Season 6

Season 6 aired from February 15, 1999 to September 27, 1999.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 6.

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
135	-	The Disappearing Weapon Search Case	February 15, 1999			TV Original	Trash pickup day and crows
Ayumi's usual hairdresser wants to quit her job. She has a fight with her boss about it, but promises Ayumi that she will always cut Ayumi's hair. She invites Ayumi to her apartment the next day, where Conan and the Detective Boys find the hairdresser dead, strangled. With evidence they find out a blue hangar was used. They realize it must've been thrown away as the boss was staring at the trash. After searching and being unable to find the trash, Conan realizes crows took it and retrieved the hangar. After the culprit is proven as the murderer, she is taken away by Inspector Megure. Afterwards, the crows extract revenge on the Detective boys for taking the hangar.
136	-	The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 1)	February 22, 1999			V20 - F10 ~ V21 - F3	Chess pieces
The Detective Boys are on a camping trip but Professor Agasa forgot the tent. They then wander to a castle owned by a mistress and learn that there's a secret treasure in the castle. Conan finds a clue to the treasure and enters a secret passage but is attacked by an unknown assailant. Agasa and Ai release that something has happened to Conan. Agasa is about to phone the police to investigate but upon seeing a secret agent, is knocked out by the same culprit. Agasa invents the Wristwatch Flashlight. Ayumi admits to Ai that she feels very affectionate to Conan, saving some bread for him because she thinks that if he is lost, he is also very hungry.
137	-	The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 2)	March 1, 1999			V20 - F10 ~ V21 - F3	Passport size
When nighttime comes, Ai investigates freely and is accompanied by the Detective Boys. They enter the same secret passage as Conan did and wander out of another secret entrance. Genta remains trapped and captured by the culprit. Mitsuhiko ends up missing too. Ai and Ayumi investigate the abandoned tower of the castle and find the culprit using a secret entrance connected to the castle. They find a corpse and release who the culprit is pretending to be the mistress. After re-uniting with the everyone, Conan reveals the location of the treasure. The treasure was the castle, and a beautiful scene. The culprit breaks down realizing that they wasted 10 years and killed a huge number of people just for this. The culprit is captured.
138	-	The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 1)	March 8, 1999			V23 - F1~3	Above the movie theater
The Detective Boys attend the final opening day of a theatre as it is about to be demolished. They plan to watch three films of Gomera, a parody of Godzilla. During the second film, the man who bought and planned the demolishing of the theatre is found hanged. The four suspects are the theatre clerk, a photographer, theatre manager, and projector technician. The episode ends with Mitsuhiko proclaiming he saw the theatre clerk looking at herself in the mirror. Detective Chiba's debut episode. It is only a token cameo appearance.
139	-	The Final Screening Murder Case (Part 2)	March 15, 1999			V23 - F1~3	Mirror
After continuing the investigation, Conan finds out the clue to this murder is the mirrors. After solving the case, the culprit is taken away. The culprit before he leaves asks to finish the final screening of the theatre for the Detective Boys. In the end, the director decides not to sell the theatre, as the children reminded him the magic of theatres.
140	-	SOS! Messages from Ayumi	April 12, 1999			TV Original	Clock
There is a burglar on the loose! But Ayumi is sick so she stays home. When a burglar invades her house, she tries using the detective badge to call for help. Conan realizes that a burglar is in her home and Conan manages to stop him with the Detective Boys.
141	-	The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (Part 1)	April 19, 1999			V21 - F11 ~ V22 - F3	Pendant
Heiji and Kazuha visit Tokyo accompanied by Mouri, Ran, and Conan. They run into Heiji's father's friend and are invited to their mansion. There a murder occurs and his father's friend is found dead in a locked room. It seems he was dragged to another room after being stabbed in the heart. Ran and Kazuha's friendship grows after Ran quickly changes shirts to prove to Kazuha that she didn't wear the striped pattern because Heiji did. Kazuha is still very jealous of Ran, and still thinks she has feelings for Heiji, after finding out that Ran and Heiji are wearing the same style striped shirt. Kazuha's feelings for Heiji are once again briefly explored.
142	-	The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (Part 2)	April 26, 1999			V21 - F11 ~ V22 - F3	Bag
Continuing the investigation, Heiji proclaims the butler was the murderer and he is taken away, screaming his innocence. Late that night, an unknown man takes the murder weapon and tries to place it in a bag, but is caught by Heiji and Conan who reveal that they placed the blame on the butler to lure out the true culprit. The culprit reveals that he murdered the man because he tried to cancel the wedding and take his love away from him.
143	-	The Suspicious Astronomical Observation	May 3, 1999			TV Original	Developed picture
Ran, Sonoko, and Conan go to watch the stars. Sonoko is especially hoping that she will see a shooting star. Ran has a friend at the observatory that helps her use a telescope; he introduces his sempais that work at the observatory. One of them just one an award known as the "Star Pioneer". However, that same night, that same person falls from the higher level of the observatory. Conan knows that this isn't an accident - but how can he prove it?
144	-	The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (Part 1)	May 10, 1999			V22 - F4~7	Northern star
