Conan vs. Kaitou Kid

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Episode 76 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Conan vs. Kaitou Kid
Japanese title:	コナンVS怪盗キッド (Konan VS Kaitō Kiddo)
Original airdate:	September 22, 1997 * May 1, 2006 (Remastered version) *
Broadcast rating:	21.7%
Manga case:	#44
Season:	3
Manga source:	Volume 16: Files 6-9 (156-159)
English version
English title:	Phantom Thief 1412
Dubbed episode:	Episode 78-79
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Kaitou Kid Kaito Kuroba Ginzo Nakamori Shintaro Chaki Ayako Suzuki Aoko Nakamori Joji Hatamoto Takuya Mifune Yuzo Tomizawa Kazumi Sanada Shiro Suzuki Tomoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Pearl Pearl (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Michiyo Sakurai Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	Michiyo Sakurai Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	Hiromi Muranaka Masatomo Sudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Kappei Yamaguchi as Kaitou Kid, Kaito Kuroba Fumio Matsuoka as Shiro Suzuki Nobuo Tanaka as Shintaro Chaki Unsho Ishizuka as Ginzo Nakamori Miru Hitotsuyanagi as Tomoko Suzuki Chiharu Suzuka as Ayako Suzuki Kinryuu Arimoto as Joji Hatamoto Hitoshi Ooya as Takuya Mifune Yasunori Matsumoto as Yuzo Tomizawa Ryotaro Okiayu as Kazumi Sanada Wataru Takagi as Detective A, Next Conan's Hint Masaki Aizawa as Detective B Isshin Chiba as Helicopter pilot Yukiko Iwai as Aoko Nakamori
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Kimi ga Inai Natsu
* 1 Hour Special

Characters introduced

Kaitou Kid
	World-famous thief

Kaito Kuroba
	17 years old High school student Alias "Kaitou Kid"

Aoko Nakamori
	17 years old High school student Kaito's best friend and love interest

Ginzo Nakamori
	41 years old Tokyo Police Inspector (2nd Division) Aoko's father

Shintaro Chaki
	49 years old Superintendent of Tokyo Police (2nd Division)

Shiro Suzuki
	51 years old Suzuki Financial Group chairman Sonoko's father

Tomoko Suzuki
	43 years old Sonoko's mother

Kazumi Sanada
	27 years old Magician

Gadgets introduced

Hang Glider Cape
	Kid's cape doubles as a hang glider

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Ayako Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Joji Hatamoto Takuya Mifune Yuzo Tomizawa Shinichi Kudo (Background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Sonoko's family wants Kogoro to protect their priceless piece of jewelry called the Black Star from the Phantom Thief. The necklace along with other valuables will be on display at a museum where people are sure the Phantom will strike. The Phantom left a coded letter to Sonoko's father and its the first clue.

Heist
	Thief: Kaitou Kid Target: Black Star Owner: Suzuki Financial Group Location: Beika Museum Date: March 31 Advanced Notice: April Fool. When the moon splits in half, I will come to visit the origin of the name of the jet black star at the calling of the waves. The largest black pearl in the world.

Conan meets Kaitou Kid.

After decoding the letter, Conan goes to meet the Phantom Thief face to face at a rooftop of a hotel. He lights a firework hoping that the cops would come and arrest him, but to his surprise Kid imitates the inspector's voice and calls all of the inspector's men to the rooftop. Just when it looks like the Phantom Thief is cornered he escapes with a blast bomb and leaves another note containg another clue.

This time the note states that he will board the ship that is carrying the Black Star. While last time was a test run this time he will actually steal the Black Star. To try and prevent this, Tomoko devises a plan. She has given all the guests a fake Black Star replica in hopes that Kaitou Kid won't be able to figure it out before the cruise ends. Sonoko can't find her sister so she calls her and finds out that her sister and dad are still at home. This means that the Shiro Suzuki they just saw had to be the Kaitou Kid in disguise.

