Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven, known as in Japan
Japan
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, is a 2001 Japanese animated
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 based on the Case Closed
Case Closed
Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...

manga series, featuring detective Jimmy Kudo
Jimmy Kudo
Jimmy Kudo, also known as in Japan, is the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's series Case Closed, which is known in Japan as . A High-school Detective, he is forced to in ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a...

, also known as Conan Edogawa. It made 2.9 billion yen
Japanese yen
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.

Plot

Gin and Vodka, on a hunt for Shiho Miyano, sneak into Akemi Miyano's flat and listen to the messages on the answering machine. They discover that Shiho will attend a private viewing of two new skyscrapers in Tokyo with Jimmy Kudo
Jimmy Kudo
Jimmy Kudo, also known as in Japan, is the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's series Case Closed, which is known in Japan as . A High-school Detective, he is forced to in ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a...

. Gin and Vodka plan to end Shiho at the towers.

At the viewing, Yoshiaki Hara and Tokiwa Mio are murdered, after Ohki Iwamatsu, a builder of the skyscrapers, was killed in his apartment. Sake cups left at each murder scene links the three together in a serial murder case.

Before the murderer’s identity is revealed, the bombs planted by the Black Organization detonate, setting the building ablaze. Serena, Conan
Jimmy Kudo
Jimmy Kudo, also known as in Japan, is the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's series Case Closed, which is known in Japan as . A High-school Detective, he is forced to in ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a...

 and Rachel evacuate in a glass elevator when it stops. Conan realizes that with her new perm, Serena looks like Shiho Miyano from behind. Conan distracts Serena, making her turn around, saving her from being shot by Gin, who thought she was Shiho.

After arriving safely to the ground, Conan re-enters the tower after learning that the Junior Detective League has not evacuated. He leaves them and confronts the serial murderer, Kiseragi, an elderly painter. Kiseragi blamed the tower employees for the construction of the tower, an edifice that obstructed his view of the Fuji Mountains. Conan shoots Kiseragi with his tranquilizer dart as the painter prepares to commit suicide.

With the bridges blown off and the bottom floors in flames, Conan powers a Ford Mustang convertible with the force of an explosion to propel the kids and him to safety. Viewing the inferno from afar, Gin and Vodka confirm that Shiho Miyano was not at the towers and abandon their search for her.

Cast

English
  • Alison Viktorin as Conan Edogawa
  • Jerry Jewell
    Jerry Jewell
    Jerry Dean Jewell is an American actor, Singer, and voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment...

     as Jimmy Kudo
    Jimmy Kudo
    Jimmy Kudo, also known as in Japan, is the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's series Case Closed, which is known in Japan as . A High-school Detective, he is forced to in ingest the lethal poison APTX 4869 after his encounter with Gin and Vodka. Due to a rare side effect, the poison shrinks him into a...

  • Brina Palencia
    Brina Palencia
    Brina Michelle Palencia is an American voice actress, singer, and ADR director who works for Funimation Entertainment. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.Apart from her adult female voices, she has been cast in younger...

     as Shiho Miyano/Vi Graythorn
  • Colleen Clinkenbeard
    Colleen Clinkenbeard
    Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard is an American voice actress, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, and OkraTron 5000. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and series, most notably, Monkey D...

     as Rachel Moore
  • Cynthia Cranz
    Cynthia Cranz
    Cynthia Jane Cranz is an American voice actress who works for anime series of Funimation Entertainment...

     as Mitch Tennyson
  • Mike McFarland
    Mike McFarland
    Michael Charles McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Line Producer at Funimation Entertainment. He also did work with ADV Films, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, New Generation Pictures and Okatron 5000...

     as George Kaminsky
  • Monica Rial
    Monica Rial
    Monica Jean Rial is an American voice actress, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000...

     as Amy Yeager
  • R Bruce Elliott as Richard Moore
  • Laura Bailey
    Laura Bailey (voice actress)
    Laura Dawn Bailey is an American actress, voice actress, Singer, Line Producer and ADR Director. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films, television series, as well as video games...

     as Serena Sebastian
  • Mark Stoddard
    Mark Stoddard
    Mark Stoddard is an American voice actor at Funimation Entertainment. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.-Anime:* Baccano! - Goose Perkins...

