
Bombings, Arson and Blackout

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Location: Marina Bay Sands
Time: Evening
Cause: Explosion
Suspects: Kaitou Kid
An explosion in Marina Bay Sands caused the blackout.

In the meantime, Kogoro, Ran, and Sonoko have come to Singapore to cheer on the strongest karateka with a streak of 400 consecutive victories, Makoto Kyogoku, who is fighting in a karate tournament held there. Conan, who doesn't have a passport and can't travel overseas, was supposed to stay at home. He begs for Haibara to give him the antidote for him to transform to Shinichi, but she refuses.

Later that night, while Conan goes out for a walk, Kid, disguised as Ran, sneaks up behind Conan. Conan notices her, but then gets captured. Conan, realizing he is trapped in a suitcase, uses a pen to poke the zipper and he promptly gets out. Looking around, he realizes that he is in Singapore. Conan also realizes his body color got darker.

Conan tries to look around for Ran, but notices Shinichi, who is really Kid in disguise, is here as well. Shinichi/Kid makes brief talk with Ran and Sonoko, and then goes over to Conan. Kid tells Conan about his mission and the sapphire. The task is a bit special, so he bought Conan over to help him. Conan refuses, but Kid tells him how he transported him over, and that he will not be able to get back to Japan, gets his glasses, wristwatch and clothes, amongst others unless Conan helps Kid.

At this moment, Ran finds Shinichi and notices Conan. Ran, who doesn't realize who he is, asks him his name and he improvises the name Arthur Hirai. Meanwhile, Sonoko texts for Ran to meet her at a place. She is texting Makoto as well when Reijiro Nakatomi and his bodyguards pass by in her path. Sonoko argues with Reijiro, who is surprised by her attitude, but then Makoto comes and defeats all of Reijiro's bodyguards. Reijiro quickly escapes.

The group and Arthur briefly talk under a bridge. Makoto tells them that because his sponsor Sherilyn died, he cannot fight the final round in the karate tournament. Sonoko then agrees to be his sponsor.

As they walk back to the hotel, Rishi Ramanathan approaches them. He asks Kogoro to solve a case for him, but Kogoro refuses as he is on vacation. Shinichi/Kid tells him the benefits of becoming friends with a reserve police officer, benefits that Kogoro likes the most, so he agrees. Rishi then shows him Kid's notice.

Meanwhile, at a villa, Hezli Jamaluddin assures that he will beat Makoto in the tournament.

Rishi and the group arrive at the villa. Rishi explains to Kogoro about the sapphire, mentioning the gem is in the basement. They go downstairs, and Zhon Han Chen arrives as well.

Leon enters the safe room with his fingerprints, showing the group its impenetrable security. He fumbles with the computer, and one of the safe boxes comes down from near the ceiling. The sapphire, along with the karate belt, is then shown to the group. When nobody was looking, Kid takes out an invisible marker and marks the particular safe. When he finished, he shook hands with Leon, promising to protect the safe and gaining Leon's fingerprint.

Heist

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Thief: Kaitou Kid
Target: Blue Lapis Fist (Fist of Blue Sapphire)
Owner: Zhon Han Chen
Location: Leon Lowe's mansion, Singapore
Date: Midnight
The Blue Lapis Fist is the world's largest blue sapphire, that used to be in a pirate ship that sunk of the coast of the Sea of China. 200 years later, Zhon Han Chen was able to find the jewel and secure it, at Leon Lowe's dismay, as he was targeting it too. Chen organized a world karate tournament to decide who will get the jewel, which was stored at Lowe's hyper-security vault, but Kaitou Kid had different plans. He will steal it, and by any means.

That night, Kid flies down to the villa and proceeds his heist. He bypasses all the guards, security cameras, and hidden lasers. Kid unlocks the safe room with Leon's fingerprint that he retrieved earlier, finds the particular safe box, and prepares to steal the sapphire. However, he is then confronted by Leon, who was waiting for Kid in the safe room. The two make a brief conversation, while Jamaluddin sneaks up from behind. Kid manages to dodge his attack, but then Leon shoots Kid with a stun gun. Leon and Jamaluddin leave the safe room, with Kid unconscious.

