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Case Closed
名探偵コナン
(Meitantei Konan)
GenreMystery, thriller[1]
Manga
Written byGosho Aoyama
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
Shogakukan Asia(as Detective Conan)
DemographicShōnen
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original runJanuary 19, 1994 – present
Volumes96 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKenji Kodama(#1–118)
Yasuichiro Yamamoto(#119–332, #667–currently)
Masato Satō (#333–504)
Kōjin Ochi (#505–666)
Produced byMichihiko Suwa
Masahito Yoshioka
Written byJun'ichi Ii'oka (story editor)
Music byKatsuo Ōno
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Hanabee Entertainment
Funimation(expired)
Original networkNNS (ytv)
English network
Animax Asia, GMA Network
Adult Swim, Funimation Channel, United Television Broadcasting, TV Japan
Original run January 8, 1996 – present
Episodes940 (List of episodes)
Manga
Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time
Written byTakahiro Arai
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
Shogakukan Asia
DemographicShōnen
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original runMay 9, 2018 – present
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Related media

Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan (名探偵コナンMeitantei Konan), is a Japanese detectivemanga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 19, 1994, and has been collected into 96 tankōbon volumes as of April 10, 2019. Due to legal problems with the name Detective Conan, the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to Case Closed.[2] The story follows an amateur detective who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and solves a multitude of cases while impersonating his friend's father and other characters.

The series received an anime adaptation by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live action episodes.

Funimation licensed the anime series for North American broadcast in 2003 under the name Case Closed with the characters given Americanized names. The anime premiered on Adult Swim but was discontinued due to low ratings. In March 2013, Funimation began streaming their licensed episodes of Case Closed; Crunchyroll simulcast them in 2014. Funimation also localized the first six Case Closed films, while Discotek Media localized the Lupin III crossover special and its film sequel. Meanwhile, the manga was localized by Viz Media, which used Funimation's changed title and character names. Shogakukan Asia made its own English language localized version of the manga which used the original title and Japanese names.

The tankōbon volumes of the manga have sold over 230 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth-best-selling manga series. In 2001, the manga was awarded the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. The anime adaptation has been well received and ranked in the top twenty in Animage's polls between 1996 and 2001. In the Japanese anime television ranking, Case Closed episodes ranked in the top six on a weekly basis. Both the manga and the anime have had positive response from critics for their plot and cases. The manga has been sold in 25 countries, while the anime has been broadcast in 40 countries.

  • 3Media adaptations
    • 3.1Anime

Plot[edit]

Jimmy Kudo (Japanese: Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective who sometimes works with the police to solve cases.[2] During an investigation, he is attacked by members of a crime syndicate known as the Black Organization. They force him to ingest an experimental poison, but instead of killing him, the poison transforms him into a child.[3] Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend Rachel Moore (Ran Mori) and her father Richard (Kogoro Mori), who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Richard's cases, but when he is able to solve one, he uses a tranquilizer needle to put Richard to sleep, and impersonates his voice using a voice changer to reveal the solution to the case.[4] He also enrolls in a local elementary school where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own Junior Detective club (Detective Boys). While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with a variety of characters, including his professor friend Dr. Agasa, Ran's friend Serena (Sonoko), a fellow teenage detective Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori), various police detectives from different regions, and Kaito Kid.

Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student, Anita Hailey (Ai Haibara), who reveals herself to be the creator of the poison that made him small. She too had ingested the poison, but she is no longer affiliated with the Black Organization.[5] She soon joins the Junior Detectives. During a rare encounter with the Black Organization, Conan helps the FBI plant a CIA agent, Kir, inside the Black Organization as a spy.[6]

In 2007, Aoyama hinted he had an ending planned out but does not intend to end the series yet.[7]

Release[edit]

Case Closed was conceived in 1994, during the rise of mystery genre manga due to the publishing of the series The Kindaichi Case Files; the first chapter appeared in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 19.[8][9][10] Aoyama cites the stories of Arsène Lupin, Sherlock Holmes and the samurai films by Akira Kurosawa as influences on his work.[11] When scripting each chapter, he ensures the dialogue remains simple and spends an average of four hours for each new case and twelve for more complicated ones.[7][12] Each case spans several chapters (except for a handful of shorter cases that only span one), and is resolved at the end where characters explain the details of their solutions in simple terms;[13] a database consisting of all the cases from the manga was launched in 2007.[14][15]

Case Closed became the 21st longest running manga series with over 1000 chapters released in Japan. The individual chapters are collected into tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan; the first volume was released on June 18, 1994.[16] Gosho Aoyama's assistants have also written an anthology series of Case Closed which are released irregularly.[17][18]

