Episode 531

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| **Episode 530-531   (Int. Episode 581-582)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Truth Behind the Urban Legend |
| Japanese title: | 都市伝説の正体   (Toshi-Densetsu no Shōtai) |
| Original airdate: | April 18, 2009 (Part 1)   April 25, 2009 (Part 2) |
| Broadcast rating: | 5,80%   9,10% |
| Manga case: | #181 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_14 "Season 14") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 60: Files 6-8 (625-627)](/wiki/Volume_60#Hammer_Man_Case "Volume 60") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kiyonaga Matsumoto](/wiki/Kiyonaga_Matsumoto "Kiyonaga Matsumoto")   [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome")   [Female forensics member](/wiki/Female_forensics_member "Female forensics member")   [Detective Okumura](/wiki/Detective_Okumura "Detective Okumura")   [Detective Fukui](/wiki/Detective_Fukui "Detective Fukui")   [Detective Horita](/wiki/Detective_Horita "Detective Horita")   [Detective Sogawa](/wiki/Detective_Sogawa "Detective Sogawa")   [Makoto Kyogoku](/wiki/Makoto_Kyogoku "Makoto Kyogoku") |
| Case solved by: | [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Hammer man (Part 1)   Shift pad (Part 2) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Koujin Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Organizer: | [Shigenori Kageyama](/wiki/Shigenori_Kageyama "Shigenori Kageyama") |
| Storyboard: | [Shigenori Kageyama](/wiki/Shigenori_Kageyama "Shigenori Kageyama") |
| Episode director: | 530 [Nobuharu Kamanaka](/wiki/Nobuharu_Kamanaka "Nobuharu Kamanaka")   531 [Minoru Tozawa](/wiki/Minoru_Tozawa "Minoru Tozawa") |
| Animation director: | 530 [Nobuyuki Iwai](/wiki/Nobuyuki_Iwai "Nobuyuki Iwai"), [Rie Ogasawara](/wiki/Rie_Ogasawara "Rie Ogasawara")   531 [Rei Masunaga](/wiki/Rei_Masunaga "Rei Masunaga") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Junko_Yamanaka "Junko Yamanaka")   [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido"), [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki"), and [Rei Masunaga](/wiki/Rei_Masunaga "Rei Masunaga") (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")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Atsuko Yuya](/wiki/Atsuko_Yuya "Atsuko Yuya") as [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")   [Kosei Hirota](/wiki/index.php?title=Kosei_Hirota&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kosei Hirota (page does not exist)") as Home delivery man   [Ryuzo Ishino](/wiki/index.php?title=Ryuzo_Ishino&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ryuzo Ishino (page does not exist)") as Pizza deliverer   [Akiko Muta](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiko_Muta&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiko Muta (page does not exist)") as Motorbike courier   [Shinya Otaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinya_Otaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinya Otaki (page does not exist)") as Pizza store manager   [Kazuo Oka](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuo_Oka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuo Oka (page does not exist)") as Drunk man   [Asako Dodo](/wiki/Asako_Dodo "Asako Dodo") as Office worker   [Kazuhiko Inoue](/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue "Kazuhiko Inoue") as [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Seizo Kato](/wiki/Seizo_Kato "Seizo Kato") as [Kiyonaga Matsumoto](/wiki/Kiyonaga_Matsumoto "Kiyonaga Matsumoto")   [Kinryu Arimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Kinryu_Arimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kinryu Arimoto (page does not exist)") as [Inspector Sato](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Inspector_Sato "Minor law enforcement") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Everlasting Luv](/wiki/Everlasting_Luv "Everlasting Luv") |
| Closing song: | [Doing all right](/wiki/Doing_all_right "Doing all right") |
***The Truth Behind the Urban Legend*** (都市伝説の正体 ,*Toshi-Densetsu no Shōtai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 530th and 531st episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [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 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [6.1 Part 1](#Part_1_2)
+ [6.2 Part 2](#Part_2_2)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 See also](#See_also)