Information Gathered About the Detective Boys

Chronology
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Episode 435-436 (Int. Episode 473-474)
Information
Title:	Information Gathered About the Detective Boys
Japanese title:	探偵団に注目取材 (Tantei-dan ni Chūmoku Shuzai)
Original airdate:	April 17, 2006 (Part 1) April 24, 2006 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	9.7% 11.6%
Manga case:	#147
Season:	15
Manga source:	Volume 50: Files 5-7 (515-517)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Sumiko Kobayashi Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys
Next Conan's Hint:	Hay fever (Part 1) Railway crossing sound (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Organizer:	Minoru Tozawa Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Minoru Tozawa Masato Sato
Episode director:	435 Akira Tsuchiya 436 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	435 Yukari Kobayashi 436 Rie Fujiwara, Yukari Watabe
Character design:	Mari Tominaga Keiko Sasaki (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	435 Magic Bus
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ai Orikasa as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Yuko Kato as Sumiko Kobayashi Chafurin as Juzo Megure  Miki Nagasawa as Yoko Okino Kazuhiro Nakata as Masato Sugimori Kazue Ikura as Haruka Aida Takanori Hoshino as Toshinori Higaki Shingo Hiromori as Atsushi Inaba Yosuke Akimoto as Hayashi  Hiromichi Kogami as Editor Daiki Nakamura as Conductor  Sayuri Ikemoto as Answering machine voice Kaori Shimamura as TV voice
Music
Opening song:	Shōdō
Closing song:	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki

Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (探偵団に注目取材 ,Tantei-dan ni Chūmoku Shuzai) is the 435th and 436th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Sumiko Kobayashi Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Gin (background) Vodka (background) Vermouth (background) Yoko Okino Rena Mizunashi (background)

Case

Situation

Part 1

A free-lance writer comes to do a story about the Detective Boys. They go along with their teacher to the writer's apartment, but when they arrive they find that he has been bludgeoned to death.

Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Masato Sugimori Age: 32 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Haruka Aida, Toshinori Higaki, and Atsushi Inaba

Conan immediately notices that there is blood wiped from one of the buttons on the answering machine as well as blood on the doorknob. He suggests that the culprit may have left a message to establish an alibi. Haibara warns Conan not to show off because he'll attract attention, so he tries to guide Takagi and Megure to the clues in his usual childish manner. The Detective Boys on the other hand feel like Conan's childish antics are making them look immature.

Part 2

Three out of the four messages on the answering machine are suspect, but in each one there is something going on which helps them verify the time and place of the call. In the first Haruka leaves the victim a message with the T.V. playing in the background. In the second they hear the train conductor who has allergy troubles. In the third the caller asks someone for the date and time during the call. Conan with the help of the other Detective Boys drops hints for the police until they realize that only one of the alibis could have been faked.

People

Masato Sugimori
	Victim (bludgeoned) 32 years old Free writer

Haruka Aida
	29 years old General worker

Toshinori Higaki
	33 years old Gas station worker

Atsushi Inaba
	32 years old Koeikan Publishing House editor

Director Hayashi
	Inaba's superior Editor

Resolution

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They bring the suspect Atsushi Inaba in and they're able to find the victim's blood on his motorcycle. Inaba's motive was a report about corruption of a famous politician. He and Sugimori has been working for it in three years. However, Sugimori decided to publish it to another magazine that gave higher price without consulting to Inaba first. Inaba would like to have the report published in his own magazine instead of money. In order to have a revenge for Sugimori's actions, he forced Sugimori to write a report. It was also revealed that the interview about the Detective Boys was nothing but a part of Inaba's plan. Later Yoko invites the Detective Boys for an interview but they all declined the offer, believing it to be exhausting.

Trivia

• Kobayashi mentions the Detective Boys mostly look for lost cats. The Detective Boys are shown looking for cats named Minami, Megumi and Ai. Genta says the names seem familiar. They correspond to the voice actors of Conan, Ai and Mitsuhiko.
• Atsushi Inaba's motorcycle is a 1990 Yamaha XJR 400.
• The gas station where Higaki works is named "Yotsubishi", a pun to the famous Mitsubishi Motors company. Yotsubishi means "four diamonds" and Mitsubishi means "three diamonds". The logo is also slightly modified from Mitsubishi's logo.
• This is the final case of Ai Orikasa's performance as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's voice actor, since Ikue Otani will resume her role in The Car Stunt's Utmost Limit.
• This is the first case that it is revealed that Sumiko Kobayashi is a dead ringer for Detective Miwako Sato, when she is not wearing her glasses.
• Sumiko Kobayashi is a huge fan of Edogawa Ranpo books.
• Although Sumiko Kobayashi appeared startled and shocked with the way that Conan was reasoning and deducing early on in this case, she should not have been too shocked since she saw how Conan was acting in the SOS! Messages from Ayumi case, which is the first time that Conan ran out of her class due to the urgency of a case and he quickly instructed her to call the police.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	衝動	Shōdō	Impulse	Shōdō
2	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
3	暗号トリックの解読	Angō Torikku no Kaidoku	The Trick to Deciphering the Code	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
4	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	元太のテーマ （未収録ヴァージョン）	Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon)	Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)
6	恋のトランプゲーム占い	Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai	Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
9	ほのぼの	Honobono	Heartwarming	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
10	エンディング	Endingu	Ending	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
11	のんびり気分（アナザーver.）	Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)	Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	赤い光のスナイパー１	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1	The Sniper's Red Light 1	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
13	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
16	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
19	力んだ握手	Rikinda Akushu	A Forceful Handshake	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
20	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
21	悲しいほど貴方が好き	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki	I Love You As Much As I'm Sad	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	衝動	Shōdō	Impulse	Shōdō
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
6	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	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
9	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
11	犯人はあなた	Hannin wa Anata	You're the Culprit	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
12	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	陽気な仲間 （未収録ヴァージョン）	Yōki na Nakama (Mi Shūroku Vājon)	Cheerful Friends (Unreleased Version)
14	悲しいほど貴方が好き	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki	I Love You As Much As I'm Sad	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki
15	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 Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La lliga de Detectius Júnior i l'entrevista!	The detective boys and the interview!
German	Interview mit Fokus auf den Detective Boys	Interview focused at the Detective Boys
Italian	Intervista mancata	The wasted interview
Thai	การสัมภาษณ์ขบวนการนักสืบเยาวชน	Interviewing the Detective Boys
Vietnamese	Thông tin thu thập về Đội thám tử nhí

See also

• Season 15