The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
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The Time-Bombed Skyscraper is the 1st movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 19, 1997.
Contents
Characters introduced
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Daizo Kurokawa, a wealthy surgeon, was murdered in his own home, hit over the head with a statue. He left a dying message, grabbing the keys of his computer keyboard - JUN.
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Kogoro - wrongly, of course - deduces that the dying message pointed to the victim's wife Mina, saying that "JUN" means June and since June is also called "minazuki" or dry month and Mina was born in June, he wanted to leave a hint that he was murdered by his own wife. Mina is furious. Conan hits Kogoro with his stun-wristwatch and begins explaining the actual facts of the case to the police and the three suspects.
Conan goes to Professor Agasa's house, Conan looks through his mail and finds an unusual-looking letter adressed to Shinichi Kudo, inviting Shinichi to a party. The letter was sent by famous architect Teiji Moriya. Conan decides to call Ran Mouri using his Voice-Changing Bowtie and tells her about the invitation, asking her to go to the party in his stead because he is "too busy with his case" and that Kogoro and "that boy who lives with you" can join her as well.
Ran accepts, under the condition that Shinichi joins her for a movie the following Saturday. Conan, horrified, tries to get her to agree to a later date but she insists it has to be on Saturday, May 3. She also asks "Shinichi" if he prefers red or blue. Conan, confused, replies red is his favourite colour and says goodbye to Ran. He has no idea why Ran insists on meeting Shinichi on May 3. On the way home, he meets Inspector Megure who introduces him to another constable working in his department, Ninzaburo Shiratori.
At home, Ran tells Conan and Kogoro that she is going on a date with Shinichi on May 3. She wants to take Shinichi to a late showing at the cinema and, at midnight, surprise him with a red polo shirt because he said red was his favourite colour. Conan suddenly remembers that Shinichi birthday is on May 4. Ran also explains about the tea party invitation and Kogoro isn't exactly enthusiastic about going, so Conan comes up with a trick to convince him.
Ran, Kogoro and Conan attend the tea party at Teiji Moriya's house and explain that Shinichi couldn't make it, but Kogoro came instead, delighting their host at having "another famous detective" as his guest. Moriya greets his guests and gives them a riddle, telling everyone that whoever solves it first gets a private tour of his gallery. Conan quickly figures it out and Moriya takes him and Ran upstairs. They chat with the famous architect and Ran says that she is going on a date with Shinichi and they will go watch a film in a building designed by Moriya.
The following day, Ran goes shopping and Conan meets Professor Agasa, asking for his help because he has no idea what to do about his date with Ran. Agasa's TV is on and they watch the news. Someone stole a large quantity of octane from a plant, a gas used to make plastic explosives. Worried, Agasa switches the TV off and his phone rings suddenly. Someone using a voice changing device asks for Shinichi so Agasa hands his phone over. The unknown caller explains that he is the one who stole the octane and asks for Shinichi's phone number. Conan gives it to him and the man tells him "go to Greenbelt Park or the kids will die."
Conan hurries to Greenbelt Park and sees his friends Genta Kojima, Ayumi Yoshida, and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya playing with a remote controlled plane. Mitsuhiko explains to Conan that a strange man with a beard offered the plane to them. Conan has a closer look and notices that there is a bomb attached to the plane, telling Ayumi to let go of it immediately. Ayumi drops the toy and the antenna on top of the plane breaks, causing it to begin flying around uncontrollably. Conan uses his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes and kicks the controller into the plane, blowing it up.
Conan, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko escape in time. When Conan looks at the flames created by the exploding plane, he realises that the bomb was actually filled with plastic explosives and that this was a serious incident.
As he goes home, his phone rings again and someone says there is going to be another bomb waiting for him.
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Conan locates the second bomb and only just about gets it to a deserted place before it blows up. He is knocked back by the blast and hits a tree, falling unconscious.
Conan wakes up in hospital and Inspector Megure informs everyone that there has been another bomb threat, this time somehow related to the train system. The threat carried another cryptic hint, "X the XX". Agasa says the culprit could have a grudge to settle with Shinichi and Megure agrees. They try to remember Shinichi's most famous cases to see if that provides any hint to the bomber's identity.
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Megure recalls a past case that was solved by Shinichi.
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Shinichi was called by Megure to help investigations.
Conan figures out the hint- the bombs are located between the rail tracks (X the XX) based on the bomber's other hints to keep the trains going above 60 km/h and that the bombs would explode at sunset. They realise the bombs are using solar power to reset their timers. As sunset approaches, the police help navigate the trains off the tracks and are able to safely recover all five bombs.
Megure and Shiratori, together with Conan and Kogoro, go to question Teiji Moriya.