Viz Media announced its acquisition of the series for North America on June 1, 2004.[19] Following Funimation's localization, Viz released the series as Case Closed and took their character names to keep consistency between the two mediums.[20] Viz Media released the first volume in September 2004 and began releasing digital editions in 2013.[21][22]Gollancz licensed and distributed 15 of Viz Media's volumes in the United Kingdom before ceasing publication of manga. (Viz Media has since re-released them).[23] In 2014 Shogakukan Asia began its own English localization of the series for Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries as Detective Conan.[24] The manga has also been localized in other regions such as China, France, Germany and Indonesia.[25][26][27][28] (Localizations in Scandinavia ceased one by one, Finland being the last in 2013, when the publisher shut down the entire manga division.)[29][30][31][32]

A spin-off manga series illustrated by Takahiro Arai, with supervision by Aoyama, entitled Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time (名探偵コナン ゼロの日常Meitantei Konan Zero No Nichijō), started in issue #24 of Weekly Shōnen Sunday on May 9, 2018. The story centers on the agent Toru Amuro.[33] Shogakukan Asia publishes the manga in English language in Southeast Asia since January 2019.[34]

Media adaptations[edit]

Anime[edit]

The anime version of Case Closed is produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment.[35][36] Over 900 episodes have aired in Japan since the anime's premiere on January 8, 1996, making it the sixteenth longest anime series to date.[37][38] Initially, Shogakukan collected and released the episodes on VHSvideo cassettes between June 1996, and October 2006.[39][40] Four hundred and twenty-six episodes were released on VHS until Shogakukan abandoned the format and switched over to DVDs, starting over from the first episode.[41] For the fifteenth anniversary of the anime series, the series was made available for video on demand.[42][43]Case Closed was later broadcast in North America on NHK's cable network TV Japan.[44]Crunchyroll began simulcasting the series in October 2014.[45]

In 2003, the first 104 episodes were licensed by Funimation for distribution in North America, under the title Case Closed because of legal considerations.[2][46] The Case Closed anime has also been released in other languages such as French, German and Italian.[47][48][49]Case Closed debuted on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004;[50] no more than 50 episodes were licensed from Funimation due to low ratings.[51] The Canadian channel YTV picked up the Case Closed series and broadcast 22 episodes between April 7, 2006, and September 2, 2006, before taking it off the air.[52][53][54] Funimation made the series available with the launch of the Funimation Channel in November 2005; it was temporary available on Colours TV during its syndication with the Funimation Channel.[55][56] Funimation lost the rights to the series in 2018.[57]

A separate English adaptation of the series by Animax Asia premiered in the Philippines on January 18, 2006, under the name Detective Conan.[58][59] Because Animax were unable to obtain further TV broadcast rights, their version comprised only 52 episodes.[60] The series continued with reruns until August 7, 2006, when it was removed from the station.[61] The California-based channel United Television Broadcasting (UTB) aired Detective Conan with English subtitles from 2011 until 2014, until episode 421.[62][63]

Funimation also released DVDs of their dubbed series beginning August 24, 2004.[64] Initially, the releases were done in single DVDs and future episodes were released in seasonal boxes; 130 episodes have been released in total.[65] The seasonal boxes were later re-released in redesigned boxes called Viridian edition.[66][67] Funimation began streaming Case Closed episodes in March 2013.[68] Hanabee Entertainment licensed the series for distribution in Australia.[69]

In January 2016, 52 episodes of the anime appeared on Netflix, initially under its original title Detective Conan before changing to its English moniker Case Closed. The episodes are listed as 'season one', although in reality they are episodes #748 to #799. The episodes are only available in Japanese, but are subtitled. The availability is likely part of Netflix's efforts to expand its anime catalog.[70] As of 2018, the Detective Conan anime has been broadcast in 40 countries around the world.[71]

Films[edit]

Twenty-three feature films based on the Case Closed series have been released. They are animated by TMS Entertainment and produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippon Television, ShoPro, and Toho.[72] The first seven were directed by Kenji Kodama, films 8–15 were directed by Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and films 16 and onwards have been directed by Kobun Shizuno. The films have been released in April of each year, starting in 1997 with the first film, Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper.[73] The 23rd film, Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire was released on April 12, 2019. The second film and onwards were the top twenty grossing anime films in Japan.[74][75] The revenue earned from the films funded Toho's other film projects.[76] Each film was adapted into two film comics which were released in the fourth quarter of the same year.[77][78] Funimation released English dubbed versions of the first six films on Region 1 DVDs between October 3, 2006, and February 16, 2010.[79][80]

Original video animations[edit]

