The Phantom of Baker Street
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Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, known as in Japan, is the 6th Case Closed
feature film
, released in Japan on April 20, 2002. Phantom of Baker Street is the first film in the series written by Hisashi Nozawa
. This was the last of the Detective Conan films done in traditional animation
.
It was released on February 16, 2010 in America on DVD. This movie brought 3.4 billion yen
in the box office.
Two years later, at the Beika City Hall, Schindler, Inc., holds a demonstration of a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. The Detective Boys are invited to the demonstration but cannot participate without special badges. Doctor Agasa and Booker Kudo arrive at the City Hall. Agasa gives Conan Edogawa a badge, and the other Detective Boys exchanging Premium Golden Yaiber Cards for badges. They all use the badges and participate in the demonstration.
In another room, Conan discovers the corpse of Kashimura, the top employee of Schindler, Inc., and a dying message on a keyboard: J-T-R. He decides to participate in the demonstration, hoping that the game would lead him to an answer. Booker finds out that J-T-R stands for "Jack The Ripper
".
When the demonstration begins, Hiroki's artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, takes control of the game system Cocoon. It tells the audience that if all fifty kids in the demonstration lose the game, it will kill the kids with a large electromagnetic burst. The kids in the demonstration are given a choice of five stages in the game, and Conan and the Detective Boys choose the fifth, a re-creation of an 1800 London mystery. Conan and his friends track down 221b Baker Street, only to find that Holmes and Watson are at Dartmoor
. Since Holmes cannot help, the kids find Colonel Moran and Professor Moriarty. Moriarty tells Conan that he trained Jack the Ripper when Jack was a street urchin. The professor gives the children a clue about the next victim, who turns out to be Irene Adler, Holmes's only love.
In the real world, Booker investigates the case. Booker reveals that the murderer is the company's president, Thomas Schindler. Schindler is a descendant of Jack the Ripper who will stop at nothing to hide his secret. Schindler is immediately arrested.
One by one, the children “die,” until only three are left: Conan, Rachel Moore, and another child, Hideki Moroboshi. They follow Jack the Ripper to a runaway train, and the murderer leads them to the top of the train. There, Jack the Ripper ties himself to Rachel and threatens Conan. To save Conan, Rachel sacrifices herself by jumping off the train and into a ravine, taking Jack the Ripper with her. As Conan begins to lose hope, Sherlock Holmes appears and gives Conan some useful advice that eventually helps Conan and Hideki survive the game. After winning the game, Conan reveals that Hideki is actually the Ark in disguise. Then, all the children are released from the demonstration, and the Noah's Ark destroys itself.
. It was released on July 2, 2002 on their album, Green.
The official soundtrack was released on April 17, 2002. It costs ¥3059 including tax.
Case Closed
Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
, released in Japan on April 20, 2002. Phantom of Baker Street is the first film in the series written by Hisashi Nozawa
Hisashi Nozawa
was a famous Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist. He won the Kuniko Mukōda Prize in 1998 for his screenplay Nemureru Mori and 結婚前夜 . He also won the Edogawa Rampo Award in 1997 for Hasen no marisu and the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers in 2001 for Shinku...
. This was the last of the Detective Conan films done in traditional animation
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
.
It was released on February 16, 2010 in America on DVD. This movie brought 3.4 billion yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
in the box office.
Plot
Child prodigy Hiroki Sawada—who, by the age of ten, is already a MIT graduate school student and has developed a DNA Tracker software—has been under the guardianship of Thomas Schindler, owner of the software giant Schindler, Inc., since his mother died. This night, in a heavily guarded room at the top of the Schindler building where Hiroki lives, Hiroki finishes an artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, and sends the software through the telephone lines. The security guards become suspicious and try to enter Hiroki's room. After they break into Hiroki's room with Schindler, they discover that Hiroki leapt off the top of the building to his death.Two years later, at the Beika City Hall, Schindler, Inc., holds a demonstration of a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. The Detective Boys are invited to the demonstration but cannot participate without special badges. Doctor Agasa and Booker Kudo arrive at the City Hall. Agasa gives Conan Edogawa a badge, and the other Detective Boys exchanging Premium Golden Yaiber Cards for badges. They all use the badges and participate in the demonstration.
In another room, Conan discovers the corpse of Kashimura, the top employee of Schindler, Inc., and a dying message on a keyboard: J-T-R. He decides to participate in the demonstration, hoping that the game would lead him to an answer. Booker finds out that J-T-R stands for "Jack The Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
".
When the demonstration begins, Hiroki's artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, takes control of the game system Cocoon. It tells the audience that if all fifty kids in the demonstration lose the game, it will kill the kids with a large electromagnetic burst. The kids in the demonstration are given a choice of five stages in the game, and Conan and the Detective Boys choose the fifth, a re-creation of an 1800 London mystery. Conan and his friends track down 221b Baker Street, only to find that Holmes and Watson are at Dartmoor
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an...