Tomoko brings in a magician to put on a show but Kaitou Kid then drops another letter. Fake Black Stars start exploding and the guests start panicking. Thats when he steals the real Black Star which Tomoko was wearing the whole time. Conan on the other hand has figured out where and who the Kaitou Kid is.

People

Shiro Suzuki
	51 years old Suzuki Financial Group chairman Sonoko's father

Shintaro Chaki
	49 years old Superintendent, Investigation Unit 2 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Dept.

Ginzo Nakamori
	41 years old Inspector, Investigation Unit 2 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Dept.

Tomoko Suzuki
	43 years old Sonoko's mother

Kazumi Sanada
	27 years old Magician

Policeman
	Policeman driving Inspector Nakamori Notice Conan running into the Haido City Hotel

Policemen
	Policemen

Suzuki Guests
	Guests permitted on the Suzuki Boat For the Kid Heist Event Each given Black Star Pearl Replica

Resolution

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Conan tells Ran he knows who Kaitou Kid is and asks her to accompany him to a secluded area on board the ship. He then reveals that only Ran had the opportunity to steal the black star and that Ran Mouri is the thief in disguise all along. Kaitou Kid-as-Ran still tries to continue his act by saying there's no way that he would know which star was the real one. However, Conan says that Tomoko gave away the answer when she described the pearl to Kogoro as having a peacock color (her middle name means "peacock"). Also the way she handled the pearl and the fact that it was duller due to age. This is why he didn't steal it at the museum: that one was too shiny, making it a fake.

The defeated Kaitou Kid comes clean and hands Conan back the pearl, after Conan destroys the phone so he couldnt pull the same trick again. Conan reveals that Kaitou Kid escaped last time by disguising himself as a cop and blending in, but he can stop him now...

Right when Conan is about to use his powered shoes and a ball to try hitting Kaitou Kid, he tells Conan that he knocked Ran out to take her red dress and she might freeze outside in the lifeboat (where he hid her)... since he left her naked. Conan is very flustered and distracted, so Kaitou Kid drops another blast bomb and escapes, leaving the red dress on the floor. A very flustered Conan takes the dress and decides to go to Ran instead, fearing she'd get sick or be found naked - but finds out Kaitou Kid never took her clothes and she's fully dressed. Before the event on the ship, Ran had her dress dry cleaned and the guy who brought it was Kaitou Kid under a busboy disguise; he had made a duplicate of the dress before handing Ran hers. This is explained in a written card Kaitou left for Ran, apologizing for any annoyances and telling her how cute she is.

The next day, Conan makes the headlines as the "protector" of the Black Star Pearl and he's not thrilled with it. As he, Ran and Sonoko walk to school, Sonoko tries to make him describe Kaitou Kid physically... and meanwhile, Kaito and Aoko walk together to their school, not too far from them. A rather unhappy Kaito Kuroba has caught a cold due to having had to jump into the cold sea water to escape from Conan, and Aoko calls him an idiot since she thinks he fell by accident.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Shiro Suzuki - Samuel Sebastian
• Shintaro Chaki - Bernie Biggers
• Ginzo Nakamori - Mace Fuller
• Tomoko Suzuki - Selma Sebastian
• Jojo Hatamoto - Isaac Hannigan
• Takuya Mifune - Quentin Mifune
• Yuzo Tomizawa - Tod Appenheimer
• Kazumi Sanada - Latham Laney
• Yokohama Harbor Queens Elizabeth - Port Jefferson Northern Seaboard

Error

• The Funimation Dub incorrectly refers to Jojo Hatamoto as Dirk Copeland/Masashi Rokuda & Tod Appenheimer as Walton Lee and credits them as such.

Remastered version

• The episode was remastered on May 1, 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the TV series.
• The reairing of 2015 and 2019 was also on HD.

