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Case Closed (1996)

Case Closed poster
Original title
名探偵コナン
Genre
detective fiction, trial film
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 1206 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 770 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage detective is poisoned and turned into a child. He solves murders while searching for the criminal organization that did it.

suspensefulmysteriouscleverepisodiclightheartedinvestigativeintriguingmethodical

What happens

Case Closed, also officially known as Detective Conan (Japanese: 名探偵コナン, Hepburn: Meitantei Konan; lit. 'Great Detective Conan'), is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama. It was localized in English as Case Closed by Funimation due to unspecified legal problems. The anime is produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation with the directors being Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Masato Satō, Kōjin Ochi, and Nobuharu Kamanaka. The series follows the teenage detective Jimmy Kudo, who transforms into a child after being poisoned with APTX 4869 by the Black Organization. Now named Conan Edogawa and living with the Moores, Conan solves murders during his daily life as he awaits the day to defeat the Black Organization. The anime premiered in January 1996. It 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 the 3rd crossover special, its film sequel, and select films and specials, starting with Case Closed Episode One. A localization of select episodes streamed on Tubi in 2023. Another localization of select episodes began streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix in 2025, using the original Detective Conan title for the first time in English-speaking markets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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