Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

Tokyo hosts a shadowy killer who targets police officers, keeping detectives on edge. Ran Mouri witnesses an attack on a police contact, and the shock triggers memory loss. With her past slipping away, Conan Edogawa teams with Inspector Megure to track the culprit before the trail goes cold. The investigation moves through crowded streets and quiet offices as new clues surface, while Ran struggles to recall who she is and why she matters to the case. Conan must balance sharp deductions with protecting Ran, as red herrings and hidden motives complicate every lead, and raise the stakes.

Directed by Kenji Kodama, this film adapts Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan manga for a cinematic outing released in 2000. It preserves the series' quick wit and clever deductions while presenting a brighter, high stakes confrontation for long-time fans and newcomers.

The feature earned about 23,211,413 dollars worldwide, reflecting solid performance for an early 2000s animated mystery and helping to cement Detective Conan's movie presence within its long-running franchise. Its release expanded the audience beyond manga readers and attracted new fans.

This entry helped expand Detective Conan’s cultural footprint outside Japan by offering a cinematic event that emphasized character dynamics and memory trauma. Fans often cite the Ran and Conan partnership under pressure as a defining element of the series' appeal, and the film’s suspenseful focus kept fans debating clues online.

Critics recognized its taut plotting that fuses a police procedural with a personal memory crisis, highlighting themes of trust, deception and resilience as Conan protects Ran while solving the case. The balance of intellect and emotion gives the film a clear focal point beyond action sequences for fans of Conan.