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'''{{nihongo|Detective Conan|名探偵コナン|Meitantei Konan, lit. Great Detective Conan}}''' is a Japanese detective [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Gosho Aoyama]] and is serialized in the Japanese manga anthology ''[[Magazines#Weekly Shōnen Sunday|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' since 1994 and has been collected in seventy-one [[Glossary|Tankōbon]] volumes as of February 2011.  
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{{nihongo|'''Detective Conan'''|<ruby>名探偵<rp>(</rp><rt>めいたんてい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>コナン|Meitantei Konan|lit. Great Detective Conan}} is a Japanese detective [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Gosho Aoyama]]. It has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology ''[[Magazines#Weekly Shōnen Sunday|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' since 1994 and had been collected in 103 [[Glossary|Tankōbon]] volumes by April 2023.
  
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The manga has been adapted into an anime series by the animation studio [[Studios#TMS Entertainment|Tokyo Movie Shinsha]], directed by [[Kenji Kodama]] and [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]], and is broadcast in Japan on [[TV Networks#Nippon Television Network Corporation|Nippon Television]], [[TV Networks#Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|Yomiuri TV]] and [[TV Networks#Animax|Animax]]. The series debuted on January 8, 1996 and has since broadcast 586 episodes as of September 04, 2010. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into fifteen [[Glossary|Golden Week]] movies, with the first released on April 17, 1997 and since then followed with a movie released each year. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, eleven [[OVAs|Original video animation]] have been released. As of February 2011, seventy-one volumes have been released in Japan.
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The manga has been adapted into an anime series by the animation studio [[Studios#TMS Entertainment|TMS Entertainment (formerly Tokyo Movie)]], directed by [[Kenji Kodama]] (episode 1 to 118), [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] (episode 119 to 161, 163 to 218, 220 to 332, 667 to 677, 680 to the last episode to date), [[Masato Sato]] (episode 162, 219, 333 to 504), [[Koujin Ochi]] (episode 505 to 666, 678 to 679), [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]] (episode 975 to the last episode to date), and is broadcast in Japan on [[TV Networks#Nippon Television Network Corporation|Nippon Television]], [[TV Networks#Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|Yomiuri TV]] and [[TV Networks#Animax|Animax]]. The series debuted on January 8th, 1996 and had broadcasted 1000 episodes by March 6, 2021. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into twenty-seven [[Glossary|Golden Week]] [[Regular movies|movies]], with the first released on April 17th, 1997 and since then followed with a movie released each year, always in the month of April. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, five [[OVAs#Magic Files|Magic Files]] related to the movies and twelve [[OVAs|Original Video Animations]] have been released.
  
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==Story summary==
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Even though Detective Conan is a [[Glossary#Shōnen|Shōnen]], its audience is composed of a substantial proportion of female viewers and readers. The series also seems to attract all ages.
  
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[[Image:Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg|thumb|125px|Conan Edogawa]]
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== Story summary ==
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The story follows the adventures of [[Shinichi Kudo]] (also known as Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed), a young detective prodigy who was inadvertently shrunk into a child's body due to a [[APTX 4869|poison]] he was force-fed by members of a [[Black Organization|criminal syndicate]]. Neighbor and family friend [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] strongly suggested Shinichi hide his identity to prevent them from killing him and the people he cares about, so Shinichi takes the name [[Conan Edogawa]]. He goes to live with his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] and her father, [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]], and tries to use Kogoro's detective agency as a way to find the people who shrank him — without letting Ran figure out who he really is.
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[[File:Conan Edogawa Profile.jpg|thumb|125px|Conan Edogawa]]
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[[Shinichi Kudo]] is a high school detective who sometimes works with police to solve cases. During an investigation, he is ambushed and incapacitated by a member of a crime syndicate known as the [[Black Organization]]. In an attempt to murder the young detective, they force-feed him a dangerous experimental drug. However, instead of killing him, it shrinks his body to the size of an elementary school child. Adopting the pseudonym [[Conan Edogawa]] and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend [[Ran Mouri]] and her father, [[Kogoro Mouri]], who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Kogoro's cases. Nonetheless, after Kudo solves one, he uses [[Agasa Hiroshi|Dr. Agasa]]'s hidden tranquilizer to sedate Kogoro and then uses a voice changer to simulate his voice to reveal the solution. He also enrolls in [[Teitan Elementary School]], where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own [[Detective Boys]] group. While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with other characters, including his neighbor, Dr. Agasa; Ran's friend [[Sonoko Suzuki]]; a fellow teenage detective, [[Heiji Hattori]]; assorted police detectives from different regions; and a phantom thief called [[Kaito Kid]].
  
