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| episode            = 31
 
| episode            = 31
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| int-episode        = 32
 
| image              = TV Episode 31.jpg
 
| image              = TV Episode 31.jpg
 
| title              = TV Station Murder Case
 
| title              = TV Station Murder Case
 
| english-title      = Murder at the Television Studio
 
| english-title      = Murder at the Television Studio
| japanese-title      = テレビ局殺人事件 <br /> (Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken)  
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| japanese-title      = テレビ局殺人事件 <br> (Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken)
 
| rating              = 13.1%
 
| rating              = 13.1%
 
| Remastered broadcast rating = 7.5%
 
| Remastered broadcast rating = 7.5%
 
| Manga case number  = #28
 
| Manga case number  = #28
| season              = [[Season 2|2]]
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| season              = [[Season 1|1]]
| airdate            = September 2, 1996 <br> August 24, 2013 '''(Remastered version)'''  
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| airdate            = September 2, 1996 <br> August 24, 2013 '''(Remastered version)'''
 
| manga              = [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|Volume 11: Files 2-4 (102-104)]]
 
| manga              = [[Volume 11#TV Station Murder Case|Volume 11: Files 2-4 (102-104)]]
 
| dubbed-episode      = Episode 32
 
| dubbed-episode      = Episode 32
 
| english-airdate    = July 15, 2004
 
| english-airdate    = July 15, 2004
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br /> [[Ran Mouri]] <br /> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br /> [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] <br /> [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] <br /> [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br /> [[Yoko Okino]]
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Yoko Okino]] <br> [[Mrs. Yoshida]] <br> [[Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy|George Kirishima]]
 
| suspects            = Takashi Matsuo
 
| suspects            = Takashi Matsuo
| next-conan-hint    = Windows <br /> Cell phone '''(Remastered version)'''  
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| next-conan-hint    = Windows <br> Cell phone '''(Remastered version)'''
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]]<br>[[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]]<br>[[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]]<br>[[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]<br>[[Norio Wakamoto]] as Michihiko Suwa<br>[[Megumi Ogata]] as Ayako Nagai<br>[[Yuri Amano]] as [[Yoko Okino]]<br>[[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]]<br>[[Yasuhiko Kawazu]] as Director<br>[[Takashi Naka]] as Studio executive<br>[[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as Staff, [[Wataru Takagi|Police detective]], Next Conan's Hint<br>[[Takumi Yamazaki]] as Police detective<br>[[Naoki Makishima]] as AD<br>[[Takashi Matsuo]] as Himself
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Norio Wakamoto]] as Michihiko Suwa <br> [[Megumi Ogata]] as Ayako Nagai <br> [[Yuri Amano]] as [[Yoko Okino]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] as Kuroshima <br> [[Takashi Naka]] as Studio executive <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as Staff (Uncredited: [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint) <br> [[Takumi Yamazaki]] as Police detective <br> [[Naoki Makishima]] as AD <br> [[Takashi Matsuo]] as Himself
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])  
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| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| organizer          = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
 
| organizer          = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
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| producer            = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
 
| producer            = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Haruo Ogawara]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Haruo Ogawara]]
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| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Yasuhiro Moriki]] (design works)
 
| opening-song        = Feel Your Heart
 
| opening-song        = Feel Your Heart
 
| closing-song        = Meikyū no Lovers
 
| closing-song        = Meikyū no Lovers
 
| prev-episode        = Alibi Testimony Murder Case
 
| prev-episode        = Alibi Testimony Murder Case
 
| next-episode        = Coffee Shop Murder Case
 
| next-episode        = Coffee Shop Murder Case
| footnotes          =  
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| footnotes          =
 
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'''TV Station Murder Case''' is the 31st episode of the '''[[Detective Conan]]''' [[anime]]. It first aired on September 2, 1996 and is based on Chapters [[Volume 11|102-104]] of the manga.
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|テレビ局殺人事件|Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken}} is the 31st episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]]. The idea for the original manga story came about when TV celebrity [[Takashi Matsuo]] asked [[Gosho Aoyama]] to write a ''Detective Conan'' story featuring himself as the murderer. Additionally, the producer victim is named after actual ''Detective Conan'' producer [[Michihiko Suwa]]. Matsuo provides his own voice in the episode.
 
