Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | |
---|---|
Kanji | 名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊 |
Revised Hepburn | Meitantei Konan: Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei |
Directed by | Kenji Kodama |
Written by | Hisashi Nozawa |
Based on | Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama |
Produced by |
|
Starring | |
Music by | Katsuo Ōno |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
|
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | US$ 34.4 million) |
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, known as Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊, Meitantei Konan: Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei) in Japan, is the sixth Case Closed feature film, released in Japan on April 20, 2002. The Phantom of Baker Street is the first film in the series written by Hisashi Nozawa. This was the last of the Case Closed films done in cel animation. It was released on February 16, 2010, in America on DVD.[2] This film brought 3.4 billion yen in the box office.[3] The story features several characters from and references to the Sherlock Holmes series, which Detective Conan is heavily inspired by, and Jack the Ripper.
Plot
Child prodigy Hiroki Sawada—who, by the age of ten, is already a
Two years later holds a demonstration of an immersive
When security discovers that Kashimura, a top employee of Schindler, Inc., has been killed. Booker and Conan rush to investigate. Discovering that Kashimura's keyboard has blood stains on three of the keys (R, T, and J), Conan decides to participate in the demonstration, hoping that the game would lead him to an answer. Booker reasons out that J-T-R stands for "Jack the Ripper".
When the demonstration begins, Hiroki's artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, announces it has taken control, but it tells the audience that if none of the fifty people are able to survive the game, it will kill the kids in reality using a large electromagnetic burst. The kids must choose one of five types of games while the audience watch helplessly, unable to shut the game down. Conan and the Junior Detectives choose the fifth, a re-creation
Eventually only three are left: Conan, Rachel, and another child named Hideki Moroboshi. They follow Jack the Ripper to a train and reveals Jack among the passengers. However, Jack captures Rachel and sets the train on a runaway course. After being unable to stop the train, Conan and Hideki confront Jack on top of the train where he has tied himself to Rachel. Hoping that Conan can figure out the situation, Rachel sacrifices herself by jumping off the train and into a ravine, pulling Jack with her. As Conan begins to lose hope, Sherlock Holmes appears and gives Conan some useful advice that eventually helps Conan and Hideki survive the game when the train crashes into the station. After winning the game, Conan reveals that Hideki is actually Hiroki, who has manifested himself as Noah's Ark. In a private conversation, Hiroki says he was satisfied with the outcome, as he was hoping the kids can paint a brighter future than their parents, and that he was happy he could also participate as a player in the game. He releases the children from the game and then erases himself.
Cast
Music
The film's theme song is "Everlasting" by B'z. It was released on July 2, 2002, on their album, Green.[4]
The official soundtrack was released on April 17, 2002.[5] It costs ¥3059 including tax.
Home media
VHS
The VHS of the film was released on April 9, 2003.[6] It was discontinued soon after 2006 as it was switched to DVD.
Region 2 DVD
The Region 2 DVD was released on December 18, 2002. The DVD includes the film in widescreen and the trailer.[7]
Region 1 DVD
The Region 1 DVD was released on February 16, 2010, by
Reception
In addition to winning third place in the film series request project held on the official website in 2006, Aoyama commented that it was his mother's favorite film. In addition, it won the second place in the popularity poll of 19 successive films held in 2016.[8]
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network commended the film's departure from the series' cinematic formula with its "picturesque" London setting and double mystery alongside the usual "action-packed ending", but felt it was hampered by poorly paced execution, "inconsistent production values", and no utilization of Sherlock Holmes himself, calling it "an awkwardly stretched-out episode instead of a feature film, and Holmes doesn't even show up to help."[9]
Box office results
The final box office revenue of this work was 3.4 billion yen, exceeding 3 billion for the first time, and since it was the second largest Japanese film in 2002, Suwa is said to be a monument. This record wasn't broken until it was updated to 3.5 billion yen in the 13th film, The Raven Chaser.
References
- ^ "Highest grossing movies of 2002" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ RightStuf. Archived from the originalon September 8, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ "Highest grossing movies of 2002" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ "B'z Official website - Discovery" (in Japanese). B'z. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- amazon.co.jp. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- Amazon.co.jp. 9 April 2003. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- amazon.co.jp. 18 December 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ "名探偵コナン歴代映画人気投票". sp.mco.cybird.ne.jp. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Santos, Carlo (March 7, 2010). "Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street DVD". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
External links
- Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street at IMDb