Roller Coaster Murder Case

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Episode 1 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Roller Coaster Murder Case
Japanese title:	Jet Coaster Satsujin Jiken (ジェットコースター殺人事件)
Original airdate:	January 8, 1996
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 1: File 1
English version
English title:	The Big Shrink
Dubbed episode:	Episode 1
English airdate:	May 24, 2004
Case
Cast:	Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Gin Vodka Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Dr. Agasa
Cases solved by:	Shinichi Kudo (x2)
Next Conan's Hint:	Sky Scraper
Staff
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Cop, Security Guard B, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Takeshi Watabe as Mansion Owner Yukitoshi Hori as Man in Black A Fumihiko Tachiki as Man in Black B Shinpachi Tsuji as CEO Yumi Hikita as Hitomi Mari Maruta as Aiko Naomi Nagasawa as Reiko Isshin Chiba as Kishida
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Doki-Doki
Closing song:	Step by Step

Episode 1 first aired on January 8, 1996 in Japan. It is the pilot episode of the series.

Characters introduced

Shinichi Kudo
	17 years old Student Detective

Ran Mouri
	17 years old Student Karate champion

Kogoro Mouri
	Ran's father Detective

Inspector Megure
	Tokyo Metropolitan Inspector

Gin
	Black Organization

Vodka
	Black Organization

Ayumi Yoshida
	7 years old Mitsuhiko's and Genta's classmate

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
	7 years old Ayumi's and Genta's classmate

Genta Kojima
	7 years old Ayumi's and Mitsuhiko's classmate

Hiroshi Agasa
	Engineer / Inventor Shinichi's old family friend

Plot

Case 1: Crime at the Private Mansion

The episode starts with a crime investigation at a private mansion after a man was found dead with a bullet in his heart in a locked room.

Murder

Location: Private Mansion

Victim: Yamazaki

Cause of death: Gunshot Wound

Suspects: Owner/Host, Guests

President Yamazaki of Yatsubishi Bank is found dead in a locked room with a bullet through his chest.

People

Mansion's Owner
	In a wheelchair due to injured leg

Yamazaki
	Victim (gunshot) President of Yatsubishi Bank

Situation

The episode starts in a mansion where a party seemed to have been interrupted after a man was found dead with a bullet in his heart. The police, lead by Inspector Megure, is investigating the crime scene. The victim is President Yamazaki of Yatsubishi Bank.

Resolution

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While the mansion owner, ???, is talking to Megure about the case, Shinichi Kudo comes on the crime scene and affirms that the murderer is still in the room and that he entered from the window on the 3rd floor and left the same way. The lack of footprints implies it was an inside job. [...]

Case 2: Roller Coaster Murder Case

Murder

Location: Tropical Land

Victim: Kishida

Cause of death: Decapitation

Suspects: Aiko, Hitomi, Reiko, Men in Black

Kishida was beheaded while riding a roller-coaster in a tunnel.

People

Hitomi
	Gymnast Kishida's ex-girlfriend

Aiko
	Kishida's girlfriend

Kishida
	Aiko's boyfriend Hitomi's ex-boyfriend

Reiko
100px	Hitomi's friend

Differences from the manga

• The inclusion of the Detective Boys.
• The mansion owner kills a friend instead of his wife.

See also

• Season 1