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==Case Closed==
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Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student, [[Ai Haibara]], who reveals herself to be a former member of the Black Organization under the code name Sherry and the creator of the experimental drug that shrunk him. She too ingested it to evade the pursuit of the organization. She soon joins the Junior Detectives. During a rare encounter with the Black Organization, Conan helps the FBI plant a CIA agent, [[Kir]], inside the Black Organization as a spy.
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Detective Conan is known as "Case Closed" in North America. The name "''Case Closed''" results from concerns of copyright conflict of the name ''Detective Conan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-02-05/funimation-renames-conan|accessdate=2008-08-18|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2007-10-09|title=FUNimation renames Conan}}</ref>
 
  
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Viz Media licensed the manga series under the name for English-language publication in North America and released thirty-nine volumes as of July 2011. [[Funimation Entertainment]] licensed the anime series for North American broadcast. Both the English adaption went under the name ''Case Closed''. The character names were also adapted into English ones with some names different between the two. Fifty episodes of the English dubbed series aired on [[TV Networks#Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network]] as part of their [[TV Networks#Adult Swim|Adult Swim]] programming block on May 24, 2004 until January 2005 and were discontinued due to low ratings.<ref name="Adult Swim Anime Plans">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-01-22/adult-swim-anime-plans|title=Adult Swim Anime Plans|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=May 5, 2009}}</ref>
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=== Internal rules ===
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Two years later, Funimation made the series available, airing it on Colours TV during its syndication with the Funimation Channel. As of 2011, only 130 episodes (episodes 1-123 Japanese version) have been dubbed in English. Though anime was not so popular in North America, manga enjoys high success. Volume 36 appeared in the ''[[wikipedia:New York Times Manga Best Sellers|New York Times Manga Best Sellers]]'' list during the week ending on October 24, 2010. As of October 11, 2011 40 volumes have been released by [[Viz Media]].
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The world of Detective Conan has a set of [[Recurring Tropes|internal rules]] that might catch unfamiliar readers of the [[Manga|manga]] and spectators of the [[Anime|anime]] off guard, such as the [[Lack of Information Sharing|lack of information sharing]] and the regular [[Illogical and Irrational Behavior|illogical and irrational behavior]] exhibited by many characters. The universe is mostly consistent within its rules, with [[Oversights in Detective Conan|a few exceptions]]. The passing of time is difficult to judge, due to a literary device known as a floating timeline, which enables the compression of 20+ years worth of events and technological upgrades into less than one year.
  
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==Critical reception==
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== Media ==
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===Manga===
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[[File:Volume 1.jpg|180px|thumb|right|The first manga volume cover]]
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Written and illustrated by [[Gosho Aoyama]], Detective Conan started its serialization in ''Shogakukan'''s shōnen manga magazine ''[[Magazines#Weekly Shōnen Sunday|Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' on January 5, 1994. Detective Conan became one of the longest running manga series, with over 1,000 chapters released in Japan, and the first series with over 1,000 chapters published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. ''Shogakukan'' has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 1994. On October 18, 2021, the series reached one hundred volumes; [[Wikipedia:One Piece|One Piece]] author, Eiichiro Oda, whose series achieved the same feat a month before, sent congratulations to Aoyama. As of April 18, 2025, 107 volumes have been published.
  
