The Mysterious Shooting Message Case

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Episode 14 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Shooting Message Case
Japanese title:	謎のメッセージ狙撃事件 (Nazo no Messēji Sogeki Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 29, 1996
Broadcast rating:	12.5%
Filler case:	#2
Season:	1
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Shooter
Dubbed episode:	Episode 15
English airdate:	June 16, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Juzo Megure Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Calculator
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director:	Masato Sato
Animation director:	Akio Kawamura Kumiko Shishido
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Joji Nakata as Koichi Yamabe Keiko Onodera as Eri Kiyomitsu Mizu'uchi as Helicopter pilot Keiji Fujiwara as Man A Naoki Makishima as Man B Isshin Chiba as Man C
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Juzo Megure Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

While fishing, Conan and with the Detective Boys spot a sniper shooting a balloon tied to a remote controlled boat on the river. This sniper is held at gunpoint by other men.

Missing People
	Location: Abandoned building Victim: Koichi Yamabe, Eri Culprit: Four criminals

The Detective Boys go to find these men but when they get there, the gunmen have left.

Conan finds a calculator under a small concrete block which he believes was left behind by the sniper. Kogoro, Ran and Conan, joined by the Detective Boys, find a stretch of road that mirrors the river used for the test. They call the police and find out that the sniper, Koichi Yamabe, and his girlfriend, Eri, were recently reported missing. However, while waiting for the criminals to arrive at the supposed sniping spot, Conan realizes that the numbers on the calculator, when read upside down, spell out a different message entirely.

People

Koichi Yamabe
	Victim (abducted) Police officer Former olympic medalist in rifle shooting

Eri
	Victim (abducted) Yamabe's girlfriend

Man #1
	Criminal Hostage taker

Man #2
	Criminal Hostage taker

Man #3
	Criminal Hostage taker

Man #4
	Criminal The lookout

District Attorney
100px	Prosecutor Yamabe's target (shown with family)

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • The sniper left behind a calculator with the numbers 3,135,134,162 on the screen.
  • The sniper's test was held at about one o'clock in the afternoon.
  • When Ran suggested that the numbers 162 might be a road, Kogoro declared that the shape of the river might be similar to the bends of the road for the sniping site.
  • When Conan accidentally sees the numbers upside down, the numbers can be read as "291 Heisei E".

• Resolution

The sniper that Conan saw was Koichi Yamabe, a police officer and former rifle marksman of Japan's Olympic team. He and his girlfriend, Eri, were abducted by the criminals while on vacation. The criminals held Eri hostage so that Koichi Yamabe would work for them.

When the criminals don't arrive at the site on Saitama Route 162, Conan and the Detective Boys try reexamining the code. As Mitsuhiko punches the numbers into his calculator, Conan accidentally sees that when upside down, the numbers can read as "291 Heisei E". The decoded message means the one o'clock train on February 9th of the Heisei Express train. The shape of the river turns out to mirror a double-curve in the train tracks of the Express. The criminals want Koichi to shoot someone inside the train and the balloon was just an accuracy test.

Attempted murder
	Location: Abandoned building Victim: District Attorney Suspects: Koichi Yamabe The kidnappers forced Koichi to assassinate the district attorney to save Eri.

Conan sneaks into the helicopter taking Inspector Megure to the train line. Before Koichi can assassinate the target, Inspector Megure instructs the pilot to swoop down and distract the criminals. Conan uses his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick his helmet towards one criminal before he can shoot Koichi. Koichi is able to take down the remaining criminals and save Eri from harm.

Attempted murder
	Location: Abandoned building Culprit: Gang leader The leader tried to Kill Koichi and Eri but he got arrested by Megure.

• Motive

The criminals were former members of a Tiger gang whose leaders were caught in a sting operation last year. They wanted revenge on the district attorney who set up the operation, and planned to shoot him while he was on his way back from a vacation with his family.

Translation changes

Anime

• While Eri is merely Koichi's girlfriend, the Funimation changes their relationship to husband and wife.
• The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:

• Heisei Express - Soho Express
• Route 162 - Highway 162
• Kyoto - Ruffleton
• Koichi Yamabe - Charles Mulligan
• Eri - Erin Mulligan

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	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
4	脅迫 （パート１）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 1)	Threat (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
7	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	コナンのテーマ	Konan no Tēma	Conan's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	「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
11	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
12	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
13	事件解決 （意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Trivia

• Heisei Express train in real-life is Keisei Express train named Keisei AE series (1972).

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	سر الرسالة الغامضة	The secret of the mysterious message
Basque	Tiroketa mezu kodetua
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Un missatge molt misteriós	A Very Mysterious Message
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El misteriós missatge de la calculadora	Mysterious message in a calculator machine
French	Un message à déchiffrer	A Message to be Deciphered
Galician	O atentado da mensaxe enigmática	Mysterious Message's Attempt
German	Eine mörderische Zahl	A Murderous Number
Italian	Il messaggio misterioso	The Mysterious Message
Portuguese	O código do crime	Crime code
Spanish (American dub)	El mensaje misterioso	The Mysterious Message
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Mensaje en clave para un asesinato	A coded message for a murder
Thai	คดีข้อความปริศนา	The Mysterious Message Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án thông điệp bí ẩn	The Mysterious Message Case

See also

• Season 1