Case Closed

Case Closed
Detective Conan Volume 1.png
First volume of the original Japanese release of the series
名探偵コナン
(Meitantei Conan)
Genre Comedy, drama, detective fiction
Manga
Written by Gosho Aoyama
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher

Viz Media(North America)

Victor Gollancz Ltd (United Kingdom)
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Shōnen Sunday
Original run February 1994 – ongoing
Volumes 70 (List of volumes)
TV anime
Directed by Kenji Kodama, Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Studio TMS Entertainment
Licensed by Funimation Entertainment(North America)
Network NNS, Animax
English network Cartoon Network, Funimation Channel, YTV
Original run January 8, 1996 – ongoing
Episodes 597 (List of episodes)
Live-action video
Meitantei Conan: Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjo
Directed by Okamoto Kouichi
Produced by Masahiro Kunimoto
Akira Miyagawa
Written by Mutsuki Watanabe
Music by Katsuo Ohno
Released October 2, 2006
Live-action video
Kudo Shinichi no Fukkatsu! Kuro no Soshiki to no Taiketsu
Directed by Okamoto Kouichi
Produced by Masahiro Kunimoto
Akira Miyagawa
Written by Mutsuki Watanabe
Music by Katsuo Ohno
Released December 17, 2007
Other
  • Case Closed Films
  • Case Closed Shōnen Sunday Original animation
  • Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan
  • Detective Conan Special: Secret of the Birth of Kaitō Kid
  • Case Closed video games
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Case Closed, known as Meitantei Conan (名探偵コナン?, lit. Great Detective Conan, officially translated as Detective Conan) in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and, since 1994, is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. To avoid copyright issues with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed Case Closed.[1] The story follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child after being poisoned.

Since its publication, Case Closed has spawned a substantial media franchise. Case Closed has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994 and has been collected in 70 tankōbon volumes as of November 2010. The manga has been adapted into an ongoing animated television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The series has also spawned fourteen original video animations, fourteen animated feature films, numerous video games, and many types of Case Closed-related merchandise.

Viz Media licensed the manga series under the name for English-language publication in North America and released thirty-five volumes as of July 13, 2010. Funimation Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast. Both English adaptations went under the name Case Closed and the characters in the series were given Americanized names.[1] Fifty episodes of the English dubbed series aired on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004 until July 26, 2005 and were discontinued due to low ratings.[2] The first six films, Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper, Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target, Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century, Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes, Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven, Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, were released on Region 1 DVD in North America.

Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 120 million copies in Japan. The anime adaptation has been well received, ranking in the top twenty in Animage's polls between 1996 until 2001 where it dropped below the top twenty. In the Japanese TV anime ranking, Case Closed often ranked the top six. Many featured films of the series were nominated for the Japan Academy Prize.

Contents

Plot

Jimmy Kudo was a 17-year-old high school prodigy and detective who frequently worked with the police. However, when visiting a carnival one day, he was attacked by two members of a mysterious crime syndicate while investigating a case regarding blackmail. He was then forced to take a newly developed experimental poison that was supposed to kill him, but due to a rare side-effect unknown to the two men, the drug transformed his body back into that of his seven-year-old self instead, after they left him for dead.[3] In order to hide his identity and investigate the whereabouts of the syndicate called the Black Organization, he adopts the pseudonym Conan Edogawa.[4] To search for leads to the syndicate, he manages to move in with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, whose father, Richard Moore, works as a private investigator.[4] He also enrolls at Teitan elementary school and forms the Junior Detective League with three other children in his class; Amy Yoshida, Mitch Tsuburaya, and George Kojima.[5] Even as Conan, Jimmy continues solving criminal cases, usually posing as Richard Moore with the help of special gadgets, invented by his neighbor and friend, Dr. Agasa. Richard Moore, a rather inept detective, is bewildered at the sudden rise in his case-solving abilities, but does not question this as he is more than glad about his subsequent rise in fame.

