Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (名探偵コナン 天国へのカウントダウン), previously released in English-speaking markets as Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven, is a 2001 Japanese animated feature film based on the Detective Conan manga series, featuring detective Shinichi Kudo, also known as Conan Edogawa. It made 2.9 billion yen.[2]
Plot
The Junior Detective League, Conan, Ai, and Dr. Agasa are on a camping trip. Along the way, they notice Mount Fuji and the newly constructed Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in Japan. During the night, Genta sees Ai talking to someone while he goes to the restroom.
Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka, on a hunt for Shiho Miyano, sneak into Akemi Miyano's flat and listen to the messages on the answering machine. They discover that Shiho will attend a private viewing of the aforementioned skyscrapers in West Tama City. Gin and Vodka plan to murder Shiho there.
The group visits the Twin Towers, dubbed "the closest thing to heaven", on their way back home, Richard, Rachel, and Serena, in addition to Richard's old friend from college, Madison Monroe, her secretary Cherilyn Chrisabel, Japanese artist Kisaragi Hosui, executive Yoshiaki Hara, Twin Tower councilman Augustine Odell, Twin Towers architect Theodore Radcliff, the latter who once studied architecture under former professor-turned-serial bomber Leo Joel from the first film. Augustine, drunk, invites Madison over for the night in the tower, despite them not officially opened to the public. Madison prepared a room for him anyway.