The Porch Pirate Epidemic

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Episode 1200
(Int. Episode 1259)

Information

Title:

The Porch Pirate Epidemic

Japanese title:

置き配泥棒多発中
(Okihai Dorobō Tahatsu-chū)

Original airdate:

May 2, 2026

Broadcast rating:

5.1%

Filler case number:

#462

Season:

31

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Kazunobu Chiba

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Package peanut

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Nobuharu Kamanaka

Screenplay:

Yuki Notsuka

Storyboard:

Masaki Ozora

Episode director:

Yuki Kawakata
Emi Yamamoto (asst.)

Animation director:

Kaoru Nagakawa
Zi Dengjia
Yukari Kamiaka
Michitaka Yamamoto
Kenichi Otomo
Marie Nagano

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Rei Masunaga (sub-character)
Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)

Production cooperation:

Azeta Pictures

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Akemi Okamura as Ran Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba
Ryohei Kimura as Sumiyoshi Ito
Umeka Shoji as Nami Tomishige
Aya Hisakawa as Mariko Sakaguchi
Hayato Taya as Nobuhiro Taninaka

Music

Opening song:

"Heaven Knows"

Closing song:

"TOWA ~Towa ni Kaze ni Noru~"

The Porch Pirate Epidemic (置き配泥棒多発中 ,Okihai Dorobō Tahatsu-chū) is the 1200th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Kazunobu Chiba

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are staking out a door on the fifth floor of an apartment with a package in front of it in search of a package thief. The group gets distracted by a sudden draft of wind that places a leaf inside of Kogoro's clothing which Ran mistakes as a bug. While Kogoro and Ran are trying to get rid of the leaf, Conan notices the package thief running past with the package in hand trying to leave by elevator. The elevator shows the thief stops on the fourth floor and Conan gives chase via the stairs but eventually loses the thief when Conan reaches the fourth floor. Given that the entrance to the apartment building locks automatically and the thief was wearing sandals, the trio concludes the culprit most likely is a resident of the apartment building.

Theft

Location: Fifth floor of an apartment building

Stolen items: Delivery parcel

Suspect: Nobuhiro Taninaka

A chubby brown-haired man wearing glasses was seen taking a package from the entrance of someone's apartment.

Later, the three go to find residents who knows anyone matching the description of the package thief. They stumble across the resident of room 402 Sumiyoshi who suspects the thief may be his neighbor Nobuhiro. Unable to get a hold of Nobuhiro by knocking on his door, Kogoro asks Sumiyoshi if he can borrow his balcony to try catch a glimpse of the suspect. To Kogoro's shock, he instead finds Nobuhiro dead on the floor.

Murder?

Location: Room 402

Victim: Nobuhiro Taninaka

Age: 45 years old

Cause of death: Cerebral contusion

Suspects: Sumiyoshi Ito, Nami Tomishige, and Mariko Sakaguchi

There are some details suggesting that this case is not a simple accident, but a murder:

• His eyes are bloodshot, and his mouth is drooling.
• Near the trash can, there is a piece of paper stating that the victim is being punished by the gods for stealing a package.

Therefore, the murderer is most likely one of the owners of the seen packages.

Thinking for a while, Kogoro deduces that the culprit must have put a bobby trap onto their package and purposely let it be stolen. Conan decides to check the package and find Sumiyoshi Ito’s package has a strange circle mark. However, Ito pushes him away and tries to escape from custody. It is revealed that he did put only pepper spray into his false package, but since pepper spray could not actually kill someone on their own, he could not be the one responsible for the murder.

People

Nobuhiro Taninaka
	Victim (bashed) 45 years old Room 403 resident Web designer

Sumiyoshi Ito
	Victim (package stolen) 32 years old Room 402 resident Restaurant employee

Nami Tomishige
	Victim (package stolen) 24 years old Room 503 resident Nurse

Mariko Sakaguchi
	Victim (package stolen) 50 years old Room 301 resident Agency employee

Resolution

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Mariko Sakaguchi put chlorine into the airbags and sealed it with a hair dryer. The airbags are clunky if kept like that, so Nobuhiro Taninaka popped the airbags with a pen, not knowing that they contain dangerous gas. This makes him fall unconscious, hit his head at the table, ending his life.

Motive

Taninaka once stole Sakaguchi’s package containing a newly fixed watch from her husband, who died from an accident.

The reason for her to kill him is because he refused to give her back the watch when questioned by her, and sold the watch mercilessly.

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
French (Subbed)	Le Voleur de colis en série	The Serial porch pirate
German (Subbed)	Eine Häufung von Paketdiebstählen	An accumulation of package thefts
Korean	문 앞 택배 도난 사건	Porch Pirate Cases

See also

• Season 31