Private Eye in the Distant Sea

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Private Eye in the Distant Sea |
| Japanese Title: | 名探偵コナン 絶海の探偵(プライベート・アイ)   (Meitantei Konan: Zekkai no Puraibēto Ai) |
| Original airdate: | April 20, 2013 |
| English airdate: | September 13, 2025 (Youtube) |
| Broadcast rating when aired on television: | 13.6% (aired on April 18, 2014) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama")   [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Fumimaro Ayanokoji](/wiki/Fumimaro_Ayanokoji "Fumimaro Ayanokoji")   [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama")   [Goro Otaki](/wiki/Goro_Otaki "Goro Otaki")   [Heizo Hattori](/wiki/Heizo_Hattori "Heizo Hattori")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Detective Kurumazaki](/wiki/Detective_Kurumazaki "Detective Kurumazaki")   [Detective Sogawa](/wiki/Detective_Sogawa "Detective Sogawa")   [Detective Okumura](/wiki/Detective_Okumura "Detective Okumura")   [Hideo Akagi](/wiki/Hideo_Akagi "Hideo Akagi")   [Tsuyoshi Itazawa](/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Itazawa "Tsuyoshi Itazawa") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kobun Shizuno](/wiki/Kobun_Shizuno "Kobun Shizuno")   [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") (supervisor) |
| Screenplay: | [Takeharu Sakurai](/wiki/Takeharu_Sakurai "Takeharu Sakurai") |
| Storyboard: | Kobun Shizuno   [Iwao Teraoka](/wiki/Iwao_Teraoka "Iwao Teraoka") (co-op)   [Toshiki Hirano](/wiki/Toshiki_Hirano "Toshiki Hirano") (co-op)   [Akira Nishimori](/wiki/Akira_Nishimori "Akira Nishimori") (co-op) |
| Technical Director: | Kobun Shizuno   [Takeshi Furuta](/wiki/Takeshi_Furuta "Takeshi Furuta")   [Chika Nagaoka](/wiki/Chika_Nagaoka "Chika Nagaoka")   [Mashu Ito](/wiki/Mashu_Ito "Mashu Ito") |
| Animation director: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") (chief)   [Seiji Muta](/wiki/Seiji_Muta "Seiji Muta")   [Yoshiharu Shimizu](/wiki/Yoshiharu_Shimizu "Yoshiharu Shimizu")   [Hiroyuki Notake](/wiki/Hiroyuki_Notake "Hiroyuki Notake")   [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura")   [Miwa Oshima](/wiki/Miwa_Oshima "Miwa Oshima")   [Shingo Ishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Shingo_Ishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shingo Ishikawa (page does not exist)")   [Kenji Yazaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenji_Yazaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenji Yazaki (page does not exist)")   [Nobuyuki Iwai](/wiki/Nobuyuki_Iwai "Nobuyuki Iwai") (asst.)   [Masanori Hashimoto](/wiki/Masanori_Hashimoto "Masanori Hashimoto") (asst.)   [Hiroyuki Horiuchi](/wiki/Hiroyuki_Horiuchi "Hiroyuki Horiuchi") and [Iwao Teraoka](/wiki/Iwao_Teraoka "Iwao Teraoka") (effects) |
| Character Design: | Masatomo Sudo   **Design Works**: [Hideyuki Motohashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideyuki_Motohashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideyuki Motohashi (page does not exist)") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [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")   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") as [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Yuko Miyamura](/wiki/Yuko_Miyamura "Yuko Miyamura") as [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama")   [Kenichi Ogata](/wiki/Kenichi_Ogata "Kenichi Ogata") as [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [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")   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [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")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Atsuko Yuya](/wiki/Atsuko_Yuya "Atsuko Yuya") as [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Takehiro Koyama](/wiki/Takehiro_Koyama "Takehiro Koyama") as [Heizo Hattori](/wiki/Heizo_Hattori "Heizo Hattori")   [Shinji Ogawa](/wiki/Shinji_Ogawa "Shinji Ogawa") as [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama")   [Norio Wakamoto](/wiki/Norio_Wakamoto "Norio Wakamoto") as [Goro Otaki](/wiki/Goro_Otaki "Goro Otaki")   [Ryotaro Okiayu](/wiki/Ryotaro_Okiayu "Ryotaro Okiayu") as [Fumimaro Ayanokoji](/wiki/Fumimaro_Ayanokoji "Fumimaro Ayanokoji")   [Ikuya Sawaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Ikuya_Sawaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ikuya Sawaki (page does not exist)") as [Detective Kurumazaki](/wiki/Detective_Kurumazaki "Detective Kurumazaki")   [Kosei Hirota](/wiki/index.php?title=Kosei_Hirota&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kosei Hirota (page does not exist)") as Yukio Tateishi   [Ko Shibasaki](/wiki/Ko_Shibasaki "Ko Shibasaki") as Nanami Fujii   [Yoshiyuki Kono](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshiyuki_Kono&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshiyuki Kono (page does not exist)") as Fumitada Inoue   [Ken Narita](/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Narita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ken Narita (page does not exist)") as Makoto Sekiguchi   [Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kiyomitsu_Mizuuchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi (page does not exist)") as Yousuke Sasaura   [Masaya Matsukaze](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaya_Matsukaze&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masaya Matsukaze (page does not exist)") as Masaaki Kurata   [Masuo Amada](/wiki/index.php?title=Masuo_Amada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masuo Amada (page does not exist)") as Tsutomu Munekawa   [Yuko Mita](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Mita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Mita (page does not exist)") as Yuuki Amemiya   [Shigenori Soya](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigenori_Soya&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigenori Soya (page does not exist)") as Takekawa   [Keitaro Aso](/wiki/index.php?title=Keitaro_Aso&action=edit&redlink=1 "Keitaro Aso (page does not exist)") as Juugo Sakuma   [Kozo Mito](/wiki/index.php?title=Kozo_Mito&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kozo