The Phantom of Baker Street

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Movie 6
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Information
Title:	The Phantom of Baker Street
English Title:	The Phantom of Baker Street
Japanese Title:	名探偵コナン ベイカー街(ストリート)の亡霊 (Meitantei Konan: Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei)
Original airdate:	April 20, 2002
English airdate:	February 16, 2010
Broadcast rating when aired on television:	20.4% (aired on April 7, 2003) 7.4% (aired on February 9, 2018)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo Detective Boys Ai Haibara Hiroshi Agasa Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Juzo Megure Kazunobu Chiba Ninzaburo Shiratori Shinichi Kudo Unnamed officer Unnamed officer Hitomi Reiko Kishida Aiko Kamen Yaiba
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa (videogame case) Yusaku Kudo (real murder case)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Hisashi Nozawa
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Technical Director:	Nana Harada Atsushi Yano (asst.)
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo (chief) Junko Yamanaka Seiji Muta (asst.) Yoshiharu Shimizu (action)
Character Design:	Masatomo Sudo Layout checker: Yoshiharu Shimizu Layout: Seiji Muta, Takashi Hyodo, Akio Kawamura, Hideyuki Motohashi, Masahiko Itojima Design Works: Kumiko Shishido, Takashi Sano, Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Hideyuki Tanaka as Yusaku Kudo and Sherlock Holmes Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ai Orikasa as Hiroki Sawada Megumi Ogata as Hideki Moroboshi Urara Takano as Shinya Takizawa Rikako Aikawa as Akira Emori Mitsuki Saiga as Seiichiro Kikugawa Hiroaki Hirata as Tadaaki Kashimura Yuzuru Fujimoto as Colonel Moran Eisuke Yoda as Tetsunosuke Emori Ryuichi Horibe as Toshio Moroboshi Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Professor Moriarty Sho Hayami as Jack the Ripper Sumi Shimamoto as Irene Adler Kei Hayami as Mrs. Hudson Katsuhisa Hoki as Mysterious vagrant Toshihiko Nakajima as Gambler Masane Tsukayama as Thomas Schindler Takashi Nagasako as Assembly hall staff Ryuzo Hasuike as Chairperson Yasunori Masutani as Schindler's bodyguard Osamu Hosoi as Schindler's bodyguard Kazusa Murai as Shimizu Asako Dodo as Announcement MAI as Caster Shogakukan young voice actors: Yuki Maesako, Tsubasa Funaki, Saori Inda, Mai Kashihara, Shoki Higashiyama, Yuji Horiuchi, Kanae Arai, Akiyuki Tanaka, and Ten Saoi
Music
Theme song:	Everlasting
Soundtrack:	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
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The Phantom of Baker Street is the 6th movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 20, 2002.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Yukiko Kudo Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Hiroshi Agasa Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Juzo Megure Kazunobu Chiba Ninzaburo Shiratori Unnamed officer Unnamed officer Hitomi (flashback) Reiko (flashback) Kishida (flashback) Aiko (flashback) Kamen Yaiba (card)

Case

Situation

A TV program introduces Hiroki Sawada, a ten-year old computer prodigy. The reporter explains that Hiroki is already in graduate school at MIT. He has developed a DNA-tracker software and is now about to complete his second major project, an artificial mind called Noah's Ark. Since Hiroki's mother died, he has been looked after by Thomas Schindler, CEO of Schindler Inc., an influential software company. Schindler recognised Hiroki's enormous talent and encouraged him to develop it further, putting him under a rigorous study program with little free time or time to be a child.

Hiroki, who has been watching the program about himself, turns his TV off and goes back to his computer, putting the finishing touches on Noah's Ark. Once he is satisfied, he sends the artificial intelligence on his way and his computer shows the message "Noah's Ark sailed away", which also triggers an alarm in the building he is working in. A security guard notices the alarm and calls Thomas Schindler. Together, they try to enter Hiroki's room. When they finally manage to open the door, Hiroki is nowhere to be found. Dismayed, Schindler sees Hiroki's shoes on the balcony and has to conclude the inevitable: Hiroki committed suicide by jumping off the balcony.

