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| − | '''Funimation Entertainment''' (previously known as '''Funimation Productions''', and usually stylized as '''FUNimation''') | + | [[File:Funimation 2016.svg|300px|right]] |
| + | '''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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime 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. | ||
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| + | 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== | ==Case Closed== | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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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| + | The cast would eventually return to dub the video game ''[[Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation]]'', however only released in Europe and Japan. | ||
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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>. | ||
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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. | ||
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| + | ===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. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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<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. | |
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| − | === | + | ===Voice actors/actresses=== |
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| + | ! Voice actor/actress || Main character(s) || Minor character(s) || Additional character(s) | ||
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| + | | '''[[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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Elise Baughman]]''' || [[Yoko Okino]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''John Burgmeier''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Kazumi Sanada|Latham Laney]] || [[A June Bride Murder Case#People|Johnny Umina]]<br>[[An Elevator Murder Case#People|Alan]]<br>[[The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case#People|Kannen]]<br>[[The Farewell Wine Murder Case#People|Dr. Preston]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Doug Burks]]''' || [[Wataru Takagi|Harry Wilder]]<br>[[Ginshiro Toyama|Chief Thomas]] || NA || [[The Death God Jinnai Murder Case#People|Diritch Kosoloff]]<br>[[Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case#People|Butler Weatherbee]]<br>[[The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case#People|Angus]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Chauncey Shiftlett]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Jakie Cabe]]''' || [[Yoshiaki Hara|Zachary Hara]] || NA || [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case#People|John Woodman]]<br>[[Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case#People|Kevin Hotta]]<br>[[Game Company Murder Case#People|Charles Shore]]<br>[[The Bank Heist Murder Case#People|Barton Spacklecrisp]]<br>[[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case#People|Garrett Burke]]<br>[[The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case#People|Nolan Owens]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Bob Carter]]''' || [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Kristopher McLaughlin]] || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Joji Hatamoto|Isaac Hannigan]] || [[A Ghost Ship Murder Case#People|Rex Lager]]<br>[[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case#People|Roderick Appenheimer]]<br>[[Dracula's Villa Murder Case#People|Stefan Van Croven]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Chris Cason]]''' || [[Kazunobu Chiba|Detective Chiba]] || NA || [[Sports Club Murder Case#People|Keith Norse]]<br>[[The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case#People|Shunen]]<br>[[The Death God Jinnai Murder Case#People|Irby Korbson]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Mark]]<br>[[The Phantom of Baker Street#People|Akira Emori]]<br>[[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance#People|Al Watson]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Andrew T. Chandler]]''' || [[Tequila]] and [[Heizo Hattori|Martin Hartwell]] || NA || [[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case#People|Randall]]<br>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case#People|Georgie]]<br>[[Night Road Murder Case#People|Ned Armstrong]]<br>[[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case#People|Jericho]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Dameon Clarke]]''' || 1st voice of [[Genta Kojima|George Kaminski]]<br>[[Sango Yokomizo|Inspector Worthington]] || NA || [[Alibi Testimony Murder Case#People|Samuel Taylor]]<br>[[The Kidnapping Location Case#|James]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Colleen Clinkenbeard]]''' || [[Ran Mouri|Rachel Moore]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''[[Kevin M. Connolly]]''' || [[Heiji Hattori|Harley Hartwell]] || NA || [[Alibi Testimony Murder Case#People|Steve Jacobus]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Amber Cotton]]''' || [[Kazuha Toyama|Katrina Tolliver]] || NA || [[Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case#People|Michelle Tanner]]<br>[[Valentine Murder Case#People|Katie Watson]]<br>[[The Ojamanbou Murder Case#People|Catherine Madison]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Evlin