Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness

Chronology
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Episode 489 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness
Japanese title:	法廷の対決Ⅲ 目撃者は検察官 (Hōtei no Taiketsu Surī: Mokugekisha wa Kensatsukan)
Original airdate:	November 26, 2007 *
Broadcast rating:	10,10%
Filler case:	#159
Season:	16
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Eri Kisaki Reiko Kujo Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Midori Kuriyama Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Sasaki Presiding judge Side judge A Side judge B
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Jacket
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Yutaka Kaneko
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director:	Kumiko Shishido (chief) Kazumi Kobayashi Rie Ogasawara
Character design:	Kumiko Shishido (design works) Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Gara Takashima as Eri Kisaki Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Asako Dodo as Midori Kuriyama Rica Matsumoto as Reiko Kujo Yasuyuki Kase as Sasaki Jurota Kosugi as Hiroaki Takeuchi Sakiko Tamagawa as Mariko Takeuchi Kozo Mito as Tanishima Ken Shiroyama as Presiding judge Koji Yusa as Police officer Ryuzo Hasuike as Taxi driver Kumiko Hironaka as Espa's snacks mom Takashi Taguchi as Apartment manager
Music
Opening song:	Glorious Mind
Closing song:	Sekai wa Mawaru to Yū Keredo
* 1 Hour Special

Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness (法廷の対決Ⅲ 目撃者は検察官 ,Hōtei no Taiketsu Surī: Mokugekisha wa Kensatsukan) is the 489th episode of the Detective Conan anime. It is the third installment in the Courtroom Confrontation series after Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro and Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo.

Characters introduced

Kenzo Katsuragi
	45 years old Police HQ First Division SID head inspector Kujo's former superior

Agent A
	Police HQ First Division SID agent Kujo's former co-worker

Agent B
	Police HQ First Division SID agent Kujo's former co-worker

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Eri Kisaki Reiko Kujo Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Midori Kuriyama Sasaki Presiding judge Side judge A Side judge B Miwako Sato (ending) Wataru Takagi (ending)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Microphone Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Eri Kisaki is asked to defend Hiroaki Takeuchi who had been accused of hit-and-run incident. However the evidence suggests it was his wife, Mariko Takeuchi, who has committed the crime. Hiroaki calls Reiko Kujo and tells her to meet him and he will tell her the truth. Reiko, accompanied by Mariko, visits Hiroaki and sees him fall off his balcony to his death.

Accident?
	Location: Street Victim: Yasuyuki Matsukawa Cause of death: Car crash Suspects: Hiroaki Takeuchi

Suicide?
	Location: Takeuchi apartment Victim: Hiroaki Takeuchi Cause of death: Fell from the apartment balcony

Believing her questioning motivated his suicide, Reiko quits her job as a prosecutor.

People

Hiroaki Takeuchi
	Victim (fell) Defendant

Mariko Takeuchi
	Takeuchi company president Hiroaki's wife

Tanishima
	Takeuchi company employee

Yasuyuki Matsukawa
	Victim (car accident) Biker

Takeshi Nezu
	Deceased Police HQ First Division SID former head inspector Kujo's former superior

Kayoko Nezu
	Takeshi's wife Housewife

Kenzo Katsuragi
	45 years old Police HQ First Division SID head inspector Kujo's former superior

Agent A
	Police HQ First Division SID agent Kujo's former co-worker

Agent B
	Police HQ First Division SID agent Kujo's former co-worker

Nezu
	Takeshi and Kayoko's only son Elementary school boy

Policeman
	Toriya Police Department officer

Man #1
	Taxi driver

Woman
	"Espa" snack's mama in Suehiro-dori

Man #2
	Takeuchi apartment manager

Resolution

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Reiko learns from Eri the possibility it was a murder made to look like a suicide by Mariko. Conan and Kogoro investigate and confirm that Hiroaki was murdered. During the hearing, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and, with supporting evidence, reveals Mariko Takeuchi to be the cause of the Hit and Run and that she murdered Hiroaki. The court ends and charges Mariko with the hit-and-run and opens a case involving her homicide.

Trivia

• Takeshi Nezu is the same name of the victim murdered in And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared.
• Kenzo Katsuragi and his two subordinates appear only in a flashback from five years ago, while they are introduced in Rainbow Color Kidnapping.
• This is the fourteenth 1 hour special case, not counting reruns. The thirteenth was The Devil of the TV Station.
• Mariko Takeuchi drives an Aluminium Silver Peugeot 206 GRIFFE Hatchback. The license plate number is 新宿 500, め 10-56 (Shinjuku 500, Me 10-56).
• The two photos in Reiko Kujo's apartment are about Kudo residence, but with an inverted orientation, so she's a close acquaintance of the Kudo family since Conan knows her very well. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Kudo Residence

First photo.

Second photo.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
4:58 - 6:27	犯人のアジト１	Hannin no Ajito 1	The Culprit's Hideout 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7:03 - 8:04	推理１	Suiri 1	Deduction 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8:36 - 9:26	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10:02 - 10:38	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:50 - 11:17	トロピカルランド'07	Toropikaru Rando '07	Tropical Land '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best
11:23 - 12:07	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
12:20 - 13:15	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14:10 - 15:11	推理１	Suiri 1	Deduction 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16:04 - 16:50	暗殺者のテーマ─事件の予感	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Jiken no Yokan	Assassin's Theme - Foreboding Case	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
17:42 - 19:18	コナンの直感	Konan no Chokkan	Conan's Intuition	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
20:39 - 21:53	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
22:21 - 22:58	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
23:51 - 24:59	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
25:52 - 27:20	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
27:26 - 28:01	オセンチな歩美	Osenchina Ayumi	Sentimental Ayumi	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
28:31 - 29:33	和葉の気持ち	Kazuha no Kimochi	Kazuha's Feelings	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
31:13 - 33:27	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
33:49 - 34:05	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
34:10 - 34:20	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
34:49 - 35:47	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
36:27 - 37:44	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
38:34 - 39:34	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
39:58 - 40:56	ジンのテーマＣ	Jin no Tēma C	Gin's Theme C	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
41:04 - 41:23	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
41:36 - 42:55	事件現場３	Jiken Genba 3	Scene of the Case 3	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
43:06 - 43:56	コナン推理	Konan Suiri	Conan's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
44:05 - 44:36	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Matenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
46:34 - 47:23	????

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Confontració al tribunal 3. Una fiscal com a testimoni	Courtroom confrontation 3. Prosecutor as a witness
Italian	Colpevole, innocente	Guilty, not guilty
Thai	การเผชิญหน้าในศาลภาค 3 พยานที่เห็นเหตุการณ์คือตำรวจ	Confrontation in the court - Part 3: The eyewitness is a police
Indonesian (subbed)	Konfrontasi di Ruang Sidang III. Jaksa sebagai Saksi	Confrontation in Court III. Prosecutor is Witness

See also

• Season 16