Strategy Above the Depths

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Strategy Above the Depths |
| Japanese Title: | 名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀(ストラテジー)   (Meitantei Konan: Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejii) |
| Original airdate: | April 9, 2005 |
| English airdate: | December 20, 2025 (Youtube) |
| Broadcast rating when aired on television: | 13.1% (aired on April 3, 2006)[](#cite_note-1)   8.6% (aired on April 11, 2025) |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")   [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome")   [Female forensics member](/wiki/Female_forensics_member "Female forensics member")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki") |
| Case solved by: | [Professor Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"))   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | Yasuichiro Yamamoto   [Masaharu Okuwaki](/wiki/Masaharu_Okuwaki "Masaharu Okuwaki") (co-op)   [Hajime Kamegaki](/wiki/Hajime_Kamegaki "Hajime Kamegaki") (co-op)   [Toshiki Hirano](/wiki/Toshiki_Hirano "Toshiki Hirano") (co-op) |
| Technical Director: | Yasuichiro Yamamoto |
| Animation director: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") (chief)   [Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Junko_Yamanaka "Junko Yamanaka")   [Seiji Muta](/wiki/Seiji_Muta "Seiji Muta") (asst.)   [Yoshiharu Shimizu](/wiki/Yoshiharu_Shimizu "Yoshiharu Shimizu") (asst.)   [Chiharu Sato](/wiki/index.php?title=Chiharu_Sato&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chiharu Sato (page does not exist)") (asst.)   [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura") (asst.)   [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima") (asst.) |
| Character Design: | Masatomo Sudo   **Mechanical Design**: [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki")   **Layout checker**: Seiji Muta, Yoshiharu Shimizu, Chiharu Sato, Akio Kawamura, Masahiko Itojima   **Design Works**: Junko Yamanaka |
| | 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")   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [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 Ohtani](/wiki/Ikue_Ohtani "Ikue Ohtani") 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")   [Kazuhiko Inoue](/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue "Kazuhiko Inoue") as [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")   [Atsuko Yuya](/wiki/Atsuko_Yuya "Atsuko Yuya") as [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")   [Toshihiko Nakajima](/wiki/Toshihiko_Nakajima "Toshihiko Nakajima") as [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome")   [Chinami Nishimura](/wiki/index.php?title=Chinami_Nishimura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chinami Nishimura (page does not exist)") as Natsuho Tsujimoto   [Keisuke Ihara](/wiki/index.php?title=Keisuke_Ihara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Keisuke Ihara (page does not exist)") as Jin Mizukubo   [Kinryu Arimoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Kinryu_Arimoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kinryu Arimoto (page does not exist)") as Kensuke Niimi   [Koji Yusa](/wiki/Koji_Yusa "Koji Yusa") as Katsuhiko Shiomi   [Koichi Yamadera](/wiki/Koichi_Yamadera "Koichi Yamadera") as Hironari Kusaka   [Koji Nakata](/wiki/index.php?title=Koji_Nakata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Koji Nakata (page does not exist)") as Wataru Kaido   [Masaaki Okabe](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaaki_Okabe&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masaaki Okabe (page does not exist)") as Entaro Yashiro   [Shinichiro Ota](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinichiro_Ota&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinichiro Ota (page does not exist)") as Naoya Misaki   [Toru Okawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Toru_Okawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toru Okawa (page does not exist)") as Yosuke Izawa, Shigeru Isozaki   [Yoshiko Sakakibara](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshiko_Sakakibara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshiko Sakakibara (page does not exist)") as Minako Akiyoshi   [Yoshino Otori](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshino_Otori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshino Otori (page does not exist)") as Takae Yashiro, Female customer A   [Mariko Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Mariko_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mariko Suzuki (page does not exist)") as Female customer B   [Jin Yamanoi](/wiki/index.php?title=Jin_Yamanoi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jin Yamanoi (page does not exist)") as Coast guard officer A   [Shima Fukagawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Shima_Fukagawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shima Fukagawa (page does not exist)") as Announcement   Shogakukan young voice actors: [Juna Maruyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Juna_Maruyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Juna Maruyama (page does not exist)"), [Moe Okano](/wiki/index.php?title=Moe_Okano&action=edit&redlink=1 "Moe Okano (page does not exist)"), [Takayuki Matsuura](/wiki/index.php?title=Takayuki_Matsuura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takayuki Matsuura (page does not exist)"), [Yuika Yamanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuika_Yamanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuika Yamanaka (page does not exist)"), [Norie Asai](/wiki/index.php?title=Norie_Asai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norie Asai (page does not exist)"), [Kensho Matsumoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Kensho_Matsumoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kensho Matsumoto (page does not exist)"), [Hiroaki Yamada](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroaki_Yamada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroaki Yamada (page does not exist)"), and [Takahiro Nemoto](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Nemoto&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takahiro Nemoto (page does not exist)") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Theme song: | [Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yō ni](/wiki/Natsu_o_Matsu_Sail_no_Y%C5%8D_ni "Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yō ni") |
| Soundtrack: | [Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack](/wiki/Detective_Conan_%22Strategy_Above_the_Depths%22_Original_Soundtrack "Detective Conan \"Strategy Above the Depths\" 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") | | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | [Upload Movie Comics Edition 145x215 please](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Strategy_Above_the_Depths_(TMCE)_Volume_1.jpg "Strategy Above the Depths (TMCE) Volume 1.jpg")   [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: Strategy Above the Depths** (名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀 ,*Meitantei Konan: Suihei-Senjō no Sutoratejī*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-2) is the 9th [movie](/wiki/Regular_movies "Regular movies") in the *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* franchise. It was released in Japan on April 9, 2005 and it was directed by [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") and written by [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi"). This movie brought box office income of 2.15 billion yen, making it the third lowest grossing film in the franchise. This movie was first released between the episodes (/wiki/A_Kidnapping_Case..._So_It_Seems "A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems") and (/wiki/Big_Adventure_in_the_Eccentric_Mansion "Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion").
As part of the *Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays* event in [Anime! on TMS Official Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@AnimeonTMSOfficialChannel) channel, the movie had a limited free release between December 20 to December 29, 2025 with English subs.
When a murder takes place aboard a luxury liner, Conan realizes that the incident may be related to the sinking of a cargo ship 15 years prior.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [2.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [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)