Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (大怪獣ゴメラVS仮面ヤイバー ,Daikaijū Gomera Vāsasu Kamen Yaibā?) is the 965th, 966th, 967th, and 968th episode of the Detective Conan anime. The main setting is the new Nichiuri TV station in Osaka, which is modeled after Yomiuri TV new headquarters that started its operation on September 1, 2019.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Prologue
| Murder
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| Location:
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Nichiuri TV station, Osaka
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| Victim:
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Isato Yonekura
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| Age:
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43 years old
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| Time:
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Morning
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| Cause of death:
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Stab wound
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| Culprits:
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Takeru Kouchi and Yoshito Mihara
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| After cornering him in the props room, they dropped a puppet on him which knocked him out before stabbing him to death.
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| Attempted Murder
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| Location:
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Road near Osaka's Nichiuri TV station, Osaka
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| Victims:
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Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama
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| Age:
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16 years old (Ran) and 17 years old (Kazuha)
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| Time:
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Afternoon
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| Attack types:
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Car ramming
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| Culprit:
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Takeru Kouchi
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| Trying to escape police, Kouchi drove Yonekura's black Lincoln Navigator that he had just stolen without his partner-in-crime Mihara since he was caught by the police. Since he didn't to stop his car, he nearly ran over Ran but she was saved on time by Fumimaro Ayanokoji who just happened to come by. Kazuha, who was walking with Ran, escaped getting ran over since Ran pushed her on the side.
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| Bombing-Accidental Murder
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| Location:
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Road near Osaka's Nichiuri TV station, Osaka
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| Victim:
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Takeru Kouchi
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| Age:
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35 years old
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| Time:
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Afternoon
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| Cause of death:
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Explosion from car crash impact
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| Suspects:
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Unknown
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| After driving past Ran, Kouchi sped but a taxi came from another runway and Kouchi was forced to turn at his right and crashed into the nearby river. The unstable explosive inside the car caused it to explode and kill Kouchi on the spot. It is believed by the police that the original target to be killed by the explosive was Yonekura and not Kouchi.
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Interlude
| Bombing-Murder (Past)
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| Location:
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Takaragaike road, Kyoto
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| Victim:
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Takashi Onda
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| Age:
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43 years old
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| Time:
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2 days ago at night
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| Cause of death:
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Explosion from car crash impact
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| Suspects:
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Unknown
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| While Onda was drunk, he drove on Takaragaike and his car exploded killing him instantly. The explosive used was acetone peroxide, just like in Kouchi's car crash accident.
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| Bombing-Murder
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Unnamed company warehouse near Osaka Castle
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| Victim:
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Ryohei Suemura
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| Age:
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51 years old
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| Time:
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Morning
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| Cause of death:
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Explosion
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| Suspects:
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Unknown
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| Otaki comes to the filming site and brings Heiji and Conan to another case which just happened : Ryohei Suemura, an employee for the company which produces Kamen Yaiba vs. Gomera was killed when he opened a box of explosives (the same used in the previous murders) in an abandoned warehouse which was to be used to film some movie scenes.
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Climax
| Kidnapping
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House in Sakai
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| Victim:
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Katsuji Ishizawa
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| Age:
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38 years old
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| Time:
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Midnight
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| Suspects:
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Unknown
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| While staking out his house, the police find out he has been bound and gagged inside it and that he was just barely alive. Fortunately, he survived and has been brought to the police hospital to recover.
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| Robbery (Past)
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| Location:
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Mansion in Kobe
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| Victim:
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Old couple and two employees
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| Age:
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Unknown
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| Time:
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10 years ago
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| Robbed items:
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120 million yen (approx. 1 million $ / 33.4 million ฿)
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| Suspects:
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Isato Yonekura, Katsuji Ishizawa, Ryohei Suemura, Takashi Onda and an unknown person
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| Ten years ago, four people robbed a mansion in Kobe and took away 120 million yen. Later investigations made it clear that the culprits were likely to be the four members of "Team Yonekura". While analyzing the proof that was on DVD, they find out that indeed the four of them were part of it but that there was a fifth member, the one who filmed the video.
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Finale
| Bomb Threat
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| Location:
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Nichiuri TV Station, Osaka
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| Victims:
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All guests
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| Age:
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Wide range
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| Number of bombs:
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2
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| Suspects:
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Unknown
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| The culprit tried to kill Koichi Ishizawa by putting bombs at the place he worked. It turns out he didn't go and thus, Heiji and Conan have to disarm the bombs before the guests are hurt.
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People
Resolution
The culprits who killed Yonekura were
Takeru Kouchi and
Yoshito Mihara. Kouchi was killed by a bomb planted by
Isato Yonekura and that was created by
Katsuji Ishizawa, who originally planned to kill Suemura, Onda and Yonekura for bullying. Yonekura was the mastermind behind the bombings and planned to kill his four accomplices in the robbery from 10 years ago. The fifth member of the group, who was targeted by Yonekura, is in fact Ishizawa's brother
Koichi Ishizawa. Fortunately, Heiji and Kazuha manage to deactivate their respective bomb at nearly the same time.
Takeru Kouchi and Yoshito Mihara who killed Yonekura because the victim took credit of their work because the culprits came up with most of the victim recent plans and with him out of the way they can take the top spot.