Mito (page does not exist)") as Masashi Nozubara   [Kyosei Tsukui](/wiki/index.php?title=Kyosei_Tsukui&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kyosei Tsukui (page does not exist)") as Yamato Kishi   [Dai Matsumoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Dai_Matsumoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dai Matsumoto (page does not exist)") as Hajime Maruyama   [Katsumi Toriumi](/wiki/index.php?title=Katsumi_Toriumi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Katsumi Toriumi (page does not exist)") as Akira Matoba   [Hiroshi Tsuchida](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Tsuchida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroshi Tsuchida (page does not exist)") as Yuusaku Ajitani   [Tadahisa Saizen](/wiki/index.php?title=Tadahisa_Saizen&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tadahisa Saizen (page does not exist)") as Munenori Hata   [Kenichi Mori](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenichi_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenichi Mori (page does not exist)") as Yuuji Abiko   [Kiyonobu Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Kiyonobu_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kiyonobu Suzuki (page does not exist)") as Hayato Watanabe   [Ryuzo Hasuike](/wiki/index.php?title=Ryuzo_Hasuike&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ryuzo Hasuike (page does not exist)") as Keita Sawamura   [Takaya Kuroda](/wiki/index.php?title=Takaya_Kuroda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takaya Kuroda (page does not exist)") as Spy "X"   [Hideyuki Umezu](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideyuki_Umezu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideyuki Umezu (page does not exist)") as Deputy commander   [Yuko Kaida](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Kaida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Kaida (page does not exist)") as Electronic voice   Shogakukan young voice sctors: [Chisato Kobayashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Chisato_Kobayashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chisato Kobayashi (page does not exist)"), [Natsumi Takayama](/wiki/index.php?title=Natsumi_Takayama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Natsumi Takayama (page does not exist)"), [Yuzuki Kondo](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuzuki_Kondo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuzuki Kondo (page does not exist)"), [Takuma Soejima](/wiki/index.php?title=Takuma_Soejima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takuma Soejima (page does not exist)"), and [Amii Takano](/wiki/index.php?title=Amii_Takano&action=edit&redlink=1 "Amii Takano (page does not exist)") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Theme song: | [One More Time](/wiki/One_More_Time "One More Time") |
| Soundtrack: | [Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack](/wiki/Detective_Conan_%22Private_Eye_in_the_Distant_Sea%22_Original_Soundtrack "Detective Conan \"Private Eye in the Distant Sea\" Original Soundtrack") |
| **Collectibles** | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | [DC Movies and Specials Shonen Sunday Comics Visual Selection](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Movies_and_Specials_Shonen_Sunday_Comics_Visual_Selection "Detective Conan Movies and Specials Shonen Sunday Comics Visual Selection") | [Detective Conan Movies Shonen Sunday Comics Special](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Movies_Shonen_Sunday_Comics_Special "Detective Conan Movies Shonen Sunday Comics Special") | | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | [Detective Conan The Movie Comics Edition](/wiki/Detective_Conan_The_Movie_Comics_Edition "Detective Conan The Movie Comics Edition") | [Detective Conan Movie Novelization](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Movie_Novelization "Detective Conan Movie Novelization") | | |
**Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea** (名探偵コナン 絶海の探偵(プライベート・アイ) [?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))|Meitantei Konan: Zekkai no Puraibēto Ai}} is the 17th [movie](/wiki/Regular_movies "Regular movies") in the *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* franchise. It was released in Japan on April 20, 2013 and it was directed by [Kobun Shizuno](/wiki/Kobun_Shizuno "Kobun Shizuno") and written by [Takeharu Sakurai](/wiki/Takeharu_Sakurai "Takeharu Sakurai"). At the box office, the movie made over 3.63 billion yen. The movie would have its pre-story tie-in episode, being [The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop](/wiki/The_Missing_Sweets_in_the_Old_Shop "The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop").
As part of the *Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays* event in [Anime! on TMS Official Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@AnimeonTMSOfficialChannel), the movie had a limited release between September 13th to September 21th 2025 with English subs.
The movie focuses on the [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force "wikipedia:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force"). The story follows a murder case that occurs as the result of a spy attempting to gather intel on the Aegis Combat System used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [3.1.1 The suspicious boat](#The_suspicious_boat)
- [3.1.2 The military exercises](#The_military_exercises)
- [3.1.3 Meeting Yuuki and Nanami](#Meeting_Yuuki_and_Nanami)
- [3.1.4 Discovering the arm and its owner](#Discovering_the_arm_and_its_owner)
- [3.1.5 Initial investigation](#Initial_investigation)
- [3.1.6 Nanami's mission and spy "X"](#Nanami.27s_mission_and_spy_.22X.22)
- [3.1.7 Investigation on the victim](#Investigation_on_the_victim)
- [3.1.8 Takekawa's whereabouts and the truth behind the shipwreck](#Takekawa.27s_whereabouts_and_the_truth_behind_the_shipwreck)
- [3.1.9 X's true identity](#X.27s_true_identity)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [7 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)