 
The idea for the original manga story came about when TV celebrity [[Takashi Matsuo]] asked [[Gosho Aoyama]] to write a ''Detective Conan'' story featuring himself as the murderer. Additionally, the producer victim is named after actual ''Detective Conan'' producer [[Michihiko Suwa]]. Matsuo provides his own voice in the episode.
 
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
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{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
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{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi|display=Detective Takagi}}
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{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
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{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino}}
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{{char|Yoko Okino}}
{{Char|On Location, TV Drama Murder Case|Taketoshi Kondo|display=Taketoshi Gondo}}
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{{char|Mrs. Yoshida|display=Mrs. Yoshida<br>(hand)}}
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{{char|Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy|George Kirishima|display=George Kirishima<br>(on TV)}}
 
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
The TV presenter Takashi Matsuo calls his colleague, Michihiko Suwa and tells him that he wants to meet him after the show in the conference room. Matsuo hangs a photo of himself and Suwa, throws it across the room, and shoots it with a gun.
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The TV presenter Takashi Matsuo calls his colleague, Michihiko Suwa, and tells him that he wants to meet him after the show in the conference room. Matsuo hangs a photo of himself and Suwa, throws it across the room, and shoots it with a gun.
 
   
 
   
 
Soon after the shipment is shown "Detective Agency", in which is always a special guest invited. This time it's Kogoro Mouri, who promptly pulls some pranks and the audience, among which there are also Conan and Ran, laugh. Kogoro brings the audience laugh by declaring that the use of mobile phones is even more dangerous, as they can be intercepted more easily than phones.
 
Soon after the shipment is shown "Detective Agency", in which is always a special guest invited. This time it's Kogoro Mouri, who promptly pulls some pranks and the audience, among which there are also Conan and Ran, laugh. Kogoro brings the audience laugh by declaring that the use of mobile phones is even more dangerous, as they can be intercepted more easily than phones.
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| location            = N.U.T. meeting room
 
| location            = N.U.T. meeting room
 
| victim              = Michihiko Suwa
 
| victim              = Michihiko Suwa
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| age                = 37 years old
 
| cause-death        = Gunshot wound
 
| cause-death        = Gunshot wound
 
| suspects            = Takashi Matsuo
 
| suspects            = Takashi Matsuo
| suspects-label = Culprit
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| suspects-label     = Culprit
 
| description        = Takashi Matsuo runs to the top floor of the television studio, telling Michihiko Suwa on the phone that he is going to commit suicide. However, Suwa is the one who is found dead, a pistol blast to his head.
 
| description        = Takashi Matsuo runs to the top floor of the television studio, telling Michihiko Suwa on the phone that he is going to commit suicide. However, Suwa is the one who is found dead, a pistol blast to his head.
 
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Soon after, Inspector Megure and the police arrived at the crime scene to investigate. The crime scene investigators discovered the first three bullets. Kogoro deduces that the offender may have come through the door. Conan realizes that the victim was on the phone shortly before his death with someone and interested in for the person who called him last. It turns out that it was the last caller, the wizard. Since Matsuo was briefly away during the live show, he comes now under suspicion. He tries to overcome by stating that he could never be within the four minutes come from the TV studio to the conference room. Then the police test it out how long it takes for the track. Kogoro made it in a time of 6 minutes and 41 seconds, so Megure demands that he tries again. The result remains the same: It is impossible to run during the four-minute thrillers from the studio into the conference room and back.
 