The group committed a robbery and managed to steal 120 million yen in Kobe so Onda, Suemara and Yonekura would be able to pay off their debts.
Onda recently had a failed investment and was on the verge of bankruptcy which caused Yonekura to kill his accomplices because Onda was blackmailing him. Yonekura killed Onda and wanted him to be killed on an even day which Yonekura was to have an alibi and Onda supposed to die on the day of the movie production announcement as Onda drove his red sport car on even dates while the blue one on odd dates but Onda died a day early which distressed Yonekura him to the point that he was not able to get out of the way of the falling Kaiju costume which crushed him to death.
The bomb in Yonekura’s car wasn't a bomb but a set of explosives that had not been made into a bomb which he planned to kill Katsuji with but Kouchi’s driving caused the explosives to explode making his death an accident.
Yonekura had the authority to make Suemura go to the warehouse where the bomb was that he planted. Yonekura tied up Katsuji and planned to kill him on his way to a business trip to make it seem like Katsuji was the culprit and make his death seemingly be accidental death by the bomber.
Trivia
- This is the first anime-original case that occupies the length of four episodes; the episodes' production standard is also extremely close to the movies.
- In the summer of 2018, after Takahiro Okura had finished composing the script for Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, the director Yasuichiro Yamamoto commissioned him to conceive the script of this case.
- The producer victim is named after actual Detective Conan producer Isato Yonekura; which is also the second Detective Conan producer who was "persecuted" in the anime, after Michihiko Suwa.
- The case reveals that Kazuha actually likes the Gomera movies since she watched them when she was young with Heiji although this fact is not confirmed in the manga.
- Taiho Pictures is a pun to Toho Pictures, the company which produces the Detective Conan movies and Godzilla movies.
- The ultimate scene regarding the bomb disposal pays homage to Movie 1: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper.
- The four section titles: 序 (Jo ?), 破 (Yabu ?), 急 (Kyū ?), and 結 (Ketsu ?) originate from concepts of Japanese traditional literature; whilst paying homage to the naming manner of the TV movie Rebuild of Evangelion.
- Yonekura's SUV stolen by Mihara and Kouchi is a 2007 black clearcoat Lincoln Navigator (U326). The license plate number is 浪速 300, よ 12-09 (Naniwa 300, Yo 12-09).
- One of the cars in the parking is a brown Toyota Prius. The license plate number is 浪速 301, ふ 68-20 (Naniwa 301, Fu 68-20). Another Toyota Prius, although white, is seen at the scene of Onda's accident.
- The Naniwa Police Hospital (浪速警察病院 ,Naniwa keisatsu byōin?) is in fact the Osaka Police Hospital (大阪警察病院 ,Ōsaka keisatsu byōin?).
- Onda's blue car is a bleu abysse 2018 Alpine A110 Premiere Edition. The license plate number is 浪速 332, り 1-10 (Naniwa 332, Ri 1-10).
- Onda's red car was a rosso portofino pearl 2018 Ferrari Portofino [F164]. The license plate number was 浪速 332, は 1-64 (Naniwa 332, Wa 1-64).
- Otaki's police car is a Toyota Crown. The license plate number is 浪速 800, ? 33-86 (Naniwa 800, ? 33-86).
- Fumimaro Ayanokoji's car is a bianco ghiaccio 2006 Alfa Romeo Brera 1750 TBi. The license plate number is 東山 302, よ 11-17 (Higashiyama 302, Yo 11-17).
- On several promotional materials[1], the character designer Masatomo Sudo was recorded with the position of "Chief Animation Director", yet he was never credited with that role in the ending credits.
- This was the first episode to be dubbed by Macias Group, and also the first one to be dubbed into English in nearly fourteen years after Funimation last dubbed episode.
- There is an error in the the 3rd part of the case, when Kogoro is knocked out by Conan to help solve the case, at no point is Conan seen placing the Button Speaker on the back of his dress shirt collar, and just before Kogoro is knocked out, the Button Speaker isn't shown on his shirt collar, but once Conan begins his deduction as Kogoro, the Button Speaker is suddenly visible on the back of Kogoro's collar.
Gallery
In other languages
| Language |
Title |
Translation
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 Catalan (Catalan dub) |
El gran monstre Gomera contra Yaiba l'Emmascarat
(Pròleg / Introducció / Nus / Desenllaç) |
The great monster Gomera against Masked Yaiba
(Prologue / Introduction / Body / Conclusion)
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 French (Subbed) |
Gomera, le monstre géant, contre Masked Yaiber |
Gomera, the giant monster, vs. Masked Yaiber
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 Korean |
대 괴수 고메라 VS 가면 야이바 |
Big Monster Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba
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 Thai |
สัตว์ประหลาดยักษ์โกเมล่า ปะทะ หน้ากากไยบะ
(ปฐมบท / ทำลาย / ไล่ล่า / บทสรุป) |
Gomera The Giant Monster vs. Kamen Yaiba
(Prologue / Destroy / Chase / Conclusion)
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 Vietnamese |
Quái vật Gomera VS Kamen Yaiba (Mở màn)
Quái vật Gomera VS Kamen Yaiba (Đoạn giữa)
Quái vật Gomera VS Kamen Yaiba (Đoạn cao trào)
Quái vật Gomera VS Kamen Yaiba (Phần kết) |
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References
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