Nesson]]<br>[[Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case#People|Yvette Ainsworth]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Anya Tathers]]<br>[[The Memories of First Love Case#People|Cherie]]<br>[[The Locked Bathroom Murder Case#People|Mindy Garrett]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Cynthia Cranz]]''' || [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitch Tennison]] || [[Ayako Suzuki|Angie Sebastian]]<br>[[List of minor recurring manga characters#Yukiko Katsuragi|Jasmine Kassleshultz]]<br>[[List of notable case characters#Kaori Shinmei|Katie Nantz]] || [[The Antique Collector Murder Case#People|Kimmie]]<br>[[Night Baron Murder Case#People|Audra Kelly]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[R. Bruce Elliott]]''' || [[Kogoro Mouri|Richard Moore]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''[[Bill Flynn]]''' || [[Hiroshi Agasa|Hershel Agasa]] || NA || [[The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case#People|Shane Mathison]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Jim Foronda]]''' || NA || [[Takashi Matsuo#In Detective Conan|Tate Evans]]<br>[[List of minor recurring manga characters#Takayoshi Tsujimura|Thomas Tarrington]] || [[Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case#People|Shannon Hannigan]] | ||
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| + | | '''Andrew Haskett''' || NA || [[Ryujiro Uematsu|Principal Yin]] || [[The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case#People|Tom Mathison]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Clarine Harp]]''' || [[Akemi Miyano|Michelle Hamlin/Kendra]] || NA || [[Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case#People|Famke Hotta]]<br>[[Holmes Freak Murder Case#People|Nancy Schmit]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Hiedi Xanderbilt]]<br>[[The Last Wizard of the Century#People|Seiran Hoshi]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Kyle Hebert]]''' || 1st voice of [[Vodka]] || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Jun Omura|Jim Fleming]] || [[Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case#People|Claude Osgood]]<br>[[The Golf Driving Range Murder Case#People|Michael]]<br>[[The Train Trick Murder Case#People|Dr. Josh Sadler]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Jeremy Trovalone]]<br>[[Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case#People|Gerard Dufour]]<br>[[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case#People|Bruno Ushton]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Yorkham Xanderbilt]]<br>[[The Farewell Wine Murder Case#People|Bigglesworth]]<br>[[The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case#People|Jonathan Nantz]] | ||
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| + | | '''Jeremy Inman''' || NA || [[Detective Nishimura]] || [[The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case#People|Tonnen]] | ||
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| + | | '''Grant James''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Kikuemon|Forgemaster]] || [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case#People|Constantine Fontana]]<br>[[Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case#People|Oscar Hotta]]<br>[[Diplomat Murder Case#People|Rudy Tarrington]]<br>[[The Mystery Weapon Murder Case#People|Mr. Thompson]]<br>[[Night Baron Murder Case#People|Winston Cadbury]]<br>[[Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case#People|Grayson Neighbors]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Bill Jenkins]]''' || [[Goro Otaki|Inspector Odin]] || NA || [[Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case#People|Abraham Yancy]]<br>[[Holmes Freak Murder Case#People|Harry Kanucka]]<br>[[The Death God Jinnai Murder Case#People|Harnison Noble]]<br>[[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance#People|Jim Oger]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Jerry Jewell]]''' || [[Shinichi Kudo|Jimmy Kudo]]<br>[[Kaitou Kid|Phantom Thief]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''[[Jay Jones]]''' || 1st voice of [[Ginzo Nakamori|Mace Fuller]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''[[Gwendolyn Lau]]''' || [[Kazuha Toyama|Kirsten Thomas]] || NA || [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case#People|Yuko Ikezawa]]<br>[[Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case#People|Ari Hannigan]]<br>[[TV Station Murder Case#People|Alice Nagel]]<br>[[Facial Mask Murder Case#People|Marion Karmichael]]<br>[[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Harmony Nelson]]<br>[[The Death God Jinnai Murder Case#People|Patti Parsley]]<br>[[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance#People|Meg Wexham]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Julie Mayfield]]''' || [[Eri Kisaki|Eva Kaden]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''Lydia Mackay''' || NA || [[Matsumoto family#Members|Catherine McLaughlin]]<br>[[List of minor recurring manga characters#Natsue Hatamoto|Suzanna Hannigan]] || [[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Shriva Ordain]]<br>[[A Stalker's Murder Case#People|Quinley Peartree]]<br>[[Kogoro's Date Murder Case#People|Vicki Bowen]]<br>[[Countdown to Heaven#People|Cherilyn Chrisabel]] | ||