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The series has been well received in Japan with the anime adaptation ranking in the top twenty in [[Magazines#Animage|Animage]]'s polls between 1996 until 2000 where it dropped below the top twenty. In the Japanese TV anime ranking, Detective Conan often ranked the top six. It has even been used as a mascot to promote citizens to follow the law. Meanwhile, the English adaption has not been as equally popular as in Japan, and has been criticized for the name changes.
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====Spin-offs====
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Gosho Aoyama's assistants have written an anthology series of Detective Conan which are released irregularly.
  
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A spin-off manga series, titled "[[The Culprit Hanzawa|Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa]], by [[Mayuko Kanba]], began in the July 2017 issue of ''Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S'', released on May 25, 2017.
  
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Even though Detective Conan is a [[Glossary|Shōnen]], its audience is composed of a substantial proportion of female viewers and readers. The series also seems to attract all ages.
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Another spin-off manga series, illustrated by [[Takahiro Arai]] with supervision by Aoyama, titled [[Zero's Tea Time|Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time]] started in issue #24 of ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' on May 9, 2018. The story centers on the agent Toru Amuro/Rei Furuya. New chapters of the manga are only published when Detective Conan is on hiatus.
  
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Another spin-off manga series by Arai, titled [[Wild Police Story|Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc – Wild Police Story]], was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from October 2, 2019, to November 18, 2020. Spanning 13 chapters, it again focuses on Amuro/Furuya during his years in the police academy with his colleagues.
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===Anime===
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An anime television series adaptation, produced by ''Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation'' and ''[[TMS Entertainment]]'', premiered on January 8, 1996. Over 1,150 episodes have aired in Japan, making it one of the longest anime series.
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===Video games===
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Detective Conan's expansion into the video games industry followed behind its foray into animation. On December 27, 1996, [[Detective Conan: The Underground Amusement Park Murder Case]] was released for the Game Boy. Since then, 24 games have been released. Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though ''Nobilis'' has localized [[Detective Conan: The Mirapolis Investigation]] for the PAL region as "Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation". All dedicated Detective Conan games released for the Game Boy, Sony's consoles, the WonderSwan, and the Nintendo DS have been developed by ''Bandai''. ''Banpresto'' developed the Detective Conan titles on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance while ''Marvelous Entertainment'' developed [[Detective Conan: The Mirapolis Investigation]].
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===Audio CDs===
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{{Main|Music}}
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[[File:Bestof01.jpg|180px|thumb|right|"The Best of Detective Conan" CD cover]]
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Katsuo Ono composed and arranged the music in the Detective Conan animation; his works have been released on several CDs. Two image albums, comprising several songs sung by Japanese voice actors of the characters in the animation, were also released. Several theme music were performed by pop musicians such as ''[[Wikipedia:B'z|B'z]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Zard|Zard]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Garnet Crow|Garnet Crow]]''. The first four theme music were released by Universal Music Group and all releases thereafter were by Being Inc.
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''The Best of Detective Conan'' and ''The Best of Detective Conan 2'' albums collectively sold over 2.2 million copies, while singles from ''The Best of Detective Conan 3'' collectively sold over 1.6 million copies. On July 25, 2017, the singer [[Mai Kuraki]] was awarded a Guinness World Record for singing the most theme songs in a single anime series, having sung 21 songs for Detective Conan, starting with her hit song "Secret of My Heart" (2000).
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===Live-action drama===
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Four live action drama TV specials and a TV series were created by ''Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation'' and ''[[TMS Entertainment]]'' based on the series. The first two specials aired in 2006 and 2007 featuring [[Shun Oguri]] portraying the teenage [[Shinichi Kudo]] and [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] as [[Ran Mouri]]. The third and fourth TV specials aired in 2011 and 2012 featuring [[Junpei Mizobata]] as Shinichi and [[Shioli Kutsuna]] as Ran. The cast used for those TV specials were used for the television series which aired between July 7 and September 29, 2011.
