The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case

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Episode 13 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case
Original airdate:	April 22, 1996
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 2: File 4~7 (Heavily altered)
English version
English title:	Mystery Mastermind
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Calculator
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yuuichi Higurashi
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Chafurin as Inspector Megure Masako Katsuki as Masami Hirota Hideaki Tezuka as Akira Hirota Kan Tokumaru as Mystery Man A Ryuzaburo Otomo as Mystery Man B Rin Mizuhara as Landlady Isshin Chiba as Cloak checker Takumi Yamazaki as TV Announcer Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint announcer

Characters and gadgets introduced

Akemi Miyano (Alias: Masami Hirota)
	Mysterious client

Criminal Tracking Glasses
	Uses radar to locate his transmitters Tracks location of the Detective Boys' badges

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Dr. Agasa

Case

Situation

A woman named Masami Hirota shows up at Kogoro's Detective Agency and asks him to find Kent Hirota, her father. Rearranging Kent's cat's name, they realize it's the name of a racing horse. They find him at a horse track but the next day, Kent is found dead and Masami missing. Conan remembers that he accidentally placed a tracker on Masami but the batteries in his glasses run out. Another detective is discovered who is tracking Masami down for his client Akira Hirota. After Conan's glasses are recharged, they head to Masami's location and find Akira dead.

People

Kenzou Hirota
	Victim (strangulation)

Hirota's Landlady
	Apartment landlady

Detective
100px	Hired by Akira to find Kenzou

Akira Hirota
	Suspect

Okita
	Mastermind

Manga to Anime Change

In the manga version of the story Gin and Vodka are the masterminds of the case (rather than Okita), and they end up killing Masami Hirota/Akemi Miyano who informs Conan of the organization's existence. This would lead to Ai Haibara's appearance in the series.

To repair the storyline, Episode 128 The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case was written with a similar ending to the manga version.

See also

• Season 1