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| − | Funimation has licensed the rights to produce an English adaptation of the anime Detective Conan and would start dubbing in 2004. | + | Funimation Entertainment has licensed the rights to produce an English adaptation of the [[Anime|anime]] [[Detective Conan]], under the title [[Case Closed]] due to legal considerations (to avoid legal issues with the [[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]] series). The first 104 episodes would be licensed to distribute in North America in 2003, and they would start dubbing in 2004. |
According to [[R. Bruce Elliott]], the english voice actor of [[Kogoro Mouri]] (called '''Richard Moore''' in the dub), Funimation would only managed to license the rights to the first 5 seasons (from episode 1 to episode 128) and the first [[Movies|six movies]]. However, alongside the first 6 movies, only 4 full seasons were dubbed and half of Season 5, which totaled to 123 episodes (130 episodes in international units). However, all of this was done in 2004. All of the voices and characters were changed to be "Americanized", to appeal for more broad audience. That means most, if not all, Japanese names were changed in the dub. Examples include [[Shinichi Kudo]] being renamed as Jimmy Kudo; [[Ran Mouri]] being renamed as Rachel Moore and [[Kogoro Mouri]] being renamed Richard Moore. | According to [[R. Bruce Elliott]], the english voice actor of [[Kogoro Mouri]] (called '''Richard Moore''' in the dub), Funimation would only managed to license the rights to the first 5 seasons (from episode 1 to episode 128) and the first [[Movies|six movies]]. However, alongside the first 6 movies, only 4 full seasons were dubbed and half of Season 5, which totaled to 123 episodes (130 episodes in international units). However, all of this was done in 2004. All of the voices and characters were changed to be "Americanized", to appeal for more broad audience. That means most, if not all, Japanese names were changed in the dub. Examples include [[Shinichi Kudo]] being renamed as Jimmy Kudo; [[Ran Mouri]] being renamed as Rachel Moore and [[Kogoro Mouri]] being renamed Richard Moore. | ||
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On February 28th 2013, it was announced that Funimation will start airing the english subbed episodes of Detective Conan on their streaming service, starting with seasons 1-2 (from episode 1 to episode 54) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=542309692466354&set=pb.234820129881980.-2207520000.1362534735&type=3&theater|accessdate=2024-09-27|publisher=Save Case Closed|date=2013-02-28|title=Confirmation that Funimation aired the english subbed of the first 2 seasons}}</ref>. | On February 28th 2013, it was announced that Funimation will start airing the english subbed episodes of Detective Conan on their streaming service, starting with seasons 1-2 (from episode 1 to episode 54) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=542309692466354&set=pb.234820129881980.-2207520000.1362534735&type=3&theater|accessdate=2024-09-27|publisher=Save Case Closed|date=2013-02-28|title=Confirmation that Funimation aired the english subbed of the first 2 seasons}}</ref>. | ||
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Funimation's conversion of the principal characters' names into anglicized forms was heavily criticized by various parties. However, season five of the show is currently a big seller at many retail outlets, even making the top ten list of most sold Funimation DVDs at Amazon.com. | Funimation's conversion of the principal characters' names into anglicized forms was heavily criticized by various parties. However, season five of the show is currently a big seller at many retail outlets, even making the top ten list of most sold Funimation DVDs at Amazon.com. | ||
===Discontinuation=== | ===Discontinuation=== | ||
| − | + | Funimation would cease production of the English dub of the anime around 2009, due to low sales on DVDs and the cost of its license. | |
| − | + | Despite dubbing Season 5, they wouldn't dub to its entirely as the last 11 episodes were left out of Season 5's DVD, which included the important character debut of [[Ai Haibara]]. Oddly, the movies that Funimation would later dub does include the character, who was renamed as "Vi Graythorn". This caused some confusion for those who haven't gotten to watch the episode [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]], where she first appeared in the original anime. | |
| − | Funimation | + | Funimation would continue streaming the series until its license eventually expire in May 4th 2018<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202</ref>, and its DVDs would officially stop be sold. It was highly unlikely that Funimation would continue the dub, as the product manager Adam Sheehan has stated that FUNimation was done with the anime<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180825201925/https://www.funimation.com/forum/topic/4015/do-not-request-more-case-closed</ref>. Funimation would be shut down in 2024 and eventually, the anime would get new English dubs by [[Macias Group]] in 2023 and [[Studio Nano]] in 2025. |