Soon after, Inspector Megure and the police arrived at the crime scene to investigate. The crime scene investigators discovered the first three bullets. Kogoro deduces that the offender may have come through the door. Conan realizes that the victim was on the phone shortly before his death with someone and interested in for the person who called him last. It turns out that it was the last caller, the wizard. Since Matsuo was briefly away during the live show, he comes now under suspicion. He tries to overcome by stating that he could never be within the four minutes come from the TV studio to the conference room. Then the police test it out how long it takes for the track. Kogoro made it in a time of 6 minutes and 41 seconds, so Megure demands that he tries again. The result remains the same: It is impossible to run during the four-minute thrillers from the studio into the conference room and back.
 
   
 
   
Meanwhile, Conan speculates that Matsuo could be the culprit, but lack of evidence. However, the staircase between the ninth and the seventh floor is not monitored by cameras. He also discovered a storage room, which is located directly above the window of the conference room. Conan, who wonders why the killer called the victim, if he is to have it faced directly, comes a new idea, and it checks whether there are some on the road under the stockroom bullet holes - and in fact, he discovered what he was looking for. Now it is clear how the killer has taken. So when Matsuo is called during the repetition, Conan has the evidence he needs.
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Meanwhile, Conan speculates that Matsuo could be the culprit, but lack of evidence. However, the staircase between the ninth and the seventh floor is not monitored by cameras. He also discovered a storage room, which is located directly above the window of the conference room. Conan, who wonders why the killer called the victim, if he is to have it faced directly, comes a new idea, and it checks whether there are some on the road under the stockroom bullet holes, and in fact, he discovered what he was looking for. Now it is clear how the killer has taken. So when Matsuo is called during the repetition, Conan has the evidence he needs.
  
 
=== People ===
 
=== People ===
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Michihiko Suwa|Michihiko Suwa (character).jpg|
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{{People|[[Michihiko Suwa]]|Michihiko Suwa (character).jpg|
 
* Victim (gunshot)
 
* Victim (gunshot)
 
* 37 years old
 
* 37 years old
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{{People|Takashi Matsuo|EP31 Takashi Matsuo.jpg|
 
{{People|Takashi Matsuo|EP31 Takashi Matsuo.jpg|
 
* 35 years old
 
* 35 years old
* Television talent}}
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* Nichiuri Television talent}}
 
{{People|Ayako Nagai|Ayako Nagai.jpg|
 
{{People|Ayako Nagai|Ayako Nagai.jpg|
* Takashi Matsuo's assistant}}
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* Takashi's assistant}}
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{{People|Kuroshima|Director Kuroshima.jpg|
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* Nichiuri Television section director}}
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{{People|Izumi|No pic female.jpg|
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* Kogoro's fan}}
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{{People|Mika|No pic female.jpg|
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* Takashi's relative}}
 
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{{EndBox}}
  
 
=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
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<spoiler>Conan deceives Kogoro, gets him in the storage room, puts him to sleep with his stun gun wristwatch, borrows a paint gun, and stages a "Live Show" with the sleeping Kogoro appearing before the police on a television screen.
  
<spoiler>
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In this way, he reconstructed the crime and presented his deduction: The culprit is '''Takashi Matsuo'''. Matsuo called Suwa, because he tricked him into thinking that he wanted to kill himself. Therefore, that caused Suwa to lean out the window of the conference room, to try and save him. Matsuo, who has been in a floor above the storage room had, from the window shot his gun vertically below because Suwa has leaned far enough out of the window. Because the window can be tilted along a horizontal central axis, it returned the victim back in to the room, making it look as if the offender had shot him from inside the room from the door and not from above the window in the room. At the same time he dropped the gun he used, allowing it fall into the room along with the victim. This was proven by the fact that there was a bullet hole in the ground right below the window in question.
Conan deceives Kogoro, puts him in the storage room, puts him to sleep with his stun gun wristwatch, borrows a paint gun, and staged a "Live Show" with the sleeping Kogoro appearing before the police on the screen.
 
