Case Closed (1996– )
"Meitantei Conan" (original title)

The cases of a detective whose physical age was chemically reversed to that of a prepubescent boy but must hide his true mental development.

Creator:

Gôshô Aoyama

Stars:

Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya

Cast

Series cast summary:
Minami Takayama	...	Conan Edogawa (423 episodes, 1996-2009)
Wakana Yamazaki	...	Ran Mori (323 episodes, 1996-2008)
Akira Kamiya	...	Kogoro Mori (279 episodes, 1996-2009)
Wataru Takagi	...	Detective Wataru Takagi (247 episodes, 1996-2009)
Fûrin Cha	...	Inspector Juzo Megure (197 episodes, 1996-2008)

Storyline

Shinichi Kudo, a seventeen year old master detective, had it all. He could solve any case brought to his attention and in record time. His girlfriend, Ran, is a karate expert, and her father is a bumbling P.I. who is driven crazy by the fact that Shinichi gets all of the great cases. One day, while Shinichi and Ran are at an amusement park, the pair become separated. Shinichi catches wind of a dirty deal going down, and spies on a pair of men in dark trenchcoats. He's caught and the men use an experimental poison on him, intending to kill him. However, things don't work exactly as planned. When Shinichi comes to, he finds he's shrunken down to the size of a fourth grader. He goes to the goofball inventor that lives next door to him for help, and the inventor agrees to give him a hand. When Ran comes looking for Shinichi, he and the inventor come up with a story saying that Shinichi is a child named Conan Edogawa (Conan as in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). Ran offers to let "Conan" live with...

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Plot Keywords:

detective | boy | secret | sir arthur conan doyle | death | 

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Taglines:

One truth prevails

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Adult Swim

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English German Spanish Italian French Arabic Tagalog

Release Date:

24 May 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Case Closed

Company Credits

Production Co:

FUNimation Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wataru Takagi shares the same name as the character he voices Detective Wataru Takagi.

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Quotes

Richard Moore: [while sleeping on couch] No, sir, Archer, I swear I gave my math homework to the pink monkey in the golf cart. He said he was the new gym teacher...

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Connections

Followed by Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)

User Reviews

Longest and best anime in existence.

Shinichi Kudo(Jimmy Kudo) is highly famous for being the best teen detective of East Japan. His knowledge on mystery novels & soccer skills has made him a modern Sherlock Holmes. And has helped out the police on the toughest cases. Life was going smooth with Shinichi. On one night however, he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Where 2 men in black clothes were about to get their cover blown by Shinichi. One of them knocked him out cold and forced a poison pill that was meant to end his life. However instead of killing him. It made him shrink from a teen to a kid.

Still have the brains of a sleuth, but no longer in the full grown body of Japan's favorite teen detective. Shinichi had to go under the alias of Conan Edogawa. A combination of 2 of his favorite mystery novelists. And can't reveal his real identity, as it'll endanger the people he knows and will get chased by the 2 men in black who'll come to finish the job. Shinichi now lives with his friend Ran(Rachel) who is the daughter of third rate detective Kogoru Mohri(Richard Moore). Pretending to be a smart ordinary kid, Conan uses the gadgets provided by his Mad next door scientist, Dr. Asawa. To help him solve the crimes and help Kogoru out without being noticed. Conan hopes to make Kogoru famous so that way he can get some leads and info on the 2 men responsible for his condition.

As the series progresses, Conan does what he can to become Shinichi Kudo again. And will encounter many cases on Homocide, Suicide, Robbery, Child abduction, salvage, & terrorism. Once he does find the 2 men in black, Conan will try to obtain the pill that changed him and get Dr. Asawa to make an antidote to make him Shinichi again.

For more than a decade this anime has been widely successful in Japan. And an international hit in many countries. I never heard of it till 2005. And very surprised to learn how long this series is. With almost 500 episodes, several movies, and a handful of OVAs. Detective Conan(Case Closed) should deserve to be a highly acclaim cartoon in any category for Anime.

Problem is very few American Anime fans, don't know how great it is or don't know it's existence. If you like Anime with action, comedy, mystery, or just something that'll keep you busy. I guaranteed Detective Conan is unlike the other mystery anime out there.