The Man from Chicago

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Episode 258-259 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The Man from Chicago
Japanese title:	シカゴから来た男 (Shikago Kara Kita Otoko)
Original airdate:	November 19, 2001 (Part 1) November 26, 2001 (Part 2)
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 32: Files 8-10 (325-327)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Professor Agasa James Black Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Yumi Miyamoto Shuichi Akai
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida
Next Conan's Hint:	P and A (Part 1) Fish scale (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Masato Sato
Episode director:	258 Hideaki Oniwa 259 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	258 Keiichi Ishida 259 Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kenichi Ogata as Professor Agasa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Yuu Sugimoto as Yumi Miyamoto Iemasa Kayumi as James Black Kan Tokumaru as Fake detective A Hidetoshi Nakamura as Fake detective B Junichi Sugawara as Fake policeman Masafumi Kimura as Detective Isshin Chiba as Policeman A Naoki Makishima as Policeman B Masako Joh as Child Fumiko Miyashita as Reporter Shuichi Ikeda as Shuichi Akai
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

Characters introduced

James Black
	Mysterious man from Chicago

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ai Haibara

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Professor Agasa

Wataru Takagi

Miwako Sato

Yumi Miyamoto

Shuichi Akai

Gadgets

Gadgets

Detective Boys Badge

Criminal Tracking Glasses

Earring Cellphone

Case

Situation

Part 1

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBSSSSSS

Kidnapping

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Location: Street

Hostage: James Black

Suspects: Three fake police officers

When James Black came to get his vehicle, two fake police officers confronts James Black that the rented vehicle has been stolen. When they told James Black to go in the police car, James suddenly told them that he has to tell his friends about it but suddenly they just kidnapped James.

Growing concerned, the Detective Boys search for Black; Their investigation leads them to believe he was kidnapped. They find Black's strap from the animal show in an alley way and discover blood on the letters P, &, A on the strap.

Part 2

Ayumi notices that James Black still has her Detective Badge, allowing Conan to trace the signal and have Sato set up a road block intercepting the vehicle. The kidnappers manage to elude the road block since their vehicle is disguised as a police car.

People

Randy Hawk
	Animal show sponsor

Man #1
	Fake police officer

Man #2
	Fake police officer

Man #3
	Fake police officer

Resolution

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Conan discerns the message P & A, revealing that when alphabetized, spell Panda. Conan concludes Black is referring to the black and white colors of a panda to police cars. Since the kidnappers are armed, Conan tells the police a plan to save Black safely. The police feign a car chase and slowly surround the kidnappers car; They suddenly break throwing them off guard and apprehends the criminals. Black disappears before he is questioned and is driven away by the mysterious Shuichi Akai.

Trivia

James Black refers to Conan as "Cool Guy" which is what Vermouth called him. Unlike Jodie Saintemillion, she refers to Conan as "Cool Kid".

Gallery

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See also

• Season 10