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===Other related media===
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the two companies collaborated to publish twelve biweekly magazines consisting of chapters from Weekly Shōnen Sunday's Case Closed and Weekly Shōnen Magazine's Kindaichi Case Files. The magazine ran between April 10, 2008, and September 25, 2008.
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Shogakukan have also produced many books spun off from the series. Fifty volumes of a film comic series were published in Japan between June 1996 and August 2000, covering the first 143 episodes of the anime, though some episodes were skipped. Five additional film comics entitled 5 Juuyou Shorui (5重要書類, lit. 5 Important Documents) were published between July 2001 and January 2002 and covered selected episodes between 162 and 219. Thirteen official guide books were published between June 1997 and April 2009. Shogakukan has also published novels, digest books, educational books, and puzzle books. In January 7th 2024, it would be announced that ''Takara Tomy'' will publish the "Detective Conan Trading Card Game", with the first card being included in Shonen Sunday issue 9 in January 24th<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://x.com/conan_file/status/1743831352792006694?t=UeU24bfYgJMxRZfNvnndUA&s=19|date=2024-01-07|title="Shonen Sunday issue 9, released on January 24th, Conan TCG first card "Edogawa Conan" will be available!"}}</ref>.
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In North America, ''Score Entertainment'' published the "Case Closed Trading Card Game" on June 29, 2005. The game entails the use of three customized decks of cards, which players buy and collect. Representing characters, events, and objects in Detective Conan, these cards are used by players to fulfill certain conditions to solve a case and win the game. Certain cards are used to foil the progress of the player's opponents. An English unofficial guidebook to the series titled The "Case Closed Casebook: An Essential Guide" was published by ''DH Publishing Inc.'' on March 25, 2008. A collaborative themed event by ''Universal Studios Japan'' with the series, for the ''Universal Cool Japan 2018'' attractions, ran from January 19 to June 24, 2018. Characters from the series were featured in a crossover event for the survival horror video game Identity V for the game's China server in 2020, and released globally in 2021.
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== Case Closed ==
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== Critical reception ==
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=== Japan and other countries ===
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The series has been well received in Japan, with the anime adaptation ranking in the top twenty in [[Magazines#Animage|Animage]]'s polls between 1996 until 2000, where it dropped below the top twenty. In the Japanese TV anime ranking, Detective Conan often ranked the top six. It has even been used as a mascot to promote citizens to follow the law. The manga is a huge success and it is continued to be published. It won the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2000. Some of its volumes appear on the lists of best-selling manga.
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The series is successful in Asia and Europe, where some countries translated most of the episodes and volumes. Due to the high popularity, the series has since been re-broadcasting in many countries after the original premieres.
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Although popular in many other countries, Case Closed was not as successful in the US. Many of its factors are most likely poor advertising, character name changes and script changes around Japanese characters and their culture. Despite their intention to make the series more accessible to general audience, the changes to more Westernized character names was very criticized. Due to this, [[FUNimation|Funimation Entertainment]]'s dubbed version of "Case Closed" was cancelled at only 123 episodes and 6 movies. Despite the fan requests to continue dubbing the anime, it didn't do well enough for FUNimation Entertainment to continue the dub until they lost the license rights of "Case Closed" in 2018.
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Bang Zoom! Entertainment and Studio Nano dubs was better received, as the original Japanese names would be intact and in higher-quality. However, Macias Group dub was criticized for its low-quality dubbing, audio problems and only covering episodes 960-1010 rather than starting from the beginning or continuing where FUNimation left off.
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Despite its failed ways to localize in the US, the series still had a cult-following over the years and it has grown to have a considerable fandom since. The manga would still released by VIZ Media, despite its low sales<small>[citation needed]</small>.
  
