The Shinkansen's Bomb Case

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Episode 5 (Int. Episode 5)
Information
Title:	The Shinkansen's Bomb Case
Japanese title:	新幹線大爆破事件 (Shinkansen Dai Bakuha Jiken)
Original airdate:	February 5, 1996 December 3, 2016 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	13.4%
Remastered rating:	7.4%
Manga case:	#10
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 4: Files 4-6 (033-035) (h.a.)
English version
English title:	The Time Bomb Express (Funimation) The Case of the Bullet Train Explosion (Netflix)
Dubbed episode:	Episode 5
English airdate:	May 31, 2004 (Adult Swim) November 1, 2025 (Netflix)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Detective Boys Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Cell phone Black handbag (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo
Production cooperation:	Sunshine Corporation of Japan
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ueda Naoki Makishima as Shimoda Isshin Chiba as Conductor Sayuri as Woman Minoru Inaba as Man A Takumi Yamazaki as Man B Masa'aki Tsukada as Old man
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

The Shinkansen's Bomb Case (新幹線大爆破事件 ,Shinkansen Dai Bakuha Jiken), known in English as The Time Bomb Express in Funimation's English release and as The Case of the Bullet Train Explosion in Netflix release, is the 5th episode of Detective Conan anime.

It adapts the Chapters 33-35 from the original manga, with significant changes. It was first aired in February 5, 1996, while the remastered version of this case was aired on December 3, 2016.

In this episode, Conan have to stop two mysterious men in black from exploding the train with a bomb.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Hiroshi Agasa

Shinichi Kudo (background)

Gin
(background)

Vodka
(background)

Gadgets

Introduced

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes
	Stimulates feet muscles for extra power

Microphone
	Miniature device Connected to Conan's glasses Bug

Case

Situation

(Potential) Bombing

Location: 100 Series Shinkansen Bullet train

Victim: Everyone on the bullet train

Culprits: Ueda and Shimoda

Conan and Ran accompany Kogoro on the bullet train to go to Kogoro's best friend's wedding when Conan overhears two men in black talking about a bomb set to go off on the train. If Conan doesn't find the briefcase with the bomb in time, everyone's life on the bullet train is in danger.

People

Ueda
	Bomber Gin's look-alike

Shimoda
	Bomber Vodka's look-alike

Man A
	Passenger

Woman
	Passenger

Old man
	Passenger

Man B
	Passenger

Resolution

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Evidence

• Conan remembers the Vodka lookalike saying "I can finally have a smoke". Conan realizes this must be because the transaction the men in black had with the person in the dining car cannot stand the smell of smoke. Therefore the person with the bomb must be in a non-smoking car of the train. According to Mitsuhiko there are eight non-smoking cars on the bullet train.
• The Gin lookalike made a remark about how the person with the bomb is probably "looking out at the last scenic view" they will ever see. Conan and the Detective Boys realize the person with the briefcase must be in one of the two-story Green Cars. Mitsuhiko explains only one of the three Green Cars is non-smoking.
• Conan notes that the man in glasses with the laptop is trading stocks and has a gold Rolex watch. Conan remarks the man must really be raking in money. The man in glasses shouts at Conan that he could not possibly go anywhere on the train due to the amount of work he has.
• The woman in the Green Car has a cell phone and remarks to Conan that since the sky is clear today "you can see Mt. Fuji" from her window. The woman claims to have not visited the dining car during the trip.
• The elderly man does not seem to hear Conan's question correctly, so Conan is unclear whether the man did or did not visit the dining car.
• Although the brutish man with gold rimmed glasses doesn't answer Conan's question outright, it's clear the man visited the dining car because he wipes his glasses with one of the dining car napkins.
• When the Vodka lookalike questions his partner about the bomb being timed, the Gin lookalike replies that although the bomb isn't on a timer, the bomb will definitely go off when the person with the briefcase unknowingly triggers the detonation button. Conan realizes this means the explosion will be set off by the passenger's "reaction to something".

