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One of my reviewers on FanFiction asked me to make this topic here on DCW, as her mother is paranoid and won't let her make an account... This topic deserves to be made. And let us, the youth of the present, and the adults of the future, let us prevent child abuse at all costs. Please watch this music video about child abuse. It's beautiful. As I began watching it, I started crying... I swear to do whatever I can do to prevent child abuse. I am also going to begin writing a fanfic (another request of the reviewer) in honor of children who have been abused. Rest in peace.

3 rules to follow to have a decent movie : -not guest centered (that includes the BO, as well as Kid and Heiji and Kazuha) -not filled with pointless poorly executed actions scenes which take up 1/2 of the time -a well-thought out and developed case with intriguing characters

Well, child abuse is one of those vicious circles. Children who are abused often end up abusive themselves, and so on so forth. The problem is that you can't see which children are abused. If there's one human nature that should be prized, and hated above all others, is how easy it can be to act like nothing's wrong. And for some kids, it's normal, so nothing is wrong in their world. Another point is, while everyone says they'd like to stop child abuse, hardly anyone gets up, thinks of a plan to stop it, and actually tries to carry it out. I'll be the first to admit I don't have the willpower to do such a thing, and I highly doubt child abuse could be completely eradicated. The parents and guardians who do it- well, in their minds, they're right. And they have their own set of complicated problems. Drug abuse. Alcohol. Abusive childhood. If we want to change the world and banish the bane named 'child abuse', you'll have to change everything with it. It can't be done in a generation, and it can't be done by just a group of people. It has to be done by millions, it has to have speakers who are willing to spread the horrors and ways to stop it across the globe, who can kindle courage in the hearts of those who are abused. Who can tell them that they shouldn't be abused, that they should stand up for themselves. In my personal opinion, stories of child abuse should be shared as often as tragic tales of bullying, to show everybody the consequences of this evil. Bullying is often no secret, bullies will embarrass people publicly, and harass them. But abuse... It's done on the sly, out of the public eye, and it's kept in the dark, unnamed, hidden, concealed by layers threats and punishments. I also have a few things to say about the abuser. They should get rehabilitation, because while it is their fault, perhaps they could still fix things. Especially if it's a parent, because no matter what, that's a person who's literally a part of you. Most abused children probably don't hate their parents, probably are scared to death of them, but don't hate them with utmost loathing. I'm not saying they have to live them, however, they need to know that person is somewhere, just for peace of mind. So those are my views, laid out for you all to see. Hopefully, one of us has the strength to start something big, and start changing the world we live in, bring the darkness to the light and cleanse it, and fix it. To erase it as far as it can be erased. There is no such thing as perfection, but the least any of us can do is make the world better, even just the tiniest bit. Who will take the first step?

