The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case

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Episode 136-137
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Information

Title:

The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case

Japanese title:

青の古城探索事件
(Ao no Kojō Tansaku Jiken)

Original airdate:

February 22, 1999 (Part 1)
March 1, 1999 (Part 2)
February 13, 2010 (Part 1) Remastered version
February 20, 2010 (Part 2) Remastered version

Season:

6

Manga source:

Volume 20: File 10 (200) ~
Volume 21: File 3 (201-203)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ai Haibara
Detective Boys
Professor Agasa

Case solved by:

Ai Haibara
Conan Edogawa
Professor Agasa

Next Conan's Hint:

Passport size (Part 1)
Above the movie theater (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama

Organizer:

Hirohito Ochi

Storyboard:

Hirohito Ochi

Episode director:

136 Yoshio Suzuki
137 Hirohito Ochi

Animation director:

136 Miwa Oshima
137 Atsushi Aono

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Kenichi Ogata as Professor Agasa
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint
Hisako Kyouda as Masuyo Mamiya
Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Mitsuru Mamiya
Jin Yamanoi as Takahito Mamiya
Naoki Tatsuta as Katsuo Tabata
Isshin Chiba as Servant
Nao Takamori as Housekeeper

Music

Opening song:

"TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~"

Closing song:

"Still for your love"

Gadgets introduced

Wristwatch Flashlight
	Agasa added the flashlight function to Conan's watch

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ai Haibara

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Professor Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Criminal Tracking Glasses

Case

Situation

Part 1

The Detective Boys are on a camping trip but Professor Agasa forgot the tent. They then wander to a castle owned by an old mistress and learn that there's a secret treasure in the castle. Mitsuru Mamiya is actually the second husband of the eldest Mamiya daughter.

Attempted Murder

Location: Secret passage

Victim: Conan Edogawa

Suspects: Katsuo Tabata, Mitsuru Mamiya, Takahito Mamiya, and Masuyo Mamiya

Conan finds a clue to the treasure and enters a secret passage but is attacked by an unknown assailant.

The Detective Boys, Haibara, and Agasa begin searching for Conan but have no luck. Pausing their search, the group eats dinner and discusses the chess pieces in the garden and the mystery treasure in the castle. During dinner, Mitsuru tells the group about the burnt tower and about a supposed curse that has resulted in the tower being locked.

Burned Tower - Accident (Past)

Location: Tower

Victim: Eldest daughter of Mamiya Family, her friends and one of Masuyo's maid

Cause of death: Burned to death

Five years ago, the eldest daughter of Mamiya Family returned from oversea to celebrate her mother, Masuyo, birthday. However that night, she and several friends and one of Masuyo's maid were burned to death by a fire accident.

Unusual Death (Past)

Location: Forest

Victim: Mitsuru Mamiya's assistant

Cause of death: Starvation

Suspects: Katsuo Tabata, Mitsuru Mamiya, Takahito Mamiya, and Masuyo Mamiya

Mitsuru Mamiya's assistant explored the burnt tower two years ago, but never returned. Ten days later, the assistant was found starved to death in the nearby forest. The police ruled the assistant's death as accidental from becoming lost in the forest. After this discovery, maids working at the castle spread the rumor that the assistant died of a curse by the mistress and the others who perished in the fire.

After dinner, Agasa and Haibara realize that something must have happened to Conan to prevent him from contacting anyone. Agasa is about to phone the police to investigate but upon seeing Conan's hat in the hallway, he is lured to an opening in the wall.

Attempted Murder

Location: Secret passage

Victim: Professor Agasa

Suspects: Katsuo Tabata, Mitsuru Mamiya, Takahito Mamiya, and Masuyo Mamiya

Peeking in the opening to a secret passage while looking for Conan, Agasa is attacked by the same culprit who attacked Conan.

Part 2

When nighttime comes, Haibara investigates freely and is accompanied by the Detective Boys. They enter the same secret passage as Conan did and wander out of another secret entrance. Genta remains trapped in the passage and captured by the culprit.

Kidnapping

Location: Secret passage

Victim: Genta Kojima

Suspects: Katsuo Tabata, Mitsuru Mamiya, Takahito Mamiya, and Masuyo Mamiya

Genta is kidnapped while in the secret passage.

Mitsuhiko investigates the doorway to the castle's tower and disappears. Haibara and Ayumi investigate the abandoned tower of the castle and find the culprit using a secret entrance connected to the castle.

Attempted Murder

Location: Toilet in the burned tower

Victims: Ayumi Yoshida and Ai Haibara

Suspects: Katsuo Tabata, Mitsuru Mamiya, Takahito Mamiya, and Masuyo Mamiya

Ayumi was followed by someone upon she entered the tower! Luckily Ai saved her by hiding themselves inside a secret tunnel.

People

Katsuo Tabata
	41 years old Mamiya family gardener

Mitsuru Mamiya
	49 years old Husband of the eldest Mamiya daughter (Married into the family)

Takahito Mamiya
	25 years old Son of the eldest Mamiya daughter

Masuyo Mamiya
	83 years old Head of the Mamiya family

Resolution

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Haibara and Ayumi find a corpse inside the secret tunnel in the tower and realize who the culprit is pretending to be, the grand mistress. The culprit is Masuyo Mamiya and she then chased them throughout the corridor. When Haibara and Ayumi were coming out from under a floor tile in the castle main hall, the culprit grabs on and tries to kill them. Then Conan, Mitsuhiko, Agasa and Genta appear, thanks to that Mitsuhiko used Conan's glass that the culprit purposely dropped to find where the three are confined. Conan reveals that he know the current grand mistress is an imposter because she knew the change in passport. She underwent plastic surgery look like Mauyo. She was one of the maids, Mutsumi Nishikawa. She cause the fire with the tunnels. After re-uniting with everyone, Conan reveals the location of the treasure. The treasure was the castle, and a beautiful scene. She breaks down realizing that she wasted 10 years and killed a huge number of people just for this. The culprit is captured.

Remastered version

A remastered version of both episodes aired on February 13th and 20th, 2010.

Gallery

See also

• Season 6