The Mechanical Witness

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Episode 876
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Information

Title:

The Mechanical Witness

Japanese title:

機械じかけの目撃者
(Kikaiji Kake no Mokugeki-sha)

Original airdate:

October 7, 2017

Season:

26

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Mouse

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Screenplay:

Hiro Masaki

Storyboard:

Yasuyuki Honda

Episode director:

Akira Yoshimura

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Kouji Ochiai as Kyoichi Kusumi
Akeno Watanabe as Fumika Horiuchi
Juri Kimura as Robot
Yūji Ueda as Kazuomi Isshiki
Junichi Sugawara as Takeshi Tanizaki

Music

Opening song:

"Lie, Lie, Lie,"

Closing song:

"Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets

Wristwatch Flashlight

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Theft

Location: Kusumi Machinery

Victim: Kyoichi Kusumi

Age: 50 Years old

Missing Item: Company Technology

Suspects: Takeshi Tanizaki

Murder

Location: Kusumi Machinery

Victim: Takeshi Tanizaki

Age: 45 Years old

Cause of death: Strangulation

Suspects: Kyoichi Kusumi, Fumika Horiuchi, Kazuomi Isshiki, and Makita

People

Kyoichi Kusumi
	50 years old President of Kusumi Machinery

Takeshi Tanizaki
	Victim (strangled) 45 years old Employee

Fumika Horiuchi
	32 years old Employee

Kazuomi Isshiki
	25 years old Employee

Makita
	Employee of Myojo Technics

Resolution

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The thief stealing company technology was actually Kazuomi Isshiki. He was selling the components to Hiraguchi, an R&D employee at Myojo Technics, for a profit. The mouse robot created by Takeshi Tanizaki was actually designed as a security device to help him catch the person stealing company secrets. It was tuned to detect traces of a special ink (of a type which Isshiki kept at home, and which got stuck on his shoes) the culprit left at the scene of his thefts. Tanizaki met in secret with Makita, an HR employee at Myojo Technics, in order to find out the dates of their newest presentations, thus learning when the thief would strike next.

Upon catching Isshiki in the act, Tanizaki attacked the thief but was wounded in the process. As Isshiki attempted to escape, his rope came undone when the gas pipe he had tied it on was broken, and he began to fall. Tanizaki grabbed the rope in an attempt to save the culprit's life, but lost his grip on it and was hanged when the rope loop caught his neck, which Isshiki failed to notice.

See also

• Season 26