| Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kanetsugu Kodama |
| Produced by | Masahito Yoshioka (Tokyo Movie Shinsha) Michihiko Suwa (Yomiuri TV) |
| Written by | Hisashi Nozawa |
| Music by | Katsuo Ono |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | April 20, 2002 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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(ストリート)の亡霊 Meitantei Conan Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei) in Japan, is the 6th Case Closed feature film, released in Japan on April 20, 2002. Phantom of Baker Street is the first film in the series written by Hisashi Nozawa. This was the last of the Detective Conan films done in traditional animation. It was released on February 16, 2010 in America on DVD.[1] This movie brought 3.4 billion yen in the box office.[2]
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Child prodigy Hiroki Sawada—who, by the age of ten, is already a MIT graduate school student and has developed a DNA Tracker software—has been under the guardianship of Thomas Schindler, owner of the software giant Schindler, Inc., since his mother died. This night, in a heavily guarded room at the top of the Schindler building where Hiroki lives, Hiroki finishes an artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, and sends the software through the telephone lines. The security guards become suspicious and try to enter Hiroki's room. After they break into Hiroki's room with Schindler, they discover that Hiroki leapt off the top of the building to his death.
Two years later, at the Beika City Hall, Schindler, Inc., holds a demonstration of a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. The Detective Boys are invited to the demonstration but cannot participate without special badges. Doctor Agasa and Booker Kudo arrive at the City Hall. Agasa gives Conan Edogawa a badge, and the other Detective Boys exchanging Premium Golden Yaiber Cards for badges. They all use the badges and participate in the demonstration.
In another room, Conan discovers the corpse of Kashimura, the top employee of Schindler, Inc., and a dying message on a keyboard: J-T-R. He decides to participate in the demonstration, hoping that the game would lead him to an answer. Booker finds out that J-T-R stands for "Jack The Ripper".
When the demonstration begins, Hiroki's artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark, takes control of the game system Cocoon. It tells the audience that if all fifty kids in the demonstration lose the game, it will kill the kids with a large electromagnetic burst. The kids in the demonstration are given a choice of five stages in the game, and Conan and the Detective Boys choose the fifth, a re-creation of an 1800 London mystery. Conan and his friends track down 221b Baker Street, only to find that Holmes and Watson are at Dartmoor. Since Holmes cannot help, the kids find Colonel Moran and Professor Moriarty. Moriarty tells Conan that he trained Jack the Ripper when Jack was a street urchin. The professor gives the children a clue about the next victim, who turns out to be Irene Adler, Holmes's only love.
In the real world, Booker investigates the case. Booker reveals that the murderer is the company's president, Thomas Schindler. Schindler is a descendant of Jack the Ripper who will stop at nothing to hide his secret. Schindler is immediately arrested.
One by one, the children “die,” until only three are left: Conan, Rachel Moore, and another child, Hideki Moroboshi. They follow Jack the Ripper to a runaway train, and the murderer leads them to the top of the train. There, Jack the Ripper ties himself to Rachel and threatens Conan. To save Conan, Rachel sacrifices herself by jumping off the train and into a ravine, taking Jack the Ripper 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. After winning the game, Conan reveals that Hideki is actually the Ark in disguise. Then, all the children are released from the demonstration, and the Noah's Ark destroys itself.
The movie's theme song is "Everlasting" by B'z. It was released on July 2, 2002 on their album, Green.[3]
The official soundtrack was released on April 17, 2002.[4] It costs ¥3059 including tax.
The VHS of the movie was released April 9, 2003. [5] It was discontinued soon after 2006 as it was switched to DVD.
The Region 2 DVD was released on December 18, 2002. The DVD includes the movie in widescreen and the trailer, and it costs ¥6090 including tax.[6]
The Region 1 DVD was released on February 16, 2010. The DVD includes the movie with both English dub and Japanese dub with English subtitles. It costs $19.98.[1]