The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

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Episode 304
(Int. Episode 326-329)

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Information
Title: The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
Japanese title: 揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質
(Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi)
Original airdate: January 6, 2003 *
October 4, 2004 (Rerun) *
March 19, 2022 (Remastered version I)
March 26, 2022 (Remastered version II)
April 2, 2022 (Remastered version III)
April 9, 2022 (Remastered version IV)
Broadcast rating: 17%
Remastered rating: 6.3% (Part I)
6.8% (Part II)
5.8% (Part III)
5.9% (Part IV)
Manga case: #107
Season: 11
Manga source: Volume 36: File 8 (369) ~
Volume 37: File 1 (373)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Miwako Sato
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Jinpei Matsuda
Masayoshi Sato
Detective Boys
Ai Haibara
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Hiroshi Agasa
Kiyonaga Matsumoto
Kazunobu Chiba
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Yumi Miyamoto
Sonoko Suzuki
Shinichi Kudo
Makoto Kyogoku
Yoko Okino
Detective Konno
Unnamed officer
Unnamed officer
Professor
Case solved by: Conan Edogawa
Juzo Megure
Next Conan's Hint: Map symbol
Map symbol (Rerun)
Kenji Hagiwara (Remastered version I)
Miwako Sato (Remastered version II)
Wataru Takagi (Remastered version III)
Jinpei Matsuda (Remastered version IV)
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer: Hirohito Ochi
Mashu Ito
Masato Sato
Storyboard: Hirohito Ochi
Mashu Ito
Masato Sato
Episode director: Masato Sato
Animation Director: Mari Tominaga (chief)
Atsushi Aono
Keiko Sasaki
Character Design: Masatomo Sudo
Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Music
Opening song: I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song: Overture
Chronology
Prev episode: « The Victim Who Came Back
Next episode: The Unseen Suspect »
List of episodes
* 2 Hour Special

The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質 Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi?) is the 304th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Miwako Sato reminisces about the bomber case three years ago in which a bomber sent a fax to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police containing the location of a bomb in the form of a riddle. Jinpei Matsuda deduced the bomb's location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue to an even larger bomb and that the clue is only revealed during the last three seconds before detonation; Matsuda sacrifices his life and allowed the police to locate the second bomb. In the present time, the bomber returns and sends a fax to the Police station.

Bombing - Murder (Past)

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Location: Apartments in Tokyo
Victim: Kenji Hagiwara
Time: January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
Cause of death: Explosion
Suspects: Partner of bomber
Kenji Hagiwara thought that it was safe, when suddenly the timer on bomb started again and although he tried he failed to escape and died in the explosion.
Bombing - Murder (Past)

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Location: 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel
Victim: Jinpei Matsuda
Time: January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
Cause of death: Explosion
Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case
Jinpei Matsuda was confident that he could disable the bomb, but a message on the l.e.d screen forced him to stay in the Ferris wheel and he ended up dying in the resulting explosion.
Attempted Bombing (Past)

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Location: Beika Central Hospital
Time: January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case
Jinpei Matsuda sent the hint that appeared three seconds before the detonation of the bomb in the ferris wheel to Sato, as a result the police were able to pinpoint the location of a second, larger bomb and disarm it.
Car Bombing - Attempted Murder

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Location: Shiratori's police car
Victim: Ninzaburo Shiratori
Time: January 6th
Injury: Explosion
Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case
Shiratori managed to escape his Lexus LS400 before he caught the brunt of the blast. He sustained major injuries, that forced him to be hospitalized.

The Detective Boys, along with Wataru Takagi and Sato, attempt to decrypt the riddle and locate the bomb. The riddle reads: "I'm a fast pitching, hard-hitting major leaguer. Now the extra innings have begun. The games begin at noon tomorrow and end at 3 PM. Even if you prepare a good stopper, it won't help you. I'll turn it around in the end. If you want to end the game, come find me. When you police bastards climb the bloodstained mound, I'll be waiting in the steel batter's box."

Sato begins explaining the details of the previous bombing case to Conan. In the incident three years ago, two bombers blackmailed the police for 1 billion yen using time bombs planted in apartment buildings. The money was paid and the timers were stopped; however, they later received a phone call from one of the bombers who heard a misleading news flash via a radio and thought that the bomb was still on. The police decided to use the opportunity to capture one of the bombers, but an unfortunate accident caused the man's death. His partner, who managed to escape and witnessed his death, believed that the police had aired false information on the news on purpose to lure them into a trap. Enraged, the bomber vowed to take revenge on the police to avenge the death of his accomplice and friend and has finally returned to do so.

