Hustler vs. Magician

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| ‹  [Blue Birthday](/wiki/Blue_Birthday "Blue Birthday") | [**List of Episodes**](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_1412#Episodes "Magic Kaito 1412") | [A Great Detective Steps Into the Light](/wiki/A_Great_Detective_Steps_Into_the_Light "A Great Detective Steps Into the Light")  › |
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| **Episode 3** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Hustler vs. Magician |
| Japanese Title: | ハスラーVSマジッャン   (Hasurā VS Majishan) |
| Broadcast rating: | 6.5% |
| Original airdate: | October 18, 2014 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_1412_Season_1 "Magic Kaito 1412 Season 1") |
| Manga source: | [Magic Kaito Volume 2: Chapter 7 (13)](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_2#Hustler_vs._Magician "Magic Kaito Volume 2") |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | Hustler vs. Magician |
| English airdate: | November 18, 2025 |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba")   [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")   [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii")   [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")   [Toichi Kuroba](/wiki/Toichi_Kuroba "Toichi Kuroba") |
| Heist Target: | Legendary Cue |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Susumu Kudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Susumu_Kudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Susumu Kudo (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Kunihiko Okada](/wiki/index.php?title=Kunihiko_Okada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kunihiko Okada (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Shunji Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Shunji_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shunji Murata (page does not exist)") |
| Episode Director: | [Yoshihiro Mori](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshihiro Mori (page does not exist)") |
| Animation Director: | [Hiromi Ogata](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiromi_Ogata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiromi Ogata (page does not exist)") (chief)   [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima")   [Seika Saruwatari](/wiki/index.php?title=Seika_Saruwatari&action=edit&redlink=1 "Seika Saruwatari (page does not exist)")   [Hiroshi Kamata](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Kamata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroshi Kamata (page does not exist)")   [Toshimitsu Kobayashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Toshimitsu_Kobayashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toshimitsu Kobayashi (page does not exist)")   [Wan Qian Xie](/wiki/index.php?title=Wan_Qian_Xie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Wan Qian Xie (page does not exist)") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba")/[Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")   [M.A.O](/wiki/M.A.O "M.A.O") as [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")   [Michio Hazama](/wiki/index.php?title=Michio_Hazama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michio Hazama (page does not exist)") as [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii")   [Shuichi Ikeda](/wiki/Shuichi_Ikeda "Shuichi Ikeda") as [Toichi Kuroba](/wiki/Toichi_Kuroba "Toichi Kuroba")   [Tsutomu Isobe](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsutomu_Isobe&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsutomu Isobe (page does not exist)") as Tsuujirou Hasura   [Hideaki Tezuka](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideaki_Tezuka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideaki Tezuka (page does not exist)")   [Kanehira Yamamoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Kanehira_Yamamoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kanehira Yamamoto (page does not exist)")   [Takehiro Hasu](/wiki/index.php?title=Takehiro_Hasu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takehiro Hasu (page does not exist)")   [Takaaki Torajima](/wiki/index.php?title=Takaaki_Torajima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takaaki Torajima (page does not exist)")   [Mami Yoshida](/wiki/index.php?title=Mami_Yoshida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mami Yoshida (page does not exist)")   [Naoto Kobayashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Naoto_Kobayashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Naoto Kobayashi (page does not exist)") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Kimi no Matsu Sekai](/wiki/Kimi_no_Matsu_Sekai "Kimi no Matsu Sekai") |
| Closing song: | [WHITE of CRIME](/wiki/WHITE_of_CRIME "WHITE of CRIME") |
***Hustler vs. Magician*** (ハスラーVSマジッャン ,*Hasurā VS Majishan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 3rd episode of *[Magic Kaito 1412](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_1412 "Magic Kaito 1412")* anime.
When Jii is insulted and threatened by a pool hustler part of a gang of criminals, Kaito visits a bar to defend him and bring back a pool cue Jii had previously earned.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
+ [3.1 Story](#Story)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [5 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [6 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [7 See also](#See_also)