The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (2024)

Chronology
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Episode 144-145
(Int. Episode 154-155)

Information
Title:The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno
Japanese title:上野発北斗星3号
(Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō)
Original airdate:May 10, 1999 (Part 1)
May 17, 1999 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:18.9%
19.4%
Manga case:#62
Season:6
Manga source:Volume 22: Files 4-7 (215-218)
Case
Cast:Conan Edogawa
Shinichi Kudo
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Natsue Hatamoto
Takeshi Hatamoto
Yukiko Kudo
Yusaku Kudo
Kyohei Nishimura
Detective Tamura
Case solved by:Conan Edogawa
Yusaku Kudo
Next Conan's Hint:B-class sleeping car (Part 1)
Disguise (Part 2)
Staff
Director:Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama (chief)
Organizer:Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Storyboard:Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:144 Nana Harada
145 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:144 Atsushi Aono
145 Keiko Sasaki
Character design:Masatomo Sudo
Keiko Sasaki (sub-character)
Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Yusaku Kudo
Sumi Shimamoto as Fumiyo Akechi, Yukiko Kudo
Hikaru Hanada as Kyohei Nishimura
Takashi Nagasako as Detective Tamura
Shigeru Ushiyama as Keitaro Izumo
Takashi Taniguchi as Toshinori Kaetsu
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Akishige Ishizuchi
Seiko Fujiki as Azusa Izumo
Tsutomu Tsuji as Yasuji Asama
Kouichi Nagano as Toru Aoba
Yuri Aso as Natsue Hatamoto
Yasuyuki Kase as Conductor (Episode 144)
Isshin Chiba as Waiter (Episode 144), Announcement (Episode 145)
Hiromichi Kogami as Passenger A (Episode 144)
Mari Tomokawa as Passenger B (Episode 144)
Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint

Music
Opening song:Girigiri chop
Closing song:Still for your love

The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (上野発北斗星3号 Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō?) is the 144th and 145th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Contents

  • 1 Characters introduced
  • 2 Cast
  • 3 Case
    • 3.1 Situation
      • 3.1.1 Part 1
      • 3.1.2 Part 2
    • 3.2 People
    • 3.3 Resolution
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 BGM listing
    • 5.1 Part 1
    • 5.2 Part 2
  • 6 Gallery
  • 7 Quotes
  • 8 In other languages
  • 9 Notes
  • 10 See also

Characters introduced

Kyohei Nishimura

  • Inspector from Hokkaido Prefecture Police
Detective Tamura

  • Detective from Hokkaido Prefecture Police

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Shinichi Kudo (flashback)

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Natsue Hatamoto (background)

Takeshi Hatamoto (background)

Yukiko Kudo

Yusaku Kudo

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan, Kogoro, and Ran take the overnight North Star Express to Hokkaido to meet a former client. On the train, they meet up with a series of people. However, in the night, a murder case occurs when a burglar seemingly kills a jewelry trader, and escapes through the window.

Murder

Location:North Star No.3 Express lobby car
Victim:Keitaro Izumo
Age:56 years old
Cause of death:Gunshot wound to left temple
Suspects:Yasuji Asama
Jewelry owner dead by Asama disguised shoot head.

The train stops to find his dead body outside.

Accident?

Location:Railroad
Victim:Yasuji Asama
Age:39 years old
Cause of death:Blunt force trauma
Suspects:Toshinori Kaetsu, Akishige Ishizuchi, Toru Aoba, and Azusa Izumo
Criminal shoots window to throw out dead body from train outside.

Conan noticed that the plot is very similar to an unpublished novel written by his father that had been stolen ten years before. However, unable to contact Yusaku Kudo, Conan takes the case into his own hands, and finds his mother on the train.

Part 2

Conan reveals to the suspicious woman that he knows her identity - it is Yukiko Kudo, his mother, in disguise. As they discuss the case, Kogoro calls all the passengers to witness his inaccurate deduction, enabling Conan to figure out the trick. However, a worried Conan recalls that in the novel, the detective boy who solved the case was murdered by the trap he set for the criminal. Yukiko volunteers to act as a decoy to help him find the proof.

