Meitantei Conan: Tokei-jikake no matenrou (1997)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Kanetsugu Kodama

Writer:

Gôshô Aoyama (creator)

Release Date:

19 April 1997 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Mystery

Plot:

The detective genius Conan must solve a series of bombings or his true love will die!

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | Sequel | Express Train | Architect | Skyscraper

Cast

Minami Takayama	...	Conan Edogawa (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Shin'ichi Kudo (voice)
Wakana Yamazaki	...	Ran Mori (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Kogoro Mori (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Dr. Hiroshi Agasa (voice)
Fûrin Cha	...	Inspector Juzo Megure (voice)
Yukiko Iwai	...	Ayumi Yoshida (voice)
Wataru Takagi	...	Genta Kojima (voice)
Ikue Ootani	...	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (voice)
Naoko Matsui	...	Sonoko Suzuki (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Teiji Moriya (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laura Bailey	...	Serena Sebastian (voice: English version)
John Burgmeier	...	Taguchi (voice)
Dameon Clarke	...	George Kaminski (voice: English version)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Rachel Moore (voice: English version)
Cynthia Cranz	...	Mitch Tennison (voice: English version)
John Elliott	...	Mortimer (voice)
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Richard Moore (voice: English version)
Bill Flynn	...	Dr. Hershel Agasa (voice: English version)
Ashley Gonzales	...	Manami (voice)
Kyle Hebert	...	Schwartz (voice)
Jin Hirao	...	Mayor Okamoto (voice)
Emily Hornsby	...	Mina (voice)
Jerry Jewell	...	Jimmy Kudo (voice: English version)
Monica Rial	...	Amy Yeager (voice: English version)
Mark Stoddard	...	Inspector Joseph Meguire (voice: English version)
Eric Vale	...	Inspector Santos (voice: English version)
Alison Viktorin	...	Conan Edogawa (voice: English version)
Kent Williams	...	Joel (voice)

Also Known As:

Case Closed the Movie: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (USA) (DVD title)
Detective Conan: Skyscraper on a Timer (International: English title)
Detective Conan: The Timed Skyscraper (International: English title) (short title)

Runtime:

Germany:99 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Italian | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12

Company:

FUNimation Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: In one scene Kongoro says "it was 16 minutes till 1 o'clock", but there were actually just 16 seconds till 1 o'clock.

Quotes:

Shinichi Kudo: [Conan has told Ran to cut either of the wires remaining on the timebomb]
[Conan using the bow-tie]
Shinichi Kudo: Don't worry, I'll stay right here until you cut it. If we die, we die together.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi (1999)

Conan's first movie.

It was Spring, and Ran is hoping to go out on a date with Shinichi on his birthday after having a conversation with him on the phone. Which was actually Conan, who in reality is Shinichi in the body of a kid caused by an unknown capsule used by 2 suspicious men in black. Conan couldn't find any other excuse to get himself out of this mess as Ran insisted that he'd be there in person.

On the day of his birthday, Conan receives a phone call at his place. The caller wants to speak to Shinichi so Conan used his voice changing tie to communicate. The caller told him he's planted bombs in several locations. And is giving him clues on where each of them are located. Prof. Asawa believed it's only a prank phone call. But Conan knows it was for real. Because prank callers don't use voice manipulators.

For 24 hours Conan must search and find all the bombs before there'll be any casualties. Will he be able to find out who's the mysterious caller? And will he save Ran before she gets into any danger? For only being the first movie, this one is pretty good. I expected it to have more to it. The puzzle on who did was a no brainier, but the story made the movie entertaining to watch. It's worth the time if you're familiar with the Detective Conan series. Those who aren't are able to understand what's going on, because of the beginning having a recap on what the plot is.