People
Resolution
Translation changes
Anime
- The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:
- Daizo Kurokawa - Magnum Cornhouser
- Mina Kurokawa - Mina Cornhouser
- Daisuke Kurokawa - Mortimer Cornhouser
- Manami Nakazawa - Manami Goodsbe
- Teiji Moriya - Leo Joel
- In the English Dub, the name of Manami's husband is Kevin. He was not named in the original version.
- In the English Dub, neither Kohei Okamoto or Mayor Okamoto are addressed by their name.
Trivia
- According to "The Legend of Red Thread" poster, the movie's original author is Issei Shinnai and it is directed by Shunzo Kano while starring Sansei Takayama and Wakkanai Yamazaki.
- In the flashback scene, Kohei Okamoto and Mayor Okamoto drive a 1996 silver Toyota Crown Majesta S150. The license plate number is 新宿 33, す 32-59 (Shinjuku 33, Su 32-59).
- In Night Baron Murder Case, Akiko Sayama was watching a movie on TV where there was a bomb on a skyscraper, referencing this case.
- The bus Conan and his group were on in the beginning of The Man Who Fell Slowly was traveling to the Beika City Building, the site of the climax of this movie.
- The TR Beika Line in real-life is JR Yamanote Line and the JR Tokyo inspired from JR Yamanote Line 205-0 series set 30.
- Shinichi/Conan's birthday is May 4th.
- Interesting note: Apparently, Ran and Sonoko had no idea that Conan was sent to the hospital earlier that day.
- This movie is the first time that Conan receives a head injury.
- This movie is the first time that Conan and the Detective Boys almost die in an bombing.
- This movie is the first time that Ran almost dies in a bombing.
- When Conan woke up in the hospital, he saw Kogoro, Agasa, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta at his bedside, while Megure and Shiratori were outside the room.
- No sooner did Conan wake up in the hospital bed, a worried Kogoro began getting onto him, with Agasa trying to hold him at bay. Most likely, that is because he was very worried about him. In fact that may be one of the first times that Kogoro shows concern and worry for Conan.
- This movie is the first time that Conan was admitted into the hospital.
- First time that Megure has his phone on speaker, so that everyone present can hear Conan using Shinichi's voice to solve a case.
- First visible proof of Conan having a phone for just Shinichi, which is probably different from Conan's phone, although this is not canon
- According to Ran, Shinichi always forgets his birthday, which is April 4th.
- Agasa mentions to Conan, "Don't be silly! You know all calls from your house get rerouted here now,"
- In this movie, Kogoro was also angry at Shinichi Kudo for placing 7 year old Conan in a dangerous situation, with bombs and a bomber.
Music
End credit music: Happy Birthday, by Kyoko.
Gallery
In other languages
Language | Title | Translation |
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Arabic | اللحظة الأخيرة | The Last Moment |
Catalan (Catalan dub) | El gratacel explosiu | The exploding Skyscraper |
Chinese | 引爆摩天楼 | To explode the Skyscraper |
Traditional Chinese | 引爆摩天樓 | To explode the Skyscraper |
French (Dubbed) | Le Gratte-ciel infernal | The Hellish Skyscraper |
French (Subbed) | Le gratte-ciel à retardement | The delayed skyscraper |
Galician | Explosión no rañaceos | Explosion in the Skyscraper |
German | Der tickende Wolkenkratzer | The Ticking Skyscraper |
Italian | Fino alla fine del tempo | Until the End of Time |
Korean | 시한장치의 마천루 | Time-Bombed Skyscraper |
Persian | آسمانخراشی از بمب | The Bombed Skyscraper |
Polish | Architekt zniszczenia | Architect of destruction |
Portuguese (Brazil dub) | Detetive Conan | Detective Conan |
Spanish (Castilian dub) | Peligro en el rascacielos | Danger in the Skyscraper |
Spanish (American dub) | El rascacielos del tiempo | The Time Skyscraper |
Thai | คดีปริศนาระเบิดระฟ้า | The Mysterious Sky-scraping Bomb Case |
Vietnamese | Quả bom chọc trời | The Sky-scraping Bomb |
See also
Detective Conan Movies | ||
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Movies | Movie 01: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper • Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target • Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century • Movie 04: Captured in Her Eyes • Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven • Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street • Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital • Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky • Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths • Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem • Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure • Movie 12: Full Score of Fear • Movie 13: The Raven Chaser • Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky • Movie 15: Quarter of Silence • Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker • Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (crossover) • Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper • Movie 19: Sunflowers of Inferno • Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare • Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter • Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer • Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire • The Scarlet Alibi (compilation) • Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet • Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween • The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ (compilation) • Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine • Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief (compilation) • Movie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram • Movie 28 | |
Related cases | 16 Suspects!? (movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (movie 7) • Time Travel of the Silver Sky (movie 8) • Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (movie 10) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (movie 18) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (movie 16) • Munch's Missing Scream (movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (movie 22) • The J League Bodyguard (movie 16) • Intrigue at the Food Court (movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (movie 26) • Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (movie 16) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (movie 27) |