 
== Appearances in other media ==
 
== Appearances in other media ==
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[[File:Future_Detective_Conan_the_Great.png|250px|thumb|right|Detective Conan cameo in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]
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Besides his anime and manga appearances, Conan is the protagonist for all the movies and the video games based on the Case Closed series. Several anime and games have parodied, lampooned or otherwise mentioned him or the series. Some of them include: [[wikipedia:Yakitate!! Japan|Yakitate!! Japan]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate!!_Japan Yakitate!! Japan]!! Japan'' Anime Episode # 48</ref> [[wikipedia:Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_(manga) Black Cat]'' Anime Episodes # 13 & 14</ref> [[wikipedia:Inuyasha|Inuyasha]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuyasha Inuyasha]'' Anime Episode 128 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYO1nZpEFg#t=5m38s briefly about one second])</ref> [[wikipedia:Hayate the Combat Butler|Hayate the Combat Butler]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayate_the_Combat_Butler Hayate no Gotoku]''# 30</ref> [[wikipedia:Proposal Daisakusen|Proposal Daisakusen]],<ref> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposal_Daisakusen Proposal Daisakusen]'' Episode # 10 </ref> [[wikipedia:Sonic X|Sonic X]],<ref> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_X Sonic X]'' Episode # 39 </ref> [[wikipedia:Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple|Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]<ref> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi:_The_Mightiest_Disciple Kenichi: The Mighties Disciple]'' Episode # 5 </ref>, [[wikipedia:Angelic Layer|Angelic Layer]]<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelic_Layer Angelic Layer]'' Episode 22</ref>, and [[wikipedia:Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]<ref>'''Trucy''': "This Summer: A Legal Eagles Production of 'Case Closed'." ...Looks like a poster for a different show. '''Apollo''': ...One I wouldn't mind seeing real soon. ''(Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)''</ref> In case of Inuyasha, Detective Conan features Conan reading Inuyasha manga first in [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|episode 200]] (aired July 24, 2000). Later, [[Shinichi]] and [[Ran]] made their [[wikipedia:cameo appearance|cameo appearance]] in Inuyasha episode 128 (aired October 13, 2003).
  
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Besides for his anime and manga appearances, Conan is the protagonist for all the movies and the video games based on the Case Closed series. Some anime parodied, lampooned and even mentioned him. Some of them include, [[wikipedia:Yakitate!! Japan|Yakitate!! Japan]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate!!_Japan Yakitate!! Japan]!! Japan'' Anime Episode # 48</ref>'' [[wikipedia:Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'',<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_(manga) Black Cat]'' Anime Episodes # 13 & 14</ref> [[wikipedia:Inuyasha|Inuyasha]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuyasha Inuyasha]'' Anime Episode 128</ref> [[wikipedia:Hayate the Combat Butler|Hayate the Combat Butler]],<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayate_the_Combat_Butler Hayate no Gotoku]''# 30</ref> [[wikipedia:Proposal Daisakusen|Proposal Daisakusen]],<ref> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposal_Daisakusen Proposal Daisakusen]'' Episode # 10 </ref> [[wikipedia:Sonic X|Sonic X]], [[wikipedia:Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple|Kenichi the Mighties Disciple]]<ref> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi:_The_Mightiest_Disciple Kenichi: The Mighties Disciple]''</ref>, and [[wikipedia:Angelic Layer|Angelic Layer]].<ref>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelic_Layer Angelic Layer]'' Episode 22</ref> He was used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
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Conan has also been used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.
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<div class="left">[[File:Future_Detective_Conan_the_Great.png|250px|thumb|right|Detective Conan cameo in ''[[wikipedia:Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple|Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'']]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:DCInuyasha.png|250px|thumb|right|Detective Conan in ''[[wikipedia:Inuyasha|Inuyasha]]'' episode 128]]</div>
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== In other languages ==
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Every title without a note beside it in the table below translates to "Detective Conan".
 