Later in the series, another main character, Anita Hailey, appears. She was a former member of the Black Organization, codenamed "Sherry" though her name is actually Shiho Miyano. As a gifted chemist, she developed the poison APTX 4869 which turned Jimmy back into a child.[6] After her sister was brutally murdered by members of the Black Organization, she tried to get out and was held captive.[6] She then attempted to commit suicide by taking a dose of APTX 4869, but instead was transformed into a child as well, and managed to escape.[6] She then enrolled in Conan's school under the pseudonym Anita Hailey.[6] She knows Conan's true identity and helps him in his quest to bring down the Black Organization.[6]

Later on, Conan becomes involved with the FBI, and they are able to capture Kir, a member of the Black Organization. Kir is later revealed to be an undercover CIA agent, and promises to relay information about the Black Organization to the FBI.[7] They return Kir to the organization. Later, she tells the FBI that the Black Organization has a new member codenamed Bourbon.[8]

Production

The manga, Meitantei Conan, the original title of the series, was conceived by Gosho Aoyama and premiered in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on February 2, 1994.[9] Gosho Aoyama cited Arsène Lupin, Sherlock Holmes, and the samurai films by Akira Kurosawa influenced his work.[10] It was adapted into an anime series directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[11] The first episode aired on Japan's Nippon Television Network System on January 8, 1996.[12]

Funimation Entertainment announced it has licensed the first 104 episodes of the series in North America on July 5, 2003.[13] Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the series was released under the name Case Closed and the main cast was renamed.[1] Viz Media announced its license of the series in June 1, 2004 and, following Funimation Entertainment, published the series with the renamed title and cast.[14][15]

Media

Manga

The chapters of the Case Closed manga are written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. In Japan, they have been published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994.[9] Since Case Closed's premiere, over seven hundred chapters have been released in Japan making it the 24th longest running manga series. The individual chapters are collected by Shogakukan in a series of tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 1994; as of November, 2010, seventy volumes have been released.[16][17] A database consisting of all the cases of the manga was launched in 2007.[18][19] Gosho Aoyoma's assistants have also written and published thirty-six volumes their own side stories of Case Closed.[20][21]

Viz Media announced its license the series in June 1, 2004 and, following Funimation Entertainment, released the series under the name Case Closed with renamed characters.[14][15] The first was released on September 7, 2004, with thirty-six volumes released as of October 12, 2010.[22][23] Victor Gollancz Ltd used Viz Media's translation to release the series in the United Kingdom.[24]

The series has been released internationally under the name Detective Conan. The manga series is licensed for additional regional language releases by: Kana in France;[25] Egmont Manga & Anime in Germany;[26] Egmont in Sweden, Norway, and Finland;[27][28][29] and Planeta DeAgostini to Spanish and Catalan speaking countries.[30][31]

Anime

The episodes of the Case Closed anime series are directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[11] Case Closed has aired since January 8, 1996 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan and is currently ongoing.[12] The episodes were later collected by Shogakukan and released on VHS; 138 video cassettes were released between June 26, 1996 and October 4, 2006 and contained 425 episodes of the series.[32][33] Shogakukan began releasing the series to DVD starting with the first episode; 153 volumes have been released and are split into 18 seasons.[34][35] For the fifteenth anniversary of the anime series, the episodes aired from the year 1996 were available for video on demand.[36][37] The episodes that aired on 1997, 1998, and 1999 are set to be available on video on demand by January 2011, Spring 2011, and Summer 2011 respectively.[37]

Funimation Entertainment announced it has licensed the first 104 episodes of the series in North America on July 5, 2003.[38] Funimation dubbed the series into English and released it under the name Case Closed due to legal issues.[1] Fifty episodes aired on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004 until August 16, 2004 and was discontinued due to low ratings.[39][40][2] Funimation continued to dub the series direct-to-DVD and episodes 52–76 were encapsulated in eight DVD volumes released between August 24, 2004 and July 26, 2005.[41][42] Funimation also released a starter set containing the DVDs Secret Life of Jimmy Kudo and Deadly Illusions which can also be bought separately on August 24, 2004.[43][44][41] Five DVD collection boxes of the English adaption of the anime has been released by Funimation Entertainment between July 22, 2008 and May 12, 2009.[45][46] The DVD box sets were re-released in a Viridian edition between July 14, 2009 and March 23, 2010.[47][48]

Films

Fourteen feature films have been released based on the Case Closed series. The first seven were directed by Kenji Kodama and films eight and onwards were directed by Yasuichiro Yamamoto. The films have been released in April of each year starting in 1997 with the first film Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper.[49] The latest film, Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky was released to Japanese theaters on April 17, 2010.[50] Each film features an original plotline rather than being an adaptation of the manga's story. Two film comics were released for each film; the first film comic was released on September 18, 1997 and covered half of the Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper and the latest was released on November 18, 2010 covering the first half of the Case Closed: The Lost Ship in the Sky.[51][52] Funimation Entertainment released an English dubbed version of the first six films retaining the same name and story changes as its main Case Closed dub.