Accident

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Location: Street
Victim: Accomplice Bomber
Time: January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
Cause of death: Hit by a truck
The accomplice bomber attempted to escape, but he got hit by a truck when stepped out on to the street.

An explosion occurs at Tokyo Tower and a girl becomes stranded in an elevator. Takagi and Conan free her but become trapped in the elevator themselves due to a second explosion. Conan Edogawa finds a bomb in the elevator and begins to disarm it until a message appears revealing that a clue to a second bomb will appear in the last three seconds before detonation.

Attempted Bombing

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Location: Tokyo Tower
Victim: Conan Edogawa, Takagi Wataru, & several innocent people
Time: January 6th
Cause of death: Explosion
Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case
Planted Bombs

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Location: Somewhere in Tokyo
Time: January 6th
Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case
A clue that will appear three seconds before the detonation of the bomb set in the Tokyo tower will reveal the location of a larger set of bombs elsewhere in Tokyo.

People

  • Resolution

    Manga to anime changes

    • In the manga version, not much is known about the bombing case that happened 7 years ago. Kenji Hagiwara also doesn't receive any specific character design like he does in the anime version, as he is only mentioned by name.
    • In the manga, Sato recalled Matsuda when she saw the date on her phone while checking the crime scene of the previous case with the Detective Boys. In the anime, she recalls Matsuda when she see Haido Shopping Mall ferris wheel, while the Detective Boys are riding on it. After they finish riding, they see Sato and approach her.
    • In the manga, the bombing happened on November 7 according to Matsuda's message. The anime change the date to January 6, the same as the airdate of the episode.
    • However, there was an error (presumably in TV broadcast version) in the scene when Sato want to delete the message, where the date displayed is November 7. The date was later fixed.
    • In the manga, Takagi doesn't slap Sato to calm her down when she tries to shoot the bomber.

    Trivia

    • Gosho Aoyama, in an interview, indicated this was one of his favorite case.
    • The bomber's car is a white 1992 Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100]. His watch brand is SEKO, an allusion to the famous brand SEIKO.
    • Ran's cellphone was stepped on and broken by one of her kidnappers in The Smash of Determination and Love, but Shinichi gives her a new one in the beginning.
    • The picture on Ran's new cellphone is the picture of her sleeping that Conan took of her in The Truth Behind Valentine's case, and sent it to her with his own cell phone, using Shinichi's voice. He also called himself "Detective Kid" in her message, and that picture does retain the words "Detective Kid" from the prior case.
    • Although Conan had been shown knowing how do disarm some bombs, this is the first canon proof that he knows how to disarm some of them, and he is at least a step ahead of those directing him on how to disarm it, as well.
    • The delivery truck which killed the culprit's accomplice is "Haido Unsou"'s from The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case.
    • The bus at the ending is the same from The Mysterious Passenger.