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|名探偵コナン Meitantei Konan|Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|名探偵コナン Meitantei Konan|Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Case Closed|Due to copyright issues, however packaging still mentions "Detective Conan" title.}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|المحقّق كونان Al-Muḥaqqiq Konan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|المحقق كونان Al-Muhaqiq Konan|Sometimes called المفتش كونان {{Bracket|Al-Mufatish Konan|(Investigator Konan)}} }}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Detektif Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa|Detektif Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Bahasa Melayu|Detektif Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|名偵探柯南 Mingzhengtan Kenan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|El Detectiu Conan|Lit. "The Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|名侦探柯南 Míngzhēntàn Kēnán|Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Hong Kong|Chinese (Traditional)|名偵探柯南 Míngzhēntàn Kēnán|Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Czech Republic|Czech|Detektiv Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Denmark|Danish|Mesterdetektiven Conan|Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English (US)|Case Closed<br>Detective Conan|Due to trademark issues, packaging and the door closing <br> transition still use "Detective Conan" as the title.<br>The original name would return being used for anime<br>promotion in 2025.}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Singapore|English (Singapore)|Detective Conan|The Southeast Asian manga released by Shogakukan <br> Asia uses the original title "Detective Conan".}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Detective Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Detective Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Salapoliisi Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Détective Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Détective Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|O detective Conan|Lit. "The Detective Conan"}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Detektiv Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Detektiv Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=India|Hindi|Detective Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=India|Hindi|जासूस कॉनन Jasoos Conan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Hungary|Hungarian|Conan, a detektív|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Hungary|Hungarian|Conan, a detektív|Lit. "Conan the detective"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Indonesian|Detektif Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malaysian|Detektif Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Detective Conan|&nbsp;}}
 
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|명탐정 코난 Myeongtamjeong Konan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|명탐정 코난 Myeongtamjeong Conan|Lit. "Renowned Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Poland|Polish|Detektyw Conan Detective Tsonan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Norway|Norwegian|Mesterdetektiven Conan|Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Russia|Russia|Детектив Конан Detective Conan |&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Детектив Конан Detektiv Konan|&nbsp;}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Mästerdetektiven Conan|Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"}}
 
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Sweden|Swedish|Mästerdetektiven Conan|Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยอดนักสืบจิ๋วโคนัน {{Bracket|Yodnakseubjew Conan|(Great Detective Boy Conan)}}|Sometimes called ยอดนักสืบรุ่นจิ๋วโคนัน Yodnakseub Roonjew Conan}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยอดนักสืบจิ๋วโคนัน|Lit. "Great Little Detective Conan"}}
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{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Thám tử lừng danh Conan|Renowned Detective Conan}}
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Detective Conan (名探偵(めいたんてい)コナン Meitantei Konan?, lit. Great Detective Conan) is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994 and had been collected in 103 Tankōbon volumes by April 2023.

The manga has been adapted into an anime series by the animation studio TMS Entertainment (formerly Tokyo Movie), directed by Kenji Kodama (episode 1 to 118), Yasuichiro Yamamoto (episode 119 to 161, 163 to 218, 220 to 332, 667 to 677, 680 to the last episode to date), Masato Sato (episode 162, 219, 333 to 504), Koujin Ochi (episode 505 to 666, 678 to 679), Nobuharu Kamanaka (episode 975 to the last episode to date), and is broadcast in Japan on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV and Animax. The series debuted on January 8th, 1996 and had broadcasted 1000 episodes by March 6, 2021. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into twenty-seven Golden Week movies, with the first released on April 17th, 1997 and since then followed with a movie released each year, always in the month of April. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, five Magic Files related to the movies and twelve Original Video Animations have been released.

Even though Detective Conan is a Shōnen, its audience is composed of a substantial proportion of female viewers and readers. The series also seems to attract all ages.

Story summary

Main article: Characters
Conan Edogawa

Shinichi Kudo is a high school detective who sometimes works with police to solve cases. During an investigation, he is ambushed and incapacitated by a member of a crime syndicate known as the Black Organization. In an attempt to murder the young detective, they force-feed him a dangerous experimental drug. However, instead of killing him, it shrinks his body to the size of an elementary school child. Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend Ran Mouri and her father, Kogoro Mouri, who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Kogoro's cases. Nonetheless, after Kudo solves one, he uses Dr. Agasa's hidden tranquilizer to sedate Kogoro and then uses a voice changer to simulate his voice to reveal the solution. He also enrolls in Teitan Elementary School, where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own Detective Boys group. While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with other characters, including his neighbor, Dr. Agasa; Ran's friend Sonoko Suzuki; a fellow teenage detective, Heiji Hattori; assorted police detectives from different regions; and a phantom thief called Kaito Kid.

Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student, Ai Haibara, who reveals herself to be a former member of the Black Organization under the code name Sherry and the creator of the experimental drug that shrunk him. She too ingested it to evade the pursuit of the organization. She soon joins the Junior Detectives. During a rare encounter with the Black Organization, Conan helps the FBI plant a CIA agent, Kir, inside the Black Organization as a spy.

Internal rules

The world of Detective Conan has a set of internal rules that might catch unfamiliar readers of the manga and spectators of the anime off guard, such as the lack of information sharing and the regular illogical and irrational behavior exhibited by many characters. The universe is mostly consistent within its rules, with a few exceptions. The passing of time is difficult to judge, due to a literary device known as a floating timeline, which enables the compression of 20+ years worth of events and technological upgrades into less than one year.

Media

Manga

Main article: Manga
The first manga volume cover

Written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama, Detective Conan started its serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 5, 1994. Detective Conan became one of the longest running manga series, with over 1,000 chapters released in Japan, and the first series with over 1,000 chapters published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 1994. On October 18, 2021, the series reached one hundred volumes; One Piece author, Eiichiro Oda, whose series achieved the same feat a month before, sent congratulations to Aoyama. As of April 18, 2025, 107 volumes have been published.

Spin-offs

Gosho Aoyama's assistants have written an anthology series of Detective Conan which are released irregularly.

A spin-off manga series, titled "Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa, by Mayuko Kanba, began in the July 2017 issue of Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S, released on May 25, 2017.

Another spin-off manga series, illustrated by Takahiro Arai with supervision by Aoyama, titled Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time started in issue #24 of Weekly Shōnen Sunday on May 9, 2018. The story centers on the agent Toru Amuro/Rei Furuya. New chapters of the manga are only published when Detective Conan is on hiatus.

Another spin-off manga series by Arai, titled Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc – Wild Police Story, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2, 2019, to November 18, 2020. Spanning 13 chapters, it again focuses on Amuro/Furuya during his years in the police academy with his colleagues.

Anime

Main article: Anime

An anime television series adaptation, produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, premiered on January 8, 1996. Over 1,150 episodes have aired in Japan, making it one of the longest anime series.

Video games

Main article: Games

Detective Conan's expansion into the video games industry followed behind its foray into animation. On December 27, 1996, Detective Conan: The Underground Amusement Park Murder Case was released for the Game Boy. Since then, 24 games have been released. Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though Nobilis has localized Detective Conan: The Mirapolis Investigation for the PAL region as "Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation". All dedicated Detective Conan games released for the Game Boy, Sony's consoles, the WonderSwan, and the Nintendo DS have been developed by Bandai. Banpresto developed the Detective Conan titles on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance while Marvelous Entertainment developed Detective Conan: The Mirapolis Investigation.

Audio CDs

Main article: Music
"The Best of Detective Conan" CD cover

Katsuo Ono composed and arranged the music in the Detective Conan animation; his works have been released on several CDs. Two image albums, comprising several songs sung by Japanese voice actors of the characters in the animation, were also released. Several theme music were performed by pop musicians such as B'z, Zard, and Garnet Crow. The first four theme music were released by Universal Music Group and all releases thereafter were by Being Inc.

The Best of Detective Conan and The Best of Detective Conan 2 albums collectively sold over 2.2 million copies, while singles from The Best of Detective Conan 3 collectively sold over 1.6 million copies. On July 25, 2017, the singer Mai Kuraki was awarded a Guinness World Record for singing the most theme songs in a single anime series, having sung 21 songs for Detective Conan, starting with her hit song "Secret of My Heart" (2000).

Live-action drama

Main article: Drama

Four live action drama TV specials and a TV series were created by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment based on the series. The first two specials aired in 2006 and 2007 featuring Shun Oguri portraying the teenage Shinichi Kudo and Tomoka Kurokawa as Ran Mouri. The third and fourth TV specials aired in 2011 and 2012 featuring Junpei Mizobata as Shinichi and Shioli Kutsuna as Ran. The cast used for those TV specials were used for the television series which aired between July 7 and September 29, 2011.

