The Antique Collector Murder Case

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Episode 16
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Information

Title:

The Antique Collector Murder Case

Japanese title:

Kottōhin Korekutā Satsujin Jiken
(骨董品コレクター殺人事件)

Original airdate:

May 20, 1996

Season:

1

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Inspector Megure

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Elevator girl

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Yasushi Hirano

Storyboard:

Hirohito Ochi

Episode director:

Hirohito Ochi

Animation director:

Haruo Ogawara

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Yuji Suwa
Ryuji Nakagi as Makoto Akutsu
Shigeru Ushiyama as Ikuya Hatano
Saburo Kamei as Denjiro Maru
Naoko Koda as Inako Maru
Rin Mizuhara as Saori
Yukiko Iwai as Kumi
Wataru Takagi as Police officer

Music

Opening song:

"Mune ga Doki Doki"

Closing song:

"Step by Step"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Inspector Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Maru household

Victim: Denjiro Maru

Suspects: Ikuya Hatano, Yuji Suwa, and Makoto Akutsu

Denjiro Maru, an antique collector, asks Kogoro to investigate his wife's affair. Denjiro is later found pinned to a wall with a katana. The crime scene has been shredded with a sword and clues point to different people who had scheduled meetings with the collector.

People

Denjiro Maru
	Victim 51 years old Chairman of the Maru Group

Ineko Maru
	34 years old Denjiro's wife

Ikuya Hatano
	37 years old Denjiro's physician

Makoto Akutsu
	48 years old Engraver

Yuji Suwa
	46 years old Instructor at the Suwa Dojo

Kumi
	Maru's house staff

Saori
	Maru's house staff

Resolution

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• Conclusion

Using his gadgets to use Kogoro, Conan reveals that the killer is Yuji.

While Yuji was fiddling with the answering machine to prove he wasn't the killer, with the last of his strength, Denjiro wrote Yuji's name on the drawers for a dying message to prove he was the killer. When Yuji noticed this, he shuffled the drawers then added a few more markings so it couldn't be recognized, and marked the rest of the room so it wouldn't stand out, to erased a dying message from the police's eyes.

Yuji then charged at Kogoro with a sword to kill him, but stopped just when the sword was about to hit deep into Kogoro's head. Yuji claims Kogoro must be very brave to just stay still in the face of death. After Yuji leaves however, Kogoro finally wakes up and notices a tiny cut on his head and freaks out.

• Motive

Yuji's family had an antique sword that was passed down from generation to generation, but Denjiro sold it. Yuji couldn't control his anger that Denjiro sold his family heirloom, so he gave him the kill.

See also

• Season 1