The Shinkansen's Bomb Case

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Episode 5
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Information

Title:

The Great Bullet Train Explosion Case

Japanese title:

新幹線大爆破事件
(Shinkansen Dai Bakuha Jiken)

Original airdate:

February 5, 1996

Season:

1

Manga source:

Volume 4: Files 4-6 (033-035)
heavily altered

English version

English title:

The Time Bomb Express

English airdate:

May 31, 2004

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Detective Boys
Professor Agasa
Gin
Vodka

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa

Next Conan's Hint:

Chocolate

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Junichi Miyashita

Storyboard:

Johei Matsuura

Episode director:

Johei Matsuura

Animation director:

Atsushi Aono

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Kenichi Ogata as Professor 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"

Gadgets introduced

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes
	Stimulates feet muscles for extra power

Microphone
	Miniature device Connected to Conan's glasses

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Professor Agasa

Shinichi Kudo
(background)

Gin
(background)

Vodka
(background)

Case

Situation

(Potential) Bombing

Location: Bullet train

Victim: Everyone on the bullet train

Suspects: Two men in black

Conan and Ran accompany Kogoro on the bullet train to go to Kogoro's 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

Men in Black
	Completed a deal in the dining car Left a bomb on the bullet train

Man with laptop
	Possibly has the bomb case

Woman near window
	Possibly has the bomb case

Elderly man
	Possibly has the bomb case

Brutish man
	Possibly has the bomb case

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

• In the manga, the two men in black are in fact Gin and Vodka. It is here that Conan first learns of their codenames.
• 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 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).

Gallery

• 
  Kogoro brings Ran along to his friend's wedding; regretfully, he has to bring Conan, too. They're traveling there by train.
• 
  Ran notices Conan has some new shoes, which are from Professor Agasa. Really they're muscle stimulating shoes that makes his legs and feet stronger. Conan also has new glasses with a listening device in the frame.
• 
  Kogoro gets even more annoyed: Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko are on the train too, as their parents paid for their tickets.
• 
  Conan glimpses two suspicious men in black! But why are they on the train?
• 
  The men go to meet a client in the dining car. Conan plants the glasses' transmitter in some gum under their seats, but gets caught. Ran and the Detective Boys scold him, wrap the gum in paper and put it in the seat's ash tray - where Conan will be able to hear even better!

Trivia

• This is the first episode that bombers appear.

See also

• Season 1