People

  • Yasuji Asama

    • Victim (bludgeoned)
    • 39 years old
    • Passenger
  • Toshinori Kaetsu

    • 38 years old
    • Jewelry store manager
  • Keitaro Izumo

    • Victim (gunshot)
    • 56 years old
    • Jewelry store owner
  • Akishige Ishizuchi

    • 67 years old
    • Furuito City mayor
  • Toru Aoba

    • 32 years old
    • Passenger
  • Fumiyo Akechi

    • 37 years old
    • Passenger
  • Azusa Izumo

    • 49 years old
    • Keitaro's wife
  • Kyohei Nishimura

    • Inspector from Hokkaido Prefecture Police
  • Detective Tamura

    • Detective from Hokkaido Prefecture Police
  • Resolution

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    Trivia

    • The train is a JR Freight Class EF510-501 Hokutosei (北斗星).
    • Every case character's name is related to a Japanese train:
      • Yasuji Asama is named after the Asamatrain service of the Shinkansen;
      • Keitaro Izumo is named after the Sunrise Izumo overnight sleeping car train service;
      • Akishige Ishizuchi is named after the Ishizuchitrain service;
      • Toru Aoba is named after the now-defunct Aobatrain services;
      • Azusa Izumo, although already named after the Sunrise Izumo, is also named after the Azusatrain service;
      • Other than Fumiyo Akechi, who is Yukiko in disguise (this alias is named after the famous Japanese detective Kogoro Akechi's wife[N 1]; created by Edogawa Ranpo.
    • Moreover, the name of the Hokkaido Police which appeared in this case, Kyohei Nishimura (whose full name was only conceived in movie 27), is a tribute to the Japanese mystery author Kyotaro Nishimura, who frequently utilises railways as story settings within his novels.

    BGM listing

    Part 1

    #Song TitleRomajiTranslationOST
    1ギリギリchopGirigiri chopOn the edge chopGirigiri chop
    2蘭・愛のテーマRan・Ai no TēmaRan's Love ThemeDetective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    3犯人のアジト (忍び込みver.)Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4緊迫KinpakuTensionDetective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    5推理 (オリジナルver.)Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)Deduction (Original ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    6事件現場 (謎ver.)Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    7推理 (不気味ver.)Suiri (Bukimi ver.)Deduction (Ominous ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8悪のテーマ (パート2)Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)Theme of Evil (Part 2)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    9沈む夕陽Shizumu YūhiDepressing SunsetDetective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    10忍び寄る影Shinobiyoru KageCreeping ShadowDetective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    11何かが起きる…Nanika ga Okiru...Something Happened...Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    12Still for your loveStill for your loveStill for your loveStill for your love

    Part 2

    #Song TitleRomajiTranslationOST
    1ギリギリchopGirigiri chopOn the edge chopGirigiri chop
    2謎解き (その2)Nazotoki (Sono 2)Riddle Solution (Part 2)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    3犯人のアジト (忍び込みver.)Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4トリックTorikkuTrickDetective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    5悪のテーマ (パート2)Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)Theme of Evil (Part 2)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    6推理 (不気味ver.)Suiri (Bukimi ver.)Deduction (Ominous ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    7事件現場 (オリジナルver.)Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)Scene of the Case (Original ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8真相究明Shinsō KyūmeiInvestigating the TruthDetective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    9西の名探偵Nishi no MeitanteiThe Great Detective of the WestDetective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    10蘭のテーマ (優しさver.)Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    11Still for your loveStill for your loveStill for your loveStill for your love

    Gallery

    For the full gallery see: The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno/Gallery

