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{{Infobox film
| name           = Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century
| image          = Case Closed movie 3.jpg
| caption        = Japanese DVD cover
| native_name    = {{Infobox Japanese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|kanji=名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師|revhep=Meitantei Konan: Seikimatsu no Majutsushi}}
| director       = [[Kenji Kodama]]
| based_on       = ''[[Case Closed]]'' by [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* Masahito Yoshioka
* Michihiko Suwa
}}
| writer         = Kazunari Kouchi
| narrator       =
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Minami Takayama]]
* [[Kappei Yamaguchi]]
* [[Akira Kamiya]]
* [[Wakana Yamazaki]]
* [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
* [[Emi Shinohara]]
* [[Ryō Horikawa]]
* [[Yūko Miyamura]]
* [[Naoko Matsui]]
* [[Yukiko Iwai (voice actress)|Yukiko Iwai]]
* [[Ikue Ōtani]]
* [[Wataru Takagi]]
* [[Kaneto Shiozawa]]
* [[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]
* [[Unshou Ishizuka]]
* [[Chafurin]]
}}
| music          = Katsuo Ono
| cinematography = Takashi Nomura
| editing        = Terumitsu Okada
| studio         = [[TMS Entertainment|TMS-Kyokuichi]]
| distributor    = [[Toho]]
| released       = {{Film date|1999|4|17}}
| runtime        = 99 minutes
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| budget         =
| gross          = {{¥|2.6 billion}}<ref name="mantan"/>
}}

'''''Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century''''', known as {{nihongo|'''''Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century'''''|名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師|Meitantei Konan: Seikimatsu no Majutsushi}} in Japan, is a Japanese [[anime|animated]] [[feature film]] based on the ''[[Case Closed]]'' series. It was 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-07-17/funimation-entertainment-acquires-four-detective-conan-movies-from-tms-entertainment|title=Funimation Entertainment Acquires Four Detective Conan Movies from TMS Entertainment|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 31, 2009}}</ref> This is the first film appearance of Vi Graythorn (Ai Haibara), Phantom Thief Kid (Kaitou Kid) and Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori) and Kirsten Thomas (Kazuha Toyama).

==Plot==
The Phantom Thief 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 and flies off, and Conan and Heiji 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 board a boat to Tokyo. They meet Natsumi Kousaka, whose great-grandfather 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, Inspector Megure, along with officers Takagi and Shiratori, arrive by helicopter to inspect the crime scene. At first, they suspect Sonoko'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, Inui, an art dealer, pursues a shadowy figure he sees in one of the tunnels, and is shot by a silenced handgun. Delving further into the tunnel, they find a coffin with a corpse clutching the second egg. Suddenly, the two eggs are snatched away.

Conan deduces that Scorpion is Seiran the historian. She shoots her victims in the right eye to avenge her ancestor, 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 Agasa install. As Conan kicks a rock, she reloads and is about to fire when a playing card knocks the gun out of her hands. Conan then knocks her out with the rock. Shiratori appears and carries Seiran out. Conan figures Shiratori is Kid in disguise. Back in Beika, Conan is about to confess to Ran that he's Shinichi, only to be interrupted by Kid disguised as Shinichi. Kid 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. Natsumi's great-grandfather fell in love with Maria, and they eloped to Japan during the Russian Revolution. Kid then disappears in a flurry of pigeons.

==Cast==
Characters listed with English names
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Character !! Japanese !! English <ref>Closing credits, DVD</ref>
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Amy Yeager|Amy Yeager]] || [[Yukiko Iwai (voice actress)|Yukiko Iwai]] || [[Monica Rial]] <!-- also Amy's mom -->
|-
| [[Conan Edogawa]] || [[Minami Takayama]] || [[Alison Viktorin]]
|-
| [[Mace Fuller|Det. Mace Fuller]] || [[Unshō Ishizuka]] || [[Ian Sinclair (voice actor)|Ian Sinclair]]
|-
| Detective Cashman || || [[Andy Mullins (actor)|Andy Mullins]]
|-
| Detective Koumori || || Bruce Lewis
|-
| Detective Nishimura || || [[Jeremy Inman]]
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Ninzaburo Shiratori|Detective Santos]] || [[Kaneto Shiozawa]] || [[Eric Vale]]
|-
| Detective Yazstremski || || Billy Wilson
|-
| Detective Yokoyama || || Greg Silva
|-
| [[Dr. Agasa]] || [[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]] || Bill Flynn
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#George Kaminski|George Kaminski]] || [[Wataru Takagi]] || [[Mike McFarland]]
|-
| Giordano Infantino || || Ed Blaylock
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Harley Hartwell|Harley Hartwell]] || [[Ryō Horikawa]] || [[Kevin M. Connolly]]
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Inspector Meguire|Inspector Meguire]] || [[Chafurin]] || Mark Stoddard
|-
| [[Jimmy Kudo]] || [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] || [[Jerry Jewell]]
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Kirsten Thomas|Kirsten Thomas]] || [[Yūko Miyamura]] || [[Gwendolyn Lau]]
|-
| Maxwell Nishino || || [[Anthony Bowling]]
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Mitch Tennyson|Mitch Tennyson]] || [[Ikue Ōtani]] || [[Cynthia Cranz]]
|-
| Natasha Kousaka || [[Emi Shinohara]] || [[Trina Nishimura]]
|-
| [[Phantom Thief Kid]] || [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] || [[Jerry Jewell]]
|-
| [[Rachel Moore (Case Closed)|Rachel Moore]] || [[Wakana Yamazaki]] || [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]
|-
| Ray Segue || || [[Christopher Bevins]]
|-
| [[Richard Moore (Case Closed)|Richard Moore]] || [[Akira Kamiya]] || [[R Bruce Elliott]]
|-
| Samuel Sebastian || || Cole Brown
|-
| Seiran Hoshi || || [[Clarine Harp]]
|-
| [[Serena Sebastian]] || [[Naoko Matsui]] || [[Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]]
|-
| Sergei Ovchinnikov || || [[Christopher Ayres]]
|-
| [[List of Case Closed characters#Sherry|Sherry]] || [[Megumi Hayashibara]] || [[Brina Palencia]]
|-
| Sotheby || || Grant James
|-
| Superintendent Chaki || || Bill Jenkins
|-
| Wilder || || Doug Burkes
|-
|}

