The Time-Bombed Skyscraper

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| **Movie 1** | |
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| **Official trailer** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Time-Bombed Skyscraper |
| English Title: | The Time-Bombed Skyscraper |
| Japanese Title: | 名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼   (Meitantei Konan: Tokei-jikake no Matenrō) |
| Original airdate: | April 19, 1997 |
| English airdate: | October 3, 2006 |
| Broadcast rating when aired on television: | 21.6% (aired on January 5, 1998)   18.6% (aired on March 24, 2003)   12.9% (aired on March 13, 2006)[](#cite_note-1)  8.8% (aired on April 8, 2016)   9.4% (aired on February 5, 2021) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") |
| Case solved by: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") on phone) [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") murder in the cold opening) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama")   [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Technical Director: | Masato Sato   [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") (asst.)   [Kazuo Nogami](/wiki/Kazuo_Nogami "Kazuo Nogami") (asst.)   [Kazuhiko Ishii](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuhiko_Ishii&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuhiko Ishii (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Atsushi Yano](/wiki/Atsushi_Yano "Atsushi Yano") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") (chief)   [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura")   [Hirotoshi Takaya](/wiki/Hirotoshi_Takaya "Hirotoshi Takaya")   [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido")   [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki")   [Yoshihiro Shimizu](/wiki/Yoshihiro_Shimizu "Yoshihiro Shimizu")   [Takashi Hyodo](/wiki/Takashi_Hyodo "Takashi Hyodo")   [Seiji Muta](/wiki/Seiji_Muta "Seiji Muta")   [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima") (effects) |
| Character Design: | Masatomo Sudo   **Sub**: Takashi Hyodo, Masahiko Itojima, [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki"), Akio Kawamura, Yasuichiro Yamamoto |
| | 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")   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Kenichi Ogata](/wiki/Kenichi_Ogata "Kenichi Ogata") as [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima")   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Kaneto Shiozawa](/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa "Kaneto Shiozawa") as [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Taro Ishida](/wiki/index.php?title=Taro_Ishida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Taro Ishida (page does not exist)") as [Teiji Moriya](/wiki/Teiji_Moriya "Teiji Moriya")   [Yuzuru Fujimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuzuru_Fujimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuzuru Fujimoto (page does not exist)") as Sakaguchi   [Tomoko Miyadera](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomoko_Miyadera&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomoko Miyadera (page does not exist)") as Mina Kurokawa   [Kazuhiro Yamaji](/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamaji "Kazuhiro Yamaji") as Daisuke Kurokawa, Doctor, breaking voice machine   [Kayoko Fujii](/wiki/index.php?title=Kayoko_Fujii&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kayoko Fujii (page does not exist)") as Manami Nakazawa   [Jin Hirao](/wiki/index.php?title=Jin_Hirao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jin Hirao (page does not exist)") as Okamoto   [Shun Tanigawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Shun_Tanigawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shun Tanigawa (page does not exist)") as Kohei Okamoto   [Yuji Fujishiro](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuji_Fujishiro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuji Fujishiro (page does not exist)") as Kusunoki   [Kazuya Ichijo](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Ichijo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Ichijo (page does not exist)") as Driver   [Meidai Nomura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E9%87%8E%E6%9D%91%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%A7 "wikipedia:ja:野村明大") as Satoshi Yokoyama   [Takumi Yamazaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Takumi_Yamazaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takumi Yamazaki (page does not exist)") as Train driver   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Police officer   [Asako Dodo](/wiki/Asako_Dodo "Asako Dodo") as Hamburger shop clerk   [Ako Mayama](/wiki/index.php?title=Ako_Mayama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ako Mayama (page does not exist)") as Boy, Old woman   [Shuji Kawatani](/wiki/index.php?title=Shuji_Kawatani&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shuji Kawatani (page does not exist)") as Train passenger   [Hiroyuki Kohori](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroyuki_Kohori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroyuki Kohori (page does not exist)") as Train passenger | | |
| **Music** | |
| Theme song: | [Happy Birthday](/wiki/Happy_Birthday "Happy Birthday") |
| Soundtrack: | [Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack](/wiki/Detective_Conan_%22The_Time-Bombed_Skyscraper%22_Original_Soundtrack "Detective Conan \"The Time-Bombed Skyscraper\" 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") | [Upload Novellize 145x215 please](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=The_Time-Bombed_Skyscraper_Novellize.jpg "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper Novellize.jpg")   [Detective Conan Movie Novelization](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Movie_Novelization "Detective Conan Movie Novelization") | | |
**Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper** (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼 ,*Meitantei Konan: Tokeijikake no Matenrō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-2) is the 1st [movie](/wiki/Regular_movies "Regular movies") in the *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* franchise. It was released in Japan on April 19, 1997 and it was directed by [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") and written by [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi"). The film earned 1.1 billion yen at the box office, making it the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. However, at the time, it was successful enough to continue producing the [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime"). The movie was first released between the episodes (/wiki/Game_Company_Murder_Case "Game Company Murder Case") and (/wiki/The_Train_Trick_Murder_Case "The Train Trick Murder Case").
It was released in [North America](/wiki/Case_Closed "Case Closed") by [FUNimation](/wiki/Funimation_Entertainment "Funimation Entertainment") in October 3rd, 2006 as **Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper**. There were no significant changes to the English adaptation besides the localized character names. As part of the *Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays* event in [Anime! on TMS Official Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@AnimeonTMSOfficialChannel) channel, the movie currently has a limited free release in January 3, 2026 with English subs, finishing off the event.
In the movie, a chain of bombing cases occurs around Tokyo and is related to Shinichi Kudo's past investigations.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Translation changes](#Translation_changes)
+ [4.1 Funimation's English dub](#Funimation.27s_English_dub)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 Music](#Music)
+ [6.1 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [7 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 References](#References)
* [10 See also](#See_also)