The Famous Potter Murder Case

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Episode 98-99
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Information

Title:

The Famous Potter Murder Case

Japanese title:

名陶芸家殺人事件
(Meitōgeika Satsujin Jiken)

Original airdate:

April 20, 1998 (Part 1)
April 27, 1998 (Part 2)

Broadcast rating:

19.8%
18.6%

Manga case:

#45

Season:

4

Manga source:

Volume 16: File 10 (160) ~
Volume 17: File 2 (162)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Officer Tome
Hiroshi Agasa
Kikuemon

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Marbles (Part 1)
Lipstick (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Kazunari Kouchi

Storyboard:

98 Junichi Nishida
99 Yoshio Suzuki

Episode director:

98 Kazuo Nogami
99 Yoshio Suzuki

Animation director:

98 Hiromi Muranaka
99 Izumi Shimura

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Mahito Tsujimura as Kikuemon
Masako Isobe as Masuko Tsuchiya
Matsuo Matsuo as Yoshihiko Arita
Wataru Takagi as Ryuichi Seto, Next Conan's Hint
Mitsuo Iwata as Kaoru Otani
Naoki Makishima as Officer Tome
Takayuki Inoue as Policeman
Isshin Chiba as Policeman A
Yasuhiro Takato as Policeman B

Music

Opening song:

"Unmei no Roulette Mawashite"

Closing song:

"Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake"

Characters introduced

Kikuemon
	78 years old (Birth name: Mankichi Tsuchiya) Ceramic artist

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Officer Tome

Hiroshi Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Button Speaker

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When a fan of Kogoro Mouri's who works as a famous potter invites the Mouri family out to his place for the weekend, Kogoro wins an valuable cup of pottery. After a long night of drinking, the group awakes and finds that a suicide has taken place. Inspector Megure thinks it may be more than a coincidence, but what is the real truth behind this mystery?

Suicide?

Location: Tsuchiya household

Victim: Masuko Tsuchiya

Age: 42 Years old

Cause of death: Hanging

Suspects: Kikuemon, Yoshihiko Arita, Ryuichi Seto, and Kaoru Otani

Part 2

Despite most proof pointing to a suicide, Conan is convinced that a murder has taken place. He begins looking for additional proof that someone killed Masuko.

People

Kikuemon
	78 years old (Birth name: Mankichi Tsuchiya) Ceramic artist

Masuko Tsuchiya
	Victim (hanged) 42 years old Wife of Kikuemon's late son

Yoshihiko Arita
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Ryuichi Seto
	35 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Kaoru Otani
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Resolution

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The killer is Ryuichi Seto. Earlier on, Masuko had freaked out after breaking what looked like an original Kikuemon pottery piece and it was theorized at first she 'killed herself' out of guilt for breaking something worth millions of yens; what actually happened was that she was copying Kikuemon's prized pieces and selling them for huge prices behind her father-in-law's back, broke one of the copies, and was terrified because she believed she'd be found out. True to this belief, Ryouchi noticed the broken piece was a fake and later confronted her on it; he attempted to dissuade Masuko from her illegal gains, but when she harshly rebuffed him, Ryuichi was enraged both due to this and to his own pride and decided to kill her.

When Masuko was drunk and completely passed out, Ryuichi took the sleeping woman to the storage room instead of her bedroom, placing her inside a drawer and a hanging loose rope around her neck. After this he put Masuko's cellphone next to her, since she used it as an alarm clock; hours later, the still drunk and thus completely unaware Masuko woke up with the cellphone alarm, then tried to get out of bed, she ended up hanging herself instead. The blood came from a wound caused by a metal nail sticking out of the drawer; when Masuko "hung 'self", her leg hit the nail and got ripped open.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Kikuemon (Birth name, Mankichi Tsuchiya) - Forgemaster (Birth name, Stygas Wafulcot)
• Masuko Tsuchiya - Margery Wafulcot
• Yoshihiko Arita - Artie Stonewall
• Ryuichi Seto - Sammy Hammerstoltz
• Kaoru Otani - Otto

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	事件解決	Jiken Kaiketsu	Case Resolution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	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
10	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
11	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
6	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
8	捜査開始	Sōsa Kaishi	The Investigation Begins	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	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
10	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
14	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （ヴォーカル・ヴァージョン)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Vōkaru・Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Vocal ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
16	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
17	それいけコナン （超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
French	Le meurtre du céramiste	The Murder of the Potter
German	Der Keramikkünstler-Fall	The Pottery Artist Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án giết người của nghệ nhân làm gốm	The Potter Murder Case

See also

• Season 4