    Rerun

    The episode was rerun on October 4, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    2 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    3 迷路 Meiro Labyrinth Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    4 古城のテーマ Kojō no Tēma The Old Castle's Theme Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    5 追跡スリリング Tsuiseki Suriringu Thrilling Pursuit Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    6 I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥
    7 夜の探索 Yoru no Tansaku Night Search Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    8 驚愕の真実 Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu Surprising Truth Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    9 30秒当てゲーム 30 Byō Atte Gēmu 30 Second Concentration Game Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    10 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    11 尋問 Jinmon Interrogation Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    12 秘密の地下室 Himitsu no Chikashitsu The Basement's Secrets Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    13 赤い光のスナイパー2 Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2 The Sniper's Red Light 2 Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    14 運命の瞬間 Unmei no Shunkan Destined Moment Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    15 尋問 Jinmon Interrogation Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    16 運命の瞬間 Unmei no Shunkan Destined Moment Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    17 迷路 Meiro Labyrinth Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    18 「何だこの痕跡は?」 "Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" "What Is This a Trace Of?" Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    19 ターゲット サスペンスA Tāgetto Sasupensu A Target Suspense A Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    20 犯人からの電話 Hannin Kara no Denwa Phone Call From the Culprit Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    21 記憶喪失(影) Kiokusōshitsu (Kage) Amnesia (Shadow) Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    22 Need not to know. Need not to know. Need not to know. Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    23 顛末(TENMATSU) Tenmatsu (TENMATSU) The Facts (TENMATSU) Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    24 元太のテーマ (未収録ヴァージョン) Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon) Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)
    25 「何だこの痕跡は?」 (未収録ヴァージョン) "Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon) "What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)
    26 映画BGM Eiga BGM Movie BGM Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    27 小五郎の推理 Kogorō no Suiri Kogoro's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    28 怒りのメッセージ Ikari no Messēji Message of Anger Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    29 オセンチな歩美 (未収録ヴァージョン) Osenchina Ayumi (Mi Shūroku Vājon) Sentimental Ayumi (Unreleased Version)
    30 夜の探索 Yoru no Tansaku Night Search Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    31 イースターエッグの謎 Iisutā Eggu no Nazo Mystery of the Easter Egg Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    32 驚愕の真実 Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu Surprising Truth Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    33 I’ll be there (歌:菅井えり) I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri) I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai) Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    34 とっておきクイズ Totte Oki Kuizu Take the Quiz Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    35 カギを探せ! Kagi o Sagase! Search for the Key! Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    36 黒装束の謎 Kuroshōzoku no Nazo Mystery of Those in Black Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    37 暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手 Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    38 スケボー大作戦 Sukebō Daisakusen Big Skateboard Battle Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    39 ダイイング・メッセージ Daiingu・Messēji Dying Message Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    40 (Unreleased BGM 1)
    41 ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma Noah's Ark Evil Theme Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    42 映画BGM Eiga BGM Movie BGM Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    43 第2の殺人事件 Dai 2 no Satsujin Jiken The Second Murder Case Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    44 次のターゲット! Tsugi no Tāgetto! The Next Target! Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    45 コナン推理 Konan Suiri Conan's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    46 煙が行く手を阻む~ジンのテーマD Kebu ga Yukute o Habamu ~ Jin no Tēma D Smoke Obstructs the Way ~ Gin's Theme D Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    47 哀の予感~ジンのテーマE Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    48 ジンのテーマF Jin no Tēma F Gin's Theme F Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    49 「何だこの痕跡は?」 (未収録ヴァージョン) "Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon) "What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)
    50 哀愁 Aishū Sorrow Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    51 危機迫る~コナン出動 Kiki Semaru ~ Konan Shutsudō Approaching Crisis ~ Conan's Move Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    52 ジンのテーマF Jin no Tēma F Gin's Theme F Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    53 トリック Torikku Trick Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    54 出動のテーマ1~予感 Shutsudō no Tēma 1 ~ Yokan Mission Theme 1 ~ Premonition Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    55 赤い光のスナイパー1 Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1 The Sniper's Red Light 1 Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    56 哀が電話を…~ジンのテーマA Ai ga Denwa o... ~ Jin no Tēma A Ai's Phonecall to... ~ Gin's Theme A Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    57 ゲームスタート~ピッタリ賞 Gēmu Sutāto ~ Pittari Shō Game Start ~ Exact Prize Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    58 運命の瞬間 Unmei no Shunkan Destined Moment Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    59 Need not to know. Need not to know. Need not to know. Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    60 哀愁 Aishū Sorrow Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    61 Overture Overture Overture Overture
    62 I’ll be there (歌:菅井えり) I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri) I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai) Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic لحظات قبل وقوع الكارثة Moments before The crisis occurs
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) La Central de la Policia Metropolitana tremola. Els dotze milions d'ostatges The trembling police Headquarters. 12 million hostages
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Escac al Departament de Policia. Els dotze milions d'ostatges Check to police department. 12 million hostages
    Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 震撼的警视厅 1200万人质 The trembling MPD: 12 million hostages
    Flag of China Chinese (Traditional) 震撼的警政廳 1200萬人質 The trembling MPD: 12 million Hostages
    Flag of Galicia Galician A comisaría de polícia en xaque - Os doce millóns de reféns Police station in check - 12 million hostages
    Flag of Germany German Eine Stadt als Geisel A city as a hostage
    Flag of Italy Italian Dipartimento di polizia in sospeso, 12 milioni di ostaggi The trembling police headquarters, 12 million hostages
    Flag of South Korea Korean 흔들리는 경시청 1200만 명의 인질 Trembling Metropolitan Police Agency, 12 million hostages
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) ¡Tiembla, comisaría! Doce millones de rehenes Tremble, police station! 12 million hostages
    Flag of Thailand Thai กรมตำรวจสั่นคลอน ตัวประกัน 12 ล้านคน The trembling police headquarters: 12 million hostages
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Trụ sở cảnh sát run sợ bởi 12 triệu con tin The police headquarters tremble by 12 million hostages

    See also

    Episodes of Season 11
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