All the safe boxes in the safe room are suddenly covered with protective metal, and the room shrinks in size. Water rises from the bottom of the safe room, which was intended to drown Kid. He however escapes to ground level. A guard spots him and the alarm sounds. Kid escapse all of the guards, but as he is about to escape, Makoto shows up to fight him. As Makoto is about to defeat Kid, a soccer ball rockets towards him from nowhere. Kid manages to escape while Makoto is distracted by the ball. From atop a building, Conan checks out the scene with his gadgets. The soccer ball was kicked by Conan.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Raffles Hotel safe house
Victim: Kaitou Kid
Age: 17 years old
Cause: Left to drown
Culprit: Leon Lowe
After being knocked out, Kid is left to drown.

Kid picks up Conan and tells him the situation. For many years, Leon Lowe, a criminal behavior psychologist, had been aiming for the legendary secret treasure sapphire buried in the seabed for a purpose. However, when he was so close to retrieving it, Zhon Han Chen found the sapphire. Someone may have hinted the location of the sapphire. Leon also had a lawyer, Sherilyn Tan, but they broke their relationship. So Sherilyn decided to become Makoto's sponsor, so Jamaluddin could not win the tournament. If Jamaluddin did, then the sapphire would then belong to Leon. Thus Sherilyn was killed. The police are suspicious of Leon, but he wasn't on the list of suspects. They think Kid could be the killer, since there was a Kid card found on the elevator. Kid then brings Conan back to the hotel.

Meanwhile, in a pub, Kogoro is drinking when Rachel Cheung comes and gives him a business card, telling him to meet her at the sports center tomorrow.

The next day, the group goes to watch the Zhonan Cup. Jamaluddin defeats all of his opponents. Kid says he won't make a move if the sapphire goes to Makoto. Makoto then arrives and fights his first match. He immediately punches his opponent out of the arena. Ran gets a call from Kogoro, who cannot enter the stadium. Rishi comes over and lets him in. He decides to take them to view the safe. Shinichi/Kid finds this as another opportunity to observe the security enforcements and steal the sapphire.

Rishi tells them, the password to the safe changes every 10 minutes, and is only sent to Inspector Mark Aidan, Rishi and Leon's cell phones. Rishi explains that the safe room seem empty but actually the floor is equipped with weight sensors and the ceiling is equipped with security cameras. The safe room is surrounded by police as well. Suddenly, Kogoro remembers the card Rachel gave to him at the pub. Conan tells him that it’s Leon’s card, on the back which writes for him to meet at the stadium’s exit 3 at 3 pm. It’s almost 3 pm, so Kogoro and Arthur rush over. Kid, meanwhile, has found a way to steal the sapphire.

Meanwhile, Makoto is in his changing room. Leon enters, congratulating him on the match today. He jokingly asks him to be his bodyguard. Makoto proceeds to leave, but then Leon gets serious: he asks why Makoto’s fist is existent. He says his fist will lead to others, including loved ones, suffering. Leon proceeds to say good luck and leaves the room. Sonoko enters and takes Makoto out for lunch. Ran decides to stay because Shinichi/Kid wants to guard the safe.

Outside of the sports center, Inspector Aidan is talking to his guards when Rachel accidentally bumps into him. They apologize to each other and Rachel continues on her way. She then receives a text message. She walks back to Aidan and apologizes one more time, while slipping the phone into his pocket no one noticed. Rachel then goes the safe entrance, and tells the guards that Aidan is calling them, and that she can guard the safe in the meantime. They agree.

Kid, disguised as Rachel, proceeds to his heist. He attaches a device showing the safe and altering the security cameras, and grapples into the room. As he proceeds to cut the glass surrounding the sapphire, Rachel's body falls out, surprising Kid. The alarm sounds and Kid has to but escape. Before that, however, he notices that Rachel wrote something with her blood, but he doesn't have time to check. The safe door is closing. He escapes the safe room at the last second. Guards rush from one hallway. Kid backs off and discards them with a card gun. Aidan and his officers surround him. Kid shoots a grappling hook in Mark's direction, bypassing him and his officers. They stumble into a mess.

