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| Case Closed | ||
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 First volume of the original Japanese release of the series | ||
| 名探偵 コナン (Detective Conan) | ||
| Genre | Comedy-drama, detective fiction | |
| Manga | ||
| Author | Gosho Aoyama | |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan | |
| English publisher |   Viz Media Gollancz Manga | |
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| Demographic | Shōnen | |
| Magazine | Shōnen Sunday Weekly Comic (漫画周刊) Neoz | |
| Original run | 1994 – ongoing | |
| Volumes | 62 | |
| TV anime | ||
| Director | Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto | |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) | |
| Network | NTV, Yomiuri TV, Animax | |
| English network | TV Japan, YTV TV Japan, FUNimation Channel, Adult Swim (Previously) | |
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| Original run | January 8, 1996 – ongoing | |
| Episodes | 515 | |
| TV drama: Kudō Shin'ichi he no Chōsenjō Sayonara Made no Joshō (prologue) | ||
| Director | Toshizaku Tanaka | |
| Network | NTV, Yomiuri TV | |
| Original run | October 2, 2006 – December 17, 2007 | |
| Episodes | 2 | |
| Related | ||
Case Closed, known as Detective Conan (名探偵 コナン Meitantei Konan?) in Japan and most other countries, is a detective manga and anime series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994. In the English world, it was renamed "Case Closed" due to legal issues concerning the name with that of the Conan the Barbarian franchise.[1]
Case Closed follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a young detective who was investigating a secret criminal organization when he was knocked out and given a drug that was supposed to kill him, but inadvertently turned him into a prepubescent boy.
Case Closed is adapted into an anime series by the animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and airs in Japan on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV and Animax. The first episode aired on January 8, 1996, with 514 episodes as of September 8, 2008. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into 12 Golden Week movies, with the first released on April 17, 1997, and one movie released each year since. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, nine OVAs have been released.
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[edit] Plot
- See also: List of Case Closed characters
Jimmy Kudo, 17-year-old high school student, while investigating a blackmail case, is attacked by two members of the Black Organization and is given a newly-developed drug that is supposed to kill him. However, due to a rare and generally unknown side effect, the drug doesn't kill him, but transforms his body into that of an seven-year-old grade schooler.
In order to hide his identity and investigate the whereabouts of the Black Organization, he adopts the pseudonym Conan Edogawa, moves in with his childhood friend and crush Rachel Moore, and enrolls in elementary school. He continues investigating criminal cases with Rachel and her inept private investigator father, Richard Moore. Jimmy also performs investigations through the Junior Detective League (少年探偵団 Shōnen Tantei-dan?), a group he forms with his friends at the elementary school. As the series progresses, so does the relationship between Jimmy and Rachel.
Later in the series, his investigation into the Black Organization catches him in the crossfire between the members of the Black Organization and the FBI and CIA agents that were sent to investigate the Black Organization.
[edit] Media
[edit] Manga
The manga was first serialized in the fifth issue Shōnen Sunday in 1994, written and drawn by Gosho Aoyama. The manga has, after that, been continually serialized on Since then, Shōnen Sunday. The first tankoubon was also published by Shogakukan in 1994; it has spanned 61 volumes[2], and continuing. The manga has been highly popular in Japan; the tankoubon has received multiple first places in bestselling lists [3].
Viz Media publishes Detective Conan manga in the United States and Canada; Gollancz publishes the manga in the United Kingdom using Viz Media's English translation.[4] Out of the adaption of character names used in the anime version, there is no significant change between the English translations and the Japanese versions. Currently, there are twenty-five known English books.
