The Shinkansen Transport Case

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Episode 240-241 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Shinkansen Transport Case
Japanese title:	新幹線護送事件 (Shinkansen Gosō Jiken)
Original airdate:	July 2, 2001 (Part 1) July 9, 2001 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	17.00% 16.70%
Manga case:	#85
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 30: Files 1-3 (296-298)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Yumi Miyamoto Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Ninzaburo Shiratori Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Vehicle restroom (Part 1) Newspaper (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Masato Sato
Episode director:	Masato Sato Kazuhiko Ishii (assistant)
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Yuu Sugimoto as Yumi Miyamoto Masashi Hirose as Senzo Ogura Hideaki Tezuka as Tatsuro Iwakuni Ryuichi Horibe as Norio Tokuyama Daiki Nakamura as Akira Akashi Isshin Chiba as Conductor Rie Kanda as Crew A Natsumi Yanase as Crew B
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	always

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Yumi Miyamoto Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Ninzaburo Shiratori Sonoko Suzuki (flashback) Shinichi Kudo (voice/background) Ray Curtis (journal photo) Yoko Okino (journal photo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Stun-Gun Wristwatch Earring Cellphone

Case

Situation

Part 1

While traveling home on the Shinkansen from Osaka, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro ran into Officers Sato and Takagi, who were transporting a criminal. Later, a bomb was found on the train which Officer Sato went to investigate. At that time, while she was in the bathroom with it, Officer Takagi had to take the criminal to the bathroom. And then, he apparently committed suicide but...

Suicide?
	Location: Train Victim: Senzo Ogura Cause of death: Stab wound on Stomach Suspects: Tatsuro Iwakuni, Norio Tokuyama, and Akira Akashi After the Tōkaidō Shinkansen exit from Shin-Tanna Tunnel, Tagaki calls Sato to see but Senzo is stabbed on stomach dead.

People

Senzo Ogura
	Victim (stabbed) Drug dealer

Tatsuro Iwakuni
	47 years old Passenger

Norio Tokuyama
	51 years old Passenger

Akira Akashi
	29 years old Passenger

Resolution

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Conan points out the suspects of who the murderer is. After investigating and finding clues, Conan reveals the culprit to be Akira Akashi for the following reasons.

• First, the culprit lured Ogura to the toilet by passing near his seat along with other passengers. He then showed the victim the sport newspaper he had been holding, pointed to "WC" to signal the victim to "go to the toilet". Because a fake bomb with Analog Alarm Clock was planted in the back toilet, the victim was able to easily make a connection, and thus went with Takagi to the toilet in the front. Since Akashi is the only one in possession of such item, he is the only one capable of committing the crime.

• Next, the culprit waited until Ogura tricked Takagi into thinking that he is trying to commit suicide with a fake knife and blood pack, which were prepared in advance, to make the latter panic and leave the toilet. This opportunity allowed him to kill the victim himself, essentially turning the fake suicide into a "real" one.

• Akashi was able to somehow describe the crime scene and how Ogura "committed suicide" precisely, including the detail that he was handcuffed to the rail in the toilet room, triggering Conan that he must'd known more than he should for a person claiming himself to be unrelated to the crime.

• As Ogura's blood was not found on his clothing, he deduces that Akashi must had tricked the victim into checking the paper as he stabbed the knife through it and him in order to avoid the blood splatters, evidenced by the ink from the newspaper that got on the victim's hand.

• The newspaper currently in Akashi's possession has a headline about Ray Curtis being interrogated by the police, despite that Ray himself had turned himself in and admitted the murder, as in the newspaper in Kogoro's possession. Akashi bought two sport newspapers in order to use one of them in the above trick and the second one for a safety measure in the case he was interrogated, not knowing about the difference in headlines. Because the second newspaper was bought at the train station, which is confirmed by the other two suspects, the headline should be the latter, meaning that this copy was used in the murder.

• Since Akashi is unable to produce the second newspaper, Sato concludes that he must'd torn it apart and flushed it down the toilet. If the police find the paper's remains with Ogura's blood then it would be the decisive evidence against him.

Akashi tries to escape, but is apprehended by Takagi.

Motive

Akashi is member of the same drug dealer group as Ogura and wanted to silence him before he could be interrogated, which will lead to the group's downfall. Nevertheless, thanks to Akashi's confession, the police successfully raid the group's hideout and arrest all of the members. Because of this success, Takagi and Sato's punishment is reduced to a salary cut instead of being demoted/fired.

Error

At the beginning of the episode, Conan is talking to Ran through his Earring Cellphone posing as Shinichi however, he is doing it without using his Voice-Changing Bowtie so he should have Conan voice and not Shinichi's one.

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Shinichi calling Ran without using his bowtie

Trivia

• Ray Curtis' name, the soccer player from the last episode, appears in the newspaper that Kogoro is reading.
• The Shinkansen in this episode is Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Central 700 series 16-car sets.
• Wataru Takagi has done a large number of voices including Den'emon Shinkai, Crimson Rubeus, and Eikichi Onizuka, not to mention both: Genta Kojima and Detective Takagi from this show.
• In fact, Wateru Takagi, who plays a detective with his own voice, happens to be from the Chiba Prefecture, which is interesting , when the character is from the Tokyo Prefecture.
• This is the first case with a major error, which is mentioned in error.
• This case began shortly after the Ray Curtis case was over, however there are at least two different newspapers about the Ray Curtis Case, printed at two different times of the case, such as interrogated, and then arrested.
• This is the first case that showed Ran with a cellphone, however when Conan called using his earring cellphone, as Shinichi, it was an unlisted number.
• This is the first mention of Yumi Miyamoto since Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story, exactly 94 episodes earlier, however she is still little more of a matchmaking character in this case, however she did appear a few times in this case.
• This is the first case with an actual prisoner escort on a train.
• Shinkansen, colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan.
• The original Tokaido Shinkansen, connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, three of Japan's largest cities, is one of the world's busiest high-speed rail lines.
• This is Miwako Sato's first time to see "Sleeping Kogoro," and began fiddling with his mouth, during Conan's deduction, so he had to mess with his own mouth, so that it would be believable that Kogoro is talking, until she stops messing with his mouth.
• This is the case that Sato told Yumi that she is older than her, although they are both 28 years of old, although Sato was born in April. This would make Yumi's birth month, somewhere between May to March.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	オセンチな歩美	Osenchina Ayumi	Sentimental Ayumi	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
4	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
8	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
10	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	always	always	always	always

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	陰謀 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)	Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
8	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
9	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
10	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
13	名探偵コナンメイン・テーマ（暗殺者ヴァージョン）	Meitantei Konan Mein・Tēma (Ansatsusha Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Assassin Version)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
15	always	always	always	always
16	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas del trasllat	The transfer case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Incident al tren bala	Incident in the bullet train
Galician	O caso do traslado en tren bala	The case of a transfer in the bullet train
German	Mord im Shinkansen	Murder in the Shinkansen
Italian	Assassinio sul treno	Murder on the Train
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El escoltado en el Shinkansen	The escorted in the Shinkansen
Spanish (American dub)	Escoltas en el tren Shinkansen	Body guards in Shinkansen train
Thai	คดีคุมตัวผู้ต้องหาในชินคันเซ็น	Take a suspect into custody in a shinkansen Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án trên chuyến tàu Shinkansen	The Shinkansen Train Case

See also

• Season 9