. Since Holmes cannot help, the kids find Colonel Moran and Professor Moriarty. Moriarty tells Conan that he trained Jack the Ripper when Jack was a street urchin. The professor gives the children a clue about the next victim, who turns out to be Irene Adler, Holmes's only love.
In the real world, Booker investigates the case. Booker reveals that the murderer is the company's president, Thomas Schindler. Schindler is a descendant of Jack the Ripper who will stop at nothing to hide his secret. Schindler is immediately arrested.
One by one, the children “die,” until only three are left: Conan, Rachel Moore, and another child, Hideki Moroboshi. They follow Jack the Ripper to a runaway train, and the murderer leads them to the top of the train. There, Jack the Ripper ties himself to Rachel and threatens Conan. To save Conan, Rachel sacrifices herself by jumping off the train and into a ravine, taking Jack the Ripper with her. As Conan begins to lose hope, Sherlock Holmes appears and gives Conan some useful advice that eventually helps Conan and Hideki survive the game. After winning the game, Conan reveals that Hideki is actually the Ark in disguise. Then, all the children are released from the demonstration, and the Noah's Ark destroys itself.
Cast
| Role | Japanese actor | American actor |
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| Conan Edogawa | Minami Takayama Minami Takayama is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005 but they divorced on December 10, 2007. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix, and a part of DoCo when it was active.... |
Alison Viktorin |
| Jimmy Kudo Jimmy Kudo Jimmy Kudo, also known as in Japan, is the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's series Case Closed, which is known in Japan as . A High-school Detective, he is forced to in ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a... |
Kappei Yamaguchi Kappei Yamaguchi , better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox.He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome , Jackson Neil , Tombo , Yattaro , InuYasha , Ryuichi Sakuma , L , Usopp... |
Jerry Jewell Jerry Jewell Jerry Dean Jewell is an American actor, Singer, and voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment... |
| Richard Moore | Akira Kamiya Akira Kamiya is a Japanese voice actor. He has been represented by Theater Echo, Aoni Production, and others. He is currently represented by Saeba Shoji.-Career:Kamiya made his debut on Mahou no Mako-chan in 1970 while working for Theater Echo... |
R. Bruce Elliot |
| Rachel Moore | Wakana Yamazaki Wakana Yamazaki is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production.-Television animation:* Air Gear * All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo * Captain Tsubasa * Dai no Daibouken... |
Colleen Clinkenbeard Colleen Clinkenbeard Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard is an American voice actress, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, and OkraTron 5000. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and series, most notably, Monkey D... |
| Serena Sebastian | Naoko Matsui Naoko Matsui is a Japanese voice actress from Hakodate. Matsui was a member of Production Baobab for 20 years before becoming a freelancer. She is also a voice acting instructor.... |
Laura Bailey Laura Bailey Laura Bailey is an English model represented by Liz Matthews PR. She has modelled campaigns for Guess Jeans, L'Oreal, Jaguar, Jaeger, Marks and Spencer, Bella Freud and Temperley London. Laura also works as a writer and has written for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, The Independent,... |
| Dr. Agasa | Kenichi Ogata | Bill Flynn Bill Flynn Bill Flynn was a South African actor and comedian. He was born in Cape Town and matriculated from Plumstead High School... |
| Booker Kudo | Hideyuki Tanaka Hideyuki Tanaka is a Japanese voice actor. He is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles in Dokaben , Kinnikuman , Captain Tsubasa , Touch , Saint Seiya , Metal Gear Solid and Slam Dunk .-TV Anime:*Akagi... |
John Swasey John Swasey John Swasey is an American actor, voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works at Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Amy Yeager | Yukiko Iwai Yukiko Iwai is a Japanese voice actress who is best known for her voice role as Ayumi Yoshida in Detective Conan.- Roles :*Detective Conan - Ayumi Yoshida*Uninhabited Planet Survive! - Luna*GetBackers - Kakei Sakura*Narcissu: Side 2nd - Yuka Akishima... |
Monica Rial Monica Rial Monica Jean Rial is an American voice actress, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Mitch Tennyson | Ikue Ohtani | Cynthia Cranz Cynthia Cranz Cynthia Jane Cranz is an American voice actress who works for anime series of Funimation Entertainment... |
| George Kaminski | Wataru Takagi Wataru Takagi is a Japanese seiyū and stage actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is currently affiliated with Arts Vision.He is best known for his roles in Detective Conan , After War Gundam X , Slayers Try , the Beast Wars: Transformers series , GTO , Hajime no Ippo (July 25, 1966 - ) is a Japanese seiyū and stage... |
Mike McFarland Mike McFarland Michael Charles McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Line Producer at Funimation Entertainment. He also did work with ADV Films, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, New Generation Pictures and Okatron 5000... |
| Shiho Miyano/Vi Graythorn | Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Hayashibara is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin... |
Brina Palencia Brina Palencia Brina Michelle Palencia is an American voice actress, singer, and ADR director who works for Funimation Entertainment. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.Apart from her adult female voices, she has been cast in younger... |
