Episode 523

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| **Episode 521-523   (Int. Episode 570-574)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | 521: Murderer, Shinichi Kudo   522: Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears   523: What She Truly Wants to Ask |
| Japanese title: | 殺人犯、工藤新一   (Satsujinhan, Kudō Shinichi)   新一の正体に蘭の涙   (Shinichi no Shōtai ni Ran no Namida)   本当に聞きたいコト   (Hontō ni Kikitai Koto) |
| Original airdate: | January 19, 2009 (521) \*   January 26, 2009 (522) \*   February 2, 2009 (523) |
| Broadcast rating: | 9,60%   11,3%   7,9% |
| Manga case: | #188   #189 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_14 "Season 14") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 62: File 5 (646)](/wiki/Volume_62#Murderer_Shinichi_Kudo_Case "Volume 62") ~   [Volume 63: File 2 (654)](/wiki/Volume_63#Highway_Murder_Case "Volume 63") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Subaru Okiya](/wiki/Subaru_Okiya "Subaru Okiya")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") |
| Cases solved by: | [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") (x2)   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") (x2) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Shinichi Kudo (521)   Shiragami-sama's curse (522)   Car window (523) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Koujin Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi") |
| Organizer: | 521: [Shigenori Kageyama](/wiki/Shigenori_Kageyama "Shigenori Kageyama")   522: [Yoshihisa Matsumoto](/wiki/Yoshihisa_Matsumoto "Yoshihisa Matsumoto")   523: [Yoshio Suzuki](/wiki/Yoshio_Suzuki "Yoshio Suzuki") |
| Storyboard: | 521: [Shigenori Kageyama](/wiki/Shigenori_Kageyama "Shigenori Kageyama")   522: [Yoshihisa Matsumoto](/wiki/Yoshihisa_Matsumoto "Yoshihisa Matsumoto")   523: [Yoshio Suzuki](/wiki/Yoshio_Suzuki "Yoshio Suzuki") |
| Episode director: | 521: [Minoru Tozawa](/wiki/Minoru_Tozawa "Minoru Tozawa")   522: [Shigeru Yamazaki](/wiki/Shigeru_Yamazaki "Shigeru Yamazaki")   523: [Koichiro Kuroda](/wiki/Koichiro_Kuroda "Koichiro Kuroda") |
| Animation director: | 521: [Rei Masunaga](/wiki/Rei_Masunaga "Rei Masunaga") and [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki")   522: [Shinaki Saitou](/wiki/Shinaki_Saitou "Shinaki Saitou"), [Nobuyuki Iwai](/wiki/Nobuyuki_Iwai "Nobuyuki Iwai"), [Masakazu Yamazaki](/wiki/Masakazu_Yamazaki "Masakazu Yamazaki"), and [Shunryo Yamamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Shunryo_Yamamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shunryo Yamamura (page does not exist)")   523: [Michitaka Yamamoto](/wiki/Michitaka_Yamamoto "Michitaka Yamamoto") and [Masashi Hasegawa](/wiki/Masashi_Hasegawa "Masashi Hasegawa") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Junko_Yamanaka "Junko Yamanaka")   Design Works:   [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido")   [Keiko Sasaki](/wiki/Keiko_Sasaki "Keiko Sasaki") (522-523) |
| Production cooperation: | 522: [Kagura Co., Ltd.](/wiki/Kagura_Co.,_Ltd. "Kagura Co., Ltd.")   523: [Azeta Pictures](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Edogawa Conan](/wiki/Edogawa_Conan "Edogawa Conan")   [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")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Takahiro Mizushima](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Mizushima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takahiro Mizushima (page does not exist)") as Makoto Okuda (Makoto Hinohara)   [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")   [Shiro Go](/wiki/index.php?title=Shiro_Go&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shiro Go (page does not exist)") as [Kazuma Shiroyama](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Kazuma_Shiroyama "Minor law enforcement")   [Yosuke Akimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yosuke_Akimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yosuke Akimoto (page does not exist)") as [Police Inspector](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Unnamed_officers "Minor law enforcement")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Atsuko Yuya](/wiki/Atsuko_Yuya "Atsuko Yuya") as [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Yuko Goto](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Goto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Goto (page does not exist)") as Riko Mizohashi   [Rumiko Ukai](/wiki/index.php?title=Rumiko_Ukai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rumiko Ukai (page does not exist)") as Misato Kawauchi   [Kae Araki](/wiki/index.php?title=Kae_Araki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kae Araki (page does not exist)") as Moegi Hikawa   [Ikuo Ishikawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Ikuo_Ishikawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ikuo Ishikawa (page does not exist)") as Town hall employee  [Yasuhiko Kawazu](/wiki/index.php?title=Yasuhiko_Kawazu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yasuhiko Kawazu (page does not exist)") as Middle-aged villager A   [Takashi Taguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Taguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Taguchi (page does not exist)") as Middle-aged villager B   [Megumi Urawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Megumi_Urawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Megumi Urawa (page does not exist)") as Daiki Hinohara   [Kozo Mito](/wiki/index.php?title=Kozo_Mito&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kozo Mito (page does not exist)") as Village youth A   [Eiji Yanagisawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Eiji_Yanagisawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Eiji Yanagisawa (page does not exist)") as Village youth B   [Yuji Fujishiro](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuji_Fujishiro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuji Fujishiro (page does not exist)") as Futoshi Shimodori   [Jiro Saito](/wiki/index.php?title=Jiro_Saito&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jiro Saito (page does not exist)") as Atsuo Chuda | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Revive](/wiki/Revive "Revive") |
| Closing song: | [Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara](/wiki/Koigokoro_Kagayaki_Nagara "Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara") |
| \* 1 Hour Special (Episodes 521 & 522) | |
***Murderer, Shinichi Kudo*** (殺人犯、工藤新一 ,*Satsujinhan, Kudō Shinichi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 521st, 522nd, and 523rd episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
These episodes cover two murder cases where Conan Edogawa has accidentally taken a [prototype antidote](/wiki/Prototype_antidote "Prototype antidote") and becomes Shinichi Kudo. Shinichi has only 24 hours before the antidote expires, so with [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")'s help, he must deal with a case where someone has accused him of an incorrect deduction and hide from [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") before the antidote runs out.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
+ [3.1 Murderer, Shinichi Kudo](#Murderer.2C_Shinichi_Kudo)
- [3.1.1 Cast](#Cast_2)
- [3.1.2 Situation](#Situation)
- [3.1.3 People](#People)
- [3.1.4 Resolution](#Resolution)
+ [3.2 What She Truly Wants to Ask](#What_She_Truly_Wants_to_Ask)
- [3.2.1 Cast](#Cast_3)
- [3.2.2 Situation](#Situation_2)
- [3.2.3 People](#People_2)
- [3.2.4 Resolution](#Resolution_2)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [5.1 Murderer, Shinichi Kudo](#Murderer.2C_Shinichi_Kudo_2)
+ [5.2 Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears](#Shinichi.27s_True_Face_and_Ran.27s_Tears)
+ [5.3 What She Truly Wants to Ask](#What_She_Truly_Wants_to_Ask_2)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 See also](#See_also)