Moonlight Sonata Murder Case

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Episode 11
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Information
Title: Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
Japanese title: ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件
(Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate: April 8, 1996 *
September 22, 2003 (Rerun) *
Broadcast rating: 12.9%
Manga case: #18
Season: 1
Manga source: Volume 7: Files 2-7 (062-067)
English version
English title: The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
Dubbed episode: Episode 11-12
English airdate: June 9, 2004 (Part 1)
June 10, 2004 (Part 2)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Sheet music
Fluorescent paint (Rerun)
Staff
Director: Kenji Kodama
Organizer: Kenji Kodama
Kuchiru Kazehara
Storyboard: Kenji Kodama
Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director: Ikuro Sato
Yuji Yamaguchi
Animation Director: Masatomo Sudo
Hirotoshi Takaya
Music
Opening song: Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song: STEP BY STEP
Chronology
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List of episodes
* 1 Hour Special


Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Kogoro Mouri received a strange cut-and-paste letter from a client called Keiji Asoh asking him investigate something on Tsukikage Island. He then found out that the man requesting for the investigation, Keiji Asoh, has been dead for 12 years. He was a world-renowned pianist who suddenly killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.

Suicide? (Past)

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Location: Keiji Asoh's house on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Keiji Asoh and his family
Cause of death: Burning
Keiji Asoh killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.

Despite thinking the letter is a poor prank, Kogoro decides to investigate anyway and finds the island is holding elections for mayor. Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.

Murder? (Past)

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Isamu Kameyama
Cause of death: Heart attack
Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.
Murder

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Hideo Kawashima
Age: 56 years old
Cause of death: Drowning
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, Ken Nishimoto, and Narumi Asai
Hideo Kawashima's sodden body found slumped over the cursed community piano as the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played in the background. Water marks show the body had been dragged to the piano through a back door in the piano room which leads to the sea.
Murder

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Location: Community center broadcasting room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Tatsuji Kuroiwa
Age: 56 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, and Ken Nishimoto
Tatsuji Kuroiwa was found stabbed in the broadcasting room. The body was discovered by Ken Nishimoto soon after the second movement of the Moonlight Sonata began playing over the sound system. At the dead man's feet is sheet music inscribed in blood.

Both Reiko and Narumi were excluded from the suspect list due to that they have alibi during the time of murder. Conan manage to decode the musical notes which were from the murderer about revenge from 12 year ago.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Shuichi Murasawa
Age: 27 years old
Injury: Blunt Force Trauma
Suspects: Kazuaki Hirata
When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
Murder

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Location: Community center storage room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Ken Nishimoto
Age: 55 years old
Cause of death: Hanging
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, and Shuichi Murasawa
Ran found Ken Nishimoto's hanged body in the storage room. At his feet was coded sheet music purporting to be his will. Although it wasn't playing, the third movement of Moonlight Sonata was recorded on the tape cassette nearby.

People

  • Resolution

    Rerun

    The episode was rerun on September 22, 2003. It was unchanged except for the addition of a footage of Gosho Aoyama talking at the beginning. It's also the first rerun aired on TV.

    Translation changes

    Anime

    • The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:
    • Keiji Asoh - Casper Austin
    • Narumi Asai (former name Seiji) - Nadia Adams (former name Simon Austin)
    • Isamu Kameyama - Kirkpatrick
    • Tatsuji Kuroiwa - Theodore Kinsella
    • Reiko Kuroiwa - Rene Kinsella
    • Kazuaki Hirata - Kevin Hadley
    • Shuichi Murasawa - Steven Mulholland
    • Hideo Kawashima - Henry Kavanagh
    • Masato Shimizu - Matthew Schumacher
    • Ken Nishimoto - Ken Nicholson
    • Tsukikage Island - Moonlight Island (The Viz Media translation of the manga gives another alternate name Moon Shadow Island)
    • Other Changes:
    • At the end when it says "Thank you little detective", Nadia will actually say it at the end.

    Trivia

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 胸がドキドキ Mune ga Dokidoki The Pounding of My Heart Mune ga Dokidoki
    2 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    3 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    4 (Unreleased BGM 1)
    5 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    6 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    7 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 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
    9 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 (Unreleased BGM 1)
    11 ("Moonlight Sonata" Second Movement)
    12 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
    13 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
    14 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    15 脅迫 (パート2) Kyōhaku (Pāto 2) Threat (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    16 コナンのテーマ Konan no Tēma Conan's Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    17 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
    18 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    19 沈む夕陽 Shizumu Yūhi Depressing Sunset Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    20 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    21 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    22 STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic سمفونية ضوء القمر Moonlight Sonata
    Flag of Basque Country Basque Hilketa Beethovenen Ilargiarte Argitan
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El cas de l'assassinat de la sonata "Clar de lluna" The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Els assassinats de la sonata "Clar de Lluna" The Moonlight Sonata's Murders
    Flag of France French Sonate pour crime au clair de lune A Sonata For a Crime Under the Moonlight
    Flag of Galicia Galician Os asasinatos da Sonata ao Luar The Moonlight Sonata's Murders
    Flag of Germany German Mord bei Mondschein Murder in the Moonlight
    Flag of Italy Italian Il caso della sonata al chiaro di luna The Moonlight Sonata Case
    Flag of Portugal Portuguese Sonata ao Luar Moonlight Sonata
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) Sonata a la luz de la luna Sonata under the Moonlight
    Flag of US Spanish (American dub) Asesinato a la luz de la luna Murder under moon light
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Vụ án bản Sonata ánh trăng The Moonlight Sonata Case

    See also

    Episodes of Season 1
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