Episode 1142 "The Ranpo House Murder Case (Part 1)", a collaboration between Edogawa Conan, the protagonist of the TV anime "Detective Conan" (Yomiuri TV/Nippon TV, Saturday 6pm), based on the popular manga by Aoyama Gosho, and author Edogawa Ranpo, will be broadcast on November 16th.
Edogawa Ranpo is the author from whom Edogawa Conan is named, and the collaboration is to commemorate his 130th birthday this year. The script for "The Ranpo House Murder Case" will be written by Okura Takahiro, who also wrote the scripts for the films "Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Star", "Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter", "Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire", and "Detective Conan: Halloween's Bride".
Conan and the Detective Boys visit the Ranpo House accompanied by Mr. Kobayashi. Conan and his friends are excited to find a large number of valuable books in the storehouse that Edogawa Ranpo used as a library. Then Detective Sato and Detective Takagi visit and tell them that a murder has occurred in a nearby park. Furthermore, it seems that the victim's belongings are related to the storehouse, which is usually closed to the public. This is the story of a modern-day Boy Detectives team taking on a difficult case...