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran take the overnight North Star Express to Hokkaido to meet a former client. On the train, they meet up with a series of people. However, in the night, a murder case occurs when a burglar seemingly kills a jewelry trader, and escapes through the window. The train stops to find his dead body outside. Conan noticed that the plot is very similar to an unpublished novel written by his father that had been stolen ten years before. However, unable to contact Yuusaku Kudo, Conan takes the case into his own hands, and finds his mother on the train.
145	-	The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (Part 2)	May 17, 1999			V22 - F4~7	Disguise
Conan reveals to the suspicious woman that he knows her identity - it is Yukiko Kudo, his mother, in disguise. As they discuss the case, Kogoro calls all the passengers to witness his inaccurate deduction, enabling Conan to figure out the trick. However, a worried Conan recalls that in the novel, the detective boy who solved the case was murdered by the trap he set for the criminal. Yukiko volunteers to act as a decoy to help him find the proof. When the train lands at Sapporo Station, however, Conan and Yukiko are separated and the criminal moves, intending to push her onto the tracks. Yuusaku appears just in time and reveals the trick and his own identity to the criminal, who had idolized his work.
146	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Part 1)	May 24, 1999			V21 - F8~10	Exercise bike
The detective boys go to the police station who are trying to figure out who robbed a nearby bank. The man who owns the bank phones his wife, then gives the phone to one of the officers. Suddenly, the woman screams and she is then found dead in her house with a wound from a knife. Conan thinks that these two cases are related - did the robbers kill the wife because she recognized one of them? He sees the man smiling at his wife's dead body. Yumi Miyamoto debuts in this episode, in a flashback with Takagi. Sato's, Takagi's, and Shiratori's characters develop fully. Shiratori becomes a full time Inspector. Sato and Takagi's budding romance is explored for the first time.
147	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (Part 2)	May 30, 1999			V21 - F8~10	Bookshelf
Conan gives the police small clues and they eventually find out that the man killed his own wife and staged the robbery to his own bank. Takagi and Sato are about to eat a ramen dinner together, until Megure interrupts and insists that he take Sato somewhere, along with Takagi.
148	-	The Streetcar's Sudden Stopping Case	June 7, 1999			TV Original	Camera case
Conan and the Detective Boys wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go get in line for a roller coaster ride. There are only three other people on the train at that time, and they plan on going there in order to take pictures of the train. One of the photographers waits outside so he can take pictures of the train coming towards him; suddenly, the ladder underneath him tips over and he falls onto the track. The train conductor quickly applies the emergency brakes, and everybody rushes out of the train to find him unhurt. However, when Conan comes back into the train to continue their journey, they find one of the other photographers dead. How can Conan make the officer in charge of the case see sense that this was a murder, not an accident?
149	-	The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case	June 21, 1999			TV Original	Kamen Yaiba show
At an amusement park, an accident occurs during a Kamen Yaiba playing. As Yaiba jumped from a bungee cord, the cord burns and he falls into the water. 20 minutes later, he is found dead. Conan realizes that the Yaiba who jumped was the criminal who killed the Yaiba actor beforehand. The culprit reveals he did so because he was told he could not act as Yaiba. Ran says next time she will go to Tropical Land with a boyfriend Kogorou thinks Shinichi is the said boyfriend but Ran says not Shinichi, but with Conan as her boyfriend . While blushing, Conan says, "I-I guess so.."
150	-	The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Part 1)	June 28, 1999			TV Original	Car garage
Mouri reveals that he tutored in his youth, and resolves to meet up with one of his students. However, when they go see her, her car suddenly explodes as her sister drives it out of the driveway. Mouri is determined to solve the case and find the murderer as soon as possible. At the end, he appears to solve the case, but Conan believes there is a little more to it than the simple explanation he gives. Kogoro's past, in which he earned extra money as a tutor to make ends meet, is briefly discussed.
151	-	The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Part 2)	July 5, 1999			TV Original	Window
With some prodding by Conan, Mouri surprisingly finds the truth of the case himself. He confronts the criminal, and with some help from Conan, he overcomes his ideals and gets to the heart of the matter. Mouri's character is briefly explored, as he thinks of his past and tries to figure out how the murder occured. It hits close to home to him, as the killer may in fact be someone who he considered very close. Mouri's past as a tutor is explored once again.
152	-	The Mysterious Old Man Disappearance Case	July 12, 1999			TV Original	Windowpane
While on the bus home, Ran meets an old man who later disappears. Later she finds a MO disk in her purse with secret information about a company. Conan realizes the old man must've been followed and captured. After Sonoko is kidnapped, Conan manages to find out where the culprits are hiding, and saves her and the old man. Azusa Enomoto's first appearance.
153	-	Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 1)	July 19, 1999			V22 - F8~10	Sonoko's camera
Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are out on a trip to a beach resort. There, they discover from Inspector Sango Yokomizo that there is a person who is killing young brown haired girls. Conan meets various interesting suspects, and a strange man attacks Sonoko, looking for her camera. Could her camera include a picture of the culprit? Makoto Kyogoku is introduced.
