Episode 642

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| **Episode 642-643   (Int. Episode 693-694)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits |
| Japanese title: | カルタ取り危機一髪   (Karuta Tori Kiki Ippatsu) |
| Original airdate: | January 7, 2012 (Part 1)   January 14, 2012 (Part 2) |
| Broadcast rating: | 8,20%   9,40% |
| Manga case: | #220 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_17 "Season 17") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 72: Files 8-10 (759-761)](/wiki/Volume_72#Wolf-Crier "Volume 72") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") |
| Case solved by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Video call (Part 1)   Horsehair crab (Part 2) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Koujin Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Organizer: | [Masaki Ozora](/wiki/Masaki_Ozora "Masaki Ozora") |
| Storyboard: | [Masaki Ozora](/wiki/Masaki_Ozora "Masaki Ozora") |
| Episode director: | 642 [Shigeru Yamazaki](/wiki/Shigeru_Yamazaki "Shigeru Yamazaki")   643 [Koichiro Kuroda](/wiki/Koichiro_Kuroda "Koichiro Kuroda") |
| Animation director: | 642 [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura"), [Masanori Hashimoto](/wiki/Masanori_Hashimoto "Masanori Hashimoto")   643 [Michitaka Yamamoto](/wiki/Michitaka_Yamamoto "Michitaka Yamamoto"), [Katsumi Hashimoto](/wiki/Katsumi_Hashimoto "Katsumi Hashimoto") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Seiji Muta](/wiki/Seiji_Muta "Seiji Muta")   [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido") (design works) |
| Production cooperation: | 642 [BIG BANG](/wiki/BIG_BANG "BIG BANG")   643 [Azeta Pictures](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures") |
| | 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")   [Rikiya Koyama](/wiki/Rikiya_Koyama "Rikiya Koyama") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Megumi Hayashibara](/wiki/Megumi_Hayashibara "Megumi Hayashibara") as [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima"), [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Ikue Ohtani](/wiki/Ikue_Ohtani "Ikue Ohtani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [Omi Minami](/wiki/index.php?title=Omi_Minami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Omi Minami (page does not exist)") as Masao Urafune   [Kenichi Morozumi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenichi_Morozumi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenichi Morozumi (page does not exist)") as Fake father   [Kei Hayami](/wiki/index.php?title=Kei_Hayami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kei Hayami (page does not exist)") as Fake mother   [Naoki Makishima](/wiki/Naoki_Makishima "Naoki Makishima") as Otsuka   [Kikumi Umeda](/wiki/index.php?title=Kikumi_Umeda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kikumi Umeda (page does not exist)") as Ueno, Masao's mother | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Miss Mystery](/wiki/Miss_Mystery "Miss Mystery") |
| Closing song: | [Your Best Friend](/wiki/Your_Best_Friend "Your Best Friend") |
***Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits*** (カルタ取り危機一髪 ,*Karuta Tori Kiki Ippatsu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 642nd and 643rd episode of the *[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 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [5.1 Part 1](#Part_1_2)
+ [5.2 Part 2](#Part_2_2)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 References](#References)
* [9 See also](#See_also)