Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (名探偵コナン 漆黒の追跡者(チェイサー), Meitantei Konan: Shikkoku no Cheisā) is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery thriller film and the thirteenth film installment of the Case Closed manga and anime series. The film was released in Japan on April 18, 2009. This film earned 3.9 billion yen in the domestic Japanese box office, making it the highest-grossing film in the Case Closed series so far. The story of the film involving a new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi Kudo's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan Edogawa, making this discovery starts to put those around Conan in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser involves active members of the Black Organization, making this the Black Organization's second appearance in a film since Countdown to Heaven. A special preview to the film aired in Japan on Animax.
The film was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2010 Awards of the Japanese Academy.
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Plot
A man driving down a hillside road suddenly realizes that his car Alfa Romeo Brera's brakes don't work. Traveling at a high speed, his car crashes into a toll station. As a man succumbs to his injuries, he leaves a mysterious dying message: "Tanabata kyo" with a mysterious Mahjong tile next to him, linking this case to six other homicide cases in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and other places in Japan. Because of the Mahjong tiles left beside each victim, the police conclude that the same person or organization committed these large-scale murders. The police of prefectures across Japan unite to find the murderer.
After a police conference about this case, Conan Edogawa discovers a police officer walking out of the building and entering a black Porsche. He concludes that a Black Organization member is disguised as a police officer and has infiltrated the meeting. Conan is left wondering which officer is the fake and what interest the Black Organization has in the case. On the day of Tanabata, Conan corners Vermouth in the underground parking lot of a shopping mall and interrogates her. She says that the Black Organization needs a memory chip and has a new member, "Irish".
Conan employs the help of Heiji Hattori and tries to solve the serial murder case by following the dying message lead. He and Heiji find out that two years ago, there was a fire accident in a hotel in Kyoto, and a young woman named Nanako Honjou died. The elevator could only hold seven, but eight people needed to escape. Nanako wasn't on the last elevator and couldn't escape. Conan tracks down her neighbor, Shun Sawamura, and asks him some questions. Conan finds out that Nanako and her boyfriend, Kosuke Mizutani, often went star gazing together. Conan realizes that the crime scenes form the Big Dipper constellation along with the North Star Polaris.
When the police arrive at a deserted Tokyo Tower, Conan sneaks past them and confronts Mizutani, who confesses to the crimes and intends to commit suicide by poison. Mizutani thought one of the seven must have pushed Nanako out of the elevator during the hotel fire, but Nanako's brother, Kazuki, who was one of the seven in the elevator, shows up and testifies that she voluntarily stepped out. Conan reveals that the real murderer is Kazuki and not Mizutani because Mizutani would never commit murder to stain the memory of Nanako and his precious stars. However, Kazuki, obsessively fond of his younger sister, decided after her death to take revenge on all those who "took her away from him", including Mizutani.
Cast
Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
Yukitoshi Hori as Gin
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato
Masashi Sugawara as Kazuki Honjo
Fumiko Orikasa as Nanako Honjo
Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori
Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama
Yuuji Takada as Kansuke Yamato
Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki
Ryotaro Okiayu as Fumimaro Ayanokoji
Seizō Katō as Kiyonaga Matsumoto
Toshio Furukawa as Misao Yamamura
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima and Wataru Takagi
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Ikue Ohtani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Akio Ōtsuka as Juugo Yokomizu and Sango Yokomizu
Ami Koshimizu as Yui Euhara
Soundtrack
The film's theme song is "PUZZLE" by Mai Kuraki. It was released along with music for the broadcast anime's 25th opening "Revive" as double A-side singles on April 1, 2009. Along with Countdown to Heaven and Crossroad in the Ancient Capital, The Raven Chaser is the third Case Closed film in which Mai Kuraki wrote the theme song.
The official soundtrack was released on April 4, 2009. It costs approximately ¥2857, ¥3000 with tax included; US$31.46.
Home media
DVD
The standard edition DVD was released on 10. July. 2013.
Three versions are to be released: the limited DVD version will include 2 discs with the film, the trailer, Magic File #3, and other extras with 5.1 Dolby Digital HD Surround Sound audio. The regular DVD will only include the film and the trailer with 5.1 Dolby Digital HD Surround Sound audio. The Blu-ray version includes the HD format of the regular DVD version. The limited DVD cost ¥6720, the regular DVD cost ¥5460, and the Blu-ray version cost ¥6510. The DVD will only be released in Japan, Europe, Middle East, and South Africa.
Release
This film was released for free, available to view for one week, on TMS Entertainment's English YouTube channel as part of the "Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays" promotion, on August 2, 2025, with English subtitles. It was the first time this film had ever been officially premiered in North America.
Awards
The Blu-ray Disc release was awarded the Best Interactivity Award by Digital Entertainment Group Japan.