 
 
In this way, he reconstructed the crime and prove his conclusions immediately: The culprit is '''Takashi Matsuo'''. Matsuo called Suwa, because he claimed to want to kill himself. Therefore, Suwa was leaning out the window of the conference room, to see it with his own eyes. Matsuo, who has been in a further floor above the storage room had, from the window just vertically shoot down because Suwa has learned far enough out of the window. Because the window can be tilted along a horizontal central axis, it is returned to the murder back to the starting position, so it looks as if the offender had shot from the front and not from above. That it was so, the bullet holes show on the road.
 
 
   
 
   
Conan reconstruct the crime by pretending to fall out the window. At that moment, hits Megure from the top to add a splash of color from the gun. While he was shooting from the storage room, Matsuo had not run up to the conference room could thus committing the murder during the four-minute thriller. The call log on the phone is the proof. Matsuo confesses to the murder. He killed him to prevent the radio show he has starred in from being cancelled by the victim.
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Conan reconstructed the crime by pretending to fall out the window. At that moment, he shot Megure from the floor above the crime scene with the paint ball gun. While he was shooting from the storage room, Matsuo did not have to run up to the conference room, thus allowing him to commit the murder during the four-minute thriller. The call log on the phone is the proof, hitting the redial on his phone would call Suwa which meant that he had called Suwa during the crime. Matsuo confesses to the murder, he killed him to prevent the radio show he had been starring in from being cancelled by Suwa.
  
In the end, when the case has completely cleared up, Kogoro wakes up so that Conan must flee.
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In the end, after the case has been completely cleared up, Kogoro wakes up catching Conan when he tries to flee, however Yoko Okino appeared making him forget about Conan much to his relief.</spoiler>
</spoiler>
 
  
==Manga to anime changes==
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== Manga to anime changes ==
 
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
 
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
 
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[[Image:Sonoko Watching Television.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sonoko's movie is interrupted by Kogoro's deduction show.]]
[[Image:Sonoko Watching Television.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Sonoko's movie is interrupted by Kogoro's deduction show.]]
 
 
* In the manga, Michihiko Suwa is characterized as being far more self-centered and concerned with his career than in the anime. When Matsuo calls the producer claiming that he'll commit suicide by jumping from the television studio roof, he tells Suwa that he will be "going down" with him. Stating that he has listed all of Suwa's misdeeds in his will, Matsuo frightens the producer by insinuating that everything will be written in tomorrow's newspaper. Fearful for his own future, Suwa rushes to the window to try and convince Matsuo not to jump. In the anime, Matsuo does not make such threats, and Suwa runs to the window out of concern for Matsuo's life as opposed to his career being ruined.
 
* In the manga, Michihiko Suwa is characterized as being far more self-centered and concerned with his career than in the anime. When Matsuo calls the producer claiming that he'll commit suicide by jumping from the television studio roof, he tells Suwa that he will be "going down" with him. Stating that he has listed all of Suwa's misdeeds in his will, Matsuo frightens the producer by insinuating that everything will be written in tomorrow's newspaper. Fearful for his own future, Suwa rushes to the window to try and convince Matsuo not to jump. In the anime, Matsuo does not make such threats, and Suwa runs to the window out of concern for Matsuo's life as opposed to his career being ruined.
* In the manga, when [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]'s deduction show is televised outside of the Nichiuri Television Studio for the public's viewing, more time is spent showing people's reactions to the broadcast than in the anime. One such scene that was entirely omitted involved [[Sonoko Suzuki]]. While watching a movie, her mother tells her to go to bed as it's getting late. Just as Sonoko asks if she can stay up a bit longer, her movie is interrupted by a news bulletin concerning the death of Michihiko. When the screen switches to Kogoro's deduction, Sonoko's facial expression of confusion turns to complete shock.
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* In the manga, when Kogoro's deduction show is televised outside of the Nichiuri Television Studio for the public's viewing, more time is spent showing people's reactions to the broadcast than in the anime. One such scene that was entirely omitted involved [[Sonoko Suzuki]]. While watching a movie, her mother tells her to go to bed as it's getting late. Just as Sonoko asks if she can stay up a bit longer, her movie is interrupted by a news bulletin concerning the death of Michihiko. When the screen switches to Kogoro's deduction, Sonoko's facial expression of confusion turns to complete shock.
  
