The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case

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| **Episode 25   (Int. Episode 26)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case |
| Japanese title: | 偽りの身代金誘拐事件   (Itsuwari no Minoshirokin Yūkai Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | July 22, 1996 |
| Broadcast rating: | 16.2% |
| Filler case: | #7 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_1 "Season 1") |
| Manga source: | **TV Original** |
| **English version** | |
| English title: | The Counterfeit Ransom Kidnapping |
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 26 |
| English airdate: | July 6, 2004 |
| **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") |
| Case solved by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Scuba gear |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") |
| Screenplay: | [Yuichi Higurashi](/wiki/Yuichi_Higurashi "Yuichi Higurashi") |
| Storyboard: | [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Episode director: | [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato") |
| Animation director: | [Akio Kawamura](/wiki/Akio_Kawamura "Akio Kawamura") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki") (design works) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [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")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Osamu Saka](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Saka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Saka (page does not exist)") as Katsuhiko Takei   [Mami Koyama](/wiki/Mami_Koyama "Mami Koyama") as Akiko Hanai   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as Naoko Takei   [Hidetoshi Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Hidetoshi_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hidetoshi Nakamura (page does not exist)") as Captain   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as Detective A   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as Detective B, Next Conan's Hint | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Mune ga Dokidoki](/wiki/Mune_ga_Dokidoki "Mune ga Dokidoki") |
| Closing song: | [STEP BY STEP](/wiki/STEP_BY_STEP "STEP BY STEP") |
***The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case*** (偽りの身代金誘拐事件 ,*Itsuwari no Minoshirokin Yūkai Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), known in English as **The Counterfeit Ransom Kidnapping**, is the 25th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
It's the 7th [anime-original episode](/wiki/List_of_anime-original_cases "List of anime-original cases"), written by [Yuichi Higurashi](/wiki/Yuichi_Higurashi "Yuichi Higurashi"). It was first aired in July 22, 1996.
In this episode, Katsuhiko Takei's daughter, Naoko, is being held hostage by a kidnapper who is demanding 500 million yen. The first transaction meeting fails when the kidnapper finds out Takei called the cops about their meeting and escapes. During the escape, the van drives off the cliff and into the river. [Conan](/wiki/Conan "Conan") finds evidence that the kidnapper escaped, but no evidence of a second person.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Case](#Case)
+ [2.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [2.2 People](#People)
+ [2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Translation changes](#Translation_changes)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [8 References](#References)
* [9 See also](#See_also)