| − | There has been | + | There has been fan requests to convince Funimation to pick up the license to continue the dub (examples being "Detective Conan Translation Project", "Save Case Closed" and petitions online), but none of them were successful. |
| − | In December 1st, 2024, it was | + | In December 1st, 2024, it was claimed by Mau Villarroel Sáez, the founder of Aedea Studio, that there are no plans to re-release the episodes dubbed by Funimation, as [[TMS Entertainment]] no longer allows distribution of any animated media of Detective Conan that has altered and localized character names<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/tio_Aedea/status/1863333632271630843/|accessdate=2024-12-11|publisher=Mau Villarroel Sáez's X account|date=2024-12-01|title=Funimation's "Case Closed" English dub is also banned due to character name changes.}}</ref>. The veracity of this statement remains unknown. |
===Voice actors/actresses=== | ===Voice actors/actresses=== | ||
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! Voice actor/actress || Main character(s) || Minor character(s) || Additional character(s) | ! Voice actor/actress || Main character(s) || Minor character(s) || Additional character(s) | ||
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| − | | '''[[Laura Bailey]]''' || [[Sonoko Suzuki|Serena | + | | '''[[Laura Bailey]]''' || [[Sonoko Suzuki|Serena Sebastian]] || NA || [[The Mysterious Shooting Message Case#People|Erin Mulligan]]<br>[[The Kidnapping Location Case#People|Lily]] |
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| '''[[Troy Baker]]''' || [[Gin]] || NA ||[[Coffee Shop Murder Case#People|James Tongan]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Merlin Tinselton]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Damon]]<br>[[Scoop Picture Murder Case#People|Artie Nelson]]<br>[[The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case#People|York Taylor]]<br>[[The Fourteenth Target#People|Henry Tish]] and [[The Fourteenth Target#People|Jake Marano]] | | '''[[Troy Baker]]''' || [[Gin]] || NA ||[[Coffee Shop Murder Case#People|James Tongan]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Merlin Tinselton]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Damon]]<br>[[Scoop Picture Murder Case#People|Artie Nelson]]<br>[[The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case#People|York Taylor]]<br>[[The Fourteenth Target#People|Henry Tish]] and [[The Fourteenth Target#People|Jake Marano]] | ||
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| '''Jay Moses''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Takuya Mifune|Quentin Mifune]] || [[Art Museum Owner Murder Case#People|Mr. O'Donnell]]<br>[[Dracula's Villa Murder Case#People|Shamus O'Halliwell]]<br>[[The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case#People|Stu Hogan]] | | '''Jay Moses''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Takuya Mifune|Quentin Mifune]] || [[Art Museum Owner Murder Case#People|Mr. O'Donnell]]<br>[[Dracula's Villa Murder Case#People|Shamus O'Halliwell]]<br>[[The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case#People|Stu Hogan]] | ||
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| − | | '''[[Kate Oxley]]''' || [[Miwako Sato|Detective Simone]] || NA || | + | | '''[[Kate Oxley]]''' || [[Miwako Sato|Detective Simone]] || NA || [[General Hospital Murder Case#People|Nurse McPhee]]<br>[[Kogoro's Date Murder Case#People|Sonia Shadowly]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Nina Tathers]]<br>[[Cooking Classroom Murder Case#People|Becca Kinsey]] |
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| '''[[Brina Palencia]]''' || [[Ai Haibara|Vi Graythorn]] || NA || [[General Hospital Murder Case#People|Nurse Nolan]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Tammy]]<br>[[The Locked Bathroom Murder Case#People|Maya Garrett]] | | '''[[Brina Palencia]]''' || [[Ai Haibara|Vi Graythorn]] || NA || [[General Hospital Murder Case#People|Nurse Nolan]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Tammy]]<br>[[The Locked Bathroom Murder Case#People|Maya Garrett]] | ||
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| '''Amy Rosenthal''' || NA || [[Tomoko Suzuki|Selma Sebastian]] || [[Sports Club Murder Case#People|Rita Saeki]] | | '''Amy Rosenthal''' || NA || [[Tomoko Suzuki|Selma Sebastian]] || [[Sports Club Murder Case#People|Rita Saeki]] | ||
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| − | | [[Christopher Sabat]] || 2nd voice of [[Vodka]] ||NA || [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case#People|Craig Newberry]]<br>[[The Famous Potter Murder Case#People|Otto]]<br>[[The Historical Actor Murder Case#People|Johnny Hijikata]]<br>[[The Fourteenth Target#People|Emilio Cantore]] <br> [[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance|Utako Chase]] | + | | '''[[Christopher Sabat]]''' || 2nd voice of [[Vodka]] ||NA || [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case#People|Craig Newberry]]<br>[[The Famous Potter Murder Case#People|Otto]]<br>[[The Historical Actor Murder Case#People|Johnny Hijikata]]<br>[[The Fourteenth Target#People|Emilio Cantore]] <br> [[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance|Utako Chase]] |
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| '''[[Greg Silva]]''' || [[Detective Yokoyama]] || NA || NA | | '''[[Greg Silva]]''' || [[Detective Yokoyama]] || NA || NA | ||
