Star Detectives Assemble

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Episode 18
(Int. Episode )

Information

Title:

Star Detectives Assemble

Japanese title:

名探偵の共演(アッセンブル)
(Meitantei no Assenburu)

Original airdate:

May 31, 2026

Broadcast rating:

2.7%

Season:

Season 1

Case

Cast:

Anna Akechi/Cure Answer
Mikuru Kobayashi/Cure Mystique
Pochitan
Jett
Nijee
Hanninda
Chinami Hosho

Case solved by:

Anna Akechi (via Conan)

Staff

Director:

Koji Kawasaki

Screenplay:

Isao Murayama

Storyboard:

Koji Kawasaki

Episode director:

Satoshi Okawa

Animation director:

Ragi Kuon

Character design:

Akane Yano
Risa Miyatani (sub-character)
Kazunori Haruyama (monster design)

Voice cast:

Hikari Senga as Anna Akechi/Cure Answer
Kaede Hondo as Mikuru Kobayashi/Cure Mystique
Emiri Kato as Pochitan
Yuki Kaji as Jett
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Nijee
Shinnosuke Musashi as Hanninda
Ayumi Tsunematsu as Chinami Hosho
Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Akemi Okamura as Ran Mouri
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Yumika Yano as Misako Shindo
Toya Shiraishi as Staff
Takehiro Hasu as Inspector

Music

Opening song:

"Hint in the Heart! Star Detective Precure!"

Closing song:

"Why? Mystery?! Answer"

Star Detectives Assemble (名探偵の共演(アッセンブル) ,Meitantei no Assenburu), is the 18th episode of the Pretty Cure installment, Star Detective Pretty Cure!. It is a crossover episode to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Detective Conan anime. It aired on May 31, 2026 and was followed by a Detective Conan crossover episode titled The Gold-Star Answer, which aired on June 6, 2026.

Cast

Anna Akechi/Cure Answer
	2nd year middle school student from 2027 CUREtto Detective Agency member Cure Answer

Mikuru Kobayashi/Cure Mystique
	2nd year middle school student from 1999-2000 CUREtto Detective Agency member Cure Mystique

Pochitan
	Panda-like fairy Anna's partner

Jett
	222 years old Cat-like fairy Assumes the shape of a young boy Scientist and inventor

Nijee
	General of the Phantom Thieves' Guild

Chinami Hosho
	Owner of Hosho Art Museum

Hanninda
	Monster created from corrupted Makoto Jewels

Gadgets

Jewel Cure Watch
	Watch to transform into a Pretty Cure

Pre-Kit Light
	Powerful tool that shines light to create an object

Pre-Kit Book
File:Pre-Kit Book.jpg	Notebook with enhanced information Comes with a pen

Pre-Kit Mirror Loupe
	Double mirror and magnifying glass weapon

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

An exhibition is being held at the Hosho Art Museum, with the main attraction being a glass slipper named "Lost at Midnight", and Anna, Mikuru and Jett are helping set it up. Suddenly, several Lost at Midnight dupes fall out of the sky, with the real one being toppled over and disappearing.

Heist

Thief:Phantom Thieves' Guild

Target:Lost at Midnight

Owner:Misako Shindo

Location:Hosho Art Museum, Makoto Mirai City

Date:Sometime in 1999

Anna and Mikuru suspect that this is the work of the Phantom Thieves' guild, and use their Pre-Kit Mirror Loupes and Pre-Kit Books to investigate. While their investigation yields no results, they run into Conan, Ran and Kogoro, the latter Mikuru recognizes immediately due to his prominence. They are visiting Makoto Mirai City to investigate a report regarding a mysterious monster rampaging the city, which leads Anna and Mikuru to worry that a Hanninda was spotted they were seen in their Pretty Cure forms. Conan wonders how the culprit found the real slipper so quickly, which causes Anna to believe the case is closed. Conan doubts this, but he can't help further due to the other case.

Anna says the culprit is someone who isn't wearing gloves. She suspects that Chinami Hosho is the culprit. Hosho denies this. When searching for the slipper in Jett's backpack, they could not find it.

Conan returns to help, after it was revealed the aforementioned monster was simply a costume for a movie. Anna and Mikuru explain what's happened. Ran notices a glass fish bowl and finds it pretty. When finding out the theme is "Stories in Transparency", Conan, Anna and Mikuru realize what had actually happened.

People

Misako Shindo
	Glassware artist

Police inspector
File:MPC Inspector.jpg	Makoto Mirai City Police Department inspector

Police detective
File:MPC Detective.jpg	Makoto Mirai City Police Department detective

Man
File:MPC Staff.jpg	Hosho Art Museum staff

Detective Conan characters

Conan Edogawa
	6-7 years old Elementary school student Real identity: Shinichi Kudo

Ran Mouri
	16-17 years old High school student

Kogoro Mouri
	37-38 years old Private detective Ran's father

Resolution

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Anna and Mikuru deduce that the culprit put the bowl in vegetable oil, but their theory is immediately shot down due to the fact that vegetable oil is visibly yellow. Accidentally shooting Anna with his stun-gun wristwatch, Conan inevitably uses her to relay his deduction, using words she'd never use that throw Mikuru and Jett off. The culprit is Nijee of the Phantom Thieves' Guild, who is disguised as Chinami Hosho. He hid the slipper in a fish bowl, using a mixture of benzyl alcohol and ethanol to match the bowl's refractive index. Making a move at Mikuru to steal it, Ran steps in, and fights against him, kicking him in the face. Nijee gets back up, compliments Ran for her skills, and fills the entire room with a smoke bomb, effectively taking the slipper and running off with it.

Conan kicks Nijee with his power-enhanced kick shoes, injuring his back and throwing the work out his hand. Mikuru, Pochitan, and a confused and newly awoken Anna catch up. Nijee turns Lost at Midnight into the Hanninda, which creates a magical forcefield, leading Conan to believe they have disappeared. They then transform into Cure Answer and Cure Mystique. Struggling to defeat the giant monster, they decide to use their Pre-Kit Light to create a ball and both kick it at the Hanninda, weakening it. They attack the Hanninda using the Precure Flying Spectrum, turning it back to Lost at Midnight.

At sunset, Anna and Mikuru return, with everyone curious as to where they went. The true Chinami Hosho arrives as well as Jett, and Lost at Midnight is returned. After all the strange words Anna used were brought up, she and Mikuru thank Conan, who somehow helped solve the mystery simply due to his presence. After Anna asks who he is, Conan replies that he's a detective.

Trivia

• Adaptations of Anna confronting the culprit in this episode are shown on TV in its Detective Conan counterpart The Gold-Star Answer.
• With Mikuru knowing the famous Sleeping Kogoro but not Anna, it could be inferred that in the Pretty Cure! universe, the events of Detective Conan take place around 1999-2000 rather than in 2027, the time Anna is from.
• The monster Conan, Ran and Kogoro are investigating bears a resemblance with Gomera, a monster character in Detective Conan.
• The eyecatches in the episode pay homage to the iconic Detective Conan eyecatches.
• The shadowy silhouette staring at Anna and Mikuru in the museum is a homage to "The Criminal", a silhouette used in Detective Conan to show the culprit of a case without revealing their identity.
• Jett's ability to invent tools for the detectives is similar to Hiroshi Agasa's.
• The TV broadcast of the end sponsor card has Kaitou Kid listed as one of the sponsors for this episode.

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See also

• Specials
• Crossover