The Wandering Red Butterfly

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| **OVA The Wandering Red Butterfly** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Wandering Red Butterfly |
| Japanese Title: | さまよえる赤い蝶   (Samayoeru Akai Chō) |
| Original airdate: | March 17, 1999[](#cite_note-1) |
| Manga source: | [Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories: ─The Wandering Red Butterfly─](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories#.E2.94.80The_Wandering_Red_Butterfly.E2.94.80 "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")   [Yukiko Kudo](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo") |
| Case solved by: | [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)")   [Hiroshi Matsuzono](/wiki/Hiroshi_Matsuzono "Hiroshi Matsuzono") |
| Technical Director: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)") |
| Animation Director: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") (chief)   [Yoshiharu Shimizu](/wiki/Yoshiharu_Shimizu "Yoshiharu Shimizu")   [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima")   [Satoshi Ishino](/wiki/Satoshi_Ishino "Satoshi Ishino") |
| Character Design: | [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima"), [Satoshi Ishino](/wiki/Satoshi_Ishino "Satoshi Ishino"), and [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki") (design works) |
| | Voice cast: | | --- | | [Hideyuki Tanaka](/wiki/Hideyuki_Tanaka "Hideyuki Tanaka") as [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")   [Sumi Shimamoto](/wiki/Sumi_Shimamoto "Sumi Shimamoto") as [Yukiko Fujimine](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo")   [Rin Mizuhara](/wiki/index.php?title=Rin_Mizuhara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rin Mizuhara (page does not exist)") as Old lady   [Mitsuki Saiga](/wiki/index.php?title=Mitsuki_Saiga&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mitsuki Saiga (page does not exist)") as Announcer | | |
This short OVA was released in early 1999. It is only 7 minutes long, unlike the others in this series.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Plot](#Plot)
* [3 People](#People)
* [4 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)