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| '''[[Laurie Steele]]''' || [[Yukiko Kudo|Vivian Kudo]] || || [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case#People|Nancy Andros]]<br>[[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case#People|Jack]]<br>[[Holmes Freak Murder Case#People|Moira Krupp]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Henrietta]] | | '''[[Laurie Steele]]''' || [[Yukiko Kudo|Vivian Kudo]] || || [[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case#People|Nancy Andros]]<br>[[Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case#People|Jack]]<br>[[Holmes Freak Murder Case#People|Moira Krupp]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Henrietta]] | ||
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| − | | '''[[Mark Stoddard]]''' || [[Juzo Megure|Joseph Meguire]] || NA || [[Stage Actress Murder Case|Haroshio Constantine]] | + | | '''[[Mark Stoddard]]''' || [[Juzo Megure|Joseph Meguire]] || NA || [[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Haroshio Constantine]] |
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| '''Sonny Strait''' || NA || [[Eiichi Yamagishi (character)|Eiichi Yamagishi]]<br>[[Yuzo Tomizawa|Tod Appenheimer]] || [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case#People|Asao]]<br>[[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case#People|Salvador Emerson]]<br>[[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case#People|Willard]]<br>[[TV Station Murder Case#People|Roger Stacks]]<br>[[Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case#People|Gary Paramount]]<br>[[The Bank Heist Murder Case#People|Randy Whitman]]<br>[[Ski Lodge Murder Case#People|Drake Ziegman]]<br>[[The Flower Scent Murder Case#People|Slughead McGraw]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Carl Tathers]]<br>[[The Mysterious Mansion of a Band of Thieves Case#People|Middy]] | | '''Sonny Strait''' || NA || [[Eiichi Yamagishi (character)|Eiichi Yamagishi]]<br>[[Yuzo Tomizawa|Tod Appenheimer]] || [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case#People|Asao]]<br>[[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case#People|Salvador Emerson]]<br>[[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case#People|Willard]]<br>[[TV Station Murder Case#People|Roger Stacks]]<br>[[Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case#People|Gary Paramount]]<br>[[The Bank Heist Murder Case#People|Randy Whitman]]<br>[[Ski Lodge Murder Case#People|Drake Ziegman]]<br>[[The Flower Scent Murder Case#People|Slughead McGraw]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Carl Tathers]]<br>[[The Mysterious Mansion of a Band of Thieves Case#People|Middy]] | ||
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| '''[[Alison Viktorin]]''' || [[Conan Edogawa]] || [[Minami Takayama#Appearances as herself|Korma Delorica]] || NA | | '''[[Alison Viktorin]]''' || [[Conan Edogawa]] || [[Minami Takayama#Appearances as herself|Korma Delorica]] || NA | ||
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| − | | '''[[Kent Williams]]''' || [[Shintaro Chaki|Bernie Biggers]]<br>[[Misao Yamamura|Detective | + | | '''[[Kent Williams]]''' || [[Shintaro Chaki|Bernie Biggers]]<br>[[Misao Yamamura|Detective Magnum]]<br>[[Toshiro Odagiri|Superintendent Osterman]] || NA || [[The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case#People|Thomas McMullins]]<br>[[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case#People|Burt Barnes]]<br>[[Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case#People|Barnaby Arbington]]<br>[[An Illustrator Murder Case#People|Horace Hennegraf]]<br>[[The Bank Heist Murder Case#People|Eddie Crockerly]]<br>[[The Wandering Artist Murder Case#People|Troy Haysum]]<br>[[The Bank Robber's Hospitalization Case#People|Norman Dean]]<br>[[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case#People|Sebastian LeClaire]]<br>[[Teiji Moriya|Leo Joel]] |
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| '''Travis Willingham''' || NA || [[Nicholas Underwood]] || [[Valentine Murder Case#People|Tommy Walker]]<br>[[Moonlight Sonata Murder Case#People|Steven Mulhollandd]]<br>[[The Antique Collector Murder Case#People|Anderson McDonald]]<br>[[TV Station Murder Case#People|Miguel Santos]]<br>[[Game Company Murder Case #People|Kelvin Tug]]<br>[[A Crab and Whale Kidnapping Case#People|Male Kidnapper]]<br>[[Countdown to Heaven#People|Theodore Radcliff]] | | '''Travis Willingham''' || NA || [[Nicholas Underwood]] || [[Valentine Murder Case#People|Tommy Walker]]<br>[[Moonlight Sonata Murder Case#People|Steven Mulhollandd]]<br>[[The Antique Collector Murder Case#People|Anderson McDonald]]<br>[[TV Station Murder Case#People|Miguel Santos]]<br>[[Game Company Murder Case #People|Kelvin Tug]]<br>[[A Crab and Whale Kidnapping Case#People|Male Kidnapper]]<br>[[Countdown to Heaven#People|Theodore Radcliff]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:32, 9 October 2025
Funimation Entertainment (previously known as Funimation Productions, and usually stylized as FUNimation) was an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005. Funimation produced, marketed, and distributed anime and other entertainment properties in the United States and international markets. The company is headquartered in Flower Mound, Texas. The company would be shut down in April 2024.