Video games

The first video game released from the Case Closed series was Meitantei Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken, which debuted on December 27, 1996 for the Game Boy.[53] 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.[54] All dedicated Case Closed games released for Sony's consoles, the WonderSwan, and the Nintendo DS, have been developed by Namco Bandai Holdings.[55][56][57] Banpresto meanwhile developed the Case Closed titles on the Game Boy and Marvelous Entertainment developed Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation.[53][54]

CDs

Cover of Detective Conan Original Soundtrack

The Case Closed original soundtracks are composed and arranged by Katsuo Ohno. Twenty-seven original soundtracks CD were produced by Polydor Records of Universal Music Group and have been released for the Case Closed anime series and for each of the films.[58] Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack 1 was released on February 21, 1996 and contains twenty tracks.[59][60] Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack 2 followed on May 2, 1996 with seventy tracks.[61] Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack 3 was released on November 25, 1996 with twenty-seven tracks.[62][63] Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack 4 was released on April 25, 2001 with twenty-eight soundtracks.[64] Three CDs were released containing a collection of original soundtracks in the anime. Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack Super Best was released on November 27, 1997 containing thirty-tracks.[65] Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack Super Best 2 was released on December 17, 2003 containing twenty-two tracks.[66] Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack: Selection Best was released on December 5, 2007.[67]

Four singles were released by Universal Music Group: Detective Conan Main Theme was released on January 25, 1996;[68] "Kimi Ga Ireba" (キミがいれば?, lit. "If Your Here") was released on April 23, 1997;[69] "Kimi Ga Ireba Ba Bokuga Iru" ~Conan no Teema~ (ぼくがいる～コナンのテーマ～?, lit. "If Your Here, If I Have You" (Conan's Theme)) was released on September 26, 1997;[70] and Omoide Tachi ~Omoide~ (想い出たち ～想い出～?, lit. Our Memories (Memories)) was released on December 28, 2005.[71] Two image albums were also released. The first one titled "Bokuga Iru" TV anime Meitantei Conan Imeeji Songu Arubamu (ぼくがいる～TVアニメ「名探偵コナン」イメージソングアルバム?, lit. "If I have" TV anime Detective Conan Image Song Album) was released on October 22, 1997,[72] and the second one titled Meitantei Conan・ Kyarakutaa・ Songu Shuu Mikado ni Shoogakko ni zenin shuugoo!! (名探偵コナン・キャラクター・ソング集　帝丹小学校に全員集合!!?, lit. Detective Conan All Character Best Songs in School) was released on January 25, 2006.[73]

Seventy-eight theme songs from the Case Closed series have been released; Twenty-nine opening themes, thirty-five ending themes, and fourteen themes from the films of the series. Universal Music Group released the first two openings, ending, and first film theme song singles. All theme song henceforth were produced and released by Being Incorporated.[74] Being Inc later released three theme song collections titled "The Best of Detective Conan", "The Best of Detective Conan 2", "The Best of Detective Conan (The Movie Themes Collection)", and "The Best of Detective Conan 3".[74]

TV drama

The main cast from the second episode of the Detective Conan live drama series.

A live drama titled "Meitantei Conan: Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjo" (名探偵コナン- 工藤新一への挑戦状?, Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge) was produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and aired on October 2, 2006.[75] The drama served as a prequel of the current storyline which lead to when Jimmy turned into Conan. The special starred Shun Oguri as Jimmy Kudo, Tomoka Kurokawa as Rachel Moore, and Takanori Jinnai as Richard Moore.[76] It was released on a regular and limited edition DVD on March 23, 2007.[77]

A second drama titled "Kudo Shinichi no Fukkatsu! Kuro no Soshiki to no Taiketsu" (工藤新一の復活！～黒の組織との対決?, Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization) was aired on December 17, 2007.[78] New to the cast are Yu Kashii as Shiho Miyano with Kyoka Shibata portraying her as Ai, Kuranosuke Sasaku as Gin, Taro Okada as Vodka, and Nao Fujisaki as Conan. It was released on a regular and limited edition DVD on March 28, 2008 respectively.[78]