     as Inspector Joseph Meguire
  • Alex Valle as Akemi Miyano
  • Bill Flynn
    Bill Flynn
    Bill Flynn was a South African actor and comedian. He was born in Cape Town and matriculated from Plumstead High School...

     as Dr. Agasa
  • Brandon Potter
    Brandon Potter
    Brandon Potter is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer who works for Funimation Entertainment. He currently resides in NYC where he does additional voices for NYAV Post projects such as Gundam Unicorn & Freedom.-Anime:...

     as Odell
  • Charles Campbell
    Charles Campbell
    Charles Rodman Campbell was a convicted murderer who was executed in 1994 by the state of Washington....

     as Tsukamoto
  • Chris Cason
    Chris Cason
    Christopher L. Cason is an American voice actor, ADR Director and Script who works for anime series of Funimation Entertainment...

     as Chiba
  • Doug Burks as Harry Wilder
  • Eric Vale
    Eric Vale
    Christopher Eric Johnson better known by his stage name Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Head Writer who is affiliated with Funimation Entertainment...

     as Ninzaburo Santos
  • Christopher R. Sabat as Vodka
  • Troy Baker
    Troy Baker
    Troy Baker is an American actor and voice actor who works with anime films, television series, as well as video games....

     as Gin
  • Chuck Huber
    Chuck Huber
    Chuck Huber is an American voice actor, ADR Director and Script writer who work for anime series at Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000...

     as Emcee
  • Cole Brown as Tome
  • Elizabeth Bontley as Madison
  • Jakie Cabe as Yoshiaki Hara
  • James Stephens
    James Stephens
    James Stephens may refer to:*James Stephens , 17th century MP for Gloucester*James Stephen , English lawyer associated with the abolition of slavery* James B...

     as Hohsui Kisaragi
  • Lydia Mackay
    Lydia Mackay
    Lydia Marie Mackay is an American theatre actress and voice actress who works for Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000...

     as Cherilyn
  • Travis Willingham
    Travis Willingham
    Travis Hampton Willingham is an American actor and voice actor who works with anime films, television series, as well as video games....

     as Theodore

Staff

  • Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
    FUNimation Entertainment
    Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...

  • ADR Director: Leah Clark
    Leah Clark
    Leah Clark is an American theatre actress, voice actress, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000...

  • Script: Eric Vale
    Eric Vale
    Christopher Eric Johnson better known by his stage name Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Head Writer who is affiliated with Funimation Entertainment...

  • Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
    Gen Fukunaga
    is a Japanese-born businessman and producer who is the founder and president of Funimation Entertainment, a company that distributes anime in the United States and Canada.Fukunaga was born in Japan and grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana in the United States....

  • Producer: Carly Hunter & Justin Cook
    Justin Cook
    Justin Ryan Cook is an American Producer, Voice Actor, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Engineer who works for Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000...

  • ADR Engineer: Cris George
  • Assistant ADR Director: Brina Palencia
  • Head Writer: Eric Vale
    Eric Vale
    Christopher Eric Johnson better known by his stage name Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR Director, Script, and Head Writer who is affiliated with Funimation Entertainment...

  • Line Producer: Zach Bolton
  • Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook
  • Post-Production Assistant: Casey Barteau & Niki Cooper
  • Production Assistant: Gino Palencia, Michael Harcourt & Trenton Jons
  • Senior Video Editor: Daniel Mancilla & Jeremy Jimenez
  • Talent Coordination: Tara Williams
  • Video Editing: Jessie Mancilla, Joe Harris, Josh Tyler & Robert Bell
  • Video Engineer: Michael Rivas & Sarah Mueller
  • Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs
  • Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler

VHS

The VHS of the movie was released April 10, 2002. It was discontinued soon after 2006 as it was switched to DVD.

Region 2 DVD

The DVD of the film was released on December 21, 2001. A new DVD was released on February 25, 2011, significantly lowering the original price and added the trailer as a special feature.

Region 1 DVD

Funimation released the English dub of Countdown to Heaven on DVD on January 19, 2010.

Blu-ray

The Blu-ray version of the film was released on September 23, 2011. The Blu-ray contains the same content of the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film and the BD-live function.
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