 
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== Translation changes ==
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* This episode featured the first use of the show's third post-credits stinger image, featuring Conan standing in the foreground, with Kogoro and Megure in the background.
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* This episode featured the first use of the show's third post-credits [[Joke Card]], featuring Conan standing in the foreground, with Kogoro and Megure in the background.
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* The trick utilised in this case is rather similar to ''[[wikipedia:Murder in Mesopotamia|Murder in Mesopotamia]]'', a novel written by [[Agatha Christie]].<ref group="N">Nonetheless, both of them might pay tribute to [[wikipedia:G. K. Chesterton|G. K. Chesterton]]'s short detective story, named ''The Miracle of Moon Crescent'', which was collected in his work ''[[wikipedia:The Incredulity of Father Brown|The Incredulity of Father Brown]]''.</ref>
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== Gallery ==
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== BGM listing ==
 
== BGM listing ==
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{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ|Ran no Tēma|Ran's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
 
{{BGMListingItem|19|蘭のテーマ|Ran no Tēma|Ran's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
 
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== Gallery ==
 
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== In other languages ==
 
== In other languages ==
 
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|جريمة في مبنى التلفاز|Crime in the TV building}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|جريمة في مبنى التلفاز|Crime in the TV building}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Meurtre au studio de télévision|Murder in the TV Station}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Basque Country|Basque|Hilketa telebistako estudioan|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Balearic Islands|Catalan (Balearic dub)|S'assassinat a s'estudi de televisió|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalonia dub)|Assassinat als estudis de televisió|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Assassinat a l'estudi de televisió|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Meurtre au studio de télévision|Murder on TV set}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Asasinato no estudio de televisión|TV Station Murder}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Asasinato no estudio de televisión|TV Station Murder}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Tatort TV-Show|TV Show Crime Scene}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Tatort TV-Show|TV Show Crime Scene}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Giallo in diretta|Yellow Live}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Giallo in diretta|Live mystery}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Asesinato en el estudio de televisión|}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Poland|Polish|Morderstwo w studiu telewizyjnym|Murder on a TV Set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|Asesinato en el estudio de televisión|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=US|Spanish (American dub)|Asesinato en el estudio de televisión|Murder on the TV set}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คดีฆาตกรรมในสถานีโทรทัศน์|A murder case in a TV station}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vụ án mạng ở đài truyền hình|TV Station Murder Case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vụ án mạng ở đài truyền hình|TV Station Murder Case}}
 
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== Notes ==
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<references group="N"/>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Season 1]]
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{{Season 1}}
  
* [[Season 2]]
 
{{Season 2}}
 
 
[[Category:Episodes]]
 
[[Category:Episodes]]
 
[[Category:Animation directed by Haruo Ogawara]]
 
[[Category:Animation directed by Haruo Ogawara]]
 
[[Category:Remastered episode]]
 
[[Category:Remastered episode]]
  
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Chronology
Alibi Testimony Murder Case List of Episodes Coffee Shop Murder Case
Episode 31
(Int. Episode 32)

TV Episode 31.jpg

Information
Title: TV Station Murder Case
Japanese title: テレビ局殺人事件
(Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate: September 2, 1996
August 24, 2013 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating: 13.1%
Remastered rating: 7.5%
Manga case: #28
Season: 1
Manga source: Volume 11: Files 2-4 (102-104)
English version
English title: Murder at the Television Studio
Dubbed episode: Episode 32
English airdate: July 15, 2004
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Ayumi Yoshida
Yoko Okino
Mrs. Yoshida
George Kirishima
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Windows
Cell phone (Remastered version)
Staff
Director: Kenji Kodama
Organizer: Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard: Hirohito Ochi
Episode director: Hirohito Ochi
Animation director: Haruo Ogawara
Character design: Masatomo Sudo
Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Music
Opening song: Feel Your Heart
Closing song: Meikyū no Lovers

