# Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
**Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century** (*Meitantei Conan: Seikimatsu no Majutsushi*, 名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師) is a 1999 Japanese animated mystery film, the third theatrical feature in the Detective Conan franchise based on Gosho Aoyama's manga. It was released in Japan on April 17, 1999, runs 100 minutes, and was distributed by Toho.[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) • [2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/) The story pits the boy detective Conan against his recurring adversary, the Phantom Thief Kid, in a case built around a treasure of the Russian Romanov dynasty.[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Position in series | Third Detective Conan theatrical film[3](https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century) |
| Japanese release | April 17, 1999; 100 minutes; distributed by Toho[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) |
| Director / screenplay | Kenji Kodama (director); Kazunari Kouchi (screenplay), both continuing from the second film[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/) |
| Music and theme song | Score by Katsuo Ono; ending theme "ONE" by B'z[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) |
| Central object | The Imperial Easter Egg, a Romanov dynasty treasure owned by the Suzuki financial group[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) |
| Box office | 2.6 billion yen, the seventh lowest grossing film in the franchise[3](https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century) |
| Notable debut | First film appearance of Ai Haibara, the scientist who shrank like Conan[4](https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/107703) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
A cryptic advance notice arrives at the police from Kid, the world-traveling "wizard of the end of the century" and Conan's great rival. His target is the Imperial Easter Egg, a Romanov dynasty treasure discovered in the storehouse of Shirou Suzuki, chairman of the Suzuki financial group in Osaka. The egg is said to be the 51st of the eggs that the Russian emperors commissioned from the jeweler Fabergé as Easter gifts for the empress between 1885 and 1916.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
Conan travels to Osaka with Ran and Kogoro Mouri, who was asked by the chairman to help protect the egg, and joins the Kansai high school detective Heiji Hattori. On the night of the notice, Kid outwits the police with a bold trick and steals the egg. Pursuing Kid as he escapes on a hang glider, Conan watches him shot by an unknown sniper; at the crash site lie a wounded white peacock dove, Kid's monocle, and the recovered egg.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
The egg is carried to Tokyo aboard a Suzuki luxury cruise ship, where a murder occurs: the videographer Sokawa is found shot through the right eye. Conan learns from Professor Agasa of a thief called Scorpion, who steals Romanov treasures worldwide and kills by shooting victims in the right eye.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/) Aboard the ship, a girl named Natsuki Kosaka reveals designs brought back from Russia by her great-grandfather Kiichi, a craftsman in the Fabergé workshop, which establish that a 52nd egg exists and that Kiichi made both the 51st and 52nd eggs; a mirror hidden in the egg points to the Kosaka family castle in Yokosuka.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
In the castle's hidden basement, Conan finds the body of Kiichi's Russian wife holding the 52nd egg, and setting the egg on its pedestal projects photographs of the Russian imperial family across the ceiling. Scorpion appears, kills the art dealer Inui, and sets the castle on fire, but Conan has already identified the culprit as Seiran, a Romanov dynasty researcher who is a descendant of Rasputin, the monk blamed for ruining the dynasty; she had been stealing the scattered Romanov treasures and murdered Sokawa and Inui to protect her secret. Kid, disguised as Inspector Shiratori, helps Conan corner and arrest her.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
Kid's involvement is explained at the end: Kiichi, the "wizard of the end of the 19th century," had left the egg as a clue so that descendants would find and honor his wife, who was in fact Maria, the third daughter of the Russian imperial family and its sole survivor, never formally buried in Japan because of her background. Kid helped bring this about. In a closing scene, Ran, suspecting Conan's connection to Shinichi, is saved from exposure when a false Shinichi, Kid in disguise, appears before them; Conan recognizes it as Kid's thanks for treating his wounded dove.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
## Production
The film continued the creative team of its predecessor, *The Fourteenth Target*: Kenji Kodama directed, Kazunari Kouchi wrote the screenplay based on Aoyama's characters, and Takashi Nomura again handled cinematography.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/) Katsuo Ono composed the music, Masatomo Sudo designed the characters, and the producers were Michihiko Suwa and Masahito Yoshioka.[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) Animation production was by Tokyo Movie, with the production consortium listed as [Shogakukan](https://www.edgepedia.org/shogakukan), Yomiuri TV, Polygram, Shogakukan Production, Toho, and Kyokuchi.[5](https://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=31675) The film was shot in color at a 1.85:1 aspect ratio with Dolby SRD sound on 35mm film.[5](https://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=31675)
The ending theme is "ONE" by B'z, written by [Koshi Inaba](https://www.edgepedia.org/koshi-inaba) and composed by [Takahiro Matsumoto](https://www.edgepedia.org/takahiro-matsumoto). Insert songs include "I'll be there" sung by Eri Sugai and two songs performed by Iori, "Kimi ga Ireba" and "Ai wa Itsumo", all composed by Katsuo Ono.[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html)
## Cast
The main voice cast carries over from the television series: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo and Kid, Wakana Yamazaki as Ran, Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri, Chafurin as Inspector Megure, Kenichi Ogata as Professor Agasa, and [Megumi Hayashibara](https://www.edgepedia.org/megumi-hayashibara) as Ai Haibara, with Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori.[1](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html) Haibara's appearance is her first in the film series; she is one of the few people who knows Conan's true identity and, like him, shrank after taking an experimental poison.[4](https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/107703)
## Reception and box office
The film earned 2.6 billion yen in Japan, which the Detective Conan Wiki ranks as the seventh lowest grossing entry in the franchise.[3](https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century) A 2026 ranking of all 29 theatrical films placed it 18th, with a Filmarks rating of 3.7 out of 5 from about 62,000 reviews; the same ranking notes that later films, which benefit from a growing fan base, dominate the top positions.[6](https://selectra.jp/streaming/conan-movies-ranking) A text-mining study of Japanese film reviews found that "Kid" was the most frequent extracted word in reviews of this film, ahead of "Conan" itself, reflecting the character's prominence in the story.[7](https://www.mgt.ous.ac.jp/society/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/vol5_p41-53.pdf)
## Place in the series
The film is the first Conan movie in which the Phantom Thief Kid appears, and reviews and fan guides commonly treat it as the entry point for that character in the film series.[7](https://www.mgt.ous.ac.jp/society/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/vol5_p41-53.pdf) [TMS Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/tms-entertainment)'s English-language catalog describes it as the long-awaited showdown between Detective Conan and the elusive Phantom Thief Kid, and notes that more is at stake than thwarting a single robbery.[8](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/global/alltitles/conan/087303.html)
## References
1. [名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師, TMS Entertainment all-titles catalog](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/conan/087303.html)
2. [名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師: 作品情報・キャスト・あらすじ, 映画.com](https://eiga.com/movie/39689/)
3. [The Last Wizard of the Century, Detective Conan Wiki](https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century)
4. [劇場版「名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師」, WOWOWオンライン](https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/107703)
5. [名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師, KINENOTE](https://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=31675)
6. [名探偵コナン映画人気ランキング全29作, Selectra](https://selectra.jp/streaming/conan-movies-ranking)
7. [稲田愛・森裕一, テキストマイニングによる傾向・様相の分析, 岡山理科大学紀要](https://www.mgt.ous.ac.jp/society/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/vol5_p41-53.pdf)
8. [DETECTIVE CONAN 03 THE LAST WIZARD OF THE CENTURY, TMS Entertainment global catalog](https://www.tms-e.co.jp/global/alltitles/conan/087303.html)
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