Two original video animations (OVA) series were produced by TMS Entertainment, Nippon Television, and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The OVA series Shōnen Sunday Original Animation are yearly mail order episodes available to subscribers of Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[81] The first Shōnen Sunday Original Animation was available in Weekly Shōnen Sunday's 26th issue in 2000, with eleven OVAs released as of 2011.[82][83] The first nine episodes of the OVA series were later encapsulated into four DVD volumes titled Secret Files and were released between March 24, 2006, and April 9, 2010.[84][85] The second OVA series, entitled Magic File, consists of yearly direct-to-DVD releases. The first Magic File was released on April 11, 2007, and contained four episodes from the anime series.[86] The subsequent Magic File OVAs contained an original plot with background ties related to their respective Case Closed theatrical films, beginning with the twelfth film Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear.[87]

Television special[edit]

A two-hour television special titled Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan (ルパン三世VS名探偵コナンRupan Sansei Vāsasu Meitantei Konan) was produced by TMS Entertainment, Nippon Television, and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and aired on March 27, 2009.[88] It was first announced in the 9th issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2009.[89] The plot follows Kudo as he investigates the death of the Queen of Vespania while Arsène Lupin III from the Lupin III series attempts to steal the Queen's crown. The special earned a household record rating of 19.5 in Japan.[90]VAP released the special on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 24, 2009.[91][92] The special is followed by Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie which takes place after the television special.

Video games[edit]

Case Closed's expansion into the video games industry followed behind its foray into animation. On December 27, 1996, Detective Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken was released for the Game Boy.[93] Since then, 20 games have been released with Detective Conan: Kako Kara no Zensōkyoku Prelude set for Spring of 2012 for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.[94] Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though Nobilis has localized Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation for the PAL region.[95] All dedicated Detective Conan games released for the Game Boy, Sony's consoles, the WonderSwan, and the Nintendo DS have been developed by Bandai.[93][96][97][98][99]Banpresto developed the Case Closed titles on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance while Marvelous Entertainment developed Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation.[95][100][101]

Audio CDs[edit]

Katsuo Ono composed and arranged the music in the Case Closed animation; his works have been released on several CDs.[35][102][103][104] Two image albums, comprising several songs sung by Japanese voice actors of the characters in the animation, were also released.[105][106] Several theme music were performed by pop musicians such as B'z, Zard, and Garnet Crow. The first four theme music were released by Universal Music Group and all releases thereafter were by Being Inc.[107][108]

The Best of Detective Conan and The Best of Detective Conan 2 albums collectively sold over 2.2million copies, while singles from The Best of Detective Conan 3 collectively sold over 1.6million copies.[109] On July 25, 2017, the singer Mai Kuraki was awarded a Guinness World Record for singing the most theme songs in a single anime series, having sung 21 songs for Detective Conan, starting with her hit song 'Secret of My Heart' (2000).[110]

Live action drama[edit]

Four live action drama TV specials and a TV series were created by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS entertainment based on the series.[111] The first two specials aired in 2006 and 2007 featuring Shun Oguri portraying the teenage Jimmy Kudo and Tomoka Kurokawa as Rachel Moore.[111][112] The third and fourth TV specials aired in 2011 and 2012 featuring Junpei Mizobata as Jimmy and Shioli Kutsuna as Rachel.[113] The cast used for those TV specials were used for the television series which aired between July 7, 2011 and September 29, 2011.[114][115]

Other related media[edit]

A Detective Conan-themed cafe

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the two companies collaborated to publish twelve biweekly magazines consisting of chapters from Weekly Shōnen Sunday's Case Closed and Weekly Shōnen Magazine's Kindaichi Case Files.[116] The magazine ran between April 10, 2008, and September 25, 2008.[117][118]

Shogakukan have also produced many books spun off from the series. Fifty volumes of a film comic series were published in Japan between June 1996 and August 2000, covering the first 143 episodes of the anime, though some episodes were skipped.[119][120][121][122] Five additional film comics entitled 5 Juuyou Shorui(5重要書類, lit. 5 Important Documents) were published between July 2001 and January 2002 and covered selected episodes between 162–219.[123][124] Thirteen official guide books were published between June 1997 and April 2009.[125][126] Shogakukan has also published novels,[127] digest books,[128] educational books,[129] and puzzle books.[130]

In North America, Score Entertainment published the Case Closed Trading Card Game on June 29, 2005.[131][132] The game entails the use of three customized decks of cards, which players buy and collect. Representing characters, events, and objects in Case Closed, these cards are used by players to fulfill certain conditions to solve a case and win the game.[133] Certain cards are used to foil the progress of the player's opponents.[134][135] An English unofficial guidebook to the series titled The Case Closed Casebook: An Essential Guide was published by DH Publishing Inc. on March 25, 2008.[136]