TV Station Murder Case (テレビ局殺人事件 Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken?) is the 31st episode of the Detective Conan anime. The idea for the original manga story came about when TV celebrity Takashi Matsuo asked Gosho Aoyama to write a Detective Conan story featuring himself as the murderer. Additionally, the producer victim is named after actual Detective Conan producer Michihiko Suwa. Matsuo provides his own voice in the episode.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

The TV presenter Takashi Matsuo calls his colleague, Michihiko Suwa, and tells him that he wants to meet him after the show in the conference room. Matsuo hangs a photo of himself and Suwa, throws it across the room, and shoots it with a gun.

Soon after the shipment is shown "Detective Agency", in which is always a special guest invited. This time it's Kogoro Mouri, who promptly pulls some pranks and the audience, among which there are also Conan and Ran, laugh. Kogoro brings the audience laugh by declaring that the use of mobile phones is even more dangerous, as they can be intercepted more easily than phones.

During the so-called "four-minute thrillers", Suwa's phone rings and Suwa answers. It's Matsuo and Matsuo tells Suwa that he will kill himself by jumping off the building. Suwa looks out the window by telling him to calm down but suddenly, the gunshot was heard.

After the four-minute thriller, Matsuo came back from the bathroom. Conan has solved the four-minute thriller now, while Ran is waiting for the resolution. It is now announced that the culprit has been the sister of the victim. As Ran herself would not have come to this solution. Later, the dead body of Michihiko Suwa is found.

Murder

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Location: N.U.T. meeting room
Victim: Michihiko Suwa
Age: 37 years old
Cause of death: Gunshot wound
Culprit: Takashi Matsuo
Takashi Matsuo runs to the top floor of the television studio, telling Michihiko Suwa on the phone that he is going to commit suicide. However, Suwa is the one who is found dead, a pistol blast to his head.

Soon after, Inspector Megure and the police arrived at the crime scene to investigate. The crime scene investigators discovered the first three bullets. Kogoro deduces that the offender may have come through the door. Conan realizes that the victim was on the phone shortly before his death with someone and interested in for the person who called him last. It turns out that it was the last caller, the wizard. Since Matsuo was briefly away during the live show, he comes now under suspicion. He tries to overcome by stating that he could never be within the four minutes come from the TV studio to the conference room. Then the police test it out how long it takes for the track. Kogoro made it in a time of 6 minutes and 41 seconds, so Megure demands that he tries again. The result remains the same: It is impossible to run during the four-minute thrillers from the studio into the conference room and back.

Meanwhile, Conan speculates that Matsuo could be the culprit, but lack of evidence. However, the staircase between the ninth and the seventh floor is not monitored by cameras. He also discovered a storage room, which is located directly above the window of the conference room. Conan, who wonders why the killer called the victim, if he is to have it faced directly, comes a new idea, and it checks whether there are some on the road under the stockroom bullet holes, and in fact, he discovered what he was looking for. Now it is clear how the killer has taken. So when Matsuo is called during the repetition, Conan has the evidence he needs.