Trivia

• This is the Conan's first episode with Kaito Kid.
• This is the first Detective Conan episode with Aoko Nakamori, if not the only one, although she may appear in a OVA Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother and The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.
• This is the first Detective Conan episode to feature Kaito Kid's secret itentity, Kaito Kuroba, if not the only one, he may appear in some movies, specials, and Ovas in this form, including The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.
• The Black Star is the Kid's target in this case.
• Although this is the first episode with Kaito Kid and Conan Edogawa and their first meeting, they have had a run-in before in The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid, before Shinichi became Conan, although they may or may not have met at that time. Shinichi was helping the police to try and catch him.
• Sonoko, excitedly comparing Kaito Kid's unknown, but must be this handsome, face to Harrison Ford, Jean Reno, and Brad Pitt.
• When Ran and Sonoko were walking in the rain, she saw Shinichi, but missed her own doppleganger, since that time, Aoka, really looked a a lot like her as well, complete with her horn hairstyle.
• Kaito Kid's international secret number from FBI, CIA, or Interpol, which is more likely, since he is an international Jewel thief from around the world, and not just America, is Kaitou 1412.
• Kaito's international Crime Number is 1412.
• Before Conan knew about the code, his thoughts about the case is "This is stupid. Thieves are boring." However that thought process ended the moment that he found out that their was a code that this thief gives that has to be cracked, which really perked his interest.
• The Teimudu River runs alongside the Beika Museum.
• Kaito Kuroba, in short Kaito Kid, the third one, has a severe Ichthyophobia or fear of fish.
• This case takes place before and after April 1st Holiday, and then skips to April 19th.
• * This is the second time that Conan is shown using his watch to determine compass directions of South, North, East, and West, the first being in Detective Boys Survival Case.
• This is also the first time that he stated that he "Shinchi-niichan taught him." in reference to using his watch to tell compass directions.
• Although Conan cracked the code at Beika Museum, he snuck out at night in order to meet the Kid that night.
• Before Conan met Kaito Kid, he referred to him as "strange retro-thief, whose crazy enough to announce his moves."
• Nakamori will state that "Even he cannot disguise himself as a kid," however in The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark, Kaito Kid did manage to disguise himself as Genta, a very fat first grade child.
• This may be the first time that we see Conan with a cell phone in the series, however it is probably just the wireless landline phone for the Mouri Detective Agency, since it looks like it is the same phone that Conan was using when speaking to Agasa earlier, although he is now speaking to him on the rooftop of the Haido City Hotel.
• However, when Conan hung up from Agasa, he did close it, so it was obviously a cell phone- flip phone, however, it may have Kogoro's if not his own. Although I cannot see Kogoro leaving his cell phone downstairs in the Agency office, so it may have been Conan's phone, and him just speaking while sitting on Kogoro's desk. Although he could have used the landline then, and this rooftop scene is really his phone. However it has not been shown yet that he has 2 cell phones yet.
• This is the first episode that we see Conan speaking on a cell phone, since all previous episodes were on a landline or pay phone.
• After just one short encounter with "Conan Edogawa, Detective," Kaito Kid already figured out his weakness, Ran, considering that "You can chase me, but 'the girl' may catch a cold without this red dress."
• Clear sign that it was Kaito Kid in the guise of Ran, was when everyone was told to pair up, and choose a secret password, and she paired up with Conan. No surprise that Conan's would he Holmes, however Ran chose "Lupin," a famous thief.
• Kaito Kid used a total of 4 Disguises in this episode:
  • Shiro Suzuki
  • Ran Mouri
  • Random Police Officer
  • Dry Cleaner BusBoy
• On the hotel rooftop, Kaito Kid spoke in two different voices:
  • Shintaro Chaki
  • Inspector Nakamori
• This is the episode when Conan learned that Kaito Kid can impersonate voices without using a voice changer.
• Although Tomoko Suzuki claimed that everyone if their guests were given a Black Star Replica to wear at the party, apparantly no one chose to give one to Conan, who also boarded that ship for that party. Everyone means Kids too. He is probably the only guest, who was not given one.
