Detective Conan: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011) - Season 1 Ep. 5

 

Genre: Drama, Live Action, Detective 

Tag Line: -

Running Time: 29 Minutes

Casts: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka

Produced by: Yoshinori Horiguchi, Shi Shirakawa, Koki Endo, Masako Kuraibu

Season 1 Episode 5
"Murder By Poison in Film Producer's Villa"

Story:

High school detective Shinichi Kudo and his friends Ran Mouri and Suzuki Sonok are invited to the villa, the film producer, Akihiro Nagat villa. Shinichi is asked to be an actor for one of his next movie along with Saori Kisaragi, the producers new artist also his new affair. Suddenly, his wife, Chisato Nagata come to the villa and caught them kissing so deeply, she is angry and slap Saori.  After that, Akihiro asks them for tea time party. He asked the villa keeper, Kana Ishihara to make some great flavors tea to the guests. After sipping the tea for the first time, Akihiro falls down dead. Ho can it happen in front of the guests? Who is the killer? What's her motive?Just watch it.

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Review: 
Actually, for me, this episode is as good as episode 3, even better. I like the concept the director bring to the ground in this short duration movie. The keynote is all about affair and cheating. It's usual love situation that happened in a movie or a real life. This affair may lead to the worst thing is murder and that what happens at this episode. The plot is simple but interesting. It's not too much like the other episode but still can entertain the audiences. This is the first time I have to rack one's brains to think about how can he murdered in front of the guests. And that's raise my Detective feeling to the top, I like it. It's not that predictable so you have to see it clearly if you want to guess who is the murder and how can he do it.
This episode is also the most similar episode to  its anime. The killer used Potassium Cyanide to kill Akihiro. It is used so many times at Conan's manga and anime and you can see it here in live action episode. It's great and I have been waiting for all this time, this live action will be at least look like its anime or manga. The weakest thing in this episode is the duration. Because of the short duration, everything is happening too fast. But that's still ok since it's interesting. The acts in this episode are also great especially Saori and Chisato. They do what they should do and it's perfect. But the main acts are just like the other episode, a bit lame. Overall, it's good and enjoy it. :D

Good points: 

-   The concept is good with good story to enjoy
-   This episode may boost up your Detective's will to solve it 

Bad points:
-   Everything is happening too fast because of short duration
-   Cheesy main acts

Rating: 6.5/10.0

Detective Conan: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011) - Season 1 Ep. 4

 

Genre: Drama, Live Action, Detective 

Tag Line: -

Running Time: 29 Minutes

Casts: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka

Produced by: Yoshinori Horiguchi, Shi Shirakawa, Koki Endo, Masako Kuraibu

Season 1 Episode 4
"Perfect Crime! Murder Notice during a Wedding, Exposing the Mystery of the Locked Room Poisoning!"

Story:

High school detective Shinichi Kudo is called by Ran's father, Kogoro Mouri for helping his friend's marriage, which the bride and friends are fans of Shinichi. Nana, the one who is a close friend to the bride, Kanon, found dead after the marriage ceremony. Before the marriage, Kanon had suspected that Nana had an affair with her new to be husband, Ken, and said that she would kill them both if she found out later. Did she kill her because of jealousy, or someone among the guests who had motives to kill her? Just watch it.

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Review: 
This episode is not better than the last episode, but it also isn't that bad. The plot is simple and good. The concept is also good. If you are a big fans of detective kind of movie, you will easily guess who is the killer, how he/she killed her, and what is his/her motives. I bet you will know it soon enough after few scenes of the movie. It's not that hard to guess the killer, it's quite simple, reasonable, and easy case. It you are rarely watch this kind of movie, maybe you will get your brain to think more about it. It's not a boring case actually, but predictable. 
That's all about the story, about the characters, I don't see any acting developments among them. It's still lame and ridiculous sometimes. That Kogoro guy is surely over react of something, Ran girl expressions are not the same with the anime, I think she should acts more stronger than the last four episodes. The Shinichi guy even he is not really match the Shinichi from its Anime, he is still good to see. Overall, it's just ok and ok, not more. Enjoy it. :D

Good points: 

-   The story and the concept are ok

Bad points:
-   Predictable case 

Rating: 5.5/10.0

Detective Conan: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011) - Season 1 Ep. 3

 

Genre: Drama, Live Action, Detective 

Tag Line: -

Running Time: 29 Minutes

Casts: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka

Produced by: Yoshinori Horiguchi, Shi Shirakawa, Koki Endo, Masako Kuraibu

Season 1 Episode 3
"Murder Case that Happened in a Locked Court Room! Revealing the Murder Trick to Kill the Hostess"

Story:

High school detective Shinichi Kudo, Kogoro Mouri, and Ran Mouri are watching the trial from the spectators' gallery. The suspect, Reika, was arrested for allegedly stealing 10 million yen a safe place of employment from the hostess snack. Reika denies the charges of theft and crime because when the case happened, she claimed an alibi. Lawyer, Eri Kisaki who is also Ran's mother is an important witness to prove this alibi. Everyone is surprised when Reika is suddenly murdered by someone in the trial room.