Universal Cool Japan 2018 is being added to Universal Studios Japan with the popular anime series Case Closed. Starting January 19, 2018 through June 24, the anime series will be on the event as a form of a new “Real Dasshutsu Game” entitled Detective Conan: The Escape. In this game, fans will have the opportunity to join Conan in the upcoming Case Closed escape game at Universal Cool Japan 2018. Anime fans can expect bigger live performances, more perplexing puzzles and best of all, they will get a chance to be part of an original story in the Case Closed universe.[137][138]

Reception[edit]

The Case Closed manga has sold over 200 million volumes in the world, making it the fourth best-selling manga series,[139] having been sold in 25 countries.[71] In Japan, individual volumes frequently appear on the lists of best-selling manga.[140][141]Case Closed was the 19th best selling manga in 2011, with 2,120,091 copies sold.[142]Nikkei Entertainment magazine published a list of top 50 manga creators by sales since January 2010, in its September 2011 issue; Gosho Aoyama, the author of Case Closed was ranked 16th, with 3,320,000 copies sold.[143] It was the 17th best selling manga in 2012, with 2,430,572 copies sold.[144] In 2013 Case Closed became the 24th best selling manga, with 1,966,206 copies sold.[145] It won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2001, and respondents in an online poll for Japanese citizens in their mid-twenties voted Case Closed as one of the top three manga they wanted to continue running in publication.[146][147][148][149] The first volume of Case Closed appeared thrice in the top ten selling lists, right after its premiere,[150] the same volume has also appeared in the Diamond Comic Distributors's ranking list.[151] Later-published volumes have appeared on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers lists.[152][153][154][155] In France, the series was nominated for the Angoulême Festival Graphic Novel award among the Japanese selection.[156] In the United States, Case Closed received praises from Mania. com's Eduardo M. Chavez and IGN's A. E. Sparrow for its stories—telling the mysteries and how they were unfolded by the investigations of Conan and gang. Sparrow called the style of the series a mix of Scooby-Doo and Sherlock Holmes, while Chavez believed the manga had appeal to readers of all ages.[157][158] The series ranked on About.com's top continuing manga series of 2010, under the title 'Best Underappreciated Gem: Shonen' category.[159]

The animated adaptation of the series was also popular in Japan, appearing in the top six of Japanese TV Rankings at various times.[160][161] The television series ranked among the top twenty in polls conducted by anime magazine Animage from 1996 to 2001.[162][163][164][165][166][167][168] It also placed better than twenty-third in polls for the Top 100 anime conducted by Japanese television network TV Asahi in 2005–06.[169][170][171] The series received considerable airtime in China; it was the second most broadcast animation there in 2004.[172] Several of the franchise's films were nominated for awards in their home country. The ninth film was nominated for the feature film category at the 5th Annual Tokyo Anime Awards, and the next five films were nominees for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year in their respective years of release.[173][174][175][176][177][178]

Melissa Sternenberg from THEM Anime Reviews reviewed and praised its animation and plot.[179] ActiveAnime's reviewers commented on complex character design and the 'spirit' that the series has, indicating that fans of serialized mystery shows would rather enjoy it. The series is also said to better suit the more matured audience.[180][181] In the United States, the dubbed series faced several negative reactions toward its changes to localize the content for North American audiences. Jeffrey Harris of IGN found it pointless to change the names of the characters, and Anime News Network's Carl Kimlinger said that the changes of certain Japanese cultural references rendered several parts of the mysteries and their investigation illogical.[182][183] The voice-overs proved to be a mixed bag for Carlo Santos, who reviewed the first DVD release of Case Closed for Anime News Network; he said that while the main characters sounded like 'real people', the secondary ones '[came] off as caricatures'.[184] Lori Lancaster of Mania.com described Case Closed as 'a clever series that had mysteries at every corner', noting the 'bizarre' and 'interesting' nature of each case.[185] IGN's Chris Wyatt was positive to the manner the cases were set up, relating them to Agatha Christie's locked-room mysteries. He described the series as 'Inspector Gadget meets Law & Order but in an anime style.'[186] His colleague, Harris, however, expressed annoyance with repetitive elements in the show and the contrived methods the series uses to keep Conan's identity a secret from certain characters.[182]

In 2006, the Japanese government used Conan in campaigns to help promote crime awareness among children.[187] Targeting the same audience, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs used Conan and his friends in two pamphlets: one to promote the ministry's mission, the other to introduce the 34th G8 summit held in the country in 2010.[188][189][190][191] Several characters in the series featured in the sixth installment of the Anime, Heroes and Heroines commemorative stamp series issued by Japan Post in 2006.[192] Aoyama and his creations are celebrated in his hometown Hokuei, Tottori; a museum with exhibits of his work is located there, and several bronze statues of Jimmy Kudo, Conan Edogawa, and Rachel Moore are installed in various locations throughout the town.[193][194][195][196][197] It also has other tourist attractions related to Detective Conan, including a Detective Conan themed airport and train station, and it is promoted as Conan Town.[198]

