The Mechanical Witness

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Episode 876
(Int. Episode 931)

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

Broadcast rating:

7.7%

Filler case number:

#284

Season:

27

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

Animation director:

Masatomo Sudo and Seiji Muta (Supervisors)
Chiemi Hironaka
Asuka Tsubuki

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Kyoko Yoshimi (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)

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~"

The Mechanical Witness (機械じかけの目撃者 ,Kikaiji Kake no Mokugeki-sha) is the 876th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

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, and Kazuomi Isshiki

People

Kyoichi Kusumi
	50 years old Kusumi Machinery president

Takeshi Tanizaki
	Victim (strangled) 45 years old Kusumi Machinery employee

Fumika Horiuchi
	32 years old Kusumi Machinery employee

Kazuomi Isshiki
	25 years old Kusumi Machinery employee

Makita
	Myojo Technics employee

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 spray and 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 and attempted to restrain him but was wounded in the process. As Isshiki attempted to escape, his rope came undone when the gas pipe he had tied it on broke because he had repeatedly used it to vault down the window every time he broke in, and he began to fall.

Tanizaki grabbed the rope in an attempt to save the culprit's life, but the strain was too much and he started to lose strength causing the rope to latch around his neck killing him, which Isshiki failed to notice. This was proven because there was traces of rust on the back Tanizaki's jacket and his blood on the vent because he had hit his head on the vent's exhaust fan when the rope had latched around his neck. Isshiki breaks down in tears once he realized that his actions lead to Tanizaki's death.

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El testimoni mecànic	The mechanical witness
French (Subbed)	Le Témoin mécanique	The mechanical witness
Thai	พยานคือเครื่องจักรกล	The witness is a machine
Vietnamese	Nhân chứng cơ khí

See also

• Season 27