Apparently not enough, because folks are still clinging on to the fantasy pipe dream that FUNimation still hasn't given up on the series, when FUNi clearly gave up three years ago and no one wants to admit it. Considering they're trying to milk every cent out of those Viridian sets that they can, that won't be happening anytime soon. That's an apples to oranges comparison. Family Guy getting the raw deal from FOX has become a bit of an exaggerated urban legend. The success that the show had in its first year guaranteed it a decent run (FOX will give up on shows pretty quickly, hence its reputation for so long, but if a show gets enough of a response it will hang onto it as long as it can) and the only reason why it got cancelled was because of various time slot moves that were head scratchers to most television critics at the time. I mean, seriously, who the hell tries to put ANYTHING up against the #1 show in television at the time? However, even with the slot moves, it had a pretty damn dedicated audience. Enough of a dedicated audience that it honestly could've been a fine property for Comedy Central. However, Adult Swim got the rerun rights to it for basically free on dumb luck alone. The show had enough of a cult internet audience that no matter what network was gonna air it at a time slot that STAYED IN THE SAME PLACE it was guaranteed to be a runaway hit. And that's exactly what Family Guy did was become a runaway hit. That's what almost every television critic of the time predicted would happen. In fact I would argue that Family Guy's success had less to do with the DVD sales as compared to the high ratings it got on Adult Swim. The show honestly really helped out Adult Swim, which was at that point lacking in programming. But it helped that Family Guy already had a loyal audience in the first place. Case Closed never had that loyal audience. Case Closed never had enough of a following for Adult Swim to want to hang onto it for long enough. Case Closed never had the extremely vocal internet following like Adult Swim had. Case Closed had 20 vocal extreme fans while Family Guy had video clips posted everywhere, screenshots of funny scenes, T-shirts of various random moments, and lots and lots of forum posts littered with quotes from the series. Case Closed didn't. It was shuffled to 5 AM for a reason. That's a death slot. It also helped that FOX promoted Family Guy properly, even during the early seasons that I mentioned above. Even though the show as being moved left and right, FOX really did promote the living hell out of it until the 2001-02 season when they figured that no one was watching the show (not figuring the timeslots were the main problem here). A whopping one demographic garnered decent-to-good ratings for the show, and it wasn't the demographic that Adult Swim or FUNimation was hoping for, hence FUNimation never promoted the show properly, because they didn't WANT the 12-18 demo for the show. They wanted the 18-34 demo; the demo that doesn't actually watch Adult Swim in the first place. And, of course, there's always the possibility that nobody wants to admit: Detective Conan may just not be a series that interests a lot of American television viewers. Adult Swim tried. FUNimation, at first, tried. They really did. No one was interested enough. Hence, FUNimation gave up on the series. It's over. Done. Turn out the lights. I've had one of the English dub VA's outright tell me that they haven't done any work on the series since 2004. Reps from FUNimation have told me that there are no future plans to dub the series. I'm sure the licensing contract is going to fun out soon. It's done. No amount of petitions in the world are gonna change that. I've seen everything from petitions to e-mails to podcasts to people begging others to buy the DVD's so that it looks like enough people give a damn about the series for it to keep going. However, we have to face reality here: Detective Conan was a tremendous disappointment in the United States, no matter what way you look at it, no matter how critically acclaimed it is, and no matter how the ratings go in Japan. It didn't have the audience. That's the way the business goes, ladies and gentlemen. FUNimation tried, and they moved on. I suggest you all do the same.

Putting shinichi's past in a non canon movie makes absolutely no sense

Well...yes.

How can I say this... We will not get rid of abuse and bullying. We will not get rid of controlled substances and alcholism. We will never get rid of evil. Evil is infinite. Light is limited. If we do eliminate controlled substances, there will simply be another abomination to replace it. Bullying will move aside against greater evils. And also "there is no such thing as perfection" is not true. Perfection exists. We are simply too feeble to reach that stage of existence.

happy B'z day!! xD

Ah ah ah, let me just chime in here with what I know happened. The series was doing extremely well on Adult Swim, unfortunately it was the completely wrong demographic, not the one they were buying ad time for (the 18-24 males). At the same time, FUNi was putting unaired episodes on DVD, which was fantastic. People were buying them, they were being carried at Target and selling out. (Yeah anyone else remember that little period of time Target was carrying anime?) This was all back in 2004-2005 and at some point AS pulled it off the air and DVDs were the only thing out. Which caused FUNi to start putting the episodes it hadn't released yet on DVD. So fans, like me, who were waiting to see new episodes were left out in the cold until 2009. Yes it took 4 years for FUNi to finally release an episode past #83 (FUNi count) because of the singles initially sold and then the season sets. When AS ran a poll back in 2005 of which show to put back on the air, Case Closed won a majority of the votes it was ridiculous. AS did keep their promise, but put it on at 5 in the morning and after Lupin the III. But by October of 2005, AS sold back the license to FUNi. In all, you can see, the show was terribly mishandled. It could have done spectacularly here. That's why there are no more episodes or DVDs. The idea that American audiences just wouldn't get Case Closed is wrong. We love crime stuff, it's on every channel. The problem here is that poor advertising and mismanagement killed a perfectly profitable series.

As much as I love Case Closed, we've already received official word that they're not going to do any more of the series. Here's a post on the funimation site that says as much: http://www.funimation.com/case-closed/forum/funimation-shows/and-more/case-closed/the-status-of-case-closed-updated-4212011#comment-72441 Key quotes: "We're not going to buy anymore of the series. It just didn't sell well enough, unfortunately. There's no way we (Acquisitions) could ever convince Gen (our CEO) to get more. I absolutely adore the show, but I couldn't in good conscience ever recommend buying more. we always have to put the good of the company before our personal preferences in anime." "Thank you very much for supporting the show, but I'd give up on ever getting to buy more at least from us. :/" So no. No more series. There's no way they could justify it. It's a drama that's tough to market to American audiences and is over 500 episodes long -- that's way too risky. They've already put way more money into the series than they probably should have (even though it's very appreciated). The only thing we could possibly hope for are the rest of the movies/specials (ie Conan vs Lupin III), but even then.. "We're still open to getting more movies, but nothing is in the works." Nothing is in the works. Which breaks my heart, but there you go. I have vain hope that they'll release sub-only box sets in the future like they did with Super Gals, but I'm not holding my breath.