Suicide (Past)
	Location: Schindler Building, Massachusetts, USA Victim: Hiroki Sawada Age: 10 years old Time: Two years ago Cause of death: Falling With too much pressure on him, Hiroki decides to commit suicide since it wasn't the childhood he wanted before jumping from the top of the building.

His computer screen shows a sailing boat (Noah's Ark) on water and a message that reads: "Goodbye from Hiroki".

Two years later, Schindler Inc. presents its newest product at Beika City hall, a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. Many children attend the presentation, hoping they are among the lucky ones who are allowed to test Cocoon for the first time. To be included among the first players, the children have to obtain a special badge that was quite expensive. Conan, Ayumi, Genta, Haibara, and Mitsuhiko watch the crowd sadly, realising none of them could afford to pay for it, when Professor Agasa and Yusaku Kudo join them. Agasa hands Conan a badge and says it was paid for for his parents and that his mother Yukiko could not join them because she has a class reunion.

The other Detective Boys trade Golden Kamen Yaiba Cards with some other children in exchange for a Cocoon badge. So, all five of them end up being called up for the game tests.

Meanwhile, CEO Schindler gets into an argument with Tadaaki Kashimura, one of his top programmers, in the basement of City Hall. Schindler stabs Kashimura fatally then use a CD data theft and leaves. In his dying moments, Kashimura dips his finger into his own blood and leaves a message for the police. He presses the letters "J", "T" and "R" on the keyboard before he sinks back dead.

Murder
	Location: Beika City Hall - Basement (Program control room) Victim: Tadaaki Kashimura Age: 39 years old Cause of death: Stab wound in heart Culprit: Thomas Schindler Kashimura presses the "J","T" & "R" keyboard keys with a bloody finger, leaving a dying message.

Conan finds the body and decides to actually join the Cocoon test as well, recognising that there might be a clue to the murderer's identity in the game. Yusaku, who was consulted by Kashimura when they developed the game, realises "JTR" has to mean "Jack the Ripper".

Murders (Past)

Location: Whitechapel district, London Victims: Emma Elizabeth Smith (Incertae), Martha Tabram, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, Rose Mylett (Incertae), Alice McKenzie, Unidentified Woman (Incertae) and Frances Coles Age: 45 years old, 39 years old, 43 years old, 47 years old, 44 years old, 46 years old, 25 years old, 29 years old, 40 years old, 30-40 years old, and 25 years old Cause of death: Stab wounds, Slash wounds, and throat slits Culprit: Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was a well known serial killer in London who killed at least seven people in Whitechapel district. He was never identified.

Among great interest from the audience, Cocoon is turned on and the children are instructed to sit into special chairs fitted with virtual reality glasses. Thomas Schindler explains that participants in Cocoon are put into a trance-like state to fully immerse themselves in the game. Suddenly, the system comes alive and a computer-generated voice explains that it is "Noah's ark" and has taken control of the program to "reset Japan". Most of the children participating in the game come from wealthy and influential families and Noah's Ark explains that it is challenging that status quo. Two parents try to get their children out of the chairs but a sudden burst of electricity shocks them as they try to open the cover of the seats. Noah's Ark further explains that it has modified the virtual games so they are more challenging and the children have to play them. If all children fail, the artificial intelligence will kill them with an electromagnetic burst (EMP), but they are allowed to leave if one child wins their game.

Hostage taking

Location: Beika City Hall Victims: The fifty kids participating in the Cocoon demonstration Age: 5-17 years old Weapon: Locking into the Cocoons Culprit: Noah's Ark Artificial Intelligence The children are locked into the Cocoons and the adults are threatened so that they cannot open them. The children must play the virtual reality games which have been modified so they are more difficult. Noah's Ark will kill all fifty kids with an electromagnetic burst (shock waves) if all of them fail, but as long as one child wins their respective game, everyone will be freed.

The participants are told they can chose between five different virtual reality (VR) levels of the game: Vikings, Paris-Dakar Rally, Colosseum, Solomon's Treasure, and Old Time London.

