Episode 53

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| **Episode 53   (Int. Episode 55)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Mystery Weapon Murder Case |
| Japanese title: | 謎の凶器殺人事件   (Nazo no Kyōki Satsujin Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | April 7, 1997 |
| Broadcast rating: | 17.3% |
| Filler case: | #19 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_2 "Season 2") |
| Manga source: | **TV Original** |
| **English version** | |
| English title: | Weapon of Choice |
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 55 |
| English airdate: | August 24, 2004 (DVD) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (with help from Conan) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Songbird |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | [Hanae Otani](/wiki/Hanae_Otani "Hanae Otani") |
| Episode director: | [Hirohito Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Animation director: | [Haruo Ogawara](/wiki/Haruo_Ogawara "Haruo Ogawara") |
| 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 [Inspector Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Masahiko Tanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Masahiko_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masahiko Tanaka (page does not exist)") as Ryuusuke Imoto   [Yorie Terauchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Yorie_Terauchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yorie Terauchi (page does not exist)") as Takako Imoto   [Toshiya Ueda](/wiki/index.php?title=Toshiya_Ueda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toshiya Ueda (page does not exist)") as Tetsuo Dobashi   [Yutaka Nakano](/wiki/index.php?title=Yutaka_Nakano&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yutaka Nakano (page does not exist)") as Norio Terasawa   [Toshihiko Nakajima](/wiki/Toshihiko_Nakajima "Toshihiko Nakajima") as Tsuji   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as Next Conan's Hint | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Nazo](/wiki/Nazo "Nazo") |
| Closing song: | [Hikari to Kage no Roman](/wiki/Hikari_to_Kage_no_Roman "Hikari to Kage no Roman") |
***The Mystery Weapon Murder Case*** (謎の凶器殺人事件 ,*Nazo no Kyōki Satsujin Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 53rd 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 Translation changes](#Translation_changes)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 See also](#See_also)