==Production==
{{Expand section|date=November 2009}}

===Music===
Ending theme: "[[Giri Giri Chop|One]]" by [[B'z]]

==Release==
In Japan, the film earned a distributors' income (rentals) of {{¥|1.45 billion}},<ref name="Highest grossing movies of 1999">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613064234/http://eiren.org/toukei/1999.html |archive-date=June 13, 2010 |url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1999.html |title=Highest grossing movies of 1999 |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |language=ja |access-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a total box office gross of {{¥|2.6 billion}}.<ref name="mantan">{{cite news |title=名探偵コナン：劇場版新作が興収60億円突破 シリーズ最高記録を更新 |url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20160606dog00m200008000c.html |access-date=19 April 2019 |work=[[:ja:MANTANWEB|MANTANWEB]] |date=2016-06-06 |language=ja-JP}}</ref>

''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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=名探偵コナン歴代映画人気投票|url=http://sp.mco.cybird.ne.jp/conanportal/movie_fin.php|access-date=2020-10-12|website=sp.mco.cybird.ne.jp}}</ref>

==Home media==

===VHS===
''Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century'', was released on [[VHS]] on April 12, 2003 by [[Polydor Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005FNRU/ |title=名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師【劇場版】 [VHS]|date=12 April 2003 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=December 31, 2009}}</ref>

===Region 2 DVD===
Polydor Records released the film in a [[DVD]] format on September 30, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005HW6D/ |title=名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師 [DVD]|date=30 September 2002|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=December 31, 2009}}</ref> A new DVD was released on February 25, 2011, significantly lowering the original price and added the trailer as a special feature.<ref name="R2DVD New">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004H2YOFO/|title=Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century DVD (New)|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>

===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''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-07-17/funimation-entertainment-acquires-four-detective-conan-movies-from-tms-entertainment |title=Funimation Entertainment Acquires Four Detective Conan Movies |date=July 17, 2009 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 31, 2009}}</ref> It was released straight to DVD on December 29, 2009.<ref name ="Rightstuf">{{cite web | url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/2OCbySoO4XL-5PMFjL/browse/item/85168/4/0/0 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202081959/http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/2OCbySoO4XL-5PMFjL/browse/item/85168/4/0/0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 2, 2013 | title=Case Closed Movie 3: The Last Wizard of the Century DVD (Hyb) | publisher=Rightstuf.com | access-date=October 4, 2009 }}</ref>

===Blu-ray===
The Blu-ray version of the film was released on July 22, 2011.<ref name="bluray">{{cite web|url=http://beinggiza.com/conan/onxd-1989.html |title=Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century |publisher=[[Being Inc.]] |language=ja |access-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917231054/http://beinggiza.com/conan/onxd-1989.html |archive-date=September 17, 2011 }}</ref> The Blu-ray contains the same content of the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film and the [[BD-LIVE|BD-live]] function.<ref name="bluray"/>

==Reception==
[[DVD Talk]]'s Todd Douglass considers the film as one of ''Case Closed'''s better adventures and remarks the quality adventure and creative storyline, commenting on how they make the film more than an extended episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40145/case-closed-the-last-wizard-of-the-century-movie/|title=Case Closed Season 5 Vol. 4 -The Phantom Thief Kid|last=Douglass Jr.|first=Todd|date=December 15, 2009|publisher=DVD talk|access-date=January 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001115/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40145/case-closed-the-last-wizard-of-the-century-movie/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/case-closed/the-last-magician-of-the-century/dvd|title=Case Closed: The Last Magician of the Century - DVD|last=Martin|first=Theron|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 2, 2010|access-date=November 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718200316/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/case-closed/the-last-magician-of-the-century/dvd|archive-date=July 18, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{anime News Network|film|2683}}
* {{IMDb title|1067920}}
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{{TMS Entertainment films}}

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