TV Station Murder Case
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| Title: | TV Station Murder Case | ||
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| 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 title: | Murder at the Television Studio | ||
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 32 | ||
| English airdate: | July 15, 2004 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Director: | Kenji Kodama | ||
| Organizer: | Hirohito Ochi | ||
| Storyboard: | Hirohito Ochi | ||
| Episode director: | Hirohito Ochi | ||
| Animation director: | Haruo Ogawara | ||
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| 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.
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Cast
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Case
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People
Resolution
Manga to anime changes
- 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.
