Episode 117

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| **Episode 116-117   (Int. Episode 122-123)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case |
| Japanese title: | ミステリー作家失踪事件   (Misuterii Sakka Shissō Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | September 7, 1998 (Part 1)   September 14, 1998 (Part 2) |
| Broadcast rating: | 19.7%   17.4% |
| Manga case: | #53 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_3 "Season 3") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 19: Files 2-4 (182-184)](/wiki/Volume_19#Mystery_Writer_Case "Volume 19") |
| **English version** | |
| English title: | The Mystery Writer Disappearance |
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 122-123 |
| English airdate: | May 12, 2009 (DVD) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Kaori Shinmei](/wiki/Kaori_Shinmei "Kaori Shinmei")   [Police detective](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Unnamed_officer "Minor law enforcement")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Yamada](/wiki/Tenkaichi_Night_Festival_Murder_Case "Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case") |
| Case solved by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | French (Part 1)   Car mirror (Part 2) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Organizer: | 116: [Johei Matsuura](/wiki/Johei_Matsuura "Johei Matsuura")   117: [Kazuo Nogami](/wiki/Kazuo_Nogami "Kazuo Nogami") |
| Storyboard: | 116: [Johei Matsuura](/wiki/Johei_Matsuura "Johei Matsuura")   117: [Kazuo Nogami](/wiki/Kazuo_Nogami "Kazuo Nogami") |
| Episode director: | 116: [Johei Matsuura](/wiki/Johei_Matsuura "Johei Matsuura")   117: [Kazuo Nogami](/wiki/Kazuo_Nogami "Kazuo Nogami") |
| Animation director: | 116: [Atsushi Aono](/wiki/Atsushi_Aono "Atsushi Aono")   117: [Hirobi Muranaka](/wiki/Hiromi_Muranaka "Hiromi Muranaka") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki") (design works) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi"), Next Conan's Hint   [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") as [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Fumiko Osaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Fumiko_Osaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Fumiko Osaka (page does not exist)") as [Kaori Shinmei](/wiki/Kaori_Shinmei "Kaori Shinmei")   [Yuzuru Fujimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuzuru_Fujimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuzuru Fujimoto (page does not exist)") as Nintaro Shinmei   [Chikako Akimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Chikako_Akimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chikako Akimoto (page does not exist)") as Kaori's mother   [Eiichiro Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Eiichiro_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Eiichiro Suzuki (page does not exist)") as [Samonji Matsuda](/wiki/Detective_Samonji "Detective Samonji")   [Toshihiko Nakajima](/wiki/Toshihiko_Nakajima "Toshihiko Nakajima") as Editor   [Ikkei Seta](/wiki/index.php?title=Ikkei_Seta&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ikkei Seta (page does not exist)") as Comedian A (Episode 116)   [Nobuaki Kanemitsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Nobuaki_Kanemitsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nobuaki Kanemitsu (page does not exist)") as Comedian B (Episode 116)   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Editor B (Episode 117)   [Naoki Makishima](/wiki/Naoki_Makishima "Naoki Makishima") as Editor C (Episode 117)   [Hiroshi Naka](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Naka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroshi Naka (page does not exist)") as Doctor (Episode 117) | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Unmei no Roulette Mawashite](/wiki/Unmei_no_Roulette_Mawashite "Unmei no Roulette Mawashite") |
| Closing song: | [Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni](/wiki/K%C5%8Dri_no_Ue_ni_Tatsu_Y%C5%8D_ni "Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni") |
***The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case*** (ミステリー作家失踪事件 ,*Misuterii Sakka Shissō Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 116th and 117th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [3.1.1 Part 1](#Part_1)
- [3.1.2 Part 2](#Part_2)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Translation changes](#Translation_changes)
+ [5.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [6 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [6.1 Part 1](#Part_1_2)
+ [6.2 Part 2](#Part_2_2)
* [7 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 See also](#See_also)