[edit] Anime
Directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, the Case Closed anime series first premiered in Japan on January 8, 1996 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. The series spans thirteen seasons so far, with 514 episodes airing as of September 8, 2008.[5]
It is licensed for English language release in North America by Funimation Entertainment. The English dubbed episodes began airing on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004. Fifty episodes aired until it was canceled in January 2005 due to low ratings. The dubbed episodes aired in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block from April 7, 2006 until it was cancelled on September 2, 2006. They also aired on the Funimation Channel programming block on CoLours TV starting June 19, 2006. As of 2008, FUNimation has released a total of 82 episodes to Region 1 DVD. On July 22, 2008, Funimation released its first 26-episode season box set, with a second season set scheduled for release on September 30th, 2008. The series has also been dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax and broadcast on its English-language networks in Southeast Asia.[6][7]
[edit] TV drama
There are currently two single-episode TV drama made for this series, one in 2006 and one in 2007.
The first drama, which was premièred in Japan on Nippon Television on October 2, 2006. It served as a prequel of the current storyline, starring Shun Oguri as Shinichi Kudo (Jimmy Kudo), Tomoka Kurokawa as Ran Mouri (Rachel Moore), and Takanori Jinnai as Kogoro Mouri (Richard Moore).[8]
The second TV drama was premiered on December 17, 2007, with added characters such as Yu Kashii as Shiho Miyano, Sasaki Kuranosuke as Gin, Tayama Ryosei as Agasa, Fujisaki Nao (Conan) and Shibata Kyoka (Haibara).
[edit] Movies
Since 1997, there has been an animated Case Closed movie released on every Golden Week. With the exception of the first movie, all Case Closed movies have been one of the highest-grossing movies on the year it was screened in Japan.
The first movie, Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼 Meitantei Conan: Tokei-jikake no matenrou?) was screened on April 19, 1997, directed by Michihiko Sawa and written by Kazunari Kochi. It was partly based on Gosho Aoyama's planned ending for Magic Kaito[9], on a chain of arson/bombing cases around Tokyo, intertwined with Rachel's request for a date with Jimmy in a place destined to be bombed. It was released by FUNimation in 2006, and short of standard name changes, there was no significant changes to the English adaptation.
The second movie, Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的 Meitantei Conan Jyuuyon banme no Tagetto?), was debuted on April 18, 1998, and the English version was released in 2007. Directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about a case where people close to Richard Moore were attacked in a way similar to The A.B.C. Murders. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.05 billion Japanese yen[10]. It was released by FUNimation as DVD in 2007. Although the storyline remained the same, due to character name changes, there has been a significant changes on the explanation of the names used.
The third movie, Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century (名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師 Meitantei Conan Seikimatsu no Majutsushi?), was debuted on April 17, 1999. It shared the same director and writer as the last movie, being Kanetsugu Kodama and Kazunari Kochi respectively. This movie was on a newly-discovered Faberge egg that was subjected to Phantom Thief Kid's warning-- and a murder case that involves the descendant of Rasputin. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.45 billion Japanese yen[11].
The fourth movie, Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes (名探偵コナン 瞳の中の暗殺者 Meitantei Conan Hitomi no Naka no Ansatsusha?), was first screened on April 22, 2000. Directed and wrote by the same staff of the previous two movies, Captured in Her Eyes was about Rachel Moore got entangled a series of murder cases where police officers were victims when a failed murder attempt made her amnesiac and made herself another target of the killer. This movie achieved a box office income of 2.5 billion Japanese yen.[12]
The fifth movie, Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (名探偵コナン 天国へのカウントダウン Meitantei Conan Tengoku e no Kauntodaun?), was first screened on 21 April 2001. Keeping the director and writer of previous movies, in this movie the murder of a developer, the bombing of the latest development of the development, together with Dark organization and Anita Hailey's suspicious phone calls, brought it the box office of 2.9 billion Japanese yen.[13]
