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Case Closed: Magician of the Silver Sky

Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (名探偵コナン　銀翼の奇術師, Meitantei Konan Ginyoku no Kijutsushi) is the 8th Detective Conan feature film. The movie was released in Japan during Golden Week of 2004 on April 17. A Region 2 DVD has been released by Universal Pictures. Toho Films is the distributor.A stage actress, Julie wants to use her star sapphire for her upcoming play and asks for Kogoro Mori's help to protect it after showing Kogoro a letter from Phantom Thief Kid. On the day of the theft, Kid appears at the theatre disguised up as Shinichi Kudo but ends up fleeing in the end without the jewel. To thank them, Julie invites Kogoro and everyone to Hakodate, and they all travel on an airplane to get there. In the air, one of the show actor, Shinji, who was supposed to be elsewhere and Ran's mother, Eri Kisaki, joins them on the plane. As the plane takes off, Julie comes in physical contact with most of the individuals she invited, making them all suspects to her death by consuming a piece of poisoned chocolate, a homicide later found to be committed by her makeup artist, Atsuki.The captains were also poisoned from Julie and were not able to pilot the plane, so Shinji agrees to take over because he supposedly "took courses", and appoints Conan to assist him. Conan figures out that Shinji is Kaitou Kid when Conan is asked to assist, as this logic would not apply in a similar situation. The storm and fire at the airport make it impossible to land while the plane fuel is running low. Conan picks a stable area that can support a commercial plane. Ran and Sonoko Suzuki eventually take over piloting the plane while Kid escapes by jumping off the plane and Conan has to "go to the bathroom." Conan then switches over to Shinichi's voice and guides Ran for landing the plane. Ran tells Shinichi that she loves him but ends the moment by telling him that she suddenly sees lights at the site. It turns out that Kid went near the police and uses police cars (because this policeman is obsessed with catching him) as guiding lights to land the plane. All went well, and the movie ends with Ran talking to Shinichi over the phone again arguing about silly things, thinking that it was Kid who guided her to land the plane, and is relieved that "her secret" isn't out.