Murder

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Location: Singapore Sports hub safe room
Victim: Rachel Cheung
Age: 28 years old
Time: 15:00
Cause of death: Stab wound on the back
Suspects: Kaitou Kid
Kaito Kid flees after discovering Rachel's dead body under the Blue Sapphire's showcase.

Meanwhile, Arthur and Kogoro are waiting for Rachel to come. They then notice an alarm in the sports center, and rush there, thinking Kid has made his move. Kid escapes the pursuing officers at the stadium and flies away. He happens to pass by Arthur and Kogoro Suddenly, Rishi arrives, telling the two to rush to the safe room.

Aidan has not given up yet. He commands his officers to give chase. Kid lands on a small street, thinking he has escaped the police. Suddenly, officers arrive and before Kid can take his card gun out, they shoot him.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Temple Street, Singapore
Victim: Kaitou Kid
Age: 17 years old
Injury: Gunshot wound
Kid thinks he escaped the police, but officers arrive and shoot him.

Rishi tells Kogoro about Rachel's dead body. Arthur mentions that Kogoro scheduled to meet with Rachel at the exit, but she went to send a message to Aidan before that. He notices that Rachel wrote a few words with blood: "SHE".

Kid, after being shot, lays down behind a building by the pier.

Sonoko and Makoto had just finished eating lunch. As they prepare to go somewhere else, a burly man knocks into her and drops his lunch. He blames Sonoko for the incident, but Makoto stops him and they fight. While Makoto fights him and his gang, Sonoko runs to a nearby police car. Two police officers fell out from the vehicle, unconscious, and the car crashes into Sonoko. Makoto rushes over and realizes what Leon told him earlier was true.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Temple Street, Singapore
Victim: Sonoko Suzuki
Age: 17 years old
Injury: Hit by car
Sonoko runs over to the police car for help, but it suddenly starts up and crashes into Sonoko.

At the Singapore General Hospital, Leon arrives and sends a bouquet to Sonoko. He then tells Makoto that the gods are testing him, and he is not ready yet. Leon gives Makoto a wristband. Should the wristband break, he will gain the power. Should he use his fists before the wristband breaks, the bad will happen.

Kid dresses his wounds behind a building, the police thought he was dead so they stopped searching for him, while he talks to Arthur. He gives back Conan's gadgets and flies away.

While Rishi is preparing to go home, he sees Arthur alone. Arthur asks if he could stay at Rishi's house for the night. Rishi agrees. Rishi logs on to his computer to study the info Mark gave him. Arthur shoots him with his Stun Gun Wristwatch and proceeds to check all the information Rishi gathered.

Leon and Jamaluddin meet with Eugene Lim at a small pier. Kid takes this chance to take photos of Leon and Eugene.

The next day, Jamaluddin is seen to defeat all his opponents and proceed to the final round. However, Makoto resigns to stay with Sonoko. He is afraid that the thugs will attack them again, and he cannot use his fist. Sonoko is angry and tells him to leave.

Arthur meets up with Shinichi and reveals the information he found on Rishi's computer yesterday night.

According to a witness, Sherilyn Tan indeed fell in the shopping mall, but she could have been stabbed in an elevator in Tower 3. The murderer chose to kill her in an elevator, because she would have nowhere to run. Leon had booked both his and Sherilyn's rooms. When the incident happened, many people witnessed Leon to be in another elevator. The police confirmed that he was not at the crime scene when it happened, so they cleared him from the list of suspects. Leon was carrying a piece of luggage, but it was empty. He was just retrieving the luggage from a shipment, which was confirmed as well. Kid's notice on the elevator had been stuck there with fake blood, and Rachel was killed in an attempt to frame Kid. The guards could not have moved Rachel's body into the safe room because they could easily activate the sensors or get caught by the security cameras. Thus Leon is the most suspicious individual as he has access to the safe.

Leon could have forced Makoto to resign and not fight the tournament, so Jamaluddin could win and the sapphire would belong to Leon. Conan asks why, and Kid shows him a photo of Eugene. Conan asks Haibara to search up the identity of the man.

Leon sees Jamaluddin win the finals. He then has flashback when he explained to Zhon and other council members about his plan of building a new city. Zhon and the rest laugh him off, but Leon has not given up.