Conclusion

After ruling out the brutish man Conan knows went to the dining car, the briefcase was full of underwear, Conan realizes one of the passengers he spoke to said something strange.

The woman claims to have had a great view of Mt. Fuji earlier in the train ride, but it would be impossible to see Mt. Fuji from her window in the Green Car. She must have been in the dining car at the time and mistook her view from the dining car for the one back in her Green Car seat.

The woman lied about going to the dining car in order to cover up the transaction she had with the men in black.

Conan also realizes that the detonation button the Gin lookalike referred to is when the woman dials a specific telephone number on her cell phone.

The woman manages to dial the number on her cell phone at 3:10 PM, but thankfully Conan manages to use the Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick the briefcase out of the train just before it exploded.

Motive

The woman's motive for making a deal with the men in black was to gain "inside information on the trading market" in exchange for 100 million yen.

The men in black's motive for planting the bomb of course was to kill off the woman and cover their tracks while getting away with a hefty amount of money.

Manga to anime changes

Conan meets Gin and Vodka.

• In the manga, the two men in black are in fact Gin and Vodka. It is here that Conan first learns of their codenames. The line about their mastermind is omitted.
• Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko didn't appear in the manga version of the story. Thus, it's Ran who deposits the gum that Conan uses.
• The bullet train was stopped under the Kyoto police jurisdiction, but the anime version replaced them with Inspector Megure and his men, who were too far away.
• The manga version ends with Conan reflecting on the knowledge he learned about the two men in black. Ran's questioning of his true identity doesn't occur here, but in The Coded Map of the City Case, which follows the story in the manga rather than preceding it.

Trivia

• This train is a 100 series (100系, Hyaku-kei) Shinkansen.
• This episode marks canon day 9 of Shinichi's life as Conan.
• Although the Black Organization was involved in the manga version of this episode, the anime version has Ueda and Shimoda take over Gin and Vodka's role, and therefore cutting out the Black Organization involvement.

Translation changes

Studio Nano dub

• The Anpanman reference is removed, replaced by the generic term "superhero".

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
00:00	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
01:46	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (タイトルver.)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Taitoru ver.)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Title ver.)	Unreleased
01:56	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
04:02	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
07:57	1996 Unreleased BGM 1 脅迫 （パート１）	- Kyōhaku (Pāto 1)	- Threat (Part 1)	- Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
09:40	1996 Unreleased BGM 2
11:14	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12:16	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15:14	悪のテーマ （パート３）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 3)	Theme of Evil (Part 3)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16:11	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18:45	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
19:43	絶体絶命	Zettai Zetsumei	A Desperate Situation	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:09	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ 「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma "Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	Detective Conan Main Theme "Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:46	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
21:41	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
23:42	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قنبلة في قطار الأمان السريع	A Bomb in the Fast Safety Train
Bahasa Melayu	Kes Letupan Keretapi Berkuasa Tinggi Shinkansen	The High Speed Train Shinkansen Explosion Case
Basque	Leherketa bala trenean
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'explosió del tren d'alta velocitat	The High Speed Train's Explosion
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La gran explosió del tren d'alta velocitat	The High Speed Train's Big Explosion
Chinese (Simplified)	新干线大爆破事件	Shinkansen's Big Explosion Case
French	La Bombe roulante	The Rolling Bomb
Galician	A grande explosión do tren bala	The Bullet Train's Big Explosion
German	Explosion im Express	Explosion in the Express
Italian	L'esplosione del treno super rapido	The High Speed Train's Explosion
Korean	열차 폭발을 막아라	Stop The Train Explosion
Polish	Wybuch w pociągu	Explosion on a Train
Portuguese	A explosão do comboio-bala	The Bullet Train explosion
Spanish (American dub)	La explosión del tren bala	The Bullet train explosion
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La gran explosión del tren bala	The Bullet Train's Big Explosion
Thai	คดีรถไฟชินคันเซ็นมรณะ	The Dangerous Shinkansen Train Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án quả bom trên tàu siêu tốc	The Bullet Train's Bomb Case

See also

• Season 1