Licensed merchandise based on Detective Conan are sold in Asia. In Japan, Detective Conan licensed merchandise sold ¥2.89 billion in 2003, ¥17.29 billion during 2005–2008, and ¥9.03 billion during 2010–2012, adding up to at least ¥29.21 billion ($366.09 million) sold in Japan between 2003 and 2012.[199] In 2018, Detective Conan caught the attention of American late night talk show host Conan O'Brien, who discussed the character Detective Conan as well as Conan Town in his talk show Conan,[200] and visited the town in September 2018.[201]

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English: Case Closed
Japanese: 名探偵コナン

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Episodes: Unknown
Aired: Jan 8, 1996 to ?
Broadcast: Saturdays at 18:00 (JST)
Producers:Yomiuri Telecasting, Animax, YTV, TMS-Kyokuchi, Shogakukan
Studios:TMS Entertainment
Genres:Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Police, Shounen
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Synopsis

Shinichi Kudou, a high school student of astounding talent in detective work, is well known for having solved several challenging cases. One day, when Shinichi spots two suspicious men and decides to follow them, he inadvertently becomes witness to a disturbing illegal activity. Unfortunately, he is caught in the act, so the men dose him with an experimental drug formulated by their criminal organization, leaving him to his death. However, to his own astonishment, Shinichi lives to see another day, but now in the body of a seven-year-old child.
Perfectly preserving his original intelligence, he hides his real identity from everyone, including his childhood friend Ran Mouri and her father, private detective Kogorou Mouri. To this end, he takes on the alias of Conan Edogawa, inspired by the mystery writers Arthur Conan Doyle and Ranpo Edogawa.
Detective Conan follows Shinichi who, as Conan, starts secretly solving the senior Mouri's cases from behind the scenes with his still exceptional sleuthing skills, while covertly investigating the organization responsible for his current state, hoping to reverse the drug's effects someday.
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Background

In 2003, FUNimation licensed the first 104 episodes of the series for North American production under the name Case Closed. They later decided to stop pursuing more episodes past episode 123 due to poor sales. In 2014, Crunchyroll obtained a license to stream simulcast episodes of Detective Conan on their website starting with episode 754.
Winner of the Animation Award (DIVE Award) of the 2010 Japanese Movie Critics Awards.

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Adaptation:Detective Conan
Side story:Detective Conan Movie 01: The Timed Skyscraper, Detective Conan Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target, Detective Conan Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century, Detective Conan Movie 04: Captured in Her Eyes, Detective Conan Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven, Detective Conan Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street, Detective Conan Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital, Detective Conan Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky, Detective Conan OVA 06: Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!, Detective Conan OVA 01: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba, Detective Conan Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths, Detective Conan Movie 10: Requiem of the Detectives, Detective Conan Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure, Detective Conan OVA 02: 16 Suspects, Detective Conan OVA 03: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy, Detective Conan OVA 04: Conan and Kid and Crystal Mother, Detective Conan OVA 05: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation, Detective Conan OVA 07: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys, Detective Conan Movie 12: Full Score of Fear, Detective Conan Magic File 2: Kudou Shinichi - The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab, Detective Conan Movie 13: The Raven Chaser, Lupin III vs. Detective Conan, Detective Conan OVA 08: High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki's Case Files, Detective Conan Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran - Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata, Detective Conan OVA 09: The Stranger in 10 Years..., Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky, Detective Conan Magic File 4: Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey, Detective Conan OVA 10: Kid in Trap Island, Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid - Shark & Jewel, Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid - Jet Black Sniper, Detective Conan Movie 15: Quarter of Silence, Detective Conan Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage Capriccio, Detective Conan OVA 11: A Secret Order from London, Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker, Detective Conan Bonus File: Fantasista Flower, Detective Conan OVA 12: The Miracle of Excalibur, Detective Conan Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea, Detective Conan Movie 18: The Sniper from Another Dimension, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History, Detective Conan: The Fugitive Kogorou Mouri, Detective Conan Movie 19: The Hellfire Sunflowers, Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare, Detective Conan Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter, Detective Conan Movie 22: Zero The Enforcer, Detective Conan Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
Other:Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories, Detective Conan vs. Wooo, Detective Conan: Chase the Mysterious Comet Monster!, Detective Conan: Let's Try a Curious Experiment!, Detective Conan: Let's Experience the Jomon Period!, Detective Conan: The Internet - The Mysterious E-mail Case, Detective Conan: A Written Challenge from the Pyramids!, Detective Conan: City Exploration! Get the Animal Mark!, Detective Conan: The Bomb Demon That Came From the Picture Book, Detective Conan: Anti-Crime Guide, Detective Conan: The Magician of Starlight
Summary:Detective Conan: Black History, Detective Conan: Black History 2
Alternative setting:Magic Kaito, Magic Kaito 1412
Alternative version:Detective Conan: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small

