Episode 252

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| **Episode 252   (Int. Episode 271)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Kidnapper in the Picture |
| Japanese title: | 絵の中の誘拐犯   (E no Naka no Yūkaihan) |
| Original airdate: | October 8, 2001   July 25, 2020 **(Remastered)** |
| Broadcast rating: | 17.5% |
| Remastered rating: | 8.1% |
| Filler case: | #88 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_6 "Season 6") |
| Manga source: | **TV Original** |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")   [Kamen Yaiba](/wiki/Kamen_Yaiba "Kamen Yaiba") |
| Case solved by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Silhouette   Picture **(Remastered version)** |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto")   [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") (chief) |
| Screenplay: | [Junichi Miyashita](/wiki/Junichi_Miyashita "Junichi Miyashita") |
| Storyboard: | [Hiroshi Matsuzono](/wiki/Hiroshi_Matsuzono "Hiroshi Matsuzono") |
| Episode director: | [Minoru Tozawa](/wiki/Minoru_Tozawa "Minoru Tozawa") |
| Animation director: | [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki") |
| 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")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi"), [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima"), Next Conan's Hint   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [Ichiro Nagai](/wiki/Ichiro_Nagai "Ichiro Nagai") as Kenzo Tsubakuro   [Sachiko Kojima](/wiki/index.php?title=Sachiko_Kojima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sachiko Kojima (page does not exist)") as Akio Tsubakuro   [Yousuke Akimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yousuke_Akimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yousuke Akimoto (page does not exist)") as Jukichi Sakai   [Masayo Hosono](/wiki/index.php?title=Masayo_Hosono&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masayo Hosono (page does not exist)") as Kindergarten teacher   [Jin Yamanoi](/wiki/index.php?title=Jin_Yamanoi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jin Yamanoi (page does not exist)") as Yuuji Kisaki | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [destiny](/wiki/Destiny "Destiny") |
| Closing song: | [Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni](/wiki/Aoi_Aoi_Kono_Hoshi_ni "Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni") |
***The Kidnapper in the Picture*** (絵の中の誘拐犯 ,*E no Naka no Yūkaihan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 252nd 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)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 See also](#See_also)