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Review: 
This episode is much better than the first two episodes. The plot is really good. You can see how the story goes along with a better script and case. The case doesn't seem contrived. It moves along with a proper time. I can't say it's the best case of Detective Conan I've ever seen, but this one is definitely the best case of the season so far.  Shinichi and Eri character are great at this episode. They don't seem plain and lame, but the most disappointed characters here are Kogoro and Ran. Kogoro seems a bit overact and Ran in Dorama isn't as strong as Ran in Anime, she is lack of power and charm inside. 
The other big question is (this may contains spoiler) I wonder how the murderer shoot the suspect without any noise and exact focus to the suspect forehead with just a lipstick case??? It doesn't make any sense here. It will be perfect when they think of any other better weapon. I just don't like this part. But anyway, it's just a short duration, I can't hope more than this, so I consider it's good. Just enjoy it guys. :D

Good points: 

-   The best case of this dorama so far

Bad points:
-   I doesn't make any sense how the murderer kills the suspect 
-   Kogoro and Ran characters are lack of acting power 

Rating: 6.0/10.0

Detective Conan: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011) - Season 1 Ep. 2

 

Genre: Drama, Live Action, Detective


Tag Line: -


Running Time: 29 Minutes


Casts: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka
 
Produced by: Yoshinori Horiguchi, Shi Shirakawa, Koki Endo, Masako Kuraibu


Season 1 Episode 2
"Locked Room Murder on Live Boardcast! Exposing the Secret Curse"

Story:

Trapped in the White Room, high school detective, Shinichi Kudo (Junpei Mizobata) enters a keyword in the input panel of the case. Then the door slowly opens with the earth rumbling. Shinichi, Mouri Ran, and Mouri Kogoro go along to the next room. It is identical white rooms, the spoon is floating in the air. The situation becomes anxious. Shinichi gets another challenge from someone claiming to his fans. September 02, 2010 appeared in the input panel window. It was dated the murder occurred during the live TV show. 

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Review: 
The opening shows that Kudo Shinichi appeared on the live TV show to fight the psychic, Jiro who believes that he has ESP power and want to prove it to the audiences. Takayuki Harada, moderator, Asako Mizutani assistant programs in progress are both the host of the show. It starts with the spoon bending show off by psychic power. But the spoon bending is easily thing to do. Then, Harada dare to provoke Jiro to murder him with ESP power. Jiro gets angry and accept the challenge. The story develops till Harada is murdered and get more intense. Jiro remarks that he has sucessfully murdered Harada with psychic power. However, Harada is dead, not by supernatural power, and is because of trick crafted by someone. Shinichi realizes something and checking the area and then suspects five persons who has motive to kill Harada.
Up till this point, everything is better than the first episode. During the last conclusion part, everything moves so fast and I can tell that it's the same as the first episode. Yes, it's better than the first one, but it's not good enough to be compared to its anime. It gets more intense, but all the acts is the same, is not better than before. I can't still see the whole point of this dorama. What will it reach in the end? I hope it will get me a good surprise. So, take it lightly and just enjoy it :D

Good points: 

-   The case gets more intense.

 Bad points:
-   The time is too short for one case to be solved. It's felt like it's forced to finish in 30 minutes. 

Rating: 5.0/10.0

Detective Conan: Challenge to Kudo Shinichi (2011) - Season 1 Ep. 1

 

Genre: Drama, Live Action, Detective


Tag Line: -


Running Time: 29 Minutes


Casts: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka
 

Produced by: Yoshinori Horiguchi, Shi Shirakawa, Koki Endo, Masako Kuraibu



Season 1 Episode 1
"Conan before becoming the High School Detective, Uncovering the Mystery of the Murder!"

Story:

High school detective Kudo Shinichi and his childhood friend, Mori Ran, hear a male voice shout right after coming out of a nail salon on the first floor of an apartment building. When they rush over to the scene at the entrance of an apartment, cameraman Tsuboichi Yuhei is bleeding from his forehead and his assistant Kishi has collapsed. Shinichi and Ran burst into the apartment to discover that Aida Momoko, the model who lives there, has died. An investigation is conducted. Kishi gives evidence that he had been hit with what seemed like an iron bar by a man who darted out of the room. Tsubouchi says he would like to have the murderer arrested. He is the dead Momoko’s brother-in-law. Shinichi feels something is wrong with Tsubouchi and Kishi’s statements. If the attacker was the same person, he should have struck Momoko with the bar too, but Momoko was strangled by a pair of hands. This makes Shinichi turn his suspicion toward Tsubouchi. Will he be able to expose the murderer’s secret trick and arrive at the truth?

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Review: 

Actually I have waiting long enough for this dorama to be made since the live action of Detective Conan had been made 3 times and all the popular anime also had been made its live action dorama such as Q.E.D, Great Teacher Onizuka, Sailor Moon, etc. Finally, on July 2011, this dorama is out to the world. 
The dorama takes place at the time before Kudo Shinici turns into Conan. The curious thing here is the first case (first episode) happened in 2010 but all I know is Detective Conan was born to this world 15 years ago. So, how come the case takes place in 2010?
The first episode shows Aida Momoko, a professional model has been murdered by his brother in law, Tsuboichi Yuhei who is also his photographer. I can't say it's good because if it's compared to its anime, it's still lack of the mystery and thrill in it. It's still far from perfect. All the casts act like typical silly drama. The first appearance of Wataru Takagi and Sato Miwako (police couple) in Live Action is not helping at all because of their false and silly act. The whole idea of the murder is too simple. The story develops faster than it seems. I can't say more about this. If you are a true Detective Conan fans, you've got to watch it, and maybe will like it, but if you are not a fans, don't expect too much. Hope it gets better for the next episode. 
 

Good points: 
-   I bet all the fans of Detective Conan has waited long enough for its live action dorama :D

 Bad points:
-   The case is too simple for the opening and the story develops too fast
-   The whole acts are so so, a bit lame.

Rating: 4.0/10.0