  • Although Later Conan is seen wearing it
  • Chaki and Nakamori also did not appear to be wearing their replica.
• This is the episode that Kaito Kid says "A thief is a creative artist who takes his prey in style, but a detective is nothing more than a critic who follows our footsteps."
• This is the first episode that Conan appeared to have a Kaitou Kid radar.
• This is the first time that we see a dove or pigeon show up in connection to Kaito Kid, although it showed up in a magic trick, Kaito was about to do something, so he probably caused that dove or pigeon to appear to draw attention away from himself.
• Kaito Kid can disguise as males and females, and can imitate voices of either as well without a device.
• One would think that it would have donned on Sonoko that Kid impersonated her dad in order to gain entrance to the ship party, when she found out that he and her sister missed the boat. However, she needed Conan to tell her, and that the police are inspecting the Shiro Suzuki outfit, which he found to figure it out.
• Tomoko Suzuki and Kazumi Sanada are convincing actors.
• Practically all ship guests had their replicas on their left side, if not in the middle, which may because they are right handed, however that may mean that none of the guests may have been left handed at all, unless those were not caught on film??
• Although everyone is supposed to wear their replica, apparently some people are not.
• This is the first episode that Superintendent Chaki Shintarou and Inspector Nakamori Ginzou really looked at Conan.
• Not every Black Star Pearl Replica blew up, some people, including Conan, were still wearing theirs after some exploded and emmited pink smoke.
• In the post credit scene, Sonoko is reading a newspaper article with Conan's picture and headlined "Defending the Black Star all by himself, an Extraordinary Elementary School Student," and mentions "Fought off Kaito Kid."
• In the post credit scene, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan see Aoko Nakamori and and obviously sneezy Kaito Kuroba walk past them in a crosswalk.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	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
5	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	少年探偵団のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
7	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	ぼくがいる～コナンのテーマ （インストヴァージョン）	Boku ga Iru ~ Konan no Tēma (Insuto Vājon)	I'm Here ~ Conan's Theme (Instrumental ver.)	Boku ga Iru ~ TV Anime "Detective Conan" Image Song Album
9	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
12	英国風館	Eikoku Fūkan	Seal of England	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
13	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
14	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
15	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
16	闇の男爵ナイトバロンのテーマ	Yami no Danshaku Naito Baron no Tēma	Baron of the Darkness, The Night Baron's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
17	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
18	怪人包帯男2	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
19	ぼくがいる～コナンのテーマ （インストヴァージョン）	Boku ga Iru ~ Konan no Tēma (Insuto Vājon)	I'm Here ~ Conan's Theme (Instrumental ver.)	Boku ga Iru ~ TV Anime "Detective Conan" Image Song Album
20	悪のテーマ （パート2）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
21	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
22	陰謀 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)	Conspiracy (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
23	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
24	新一・追跡のテーマ	Shin'ichi・Tsuiseki no Tēma	Shinichi's Pursuit Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
25	爆破予告	Bakuha Yokoku	Bomb Warning	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
26	君がいない夏	Kimi ga Inai Natsu	The Summer Without You	Kimi ga Inai Natsu
27	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	النجم الأسود	The Black Star
Basque	Conan Katalapur Gaztearen kontra
Catalan (Catalan dub)	En Conan contra en Kid Cat el lladre	Conan versus Kid Cat, the thief
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Conan contra Kaito Kid	Conan versus Kaito Kid
French	Conan contre le Kid Cat Burglar	Conan against the Burglar Kid Cat
Galician	Conan contra o ladrón Caco Kid	Conan versus the thief Burglar Kid
German	Meisterdieb 1412	Master Thief 1412
Italian	Il ladro della perla nera	The Thief of the Black Pearl
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Conan contra Kid el Gato	Conan versus Kid, the cat
Spanish (American dub)	Conan contra Kid Misterioso	Conan versus the mysteryous Kid
Thai	โคนันปะทะจอมโจรคิด	Conan vs. Kaitou Kid
Vietnamese	Conan đối đầu với siêu trộm Kid	Conan vs. Kaitou Kid

See also

• Season 3