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{{InfoBox Special
| special             = The Fated Blue Birthday
| image               = Mkspecial5.jpg
| title               = The Fated Blue Birthday
| english-title       =
| japanese-title      = 運命のブルーバースデー <br> (Unmei no Burū Bāsudē)
| manga               = [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Blue Birthday|Volume 3: Chapter 6 (19)]]
| airdate             = October 29, 2011
| english-airdate     = 
| cast                = [[Kaito Kuroba]]<br>[[Kaitou Kid]]<br>[[Aoko Nakamori]]<br>[[Ginzo Nakamori]]<br>[[Keiko Momoi]]<br>[[Snake]]
| suspects            =
| solved-by           = 
| case                = 
| next-kid-magic      = Moonlight
| voice-cast          = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Kaitou Kid]]<br>[[Ayumi Fujimura]] as [[Aoko Nakamori]]<br>[[Unsho Ishizuka]] as [[Ginzo Nakamori]]<br>[[Ai Kayano]] as [[Keiko Momoi]]<br>[[Houchu Ohtsuka]] as [[Snake]]<br>[[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]]<br>[[Shozo Iizuka]] as Boss<br>[[Toru Ohkawa]] as Director
| opening-song        = Misty Mystery
| closing-song        = Your Best Friend
| director            = [[Toshiki Hirano]]
| screenplay          = [[Junichi Miyashita]]
| storyboard          = [[Toshiki Hirano]]<br>[[Akira Iwanaga]]
| producer            = [[Masahisa Koyata]]
| animation-director  = [[Noriyuki Fukuda]]
| prev-special        = A Witch Sheds No Tears
| next-special        = Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve
| footnotes           = 
}}
{{nihongo|'''"The Fated Blue Birthday"'''|運命のブルーバースデー|Unmei no Burū Bāsudē}} is an animated special for [[Magic Kaito]] based on the sixth chapter from the [[Magic Kaito Volume 3|third Magic Kaito volume]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Snake]]|image = Snake.jpg|description = 
* Man in black responsible for [[Toichi Kuroba]]'s death
* Under orders to find Pandora}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss|Boss]]|image = Magic Kaito Sub-boss.jpg|description =
* Sub-boss of the [[Magic Kaito Organization|criminal organization]]
* [[Snake]]'s superior}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Kaito Kuroba}}
{{Char|Kaitou Kid}}
{{Char|Aoko Nakamori}}
{{Char|Ginzo Nakamori}}
{{Char|Keiko Momoi}}
{{Char|Toichi Kuroba|display=Toichi Kuroba <br> (flashback)}}
{{Char|Conan Edogawa|display=Conan Edogawa <br> (introduction/cameo)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Card Gun}}
{{Gadget|Hang Glider Cape}}
}}

== Plot ==

=== Story ===

After a successful heist, Kid receives a phone call from a payphone and is told to stop stealing gems. At school, Kaito promises Aoko he will attend her birthday party, which is on the same day as his heist for the gem known as the Blue Birthday.

{{InfoBox Heist
 | heist               =    
 | image               =    Blue Birthday.jpg
 | thief               =    [[Kaitou Kid]]
 | thief-label         =    Thief
 | target              =    Blue Birthday
 | owner               =    India
 | location            =    Indian Treasure Exhibit
 | date                =    Same day as [[Aoko Nakamori]]'s birthday
 | notice              =    
 | description         =    Blue Birthday is India's largest sapphire.
 }}

Kaito succeeds but is met by an organization and learns that they are the cause of his father's death.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
After seemingly killed, the organization steal the Blue Birthday and departs. Kaito follows them and learns the organization are searching for an immortality granting jewel known as Pandora which resides in a large gemstone and can only be found if shone in the moonlight. After determining the Blue Birthday is not the gem they are looking for, Kaito threatens to find and destroy Pandora before they can find it. Unable to make it to Aoko's birthday in time, Kaito rigs an apartment complex's lights to spell out Happy Birthday Aoko. Elsewhere, the organization contacts their boss who decides to contact another of their organization's member known as Spider to counter Kid.
</spoiler>

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery widths=185px perrow=5>
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h28m06s82.png|Kid receives an ominous phonecall
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h30m25s188.png|Kaito promises to perform a magic show for Aoko's birthday party
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h33m39s72.png|Inspector Nakamori explains the traps set up to catch Kid
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h34m53s51.png|Kid successfully steals the Blue Birthday
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h37m08s130.png|Snake confronts Kid
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h41m22s98.png|Snake's boss reveals the story of Pandora
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h42m34s36.png|Kid checks for Pandora
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h44m12s145.png|"I, Kaitou Kid, shall locate that Pandora gem before you do and shatter it into tiny pieces!"
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h48m22s207.png|Kaito's birthday present to Aoko
File:Vlcsnap-2013-11-15-18h48m32s60.png|Conan wonders about the noise
</gallery>

== Manga to Anime Changes ==
* In the manga, the string of flags that Kaito pulls out of his shirt pocket are all flags of various countries. To make the animation easier, the special changes this to flags with simple shapes like clovers and diamonds.
* The manga has only one scene that takes place during Aoko's birthday party proper. The special inserts a few more scenes of the party in-between the Blue Birthday heist, where Aoko's friends enjoy party games while Aoko herself wonders where Kaito is.
* In the manga, Kid throws the real Blue Birthday back immediately after dodging the gunfire from Snake and his cronies. In the special, he returns fire with his card-gun and disarms them before throwing the sapphire back.
* In the manga, Inspector Nakamori wonders if it's supposed to be "someone's birthday" when he finds the Blue Birthday. In the special, this line is moved to the Inspector's celebratory party.
* The epilogue featuring the leader of the organization contacting Spider is unique to the special.

== See also ==
* [[TV Specials]]
* [[Magic Kaito Volume 3]]
* [[Blue Birthday]]

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