The Disappearing Detective Boys Case

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Episode 165 (Int. Episode 176)
Information
Title:	The Disappearing Detective Boys Case
Japanese title:	少年探偵団消失事件 (Shōnen Tantei-dan Shōshitsu Jiken)
Original airdate:	October 25, 1999 October 22, 2022 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	18.0%
Remastered rating:	6.5%
Filler case:	#61
Season:	4
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Ai Haibara Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	A bunch of puppets Doll (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama (chief)
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Masato Sato
Episode director:	Masato Sato
Animation director:	Hirobi Muranaka Mari Tominaga
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Masami Kikuchi as Hajime Kaifu Isshin Chiba as Man Maki Mizuma as Child A Nao Takamori as Child B
Music
Opening song:	Girigiri chop
Closing song:	Free Magic

The Disappearing Detective Boys Case (少年探偵団消失事件 ,Shōnen Tantei-dan Shōshitsu Jiken) is the 165th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Yoko Okino (poster) Ai Haibara (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys, but not Haibara, are in a puppeteer camping trip in Kirigaoka, Kanagawa Prefecture, where they are practicing for a school puppet play. At the same time, a serial arsonist has been spotted near the areas of the camp. While at the camp, the students disappear with their puppets, leaving the Detective Boys alone. Mitsuhiko assumes that their teacher is the serial arsonist. After they disappear, even Conan is caught too, only Mitsuhiko remains alone.

Missing people - Kidnapping?

Location: Kirigaoka pension Victims: Kids Suspect: Hajime Kaifu Kids have been disappearing one after the other, and the dolls each disappeared one had also vanished each time. The plot resembled the one of the play they trying to re-enact, which was based on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, where ten people were invited on an island and disappeared one after the other, while a doll representing them also disappeared.

People

Hajime Kaifu
	28 years old Marionettist Children's caretaker Beika 3-chōme resident

Man A
	Kirigaoka Plateau, Sasayuki Village manager

Man B
	Mysterious person burning down pensions in the district

Kid A
	Participant in the camping trip

Kid B
	Participant in the camping trip

Kid C
	Participant in the camping trip

Kid D
	Participant in the camping trip

Kid E
	Participant in the camping trip

Resolution

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Mitsuhiko found the real hooligan.

After being cornered by the teacher, Mitsuhiko finds out they decided to scare him for being bossy, by the suggestions of Genta and Ayumi. Mitsuhiko runs away angrily but runs into the serial arsonist.

Attemped Kidnapping
	Location: Kirigaoka forest Victim: Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Culprit: Pension hooligan The arsonist attempts to kidnap Mitsuhiko, but the latter bites his left hand and Conan strikes the culprit.

Conan manages to stop the culprit who is later arrested. Later, Ayumi kisses Mitsuhiko for playing that mean joke on him.

Trivia

• Hajime Kaifu's van is a 1996 gray Toyota HiAce Commuter [H100].

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	事件解決 （意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	一触即発	Isshokusokuhatsu	Critical Situation	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
13	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	それいけコナン （超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic
18	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	مهمة جديدة لفريق التحري	A New Task for the Detective Boys
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La desaparició de la lliga de detectius júnior	The disappearance of the Detective Boys club
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La desaparició de la lliga dels xiquets detectius	The disappearance of the Detective Boys club
French	La Disparition du club des Détectives Juniors	The disappearance of the Detective Boys club
Galician	A desaparición da Asociación de Detectives Xuvenís	The disappearance of the Detective Boys club
German	Die verschwundenen Kinder	The Missing Children
Italian	Sparizione improvvisa	Sudden Disappearance
Spanish (American dub)	La desaparición de la liga juvenil de detectives	The disappearance of the Detective Boys club
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La desaparición de la liga juvenil de detectives	The Disappearance of the Detective Boys Club
Traditional Chinese	少年偵探隊消失事件	The Disappearing Detective Boys
Thai	คดีขบวนการนักสืบเยาวชนหายตัว	The dissappearing Detective Boys case
Vietnamese	Đội Thám Tử Nhí biến mất	The Disappearing Detective Boys

See also

• Season 4