The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation

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| **Episode 196   (Int. Episode 211)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation |
| Japanese title: | 見えない凶器 蘭の初推理   (Mienai Kyōki Ran no Hatsu-suiri) |
| Original airdate: | June 26, 2000 |
| Broadcast rating: | 18.7% |
| Filler case: | #71 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_5 "Season 5") |
| Manga source: | **TV Original** |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba") |
| Case solved by: | [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Car |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto")   [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") (chief) |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | [Chika Ichimaru](/wiki/Chika_Ichimaru "Chika Ichimaru") |
| Episode director: | [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Animation director: | [Miwa Oshima](/wiki/Miwa_Oshima "Miwa Oshima") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Junko_Yamanaka "Junko Yamanaka") and [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido") (design works) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), Next Conan's Hint   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), Next Conan's Hint   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Yūko Kobayashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Y%C5%ABko_Kobayashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yūko Kobayashi (page does not exist)") as Chie Yoshino   [Jurota Kosugi](/wiki/index.php?title=Jurota_Kosugi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jurota Kosugi (page does not exist)") as Akio Yoshino   [Junichi Sugawara](/wiki/index.php?title=Junichi_Sugawara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Junichi Sugawara (page does not exist)") as Engineer   [Takayuki Inoue](/wiki/index.php?title=Takayuki_Inoue&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takayuki Inoue (page does not exist)") as Clerk A   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Clerk B | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Mysterious Eyes](/wiki/Mysterious_Eyes "Mysterious Eyes") |
| Closing song: | [Secret of my heart](/wiki/Secret_of_my_heart "Secret of my heart") |
***The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation*** (見えない凶器 蘭の初推理 ,*Mienai Kyōki Ran no Hatsu-suiri*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 196th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Case](#Case)
+ [2.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [2.2 People](#People)
+ [2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [4 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [7 See also](#See_also)