    Quotes

    • Extracts from Yusaku Kudo's novel:
    1. The sound of gun shot and screams... (銃声と悲鳴がトンネル内の轟音をかき消した…)
    2. The man ran through the aisle as if he were a starved beast... (その男は、飢えた獣のごとく、闇の通路を駆け抜け…)
    3. But the man was no longer anywhere in sight... The wind and the sound of the train played their clamorous tune... (だが、男の姿はもうそこにはなく…風と列車音がけたたましい曲を奏でていた…)
    4. The young man wearing black rimmed glasses smiled a smirk of victory. (黒緣の眼鏡の青年は、勝ち誇ったかの様に一笑した…その推理力故に自らが命を落とす羽目になるとも知らないで…)
    5. The killer sneaks silently up behind the young detective... with his blood-stained hands... lightly pushes the vulnerable back of the detective... and covers the entire platform with blood... (罪人は音もなく若き探偵の背後に忍びより…血塗られた両手でその無防備な背を軽く突いて…プラットホームを血に染めた…)
    • Yusaku Kudo (to the culprit Toshinori Kaetsu):

    If you felt in any way moved by my novel... I'll recommend you to turn yourself in. Because the killer in that novel in the end was scheduled to turn himself into the police after regretting all that he did.
    (もしもあなたが私の小説に少しでも感銘を受けられたのなら…自首する事をお勧めしたい。あの小説の犯人は、ラストで全ての罪を悔いて警察に出頭する予定でしたから。)

    • Yusaku Kudo recounting jokes after the case has been solved:

    Yusaku's guffaw at Yukiko.

    Yukiko Kudo: But I sure sense fate, for you to come and save me just in the nick of time.
    (工藤有希子「でも運命だよねー私の大ピンチに間一髪で駆けつけてくれるんだもの。」)

    Yusaku Kudo: In the nick of time? I was there near you from about two minutes before everything happened.
    (工藤優作「間一髪?オレは2分ぐらい前からずっどおまえのそばにいたが…」)

    Yukiko Kudo: Huh? Then what? You mean you waited doing something until I was almost pushed?
    (工藤有希子「え?じゃーなーに?私が突き飛ばさせる寸前まで黙って見てたってわけ?」)

    Yusaku Kudo: Yes. I wanted to be sure that he was the killer. Besides, the stage of the novel was the Seikan Tunnel. So, I silently watch over you.[N 2]
    (工藤優作「ああ…あの人が犯人だという確証が欲しかったし…それになんたってトリックの舞台は青函トンネル…黙って静観してたというわけさ!」)

    Yukiko Kudo: He gives me the shivers.
    (工藤有希子「さむいわね…」)

    Conan Edogawa: It is Hokkaido, after all.
    (江戸川コナン「ああ…北海道だからな…」)

    In other languages

    LanguageTitleTranslation
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (25) Catalan (Catalan dub)L'exprés Estrella del nord número 3The North Star express number 3
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (26) Catalan (Valencian dub)Assassinat al tren Estrela del NordMurder in the North Star train
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (27) FrenchLe Meurtre de l'"Étoile du nord"The Murder of the "North Star"
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (28) GalicianAsasinato a bordo do Estrela PolarMurder aboard the Polar Star
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (29) GermanMord im SpeisewagenMurder in the Dining Car
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (30) ItalianAssassino sull'IntercityMurder on the Intercity Train
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (31) Spanish (American dub)Asesinato en el tren expreso Hokutosei número 3Murder in the express train Hokutosei number 3
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (32) Spanish (Castilian dub)Asesinato en el Estrella del NorteMurder in the North Star
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (33) Thaiโฮคุโตะเซย์หมายเลข 3 ต้นทางอุเอโนะHokutosei No.3 - Leaving Ueno
    The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (34) VietnameseVụ án trên chuyến tàu cao tốc ngôi sao Bắc Đẩu số 3The North Star No.3 Express Case

    Notes

    1. ^ This behaviour precisely matches with the plot found within a previous case: The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases, where Yukiko compared Yusaku with Kogoro Akechi; which to a certain degree, may manifest her affirmation of her husband.
    2. ^ Dry humour - "青函(せいかん)" (Seikan) and "静観(せいかん)" (silently watch) share identical pronunciation.

    See also

    • Season 6

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