Conan, Ran and the Detective Boys choose level 5, a mystery set in 19th century London. The game starts and Conan discovers he can't use Agasa's inventions. Professor Agasa is able to communicate with Conan and sends him a hint which makes Conan realise that Sherlock Holmes is the "supporting character" they have to find. Near 221 B Baker Street a vagrant plays the accordion and sings an odd song. The children don't pay him any attention.

Mrs. Hudson mistakes the children for the Baker Street Irregulars and invites them into 221 B Baker Street, explaining that Holmes and Watson left for Dartmoor a day earlier. Ran has a look through Holmes' notes and realises he is investigating Jack the Ripper, which, as Conan immediately figures out, means the serial killer must be connected to Professor Moriarty.

Finding the criminal mastermind is next to impossible so Conan tells everyone they will have to seek out his right-hand man Colonel Sebastian Moran. Luckily, Colonel Moran spends his afternoons at one and the same gentlemen's club so they know where to go. At the club, they end up in a brawl and Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko have to quit the game. Conan forces the colonel into a stand-off, but before he can reply, an elderly man enters the room and tells Conan that Professor Moriarty has sent for them.

A carriage driver leads them to a carriage and tells them it will bring everyone to Moriarty. Conan exposes the driver's identity: it is nobody other than Professor Moriarty himself. Moriarty reveals that he feels responsible for Jack the Ripper's crimes. He took the boy in when he was living on the streets and Jack the Ripper learned a lot of the tricks of the trade from the master criminal. Professor Moriarty wants to play a part in bringing Jack the Ripper down and announces he will post a message to Jack in the following day's newspapers, requesting him to kill someone. He refuses to name the newest target, saying the children will figure it out once they read his message.

Moriarty keeps his promise and, reading through the message, Conan deduces that Moriarty has put a prize on the head of Irene Adler, a famous actress and, famously, the only woman Sherlock Holmes ever respected.

Attempted Murder (Virtual Reality)
	Location: Royal Opera House, London Victim: Irene Adler character Cause of death: Falling debris Culprit: Jack the Ripper The stage Irene was on collapsed but Shinya and Akira saved her.

People

Hiroki Sawada
	Deceased (fell) 10 years old (2 years ago) Boy genius

Thomas Schindler
	52 years old Tsar of the IT Industry

Shimizu
	TMS reporter

Seiichiro Kikukawa
	11 years old Playwright's son

Hideki Moroboshi
	12 years old Deputy superintendent general's grandson

Akira Emori
	11 years old Financial group and bank president's grandson

Shinya Takizawa
	11 years old Ruling party politician's son

Tadaaki Kashimura
	Victim (stabbed) 39 years old Game development manager Yusaku's college friend

Toshio Moroboshi
	Tokyo Police deputy superintendent general Hideki's grandfather

Tetsunosuke Emori
	Financial group and bank president Akira's grandfather

Tamaichiro Kikukawa
	Playwright Seiichiro's father

Shigemori Takizawa
	Ruling party politician Shinya's father

Mrs. Sawada
	Deceased (illness) Hiroki's mother Tadaaki's ex-wife

Game characters

Jack the Ripper
	Unidentified serial killer from Victorian era London

Sherlock Holmes
	Detective from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel Modeled after Yusaku Kudo

Doctor John H. Watson
	Holmes' assistant Modeled after Professor Agasa

Mrs. Hudson
	Holmes' landlady

Irene Adler
	American opera singer Holmes' love Modeled after Yukiko Kudo

Colonel Sebastian Moran
	Moriarty's right hand man

Professor James Moriarty
	Holmes' nemesis and crime lord

Mysterious vagrant

Gambler

Resolution

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The identity of Jack the Ripper revealed by Conan.

At the same time, in the real world, Yusaku announces he has solved Kashimura's murder. He explains that Kashimura, his old college friend, didn't just recruit him to help with the Cocoon games, he also wanted Yusaku to investigate the sucide of Hiroki Sawada, Kashimura's son.

Kashimura was killed by Thomas Schindler. Schindler was also responsible for Hiroki's suicide. Through his research for his DNA program, Hiroki discovered the DNA of Jack the Ripper's confirmed second victim on a dagger that apparently belonged to the notorious serial killer and was now in Schindler's possession. Schindler realised it was only a matter of time before Hiroki would realise Schindler was a direct descendant of Jack the Ripper and pressured Hiroki further, leading to his suicide. He killed Kashimura because he found out Noah's Ark had sent Hiroki's research to Kashimura.