Other media

The first issue of the crossover series between Case Closed and Kindaichi Case Files

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Jump, the two companies collaborated together and published twelve biweekly magazine consisting of chapters from Weekly Shōnen Sunday's Case Closed and Weekly Shōnen Jump's Kindaichi Case Files.[79][80] The magazine ran between April 10, 2008 and September 25, 2008.[80]

Shogakukan have also produced lots of books spun off from the series. Fifty volumes of a film comic series were published in Japan between June 1996 and August 200 covering the first 143 episodes of the anime though some episodes were skipped.[81][82] Five more were published between July 2001 and January 2002 and covered selected episodes between 162-219.[83] Five novels were published between May 2005 and July 2008.[84] Thirteen official guide books were published between June 1997 and April 2009.[85] Four digest books were released between February 2003 and June 2006.[86] Thirty-five educational children books were published by Shogakukan.[87] Six maze books and seven picture books have also been released.[88]

A collectible card game based on the series was released under the name Case Closed Trading Card Game. It is produced by Score Entertainment and published on June 29, 2005 in America.[89][90] The game is played between two to six players requiring them to use three customized card decks.[91][92] Players compete to be the first to successfully solve three cases using their detectives and appropriate clues, while simultaneously attempting to stop their opponent from doing so.[91][92]

Reception

Statue of Conan Edogawa at Hokuei, Tottori

In 2001, the manga won the forty-sixth Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.[93] Over 120 million copies of the Tankōbon volumes have been sold.[94] In a survey for Japan's top selling manga in 2008, Case Closed volumes 61, 62, and 63 ranked 25th, 28th, and 45th respectively and totaled to over 160 thousand volumes sold.[95][96] In the survey during the first half of 2009, volume 64 ranked 16th and in the first half of 2010, volume 67 ranked 18th.[97][98]

Mania.com reviewer Eduardo M. Chavez praised Gosho Aoyama's art style and how it was suitable for a mystery series. He also commented how the drama, suspense, action and humor is able to captivate readers of all ages and praised the plots pacing, humor, and drama. He criticized the character name changes stating it is a disappointment and Viz Media's step back.[99] A.E. Sparrow of IGN praised the cases and compared the plot as a mix between Scooby-Doo and Sherlock Holmes.[100] Leroy Douresseaux of Comicbin.com called them stories compelling even if implausible nefarious schemes were used to commit the murder.[101] Mangalife.com also praised the mystery and art style of the series, commenting how the characters are sharp and expressive.[102][103]

A national survey conducted by TV Asahi ranked the series popularity as top sixth, eighth on an online survey, in 2005 and twenty-third in 2006.[104][105][106] In the yearly polls conducted by Animage, Case Closed ranked in the top twenties between 1996 and 2001.[107][108][109][110][111][112] At the 5th Annual Tokyo Anime Awards competition, the ninth film won awarded Feature Film category.[113] The Blu-ray Disc release of the thirteenth film was awarded the Best Interactivity Award by Digital Entertainment Group Japan.[114]

Carlo Santos of Anime News Network's review of the first DVD release commented on how the sharp nose and big ears of the characters make the animation distinctive. He criticized Funimation Entertainment's decision to Americanize the character's names and Japanese cultural aspects. Carlo says dubbing for the main characters sounded like "real people" while secondary ones "come off as caricatures".[115] Anime News Network's Carl Kimlinger was able to overlook the changes but criticized how the script changed some of the mysteries.[116] Lori Lancaster of Mania.com described Case Closed as "...a clever series that had mysteries at every corner."[117]

Due to its high popularity, several Japanese government agencies had used the series to promote general crime fighting.[118] Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs created two pamphlets involving the series' characters; The first pamphlet was to promote their mission and the second was to introduce the 34th G8 summit.[119][120][121][122] Case Closed was featured in the sixth installment of Japan Post's Anime, Heroes and Heroines commemorative stamp series, issued on April 3, 2006.[123] Bronze statues of Jimmy Kudo, Conan Edogawa, and Rachel Moore are found throughout Hokuei, Tottori.[124][125][126]

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