Meanwhile, Eugene and his pirates take over an oil ship.

Ship Robbery

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Location: Singapore Bay
Victim: Juzo Nakatomi and the Deck officers
Culprits: Eugene Lim and the pirates
The pirates team hijack the Juzo's oil ship.

Leon meets with Nakatomi and tells him his plan: to rebuild the whole city. Nakatomi can only but agree.

Arthur and Shinichi find Kogoro at a pub. Arthur takes a gold Nakatomi coin out of Kogoro's passport holder and runs away. They watch a news report of Nakatomi visiting Singapore. Arthur gets a call from Haibara, who has found the identity of the man, Eugene Lim. Arthur asks Haibara to search for all Nakatomi ships nearby the pier and their routes. She reports back that there are two cargo ships and one oil ship nearby. However, the oil ship is not on its planned route. Arthur then asks for Haibara to send the information of that ship to him.

Arthur explains to Shinichi how the gathered clues can be put together: "SHE" can also refer to a ship, and the Nakatomi coin refers to a Nakatomi ship. Eugene has hijacked a Nakatomi ship, with the agreement of Nakatomi himself.

The two decide to call Rishi and tell him the situation.

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    Music

    BLUE SAPPHIRE, by Hiroomi Tosaka.

    International release

    Germany

    South Korea

    Spain (Castilian dub)

    Spain (Catalan dub)

    Thailand

    United States

    Vietnam

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic القبضة اللازوردية
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan El puny de safir blau The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 绀青之拳 The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    Flag of Republic of China Chinese (Traditional) 紺青之拳 The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    Flag of Germany German Die stahlblaue Faust The Fist of Blue Steel
    Flag of South Korea Korean 감청의 권 The Fist of Deep blue
    Flag of Spain Spanish El puño de zafiro azul The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    Flag of Thailand Thai ศึกชิงอัญมณีสีคราม The Battle for the Blue Sapphire
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Cú Đấm Sapphire Xanh The Fist of Blue Sapphire

    Trivia

    • Some live action scenes from Singapore appeared in The Darkest Nightmare's ending credits.
    • This is the first movie setting in another Asian country, which never happened in the manga and anime series. The canon case of the The Scarlet School Trip was initially planned to be set in Singapore, but the setting was changed to Kyoto in pre-production.
    • Interestingly enough, this is also the first movie directed by a woman, Chika Nagaoka, and is likely to become the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan.
    • The movie had promotional collaborations with Fist of the North Star, Avengers: Endgame, and Urusei Yatsura.
    • The movie made 422 million yen on its opening day, 1.9 billion yen in the first three days, and earned total of 9.37 billion yen from its domestic run. The movie also grossed 123 million dollar (worldwide). As July 2023, the movie is the 4rd highest grossing Detective Conan movie in japan and the highest grossing movie worldwide.
    • Arthur Hirai is derived from Arthur Conan Doyle and Taro Hirai (Edogawa Ranpo's real name), just like how Shinichi came up with the name Conan Edogawa.
    • The white swimsuit worn by Ran in the pool is one of those she bought in The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room.
    • The vehicles in the car bombing are a 2012 BMW M6 Coupe [F12], a 2016 Mazda CX-9 [TC], a Mercedes-Benz C-Class [W202], and a blue 2018 Cadillac XTS.
    • The Singapore police force patrol car is a 2008 Toyota Corolla Altis [E140].
    • Sherilyn Tan's vehicle is a Long Beach red metallic 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Convertible.
    • Rishi Ramanathan's vehicle is a pearl white 2006 Toyota Corolla Axio [NZE141].
    • The MPV Next to the Red Corvette is polar white 2014 Mercedes-Benz Viano [W639].
    • The Singapore taxi is 2015 Hyundai i40 1.7L CRDi [VF].
    • Tan Lee, the karate player, is named after Bruce Lee.
    • The channel featured on TV at the end of the movie named NNC is punned to the world-famous broadcasting company CNN.
    • There is a mistake on the mid-credits TV report, where Leon's name is written as "Leon Law" instead of "Lowe".
    • Gosho Aoyama originally planned to have an allusion to Aoko Nakamori with the blue sapphire in the movie, but refrained from it, thinking people wouldn't notice it.
    • Gosho Aoyama did as his planned in 5 years later with The Million-dollar Pentagram, Aoko was a supporting role for movie.