The sixth movie, Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊 Meitantei Conan Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei?), was first screeened on 20 April 2002. This movie was written by famed scriptwriter Hisashi Nozawa, but kept Kanetsugu Kodama as director. This movie was a double story: in real life, the murder of a IT magnate's chief programmer, and in the virtual world, the virtual reality game that Conan etc. was in their lives were in stake. This movie brought 3.4 billion yen in box office, the highest in all the movie so far.[14]
The seventh movie, Case Closed: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (名探偵コナン 迷宮の十字路 Meitantei Conan Meikyū no Kurosurōdo?), was first screened on 19 April 2003. The writer was reverted to Kazunari Kochi while Kanetsugu Kodama was kept as the director. Staged in Kyoto, this movie was the unmasking of a gang of antique robbers. This movie brought box office income of 3.2 billion yen.[15]
The eighth movie, Case Closed: Magician of the Silver Sky (名探偵コナン 銀翼の奇術師 Meitantei Conan Gin-yoku no Majishan?), was first screened on April 17, 2004. This was the first of Yasuichiro Yamamoto's Case Closed movies, but Kazunari Kochi kept as the writer. The movie was about a poisoning case on an airliner, and since the pilot and co-pilot were also affected, Conan Edogawa and Kid the Phantom Thief were forced to take case of the lives of the passengers. The movie brought the box office income of 2.8 billion yen.[16]
The ninth movie, Case Closed: Strategy Above the Depths (名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀 Meitantei Conan Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejī?), was first screened on April 19, 2005. The movie kept the previous movie's director and writer, being Yasuichiro Yamamoto and Kazunari Kochi respectively. Set on a cruise ship and integrating the murder of the shipbuilder, a shipwreck disaster, and part of Rachel Moore and Jimmy Kudo's past, this movie brought box office of 2.15 billion yen.[17]
The tenth movie, Case Closed: The Private Eyes' Requiem (名探偵コナン 探偵たちの鎮魂歌 Meitantei Conan Tantei-tachi no Requiem?) [18] was announced on December 15, 2005 and was released on April 15, 2006, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office[19] and remained there for three consecutive weeks. As of May 28, 2006, it has earned $25.8 million in the Japanese box office.[20] Directed by Taiichiro Yamamoto and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about Conan's investigation of an old murder case as Rachel etc. were held hostage. Important personnel like Harley Hartwell, Kid the Phantom Thief and Saguru Hakuba have all appeared in this movie.
The eleventh movie, Case Closed: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (名探偵コナン 紺碧の棺 Meitantei Conan Konpeki no Jorī Rojā?), was first released on 27 April 2007. Written by Kazunari Kochi and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama, the movie was about the murder of treasure hunters and the alleged looty left by pirate Anne Bonny on a Japanese island. This movie brought in 2.53 billion yen[21].
The twelfth movie, Case Closed: Full Score of Fear (名探偵コナン 戦慄の楽譜 Meitantei Conan Senritsu no Furu Sukoa?)[22] was announced on February 20, 2008[23] , and released on April 19, 2008, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office.[24] [25] It is unknown how long it remained there for at this time. There have been reports that the advertising for the film was limited, yet normal for a Detective Conan movie.[26] It was reported that (an estimate of) 350,000 people watched the movie in its opening weekend alone.[27] As of May 5, 2008 the movie has earned over 420.03 million yen.[28]
[edit] Reception
In 2001, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen, along with Cheeky Angel by Hiroyuki Nishimori.[29]
At the 5th Annual Tokyo Anime Awards competition, the ninth Detective Conan movie, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths, won the Feature Film category, together with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs To The Stars.[30]
TV Asahi, in a national survey conducted in 2005, put the series to the sixth in the top 100 anime[31], while in a web survey also conducted by the same TV network, the series was put to the eighth[32]. The same poll, done in 2006, put the series in the 23rd place using the online poll, and 43rd basing on a survey of 100 celebrities.[33]
Due to its high popularity, several Japanese government agencies had used the series to promote government policies, including the mission of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs[34], the history of the G8 Summit[35], and general crime fighting[36].
Several anime has made parody of this series. For example, in episode 30 of Hayate the Combat Butler, Nagi Sanzen'in, in detective mode, wore Conan's trademark glasses, and mocked Case Closed's starting line "In a child's body but with the brain of an adult, my name is, Detective Conan!" into "In a tsundere's body but with the brain of a NEET, my name is, Detective Nagi!" and the way Conan Edogawa used Richard Moore in solving the case.
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