People

  • Resolution

    Manga to anime changes

    Sonoko's movie is interrupted by Kogoro's deduction show.
    • In the manga, Michihiko Suwa is characterized as being far more self-centered and concerned with his career than in the anime. When Matsuo calls the producer claiming that he'll commit suicide by jumping from the television studio roof, he tells Suwa that he will be "going down" with him. Stating that he has listed all of Suwa's misdeeds in his will, Matsuo frightens the producer by insinuating that everything will be written in tomorrow's newspaper. Fearful for his own future, Suwa rushes to the window to try and convince Matsuo not to jump. In the anime, Matsuo does not make such threats, and Suwa runs to the window out of concern for Matsuo's life as opposed to his career being ruined.
    • In the manga, when Kogoro's deduction show is televised outside of the Nichiuri Television Studio for the public's viewing, more time is spent showing people's reactions to the broadcast than in the anime. One such scene that was entirely omitted involved Sonoko Suzuki. While watching a movie, her mother tells her to go to bed as it's getting late. Just as Sonoko asks if she can stay up a bit longer, her movie is interrupted by a news bulletin concerning the death of Michihiko. When the screen switches to Kogoro's deduction, Sonoko's facial expression of confusion turns to complete shock.

    Translation changes

    Anime

    • The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:
    • Michihiko Suwa - Miguel Santos
    • Takashi Matsuo - Tate Evans
    • Ayako Nagai - Alice Nagel
    • Kirishima Shouji (From The Murderer is You Segment) - Roger Stacks

    Remastered version

    A remastered version of the episode aired on August 24, 2013.

    Trivia

    • This episode featured the first use of the show's third post-credits Joke Card, featuring Conan standing in the foreground, with Kogoro and Megure in the background.
    • The trick utilised in this case is rather similar to Murder in Mesopotamia, a novel written by Agatha Christie.[N 1]

    Gallery

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 Feel Your Heart Feel Your Heart Feel Your Heart Feel Your Heart
    2 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    3 対決のテーマ Taiketsu no Tēma Showdown Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    4 蘭・愛のテーマ Ran・Ai no Tēma Ran's Love Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    5 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    6 脅迫 (パート2) Kyōhaku (Pāto 2) Threat (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    7 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 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
    9 「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ (音コンテ) "Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Oto Konte) "Detective Conan" Main Theme (Sound Cue) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    11 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    12 コナンのテーマ1 Konan no Tēma 1 Conan's Theme 1 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    13 小さな巨人 Chiisana Kyojin A Small Great Person Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    14 事件現場2 Jiken Genba 2 Scene of the Case 2 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    15 犯人のアジト (いよいよver.) Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    16 対決のテーマ (落ち着きver.) Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.) Showdown Theme (Calm ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    17 コナンの夢 Konan no Yume Conan's Dream Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    18 迷宮のラヴァーズ Meikyū no Lovers Lovers' Labyrinth Meikyū no Lovers
    19 蘭のテーマ Ran no Tēma Ran's Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic جريمة في مبنى التلفاز Crime in the TV building
    Flag of Basque Country Basque Hilketa telebistako estudioan Murder on the TV set
    Flag of Balearic Islands Catalan (Balearic dub) S'assassinat a s'estudi de televisió Murder on the TV set
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalonia dub) Assassinat als estudis de televisió Murder on the TV set
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Assassinat a l'estudi de televisió Murder on the TV set
    Flag of France French Meurtre au studio de télévision Murder on TV set
    Flag of Galicia Galician Asasinato no estudio de televisión TV Station Murder
    Flag of Germany German Tatort TV-Show TV Show Crime Scene
    Flag of Italy Italian Giallo in diretta Live mystery
    Flag of Poland Polish Morderstwo w studiu telewizyjnym Murder on a TV Set
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) Asesinato en el estudio de televisión Murder on the TV set
    Flag of US Spanish (American dub) Asesinato en el estudio de televisión Murder on the TV set
    Flag of Thailand Thai คดีฆาตกรรมในสถานีโทรทัศน์ A murder case in a TV station
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Vụ án mạng ở đài truyền hình TV Station Murder Case

    Notes

    1. ^ Nonetheless, both of them might pay tribute to G. K. Chesterton's short detective story, named The Miracle of Moon Crescent, which was collected in his work The Incredulity of Father Brown.

    See also

    Episodes of Season 1
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