Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)

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

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Writers:

Gosho Aoyama (manga) (as Gôshô Aoyama), Kazunari Kouchi (screenplay)

Stars:

Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Minami Takayama	...	Conan Edogawa (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Shin'ichi Kudo (voice)
Wakana Yamazaki	...	Ran Mori (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Kogoro Mori (voice)
Ken'ichi Ogata	...	Dr. Hiroshi Agasa (voice)
Chafûrin	...	Inspector Juzo Megure (voice)
Yukiko Iwai	...	Ayumi Yoshida (voice)
Wataru Takagi	...	Genta Kojima (voice)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (voice)
Naoko Matsui	...	Sonoko Suzuki (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Teiji Moriya (voice)
Alison Viktorin	...	Conan Edogawa (voice)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Rachel Moore (voice)
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Richard Moore (voice)

Storyline

Detective Shinichi Kudo was once a brilliant teenage detective until he was given a poison that reverted him to a 4 year old. He's taken the name Conan Edogawa so no one (except an eccentric inventor) will know the truth. Now he's got to solve a series of bombings before his loved ones become victims. Who is this madman and why is he doing this. Only the young genius can save the day but will even he be up to the task?

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | architect | terrorist | skyscraper | express train | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Crime | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In Detective Conan: Night Baron Murder Case (Suspicion Part) (1997) Akiko Sayama was watching a movie on TV where there was a bomb on a skyscraper, referencing this case.

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Goofs

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

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Quotes

Conan Edogawa: [Ran and Conan are safely outside after Ran managed to cut the correct wire on the bomb] Oh yeah! Shin'ichi-niichan was puzzled about one thing! He said, "I was sure that Ran would have cut the red wire, so why did she cut the blue one?"
Ran Mouri: That's because I didn't want to cut it.
[she and Conan look up at the poster of the movie Ran and Shin'ichi were supposed to go see; "Legend of the Red Thread"]
Ran Mouri: The red thread might be connected with Shin'ichi, right?

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Crazy Credits

The ending credits show live-action shots of Tokyo along with various scenes from the movie.

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Connections

Followed by Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (2000)

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

English Italian Japanese

Release Date:

19 April 1997 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,107,390

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

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