TV Station Murder Case

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Episode 31 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	TV Station Murder Case
Japanese title:	テレビ局殺人事件 (Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	September 2, 1996
Season:	2
Manga source:	Volume 11: Files 2-4 (102-104)
English version
English title:	Murder at the Television Studio
Dubbed episode:	Episode 32
English airdate:	July 15, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ayumi Yoshida Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Bathroom door
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Haruo Ogawara
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Norio Wakamoto as Michihiko Suwa Megumi Ogata as Ayako Nagai Yuri Amano as Yoko Okino Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Yasuhiko Kawazu as Director Takashi Naka as Studio executive Wataru Takagi as Staff, Police detective, Next Conan's Hint Takumi Yamazaki as Police detective Naoki Makishima as AD Takashi Matsuo as Himself
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers

TV Station Murder Case is the 31st episode of the Detective Conan anime. It first aired on September 2, 1996 and is based on Chapters 102-104 of the manga.

The idea for the original manga story came about when TV celebrity Takashi Matsuo asked Gosho Aoyama to write a Detective Conan story featuring himself as the murderer. Additionally, the producer victim is named after actual Detective Conan producer Michihiko Suwa. Matsuo provides his own voice in the episode.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ayumi Yoshida Yoko Okino

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Murder
	Location: N.U.T. meeting room Victim: Michihiko Suwa Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Takashi Matsuo Takashi Matsuo runs to the top floor of the television studio, telling Michihiko Suwa on the phone that he is going to commit suicide. However, Suwa is the one who is found dead, a shotgun blast to his head.

People

Michihiko Suwa
	Victim (gunshot) 37 years old Nichiuri Television producer

Takashi Matsuo
	35 years old Television talent

Ayako Nagai
	Takashi Matsuo's assistant

Resolution

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The culprit is Takashi Matsuo.

Manga to anime changes

Sonoko's movie is interrupted by Kogoro's deduction show.

• In the manga, Michihiko Suwa is characterized as being far more self-centered and concerned with his career than in the anime. When Matsuo calls the producer claiming that he'll commit suicide by jumping from the television studio roof, he tells Suwa that he will be "going down" with him. Stating that he has listed all of Suwa's misdeeds in his will, Matsuo frightens the producer by insinuating that everything will be written in tomorrow's newspaper. Fearful for his own future, Suwa rushes to the window to try and convince Matsuo not to jump. In the anime, Matsuo does not make such threats, and Suwa runs to the window out of concern for Matsuo's life as opposed to his career being ruined.
• In the manga, when Kogoro's deduction show is televised outside of the Nichiuri Television Studio for the public's viewing, more time is spent showing people's reactions to the broadcast than in the anime. One such scene that was entirely omitted involved Sonoko Suzuki. While watching a movie, her mother tells her to go to bed as it's getting late. Just as Sonoko asks if she can stay up a bit longer, her movie is interrupted by a news bulletin concerning the death of Michihiko. When the screen switches to Kogoro's deduction, Sonoko's facial expression of confusion turns to complete shock.

See also

• Season 2