Characters & Voice Actors

Edogawa, Conan
Main
Takayama, Minami
Japanese
Haibara, Ai
Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese
Mouri, Ran
Main
Yamazaki, Wakana
Japanese
Mouri, Kogorou
Koyama, Rikiya
Japanese
Agasa, Hiroshi
Main
Ogata, Kenichi
Japanese
Yoshida, Ayumi
Main
Iwai, Yukiko
Japanese
Tsuburaya, Mitsuhiko
Ootani, Ikue
Japanese
Kojima, Genta
Main
Takagi, Wataru
Japanese
Kuroba, Kaito
Yamaguchi, Kappei
Japanese
Akai, Shuuichi
Supporting
Ikeda, Shuuichi
Japanese

Staff

Watson, Barry
Producer
Suwa, Michihiko
Producer

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#01: 'Mune ga Dokidoki (胸がドキドキ)' by the High-Lows (eps 1-30)
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#12: 'Kaze no Lalala (風のららら)' by Mai Kuraki (eps 306-332)
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It's funny. I'm not the type of person that would sit in front of the TV all day, watching CSI series, but somehow, 'Detective Conan' really changed that outlook.
'Detective Conan' is about a teen detective by the name of Shin'ichi Kudo (known in the dub as Jimmy), who has a charismatic skill of solving crimes that leave the police force and its leading investigators baffled and astounded. One night, when Shin'ichi is at the amusement park with his childhood friend Ran Mouri, he whitnesses two strange men dressed in black carrying out an illegal trade. While watching, he's accosted from behind by one of the men, forcefed a drug intended to kill him, and knocked out.
When Shin'ichi wakes up, he finds that the drug didn't kill him, but has caused his body to shrink down to the size of a seven-year-old boy. Shin'ichi confides in his neighbor, the crazy scientest Hiroshi Agasa, who informs him not to tell anybody else about his condition for the safety of those around him and provides his with gadgets to help him around, such as a bowtie that can duplicate any voice and a wrist stun-gun used to put people to sleep. Shin'ichi then goes under the alias 'Conan Edogawa' to conceal his identity. In order to get information about the men responsible for his small body, he lives as a surrogate brother to Ran and helps out her father, Kogoro Mouri, who is a mediocre detective with poor deduction skills.
Following Kogoro on cases assigned to him, Conan tries to help behind the scenes any way he can. The problem is that no professionals want to listen to a kid's advice, so 'Conan' deducts as other work. After balancing out all the evidence, he gets everyone's attention through knocking Kogoro out with a stungun, hiding behind him, and dupliicating his voice while explaining the case.
While not that popular of an anime in North America (despite finding a fair audience among Americans), Conan has a great amount of success in Japan, spanning more than 450 episodes(and STILL GOING!!), 55 tankoban, 10 movies, and 16 OVAs.
At first I thought this anime wasn't all that interesting and was poorly animated (stopped thinking that after finding it was made in 1996), but after watching the dub more on Adult Swim, I got more attached to the characters, storyline, and everthing that made the show so admirable. For two years I watching both the English and Japanese versions, bought merchandise, and tried to work my way up to the current story development in the manga.
Leaving off the personal experience bits I thought about putting in, I'll get to the qualities that make 'Detective Conan'such a favorite to the Japanese and other nationalities as well.
Now starting with the artwork, I'll have to go out on a limb and say that it can take some adjusting to at first, with the pointy, 'barely-there' noses, the round eyes, and 'jug ears' and all the other oddities in the art. It'll eventually grow on you, nonetheless. Also, the artstyle advances to higher quality in both the anime and manga as animation methods and improve as well as Aoyama's drawing skills, so the artwork still is able to better itself.
The background music for the series really gives it that 'classic detective drama' feel. It's a combination of jazz, some saxophone jams both slow and quick, as well as some themes that play in the background on occasion. It sets teh atmosphere and tone for the format and purpose for the playing of the episodes.
The cast of characters starts to build thoughout the series, from the tough but sensitive Ran and the overconfident Kogoro to the brooding Ai Hiabara and the individual members of the Metropolitan Police Force. All of them have distinct personalities that may not develop quickly, but are interesting to explore while watching this long series.
The cases, murder cases, suicide cases, puzzles, kidnappings, and cases involving those men in black and their organization, are so brilliantly laid out. You just want to watch every darned bit of the episode to see the conclusion. The way Shin'ichi uses his logic in each episode just makes one think, 'Whoa. This show's amazing.' And the series can get somebody hooked with just deductions alone. However the episodes play out in almost the same format, kind of like Law & Order, with the same episode formula, but different twists and clever setups in the cases that keep viewers coming back for more every time.
Overall, 'Detective Conan' is all that and a bag of chips, being possibly my ultimate favorite as well as the favorite of many other fans. It can be a bit boring for those that hate being overloaded with details, but mystery fans and intellectuals are bound to love it.