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| + | | '''Kristin McCollum''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Tomomi Sakaguchi|Tamera Heatherly]] || [[Victory Flag Tearing Case#People|Kenyan's Mom]]<br>[[Dracula's Villa Murder Case#People|Daiselle Van Croven]]<br>[[The White Sandy Beach Murder Case#People|Liv Collins]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Robert McCollum]]''' || [[Hideo Akagi|Harrison Acres]] || NA || [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case#People|Mr. Oswald]]<br>[[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case#People|Johansen]]<br>[[Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case#People|Scott Andros]]<br>[[The Golf Driving Range Murder Case#People|Tatum Harbowly]]<br>[[The Train Trick Murder Case#People|Dr. Delany]]<br>[[A Ghost Ship Murder Case#People|Hank Hamada]]<br>[[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case#People|Jared Kelly]]<br>[[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases#People|Olaf Xanderbilt]]<br>[[The Phantom of Baker Street|Tadaaki Kashimura]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Mike McFarland]]''' || 2nd voice of [[Genta Kojima|George Kaminski]] || NA || [[On Location, TV Drama Murder Case#People|Jeremiah]]<br>[[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case#People|Michel]]<br>[[Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case#People|Jason Arbington]]<br>[[The Golf Driving Range Murder Case#People|Albert Jordenly]]<br>[[The First Errand Murder Case#People|Archie Gailand]]<br>[[The Detective Boys' Disaster Case#People|Old Man]]<br>[[General Hospital Murder Case#People|Dr. Charles Yanning]] | ||
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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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[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]] | ||
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| + | | '''Justin Pate''' || NA || [[Detective Samonji|Detective Simon]] || [[Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case#People|Lucas Hannigan]]<br>[[Coffee Shop Murder Case#People|Keith Davidovich]]<br>[[Karaoke Box Murder Case#People|Justin Moon]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Monica Rial]]''' || [[Ayumi Yoshida|Amy Yeager]] || NA || [[Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case#People|Matthias Arces]]<br>[[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case#People|Jessica "Jessie" Star]]<br>[[The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case#People|Katie Banwell]] | ||
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| + | | '''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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Greg Silva]]''' || [[Detective Yokoyama]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''[[Ian Sinclair]]''' || 2nd voice of [[Ginzo Nakamori|Mace Fuller]] || NA || NA | ||
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| + | | '''Jeffrey Schmidt''' || NA || [[List of minor recurring manga characters#Takeshi Hatamoto|Theodore Hannigan]] || [[Stage Actress Murder Case#People|Ulver Yorkshire]]<br>[[The White Sandy Beach Murder Case#People|Dr. Marshal Kennedy]] | ||
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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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[John Swasey]]''' || 2nd voice of [[Yusaku Kudo|Booker Kudo]] || NA || [[The Fourteenth Target#People|Peter Ford]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Randy Tallman]]''' || 1st voice of [[Yusaku Kudo|Booker Kudo]] || NA || [[Night Baron Murder Case#People|Romero Rojas]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Eric Vale]]''' || [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Nicholas Santos]] || [[Matsumoto family#Members|Tony Tsugi]] || [[Cactus's Flower Murder Case#People|James Soto]]<br>[[A Crab and Whale Kidnapping Case#People|Koby Erwin]]<br>[[The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case#People|Ted Appenheimer]]<br>[[Scoop Picture Murder Case#People|Reynold Yates]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[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 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]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Barry Yandell]]''' || [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|Cornelius Graver]] || NA || [[The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case#People|O'Brien]]<br>[[Big Monster Gomera Murder Case#People|Josh Listenburg]]<br>[[General Hospital Murder Case#People|Dr. Bill Hindman]]<br>[[The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case#People|Ralph Kittimer]]<br>[[Captured in Her Eyes#People|Inspector Tomlinson]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Stephanie Young]]''' || [[Sumiko Kobayashi|Liz Faulkner]] || NA || [[The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case#People|Lindsey Mathison]]<br>[[The Historical Actor Murder Case#People|Isabel Nottingham]]<br>[[Captured in Her Eyes#People|Tamia Jinno]]<br>[[Detective Conan: The Mirage of Remembrance|Utako Chase]] | ||
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| + | * [[Staff]] (Cast and crew members of the original Japanese Version) | ||
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[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
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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
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| 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 | |