I made no conjectures... The information I have stated has been confirmed by the manga. I stated that the BO is murderous and that they commit other sorts of crimes, and probably committed others (we only know they were involved in Murder, larceny and extortion as far as I can remember). I stated that we know nothing about the boss other than that he controls the org from the shadows, which has been confirmed and is how Conan knows his number. We also know that he allows a certain amount of freedom to those whom he trusts, which seems to be Vermouth [and Gin maybe, this is as of yet confirmed], but mostly Vermouth, but he still ultimately controls them and knows everything they do (and allows it). Therefore, he is still the greatest criminal. He doesn't NEED to do anything, much like Professor Moriarty. In fact, it would be quite fair to call Anokata the Professor Moriarty of DC, and Gin would be the most likely candidate for Colonel Sebastian Moran. And the only conjecture I made (which I believe is quite fair) is that the greatest criminals in history are those whom remain unknown and get away. Which is quite true, and them getting away is the reason they are considered the greatest criminals. The great criminals are those that merely get away but are still implicated, where as the best are never implicated to begin with but are still known for their crimes.

That's the thing... You know enough, which is that he is pulling the strings... Another example... Jack the Ripper... How much exactly do people know about him? Pretty much nothing except that he killed 5 women, and was implicated in a dozen other murders (or something, I don't feel like looking up the exact number of people that he supposedly killed). And yet he is regarded as one of the greatest criminals of the end of the 19th Century. You don't need to know anything about a person to recognize them as the greatest criminal. Hell the fact that they are still unknown or information is limited on them is further proof that they are the greatest criminal. It is their actions and the fact that they are able to remain anonymous that make them great. Here is a literary example... Professor Moriarty... No one knew anything about him, including Holmes in the beginning. And it took Holmes a great deal of time to learn anything about him. And while Holmes was fighting underground, the police and Watson were unaware of his existence. I think Mozzie from White Collar said it best "In this business, no reputation is the best reputation."

I got bored and drew this.

I thought it was so they could check if the guy they were blackmailing had turned up or not...though Vodka probably did want to ride it

IT'S NOT HAPPENING. No matter how disappointing it is, no matter how much effort we put for the cause, I'm sorry to say this but: it's just not happening. The only way it can be made possible again is if some other group, other than FUNimation, creates their own dubs of the series. Other than that, I'd say it would be impossible unfortunately. For all those disappointed dub fans, you all should just stick to the subbed version. Even I started out watching the show in English. Then after the first 130 episodes, I transferred to subs (and I think it was a great decision). Not only can you get a better grasp of the whole situation of the show, but you may even learn about Japanese culture, language, history, etc. (stuff that you cannot learn in the English dub). I had a hard time adjusting to it at first, but just trust me, it will all be fine in the end. -words of encouragement

I decided to draw him. He is on OC from DCW...IRL?-thread. I haven't created him. He is Aya-chan's character. Here is the link. Click it so you can see the drawing...

I just realized that I never properly introduced myself haha. Maybe because at the time this site was created (not too long ago) I was the only member on the forum. So here goes: My name's Maurice. I actually got one or two questions about whether I'm a girl or a boy because they never saw such a name before. Sooo, I guess I'll make it clear here once and for all: I'm a guy! =) And Maurice is quite a popular French name actually. And yes, I do speak French (aaaand also have French blood in me). I'm 26 and working as a Web developer at the moment. I've been creating sites for the longest time.. As you should normally have guessed by now, I'm a pretty big fan of the series! I've tried finding websites and resources about this show on the net before but they were either limited or always scattered in many little different places. Hence, why I thought it would be awesome to create a real central resource on the net dedicated to this great and awesome show that is Detective Conan! And you guessed it: that's when Detective Conan World was born and officially launched on April 11th, 2009. I still have so many ambitious goals for this site that I can barely think of them all right now. But I will only be focusing on them following a prioritized list of tasks I've set up. I just think it's best to be organized and finish and polish properly each of the project than release an half-baked feature. It just wouldn't be tasty, right? ^^ Anyway, I'm also a big Anime/Manga fan. You can see some of my favorites ones in the Anime and Manga forums. I also love sport, mainly soccer! Ok, I think that's about it for now. I hope you guys are having a great time here! Don't forget to always have fun!