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'I'm not a fan of detective themed shows.' Psh. What the hell do you think this is? Scooby Doo? CSI? Law and Order? Get out. Detective Conan is entirely different. And at the same time, it is the mystery/detective genre at its BEST.
Gosho Aoyama's most well known creation tells the story of 16 year old Kudo Shinichi; genius high school detective who one day witnessed illegal trade while on a date at a theme park with his childhood friend Mouri Ran. He is then struck from behind the back of the head with a metal bat by mysterious men wearing all black, and is forced to consume an experimental drug that was supposed to kill him, but is instead transformed into a 7 year old boy while maintaining his intellect. To track down these men, he conceals his true identity to protect his loved ones from any sort of danger and opts to live with his childhood friend because her father owns a detective agency and believes that information regarding the mysterious men may be reported to this agency. This marks the beginning of endless encounters and
complicated mysteries, most of which only he can solve.
I was immediately captivated when I started watching Detective Conan in 2003. I was 14 years old and by then it was already a fairly old anime that made its premier 7 years prior. I am now 24 years old. Making it's debut in 1996, it has produced over 600 episodes in roughly 20 seasons, over 16 movies, countless OVAs and is STILL going strong. Detective Conan is my favorite anime of ALL TIME. Yeah, i said it. Where do I begin with such a flat out brilliant series? Everything about the anime is simply extraordinary. But what really makes Detective Conan, as well as what makes it my all-time favorite anime all comes down to two things. The first one is the
exquisite writing.
The cases and mysteries in this anime are mind blowing. I can't emphasize this enough. The writer is a GENIUS. This show is a sigh of relief from the Scooby-Doo inspired cartoons that presented mysteries to you, that a blind donkey could solve in 20 seconds. The storylines are all well thought out, and the solutions to mysteries are NOT obvious, but can be solved by an observant viewer who thinks, just as Conan does. There will be many cases where you will be utterly stunned by the cleverness of the solution. Whether it's the murder cases, the romance elements, or the comedy factors, every episode is very well-put together. I learn something new JUST about every episode due to the fact that the writers put so much heart and effort into their work. One example being episode 616 takes place in London. Don't worry, this review is spoiler free, so keep reading. Did you know that Gosho Aoyama personally went to London himself to gather materials and data at the exact places
the scenes take place during the anime, due to the fact that the main character (Kudo shinichi) is a Sherlock Holmes freak, and he wanted to give the scenes and story of the birthplace of Sherlock Holmes justice? Pretty impressive and praise worthy if you ask me. Anyways, aside from the various ways to kill someone, it teaches you about japanese tradition/culture, medical terminology, world famous structures/figures, and much much more. I soak up Detective Conan like water to a sponge. I get so absorbed and drawn into every episode, that everything around me becomes irrelevant and it's just me and the episode. It's captivating. There is no other word for it. EVERY episode is fresh, and EVERY mystery that is solved is profound. The series has wide appeal and I would say it is one of the few shounen animes I have seen that
breaks down age barriers with ease. This is a series that plays to adults just as well, if not more so than to children. I occasionally watch this with my 56 year old father, and can say that he can enjoy watching it as well.
The story is broken into 2 kinds of arcs. I call them the 'main arc' and the 'everyday arc'. The 'everyday arcs' reside over small, one to two episode cases that occur on a normal daily basis, and sometimes have generally nothing to do with the main arc, but are usually very interesting in their own right. These are NOT filler episodes. They are simply everyday occurences that the main cast go through on a daily basis, waiting patiently for clues to make progress. Then there's the 'main arc'. The 'main arc' is of course the main storyline and the episodes where progress between the main characters and the main plot advance forward. Getting to watch these episodes that allow the main storyline to progress is similar to the feeling of receiving all the presents you wanted on Christmas day because you waited ever so patiently to get them. Sure the same cycle/pattern occurs almost every episode. And by this cycle I mean that someone dies, and someone is caught as the culprit. But these patterns are executed with grace and near flawlessness that allow you to never get tired of watching this cycle. There is a build up of hype and anxiousness that make you want to see progress of the 'main arc'. There are usually long waits between episodes where the plot moves forward, but if you're patient enough, you'll be rewarded with an unbelievable storyline you will NEVER forget. Most fans, myself included, seem to have grown accustomed to this style and have come to enjoy it.
The second factor that really makes this anime is none other than the characters. What would the show be without it's godly cast of characters? Nothing.