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    • In the English Dub, Leon Lowe was voiced by Hattori Heiji"s first english dub voice actor Kevin M. Connolly.
    • This movie was promoted with two special guest voice actors. Actress and model Mayuko Kawakita voiced Rachel Cheung, while actor and singer Ikusaburo Yamazaki played Leon Lowe.

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    References

    1. ^ Lets Talk with Gosho Aoyama Day#2020
      Q: In the director's interview of the 2019 movie (Fist of Blue Sapphire), he talked about how you said, after the movie was finished "It was the blue sapphire so maybe I should've put hints of Aoko there"; if you had done that, how would've it been like?
      Aoyama: Ah... See, in the end he'd return the blue sapphire to him. And when he did he did so, saying he didn't need it, he'd said "I've got a better sapphire"...
      (Applause from the audience)
      Aoyama: Huh? You wanted me to actually do that? (laughs)
      Questioner: Yes!
      Aoyama: Really!? (laughs) That for real? Well, I thought you wouldn't catch (the reference) so that's why I didn't (laughs) What. So you'd actually welcomed it? Well, imagine it within your minds (laughs)
      Translated by Spimer.

    See also

    Detective Conan Movies
    Movies Movie 01: The Time-Bombed SkyscraperMovie 02: The Fourteenth TargetMovie 03: The Last Wizard of the CenturyMovie 04: Captured in Her EyesMovie 05: Countdown to HeavenMovie 06: The Phantom of Baker StreetMovie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalMovie 08: Magician of the Silver SkyMovie 09: Strategy Above the DepthsMovie 10: The Private Eyes' RequiemMovie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep AzureMovie 12: Full Score of FearMovie 13: The Raven ChaserMovie 14: The Lost Ship in the SkyMovie 15: Quarter of SilenceMovie 16: The Eleventh StrikerMovie 17: Private Eye in the Distant SeaLupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (crossover) • Movie 18: Dimensional SniperMovie 19: Sunflowers of InfernoMovie 20: The Darkest NightmareMovie 21: The Crimson Love LetterMovie 22: Zero the EnforcerMovie 23: The Fist of Blue SapphireThe Scarlet Alibi (compilation) • Movie 24: The Scarlet BulletMovie 25: The Bride of HalloweenThe Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ (compilation) • Movie 26: Black Iron SubmarineDetective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief (compilation) • Movie 27: The Million-dollar PentagramMovie 28
    Related cases 16 Suspects!? (movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (movie 7) • Time Travel of the Silver Sky (movie 8) • Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (movie 10) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (movie 18) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (movie 16) • Munch's Missing Scream (movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (movie 22) • The J League Bodyguard (movie 16) • Intrigue at the Food Court (movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (movie 26) • Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (movie 16) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (movie 27)
    Kaitou Kid in Detective Conan
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    Anime Conan vs. Kaitou KidMagic Lover's Murder CaseThe Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou KidKaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair WalkBig Adventure in the Eccentric MansionKaitou Kid and the Four MasterpiecesKaitou Kid's Teleportation MagicKaitou Kid vs. the Strongest SafeThe Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the DarkConan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's TreasureThe Jet-Black Mystery TrainKaitou Kid and the Blush MermaidKaitou Kid VS Makoto KyogokuKaitou Kid and the Trick BoxKid vs. Komei: The Targeted LipsKid vs. Amuro: Queen's Bang
    Movies and Specials Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the CenturyTime Travel of the Silver SkyMovie 08: Magician of the Silver SkyMovie 10: The Private Eyes' RequiemMovie 14: The Lost Ship in the SkyLupin III vs. Detective Conan: The MovieMovie 19: Sunflowers of InfernoMovie 23: The Fist of Blue SapphireMovie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram
    Special Manga The Magically Hidden JewelThe Stolen Pirate TreasureKaitou Kid and the Mystery of the Black JewelThe Rise of the Burning CurseThe Blue Train Nightmare
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