| Inspector Meguire | Chafurin Chafurin is a Japanese vocal actor from Saitama Prefecture who works for Office Osawa. He was formerly credited as '. He graduated from Toyo University.-Television animation:*Ah! My Goddess *Argento Soma... |
Mark Stoddard Mark Stoddard Mark Stoddard is an American voice actor at Funimation Entertainment. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.-Anime:* Baccano! - Goose Perkins... |
| Officer Santos | Kazuhiko Inoue Kazuhiko Inoue is a veteran voice actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.-Biography:Since his debut in 1973, Kazuhiko Inoue has become one of Japan's most well established voice actors. His early roles from the 1970s include Anthony in Candy Candy, and later as Joe in the 1979 remake of Cyborg 009... |
Eric Vale Eric Vale Christopher Eric Johnson better known by his stage name Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Head Writer who is affiliated with Funimation Entertainment... |
| Officer Sato | Atsuko Yuya Atsuko Yuya is a Japanese voice actress who works for Gekidan Subaru. Atsuko Yuya is originally from Nagasaki. She is the official Japanese voice dub-over artist for actresses: Angelina Jolie and Natasha Henstridge.-TV anime:*Angel Heart ... |
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| Officer Takagi | Wataru Takagi Wataru Takagi is a Japanese seiyū and stage actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is currently affiliated with Arts Vision.He is best known for his roles in Detective Conan , After War Gundam X , Slayers Try , the Beast Wars: Transformers series , GTO , Hajime no Ippo (July 25, 1966 - ) is a Japanese seiyū and stage... |
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| Officer Chiba | Chris Cason Chris Cason Christopher L. Cason is an American voice actor, ADR Director and Script who works for anime series of Funimation Entertainment... |
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| Hiroki Sadawa | Ai Orikasa Ai Orikasa is a popular Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She works for Production Baobab. Orikasa is also the Japanese dub voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Her debut work was Shoukoushi Cedie in 1988... |
Maxey Whitehead Maxey Whitehead Maxey Whitehead is an American stage actress and voice actress who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films.... |
| Noboru Emori | Rikako Aikawa Rikako Aikawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Ōsawa Office. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She was originally a child actor.She is also known as a specialist of tongue-twister in the Japanese language.... |
Chris Cason Chris Cason Christopher L. Cason is an American voice actor, ADR Director and Script who works for anime series of Funimation Entertainment... |
| Sebastian Moran | Jou Fujimoto | Bradley Campbell |
| Mrs. Hudson | Kei Hayami | Emily Gray |
| Jack the Ripper | Sho Hayami | Todd Haberkorn Todd Haberkorn Todd Michael Haberkorn is an American actor, voice actor, ADR Director and Script writer at Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000... |
| Tadaki Kashimura | Hiroaki Hirata Hiroaki Hirata is a male seiyū from Tokyo. He stands at 175 centimeters , and is a member of Gekidan Subaru.He is most known for the roles of Sanji , Sha Gojyo , and the Narrator of Digimon Adventure... |
Robert McCollum Robert McCollum Robert McCollum is an American voice actor who works for anime series at FUNimation Entertainment. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films... |
| James Moriarty | Kiyoshi Kobayashi Kiyoshi Kobayashi is a Japanese actor, seiyū and narrator from Tokyo. He is currently attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society... |
Steve Powell |
| Hideki Moroboshi | Megumi Ogata Megumi Ogata is a female seiyū and singer from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tōkai University, but left due to lack of interest. She is also best known for voicing Sailor Uranus, Kurama and Shinji Ikari.... |
Luci Christian Luci Christian Louisa Michelle Christian is an American voice actress and ADR Script Writer who is affiliated with Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Seichiro Kikukawa | Mitsuki Saiga Mitsuki Saiga is a female seiyū who was born in Saitama. Saiga works at Ken Production.-Anime:* .hack//Roots * .hack//Sign * 07-Ghost * Ashita no Nadja... |
Mary Morgan |
| Irene Adler | Sumi Shimamoto Sumi Shimamoto , real name , is a veteran Japanese voice actress born on December 8, 1954, in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe... |
Melinda Allen |
| Shinya Takizawa | Urara Takano Urara Takano is a Japanese voice actress from Togane, Chiba. Takano runs the talent agency Remax, although she was originally affiliated with Ken Production. She is the mother of actress Anna Kirie. Her real name, as well as her former stage name, is , in addition, she and Jennifer Tilly both does Celia... |
Anastais Munoz |
| Thomas Schindler | Masane Tsukayama Masane Tsukayama is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Naha, Okinawa.-Television animation:*Akagi *Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto *Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster... |
Spencer Prokpop |
| Noah's Ark | Maxey Whitehead Maxey Whitehead Maxey Whitehead is an American stage actress and voice actress who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films.... |
Music
The movie's theme song is "Everlasting" by B'zB'z
is a Japanese hard rock duo, composed of and .B'z has released 45 consecutive #1 singles, 24 #1 albums, and sold more than 79 million records in Japan alone...
. It was released on July 2, 2002 on their album, Green.
The official soundtrack was released on April 17, 2002. It costs ¥3059 including tax.