Schindler confesses everything and is arrested by the police.

In the meantime, two more children fail level 5 while protecting Irene Adler. Ai protects Conan and fails the game as well. Out of all fifty players, only Ran, Conan and a boy named Hideki Moroboshi remain. The tree of them follow follow Jack the Ripper to a runaway train from London Charing Cross, where he, in disguise, mixes in with the other passengers.

Conan sees through his disguise with the help of the notes taken from Holmes' office. Jack the Ripper throws a smoke bomb to escape when Ran tries to attack him. Once the smoke clears, all the passengers have disappeared. Conan and Hideki hurry to the engine room and realise the train is speeding up dangerously and someone destroyed the brakes. Jack the Ripper has taken Ran hostage and waits for Conan and Hideki on top of the train, revealing he has tied himself to Ran with a rope. Ran decides to sacrifice herself and jumps off the train, taking Jack the Ripper with her.

The train still races down the tracks and Conan starts to panic. Just then, the vagrant, actually a disguised Sherlock Holmes, appears on top of the train and gives Conan and Hideki advice that helps them to survice.

The train crashes into King's Cross Railway Station.

Conan wins the game and tells Hideki he knows he is an avatar created by Hiroki Sawada/Noah's ark. The Ark explains he actually created this game so he could play with some friends, something Hiroki never could do while he was alive. Hiroki says goodbye to Conan, but before Noah's Ark deletes itself, it announces that it actually knows Conan is Shinichi Kudo.

The game ends and the children are released from Cocoon. Yusaku congratulates Conan on his win.

Trivia

• This is the last Detective Conan movie to be made using traditional animation.
• This movie is notable for having a screenplay written by a famous Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist Hisashi Nozawa. Kazunari Kochi had written all previous movies and most of the later movies up until Dimensional Sniper.
• This is the final movie to be dubbed in english by Funimation Entertainment. Dubbing of the movies was reprised in 2019 by Bangzoom!, starting with Zero the Enforcer.
• Thomas Schindler's limousine is a silver Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine.
• Yusaku Kudo and Professor Agasa's limousine is dark blue Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine.
• The date in London is declared to be September 30, 1888 which is a Sunday, yet Moriarty says that the following day is to be Sunday.
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are said to be away on business at Dartmoor in reference to The Hound of the Baskervilles case, however this case did not take place until a year later in 1889.
• Noah's Ark is a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Ultron from Marvel Comics, who is shown as backing himself up and traveling through the internet to create chaos. It also shares settings with the popular sci-fi horror manga and anime franchise "Gantz" as the cocoon gaming pods are similar to the black orb that is Gantz. Gantz forces people to play against their will for their own survival in it's own sick twisted almost video-game like setting.
• It's also similar to John Kramer/Jigsaw from the Saw movies, despite this movie being released 2 years before the first Saw movie. John Kramer seeks to place his Victims in death traps which can be escaped in order to make people more appreciative of their lives, just as Noah's Ark wishes to reset Japan's youth and prevent the repetition of their parent's mistakes.
• Conan plays Pac-Man in the last scene.
• The gun picked up by Genta at Sherlock Holmes' house is a Tranter 54-bore self-cocking revolver.
• Even though the children are unaware that the parents can hear their voices in the game, Haibara did call Conan "Kudo-kun" during her game over, and no one said anything about it at all.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Basque	Baker Street-eko mamua	The Phantom of Baker Street
Catalan	El fantasma de Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
Chinese (Simplified)	贝克街的亡灵	The Phantom of Baker Street
French	Le fantôme de Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
Galician	A pantasma de Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
German	Das Phantom der Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
Italian	Il fantasma di Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
Spanish	El fantasma de Baker Street	The Phantom of Baker Street
Thai	ปริศนาบนถนนสายมรณะ	Mystery on the Deadly Street
Vietnamese	Bóng ma phố Baker	The Phantom of Baker Street

See also

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