The Ojamanbou Murder Case

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Episode 56 (Int. Episode 58)
Information
Title:	The Ojamanbou Murder Case
Japanese title:	おじゃマンボウ殺人事件 (Ojamanbō Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 28, 1997
Broadcast rating:	17.6%
Filler case:	#21
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Sunfish Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 58
English airdate:	October 12, 2004 (DVD)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Surveillance camera
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Yasuhiro Matsumura
Episode director:	Yasuhiro Matsumura
Animation director:	Reiko Aoki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Takashi Hyodo (sub-character) Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Tsunehisa Fujii as Tsunehisa Fujii Hideyuki Nakayama as Hideyuki Nakayama Kuniko Asagi as Kuniko Asagi Kumiko Tsunoda as Kumiko Nakayama Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer Eiji Ooki as Cleaning staff Wataru Takagi as Detective, Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman

The Ojamanbou Murder Case (おじゃマンボウ殺人事件 ,Ojamanbō Satsujin Jiken) is the 56th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are out jogging when they are attracted to a scene of a murder. One of the owners of the Ojamanbou Cleaning Company has been killed by a falling beam.

Murder
	Location: Alleyway adjacent to the Ojamanbou Cleaning Company building Victim: Tsunehisa Fujii Age: 27 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma from the falling steel beam Culprit: Hideyuki Nakayama Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are out jogging when they are attracted to a scene of a murder. One of the owners of the Ojamanbou Cleaning Company has been killed by a falling beam.

People

Tsunehisa Fujii
	Victim (crushed) 27 years old Ojamanbou Cleaning Company Eastern Branch vice-president

Hideyuki Nakayama
	29 years old Ojamanbou Cleaning Company president

Kuniko Asagi
	31 years old Ojamanbou Cleaning Company secretary

Kumiko Nakayama
	Deceased (crushed) Hideyuki's younger sister Ojamanbou Cleaning Company former secretary

Resolution

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Hideyuki Nakayama is the killer. He put a instrument belonging to the victim (harmonica) on the ground and he placed the truck across the street from the murder scene so he would be able to see the reflection of the victim using his binoculars and he would know when to drop the steel beam from the roof that would cause the victim's death. The steel beam was dropped using the surveillance camera that was mounted on the roof, Hideyuki connected the steel beam and the camera using steel wire. Conan found out because of the camera installed by Nakayama's company in the rooftop. This would later confirm his guilt as he would be caught, in a reflection, by his own surveillance footage.

Another piece of evidence is that the harmonica that the victim was supposedly picking up did not have any fingerprints from the victim nor the murderer.

Hideyuki had panicked, when Ran had unknowingly blocked the mirror he was using as a result he dropped the steel beam prematurely, before the victim had a chance to pick up the harmonica.

His motive was that Tsunehisa had broken up with Hideyuki's sister, causing her to go a spiral of depression and later commit suicide. He learned about this through his sister's diary and along with Tsunehisa's Harmonica, that he decided it to use it to kill him in the process.

Hideyuki notes how ironic the situation is because his company had done such a great job at cleaning the windows that his crime was revealed. However, he agrees stating this was his job after all and they complete it with the upmost importance.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Tsunehisa Fujii - Phillip Baker
• Hideyuki Nakayama - Nathan Greene
• Kuniko Asagi - Catherine Madison
• Kumiko Nakayama - Crystal Greene
• Ojamanbou Cleaning Company - Sunfish Repair Works

• In the Funimation Dub, Fumiko/Crystal didn't commit suicide. She suffered a fatal accident while working at a construction site.

Trivia

• This episode is a collaboration with Nippon TV's variety TV show TV Ojamanbou, which aired from July 1993 until March 2006. The case characters in this episode are named after the host and related staff of the TV show, who also participated as voice actor of their own character.
• Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are dressed with Saeki Sports club's gym suits from Sports Club Murder Case.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
4	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	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
6	沈む夕陽 （アコースティックver.）	Shizumu Yūhi (Akōsutikku ver.)	Depressing Sunset (Acoustic ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	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
8	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
9	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	光と影のロマン	Hikari to Kage no Roman	Romance of Light and Shadow	Hikari to Kage no Roman
17	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
18	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	الزجاج الذي كشف الجريمة	The Glass That Revealed The Crime
Basque	Ilargi arraina eta hilketa misteriotsua	The moon fish and the mysterious murder
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de l'empresa de la neteja	Clean company murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de l'empresa de neteja	Clean company murder case
French	Poisson lune	Moon Fish
Galician	O asasinato do Peixe Sol	Sun fish murder
German	Wie du ihr so ich dir	What Goes Around, Comes Around
Italian	L'impresa di pulizia	The Cleaning Company
Spanish (American dub)	El asesinato de la compañía Pez Dorado	Golden fish company murder
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato del Pez Sol	Sun fish murder
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมบริษัททำความสะอาด	The cleaning company murder case
Vietnamese	Vụ án mạng ở công ty vệ sinh Mamboo	Mamboo Cleaning Company Murder Case

See also

• Season 3