Funimation would eventually get the rights to dub the first 4 seasons and a half of Season 5, and later the first 6 movies of Detective Conan.
Case Closed
Funimation Entertainment has licensed the rights to produce an English adaptation of the anime Detective Conan, under the title Case Closed due to legal considerations (to avoid legal issues with the Conan the Barbarian series). The first 104 episodes would be licensed to distribute in North America in 2003, and they would start dubbing in 2004.
According to R. Bruce Elliott, the english voice actor of Kogoro Mouri (called Richard Moore in the dub), Funimation would only managed to license the rights to the first 5 seasons (from episode 1 to episode 128) and the first six movies. However, alongside the first 6 movies, only 4 full seasons were dubbed and half of Season 5, which totaled to 123 episodes (130 episodes in international units). However, all of this was done in 2004. All of the voices and characters were changed to be "Americanized", to appeal for more broad audience. That means most, if not all, Japanese names were changed in the dub. Examples include Shinichi Kudo being renamed as Jimmy Kudo; Ran Mouri being renamed as Rachel Moore and Kogoro Mouri being renamed Richard Moore.
The cast would eventually return to dub the video game Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation, however only released in Europe and Japan.
On February 28th 2013, it was announced that Funimation will start airing the english subbed episodes of Detective Conan on their streaming service, starting with seasons 1-2 (from episode 1 to episode 54) [1].
Funimation's conversion of the principal characters' names into anglicized forms was heavily criticized by various parties. However, season five of the show is currently a big seller at many retail outlets, even making the top ten list of most sold Funimation DVDs at Amazon.com.
Discontinuation
Funimation would cease production of the English dub of the anime around 2009, due to low sales on DVDs and the cost of its license.
Despite dubbing Season 5, they wouldn't dub to its entirely as the last 11 episodes were left out of Season 5's DVD, which included the important character debut of Ai Haibara. Oddly, the movies that Funimation would later dub does include the character, who was renamed as "Vi Graythorn". This caused some confusion for those who haven't gotten to watch the episode The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case, where she first appeared in the original anime.
Funimation would continue streaming the series until its license eventually expire in May 4th 2018[2], and its DVDs would officially stop be sold. It was highly unlikely that Funimation would continue the dub, as the product manager Adam Sheehan has stated that FUNimation was done with the anime[3]. Funimation would be shut down in 2024 and eventually, the anime would get new English dubs by Macias Group in 2023 and Studio Nano in 2025.
There has been fan requests to convince Funimation to pick up the license to continue the dub (examples being "Detective Conan Translation Project", "Save Case Closed" and petitions online), but none of them were successful.
In December 1st, 2024, it was claimed by Mau Villarroel Sáez, the founder of Aedea Studio, that there are no plans to re-release the episodes dubbed by Funimation, as TMS Entertainment no longer allows distribution of any animated media of Detective Conan that has altered and localized character names[4]. The veracity of this statement remains unknown.
Voice actors/actresses
References
- ^ "Confirmation that Funimation aired the english subbed of the first 2 seasons". Save Case Closed. 2013-02-28. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=542309692466354&set=pb.234820129881980.-2207520000.1362534735&type=3&theater. Retrieved on 2024-09-27.
- ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180825201925/https://www.funimation.com/forum/topic/4015/do-not-request-more-case-closed
- ^ "Funimation's "Case Closed" English dub is also banned due to character name changes.". Mau Villarroel Sáez's X account. 2024-12-01. https://x.com/tio_Aedea/status/1863333632271630843/. Retrieved on 2024-12-11.
See Also
| Anime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seasons | Season 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 | |
| Rerun and Remastered Episodes | Digital Remaster • Rerun and Remastered Episodes list (by Air date • Number) | |
| Staff | Staff • Staff Listing Season 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 | |
| Related Articles | List of anime-original cases • List of anime-original series • List of differences between the manga and anime • Chapters not yet scheduled to animate • List of manga cases • Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story (series) • Mystery Tour (series) | |
| Entertainers | TV Networks • Studios • Funimation Entertainment • TMS Entertainment | |