154	-	Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Part 2)	July 26, 1999			V22 - F8~10	Bite mark
The serial killer is on the loose, and now Sonoko is a target! After some investigating, Conan solves the case, however, Sonoko may be in danger! Can Conan save her in time? And if not, is there anyone who can? Makoto is revealed to be a karate champion, saving Sonoko from a serial killer. Sonoko's budding romance with Makoto begins here, as he confesses his love to her, and they become a couple.
155	-	Underwater Key in the Locked Room Case	August 2, 1999			TV Original	Crayon
Detective Mouri, Ran, and Conan pay a visit to an old woman. She decides to take them to her grandson, but he's found dead when they get into the house. The bathroom door is locked however. How could this have happened? Rather than use detective Mouri for the case, Conan solves this one as himself.
156	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Part 1)	August 9, 1999			V23 - F10 ~ V24 - F2	Professor Agasa's newest invention
Sato is chasing a murderer through the school building where the Detective Boys are in. After cornering him, she accidentally handcuffs him to her between a toilet handle, trapping them. The man proclaims he is innocent and that needs to get on a plane tomorrow to attend his daughter's wedding. She tells Takagi to solve the case before the time and not to inform the police. The Tokyo police department send out a massive manhunt for the suspect, Sato, and Takagi. Sato and Takagi's romance is once again explored.
157	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Part 2)	August 16, 1999			V23 - F10 ~ V24 - F2	Cactus
With the help of the Detective Boys, the case is solved. However, the building Sato and the suspect is trapped in is about to be blown up. With all the ruckus of the people, they are unable to warn Agasa who created a special bomb called Tropical Rainbow, a bomb that explodes with all the colors of the rainbow. Conan manages to knock Agasa out before he pushes the button to demolish the building. Takagi is also extremely relieved when he finds out that Sato only sees Inspector Megure as a fatherly figure. Takagi is relieved when he learns that Sato only thinks of Megure as a father figure.
158	-	The Silent Loop Line	August 23, 1999			TV Original	Pink ballpoint pen
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are waiting for the train when they notice a group of people leaving work on a Sunday. Once they boarded the train the group finds their co-worker dead in an empty train car. After all three are presented as possible suspects Conan notices a couple of clues, there is a mark on her ear and a line on her arm. Before long Conan stuns Mouri and reveals who did it and the evidence used to prove their guilt,
159	-	The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 1)	September 6, 1999			TV Original	Rope
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are visitors at the 5 story pagoda. After running into the manager, they are invited out to dinner as guest of the temple on him, thanks to the Great Detective Mouri. The morning after hearing the legend of 5 story pagoda, the manager (who was planning on turning it into a tourist attraction) turns up dead, hanging from the top floor, in a fashion mimicing the legend. Suspicions point to suicide as the means of death. Conan spots the manager's tie clip at the end of the episode and knows it was murder, and only one of four people could be responsible.
160	-	The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda (Part 2)	September 13, 1999			TV Original	Wallet
More evidence presents itself as Conan notices there are burn marks on the rope used to hang him, and also a slip knot tied. In addition, there was not enough length in the rope meaning, he would have needed to jumped into the noose to commit suicide. Right before the poilce detective was going to call it a suicide case, Conan stuns Mouri and reveals the method in which the murder was commited, followed by the key piece of evidence to prove who the murderer was.
161	-	The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant	September 20, 1999			TV Original	Blowfish milt
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are at a fancy traditional Japanese restaurant where food is delivered on a small computer controlled boat that navigates over a running stream around the restaurant. Later, a murder occurs and Conan realizes the only way it could have been possible was for a person to be alone, and to use the stream to access the room. Conan later reveals that the murderer hid in the boats and came out to murder the victim. The culprit explained how he was blackmailed by the victim who demanded a large payment from him.
162	-	The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case (1 Hour Special)	September 27, 1999			V21 - F4~7	Tablets
While on a plane trip, Conan thinks back to a time when he was Shinichi, going on a plane trip with Ran to New York. While there, Kudo finds a dead corpse in a locked bathroom. Incidentally, Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi are on the same plane. Can Shinichi solve the case, or will the Inspector not take him seriously? This is Shinichi's first ever murder case. His incredible deduction skills completely overwhelm and impress Inspector Megure. This is also very early in Takagi's career as a member of Megure's police force. Ran and Shinichi's budding feelings for each other are briefly explored. The whole episode takes place before the actual show. This airplane trip is what leads into Shinichi Kudo's New York Case.

Theme songs

Openings

• Episodes 135-142: TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ by TWO-MIX
• Episodes 143-162: GIRIGIRI chop by B'z

Endings

• Episodes 135-152: Still for your love by rumania montevideo
• Episodes 153-162: Free Magic by WAG

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 6