Each character is engaging and filled with so much depth and personality, it's hard NOT to love every single one of them. In short, I TRULY believe that they are the greatest cast I've seen as a whole, in ANY anime series that I've ever watched. I love these characters. The episodes that have the occasional reccuring characters appear, are the ones that you will truly enjoy. The relationships and interactions between the main characters and these reccurring characters is character synergy at it's maximum level. I won't go into any detail about specific characters because that would spoil the whole thing for those who have yet to watch Detective Conan. And if by chance you were to start watching from episode 1, and the character art is too old for you, I'd have to remind you that this anime was started in 1996 and the
character art has since been modernized and revamped. Give it time and I PROMISE it WILL grow on you. Anyways, putting all these factors into words to describe these god-like character creations will never be enough to capture how BEAST they truly are. You'd have to watch it to understand.
The catchphrase for this anime is “There is always only one truth!”... And the truth is, this anime Kicks Ass.
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Detective Conan is beyond your average detective anime. What i mean 'beyond your average' is that it definitely got 'everything' in it. Likely said, it has the funny moments (Humors), it got also Love story (Romance),the Drama, silce of life they do have the very unique plots of stories some are based on the Mysteries (we have know of) and that you will soon know through watching the series, It will give you the thrills and chills because its more than just the crime scene or solving crime since there are storyline which people called arcs. It also let us know more of japan's culture and traditions, you could learn japanese as well (yeah, this is the only anime which i learn/know alot of japanese more than any other animes). You would know also the life of occupations of people in real life and for the overall, as the anime progresses it really gives you the satisfaction (even have movies,ovas,specials and magic files).
What's more fun about it, is that you can exercise your detective skills on who is the culprit on this case. If you got it right, thats a job well done for you and if not, you will get to improve yourself more and more.
The Story follows the adventures of Shinichi Kudo (also known as Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed) a Prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child due to poison. It was all started when Shinichi Kudo was in suspicious of the two men dressed in all black. He went to investigate those persons in outskirts of Tropical Land, but only to find out unaware one of the suspicious man in blacks knocks him out from behind and gives him a prototype poison to kill him. And instead of dying because of that poison, it he made him shrinks down to the size of a seven year old. He was suggested by his close friend and Professor Agasa that must keep his identity secret because the Black Organization will kill him and others associated with him should they discover the truth. He will be renaming himself Edogawa Conan to hide his identity in order to protect his beloved ones. He later moves into Ran and Mouri Kogoro.
Even as Conan, he still continues in solving cases one after the other, He help build up Kogoro's reputation in hoping to find cases related to the syndicate called the Black Organization, who were responsible for his transformation in the first place.
Known as Case Closed & Meitantei Conan; Creator/Artist: Gosho Aoyama
Since: Anime: Jan 8, 1996 & Manga: Feb 4, 1994 (both on-going)
And as you can see the reasons of why i like it much is all written from above as you can read, in addition, its the only anime for me that is irreplaceable and have a big impact in my life and you can appreciate that being a detective is cool and fun work indeed :D and Gosho Aoyama, A+ on your work ,especially Detective Conan. The very 1st anime that i ever watch that has the longest ever (but it deserves to be)
Its an anime/manga for all ages. If ever you are new or old to anime/manga take a chance to watch or read it and you will see Just Give it a try.Up until now, i'm keep on watching it haha. so addicting and more new characters + more stories on it that will soon to unveil everything
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At first glance you'd think its your typical CSI-themed anime, however Detective Conan dishes out much more than that. If you're a fan of sherlock holmes, agatha christie or simply likes a challenging and entertaining series to watch, then you must not miss this. Each cases shows different clever, cunning, and even devilishly simple ways of committing a crime! The solutions are well-explained, and teaches readers the logic behind each reasoning. The cases are varied, ranging from simple to sometimes gruesome murders. The characters are pretty effective, and I'm sure people will like them more with each episodes they watch. There's plenty of comedy, as well as drama and suspense. What's more, the never-ending question of when Ran and Shinichi will admit their feelings is one of the key factors why you have to get glued to this series. Frankly, I'm happy that the series is this long, because whoever wants a good thing to end?

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