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Meitantei Conan Tokei Jikake no Matenrou

Meitantei Conan Tokei Jikake no Matenrou (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼; Detective Conan The Time-Bombed Skyscraper) is the first movie released for the Meitantei Conan anime. It was released in Japan on April 19th, 1997 and English-dubbed on October 3rd, 2006. This is the only Meitantei Conan movie not to be one of the highest-grossing movies in their year of release.
Synopsis
Our young and innocent schoolboy Shinichi Kudo assumes the alias of Conan and is challenged tenaciously by a terrorist bomber who has posed a major threat to a large and heavily populated city. While tracking down this culprit, Conan must go through a series of complicated and thrilling ordeals, but being the diligent detective, he is able to narrow the focus of his investigation down to one person.
Main Cast
- Kudo Shinichi / Edogawa Conan: Yamaguchi Kappei / Takayama Minami
- Mouri Ran: Yamazaki Wakana
- Mouri Kogoro: Kamiya Akira
- Professor Agasa: Ogata Kenichi
- Inspector Megure: Chafurin
- Yoshida Ayumi: Iwai Yukiko
- Kojima Genta: Takagi Wataru
- Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko: Ohtani Ikue
- Suzuki Sonoko: Matsui Naoko
- Shiratori Ninzaburo: Shiozawa Kaneto
Main Staff
- Director
- Kodama Kenji
- Screenplay
- Kouchi Kazunari
- Storyboard
- Kodama Kenji, Sato Masato
- Producer
- Sato Masato
- Assistant producer
- Yamamoto Yasuichiro, Nogami Kazuo, Ishii Kazuhiko, Yano Atsushi
- Animation chief
- Sudo Masatomo
- Animation director
- Kawamura Akio, Takaya Hirotoshi, Shishido Kumiko, Sasaki Keiko, Shimizu Yoshihiro, Hyoudou Kei, Muta Seiji
- Animation effects director
- Itojima Masahiko
Music
- Theme song
- Kyoko - "Happy Birthday"
- Insert songs
- Iori - "Kimi ga Ireba" (キミがいれば)
- Iori - "Aitai yo" (逢いたいよ)
- Soundtrack
Home-media Release
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The movie was first released in VHS on April 8th, 1998. It was later released on DVD on March 28th, 2001. The Blu-ray version wasn't released until June 24th, 2011.
The soundtrack album was released on April 23rd, 1997.
Home-media Releases | ||||||||||
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Format | Release date | Catalog Number | Price | Oricon Charts | ||||||
VHS | 1998.04.08 | ISBN 4-0990-3250-7 | ¥5,040 | N/A | ||||||
DVD | 2001.03.28 | UPBV-1001 | ¥5,184 | - | ||||||
2011.02.25 | ONBD-3001 | ¥3,240 | - | |||||||
Blu-ray | 2011.05.27 | ONXD-1989 | ¥5,184 | - | ||||||
2018.12.07 | ONXD-3001 | ¥3,240 | #27 / 2 weeks |
See also
External Links
- Oricon Profile: DVD (2001) | DVD (2011) | Blu-ray (2011) | Blu-ray (2018)
- TMS Entertainment Official Website (Japanese)
- TMS Entertainment Official Website (English)
- 'Meitantei Conan Tokei Jikake no Matenrou Original' @ IMDb