Meitantei Conan Movie 05: Tengoku e no Countdown

Conan Edogawa, the Detective Boys, and Professor Hiroshi Agasa decide to visit the Nishitamashi Twin Towers. There they run into Ran Mouri; her closest friend, Sonoko Suzuki, and Ran's father, the famous Kogorou Mouri. Learning the trio are attending the towers' grand opening, Conan and company tag along for a private tour of its floors.

However, as preparations are finalized for the opening ceremony, their visit takes an unexpected turn—three brutal murders occur, seemingly linked to a mysterious Porsche 356A. Soon after, as Conan and the detectives dive deeper into the case, the towers are rocked by an explosion. With fire rapidly spreading and lives in danger, police desperately seek to evacuate everyone. But when the elevator, their only means to escape goes down, Conan and company are left behind. With help on its way, they frantically try to keep everyone safe, but time is running out if they want to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Edogawa, Conan Main

Takayama, Minami Japanese

Haibara, Ai Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Mouri, Ran Main

Yamazaki, Wakana Japanese

Mouri, Kogorou Main

Kamiya, Akira Japanese

Yoshida, Ayumi Main

Iwai, Yukiko Japanese

Tsuburaya, Mitsuhiko Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Kojima, Genta Main

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Gin Supporting

Hori, Yukitoshi Japanese

Takagi, Wataru Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Agasa, Hiroshi Supporting

Ogata, Kenichi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Suwa, Michihiko Producer, Planning

Yoshioka, Masahito Producer

Nishimura, Masayuki Assistant Producer

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Apr 8, 2019

ActionManonAnime

Recommended

Many Detective Conan fans hold the first 6 movies near and dear to their hearts. Not only were these the only 6 to be released in America, but also because these movies had some of the best writing and character moments of them all. While many would point to The Phantom of Baker Street as the best of these films, I would argue that Countdown to Heaven is the best of the vintage Detective Conan movies.

My first reason is that this movie is bursting to the brim with great moments from the main cast. Conan, Ran, Kogoro, the Detective Boys, & Haibara all get their ... moment to shine in the spotlight. The moments with these characters are so charming and fun that it's able to carry the audience through parts of the movie some would consider to be boring without. That's not to say that the story sucks. In my opinion, it's a very-well told story with several twists and turns that keeps the audience engaged all the way to a satisfying conclusion. I think everyone can agree that everything that happens in the third part of the film has some of the best moments in the whole series(save for maybe Haibara's quick lesson about physics). If I had only one nit-pick about this film is that it is too dark. That is, a lot of scenes in the latter third are shrouded in darkness, making several scenes, including those epic ones, feel significantly less epic. If this movie received a visual update, it could easily become a strong competitor for my favorite Detective Conan movie.

If you are still deciding if you should see Countdown to Heaven, then put those doubts aside and go see it! While it may not have aged well in the art style, don't let that put you off from enjoying this fun and classic movie that showcases the best that Detective Conan has to offer.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 6, 2018

gingerbao

Recommended

Conan movie is never disappointing, if you compared to the TV series, the movie is longer to account for more details of character development (mainly the suspects and criminals, we don't need repeated character development on the main characters, since we all know this is not going anywhere, the author is not planning on any ending yet). The climax is at the end when they are trying to blast through to the opposite tower. Detective Conan movie is, you always know the ending, you always know everybody will be safe, you always know Conan will save her girlfriend or vice versa. With so many known ... what makes Conan movies still enjoyable is the details, when you trying to guess who is the murderer following the mc's point of view (though most of the time the reason to kill is so far-fetched)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 24, 2017

Verrato

Recommended

-Detective Conan Movie 5: Countdown to Heaven(Tengoku e no Count Down) must be my favorite movie until now of Detective Conan.
-The reason why it is my favorite movie is that it has scenes full of impact and action also the drama isnt missing at all.
-Ofc as always on the Detective Conan movies we have some backstories of the characters and in this Movie we also have Vodka and Gin and i was especially happy to see Gin in a Detective Conan movie.
-The only think that i didnt liked in the movie it was that Nemuri no Kogorou didnt play any big part on ... this movie.
-My final thoughts are its tottaly worth watching it even though its a bit old movie(2001).

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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