Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century, known as in Japan, is a 1999 Japanese animated mystery film based on the Case Closed series. It was directed by Kenji Kodama and released in Japanese theatres on April 17, 1999. FUNimation Entertainment acquired the rights to this film from TMS Entertainment on July 17, 2009 and released the dub in December 2009. This is the first film appearance of Vi Graythorn (Ai Haibara), Phantom Thief Kid (Kaito Kid) and Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori) and Kirsten Thomas (Kazuha Toyama).

Plot The Kaito Kid sends a heist notice, warning of another heist. The police deduce that his next target is a recently discovered Fabergé egg, which Suzuki Modern Art Museum in Osaka will display on August 22. On the night of the heist, Kid steals the egg from the warehouse that Ginzo Nakamori secretly kept and flies off, and Conan Edogawa and Heiji Hattori give chase. However, in the middle of the chase, an unknown assailant shoots Kid in the right eye, and Kid apparently falls into the sea to his death. After recovering the egg, the police fruitlessly search for Kid's body.

The next day, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro Mouri board a cruise ship to Tokyo where Ran nursing one of Kid's pigeons. They meet Natsumi Kousaka, whose great-grandfather Keiichi worked in Fabergé's factory. She shows them a part of a sketch of two eggs and a key, which were found among her late grandmother's mementos. Conan suspects that the person who shot Kid is on the ship. That night, Ryu Sagawa, a freelance photographer covering the press with news of the egg, is murdered, shot in the right eye in the same fashion as Kid. Soon after his body is discovered, Juzo Megure, along with Wataru Takagi and Ninzaburou Shiratori, arrive by helicopter to inspect the crime scene. At first, they suspect Sonoko Suzuki's father's servant, Mr. Nishino, but the police and Conan conclude the culprit is Scorpion, a mysterious killer who always shoots his victims in the right eye. A missing lifeboat hints that Scorpion has escaped, and the boat's passengers go to Yokosuka Castle, which holds Scorpion's next target: the second egg.

While exploring the castle, the group stumbles across secret passages beneath the castle. As they traverse the tunnels, Toichi Inui, an art dealer, pursues Scorpion in one of the tunnels, and is shot by a silenced handgun. Delving further into the tunnel, they find a coffin with a corpse of Natsumi's great-grandmother clutching the second egg. Suddenly, the two eggs are snatched away by Scorpion, who sets Yokosuka Castle ablaze. Conan deduces that Scorpion is the Russian-Japanese historian Seiran Hoshi, who shoots her victims in the right eye to avenge her ancestor, Grigori Rasputin, whose body was found with an eye missing.

Seiran attempts to kill Conan with her last bullet, but the bullet ricochets off the bulletproof glass on Conan's glasses he had Dr. Agasa install. As Conan kicks a rock, she reloads and is about to fire when a mysterious playing card knocks the gun out of her hands. Conan then knocks Seiran out with the rock, just before Shiratori carries her out and mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile, Agasa rescues the Detective Boys, Ai Haibara and the others from the burning castle.

Back in Beika, Conan is about to confess to Ran that he's Shinichi Kudo, only to be interrupted by Kid disguised as Shinichi. Kid, who revealed to be disguised as Shiratori all along when the real Shigatori go on the vacation, did this to save Conan from revealing his true identity and to thank him for nursing his pigeon back to health. It is also revealed that Maria, the daughter of Nicholas II, was Natsumi's great-grandmother. Keiichi fell in love with Maria, and they eloped to Japan during the Russian Revolution. Kid then disappears in a flurry of pigeons.

Meanwhile during questioning with Seiran at the police department, Shiratori returns from the vacation in Karuizawa, much to Megure's confusion.

Cast Character Japanese English Closing credits, DVD Conan Edogawa Minami Takayama Alison Viktorin Shinichi Kudo/Jimmy Kudo (himself and Kid's disguise) Kappei Yamaguchi Jerry Jewell Kaito Kuroba/Kaito Kid/Phantom Thief Kid Ayumi Yoshida/Amy Yeager Yukiko Iwai Monica Rial Ginzo Nakamori/Mace Fuller Unshō Ishizuka Ian Sinclair Detective Cashman Andy Mullins Detective Koumori Bruce Lewis Detective Nishimura Jeremy Inman Ninzaburou Shiratori/Nicholas Santos (himself and Kid's disguise) Kaneto Shiozawa Eric Vale Detective Yazstremski Billy Wilson Detective Yokoyama Greg Silva Dr. Hiroshi Agasa Kenichi Ogata Bill Flynn Genta Kojima/George Kaminski Wataru Takagi Mike McFarland Wataru Takagi / Harry Wilder Doug Burks Giordano Infantino Ed Blaylock Heiji Hattori/Harley Hartwell Ryō Horikawa Kevin M. Connolly Juzo Megure/Joseph Meguire Chafurin Mark Stoddard Kazuha Toyama/Kirsten Thomas Yūko Miyamura Gwendolyn Lau Maxwell Nishino Anthony Bowling Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya/Mitch Tennyson Ikue Ōtani Cynthia Cranz Natsumi Kousaka/Natasha Kousaka Emi Shinohara Trina Nishimura Ran Mouri/Rachel Moore Wakana Yamazaki Colleen Clinkenbeard Ryu Sagawa/Ray Segue Christopher Bevins Kogoro Mouri/Richard Moore Akira Kamiya R Bruce Elliott Samuel Sebastian Cole Brown Seiran Hoshi Clarine Harp Sonoko Suzuki/Serena Sebastian Naoko Matsui Laura Bailey Sergei Ovchinnikov Christopher Ayres Ai Haibara/Vi Graythorn Megumi Hayashibara Brina Palencia Sotheby Grant James Superintendent Chaki Bill Jenkins Wilder Doug Burkes

Production

Music Ending theme: "One" by B'z

Release In Japan, the film earned a distributors' income (rentals) of , and a total box office gross of .

The Last Wizard of the Century was released in the U.S. on December 29, 2009. Funimation owns the publishing rights for the English version.

In the popularity poll of 19 successive Case Closed films held in 2016, this work won the 7th place.

Home media

VHS Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century, was released on VHS on April 12, 2003 by Polydor Records.

Region 2 DVD Polydor Records released the film in a DVD format on September 30, 2002. 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 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century was licensed by FUNimation Entertainment on July 17, 2009 under the name Case Closed - Movie: The Last Wizard of the Century. It was released straight to DVD on December 29, 2009.

Blu-ray The Blu-ray version of the film was released on July 22, 2011. The Blu-ray contains the same content of the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film and the BD-live function.

Reception DVD Talk's Todd Douglass considers the film as one of Case Closeds better adventures and remarks the quality adventure and creative storyline, commenting on how they make the film more than an extended episode. Anime News Network's Theron Martin also viewed the film positively, despite having minor problems with lackluster artwork and little of the Phantom Thief Kid, he found the film accessible and said that it'll allow viewers to "enjoy the series at its best without having to wade through endless tracks of episodes."

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