Other related media

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the two companies collaborated to publish twelve biweekly magazines consisting of chapters from Weekly Shōnen Sunday's Case Closed and Weekly Shōnen Magazine's Kindaichi Case Files. The magazine ran between April 10, 2008, and September 25, 2008.

Shogakukan have also produced many books spun off from the series. Fifty volumes of a film comic series were published in Japan between June 1996 and August 2000, covering the first 143 episodes of the anime, though some episodes were skipped. Five additional film comics entitled 5 Juuyou Shorui (5重要書類, lit. 5 Important Documents) were published between July 2001 and January 2002 and covered selected episodes between 162 and 219. Thirteen official guide books were published between June 1997 and April 2009. Shogakukan has also published novels, digest books, educational books, and puzzle books. In January 7th 2024, it would be announced that Takara Tomy will publish the "Detective Conan Trading Card Game", with the first card being included in Shonen Sunday issue 9 in January 24th[1].

In North America, Score Entertainment published the "Case Closed Trading Card Game" on June 29, 2005. The game entails the use of three customized decks of cards, which players buy and collect. Representing characters, events, and objects in Detective Conan, these cards are used by players to fulfill certain conditions to solve a case and win the game. Certain cards are used to foil the progress of the player's opponents. An English unofficial guidebook to the series titled The "Case Closed Casebook: An Essential Guide" was published by DH Publishing Inc. on March 25, 2008. A collaborative themed event by Universal Studios Japan with the series, for the Universal Cool Japan 2018 attractions, ran from January 19 to June 24, 2018. Characters from the series were featured in a crossover event for the survival horror video game Identity V for the game's China server in 2020, and released globally in 2021.

Case Closed

Main article: Case Closed

Critical reception

Japan and other countries

The series has been well received in Japan, with the anime adaptation ranking in the top twenty in Animage's polls between 1996 until 2000, where it dropped below the top twenty. In the Japanese TV anime ranking, Detective Conan often ranked the top six. It has even been used as a mascot to promote citizens to follow the law. The manga is a huge success and it is continued to be published. It won the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2000. Some of its volumes appear on the lists of best-selling manga.

The series is successful in Asia and Europe, where some countries translated most of the episodes and volumes. Due to the high popularity, the series has since been re-broadcasting in many countries after the original premieres.

United States

Although popular in many other countries, Case Closed was not as successful in the US. Many of its factors are most likely poor advertising, character name changes and script changes around Japanese characters and their culture. Despite their intention to make the series more accessible to general audience, the changes to more Westernized character names was very criticized. Due to this, Funimation Entertainment's dubbed version of "Case Closed" was cancelled at only 123 episodes and 6 movies. Despite the fan requests to continue dubbing the anime, it didn't do well enough for FUNimation Entertainment to continue the dub until they lost the license rights of "Case Closed" in 2018.

Bang Zoom! Entertainment and Studio Nano dubs was better received, as the original Japanese names would be intact and in higher-quality. However, Macias Group dub was criticized for its low-quality dubbing, audio problems and only covering episodes 960-1010 rather than starting from the beginning or continuing where FUNimation left off.

Despite its failed ways to localize in the US, the series still had a cult-following over the years and it has grown to have a considerable fandom since. The manga would still released by VIZ Media, despite its low sales[citation needed].

Appearances in other media

Besides his anime and manga appearances, Conan is the protagonist for all the movies and the video games based on the Case Closed series. Several anime and games have parodied, lampooned or otherwise mentioned him or the series. Some of them include: Yakitate!! Japan,[2] Black Cat,[3] Inuyasha,[4] Hayate the Combat Butler,[5] Proposal Daisakusen,[6] Sonic X,[7] Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple[8], Angelic Layer[9], and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney[10] In case of Inuyasha, Detective Conan features Conan reading Inuyasha manga first in episode 200 (aired July 24, 2000). Later, Shinichi and Ran made their cameo appearance in Inuyasha episode 128 (aired October 13, 2003).

Conan has also been used as a character to promote people to follow the law in Japan, due to the popularity of the series.

Detective Conan cameo in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Detective Conan in Inuyasha episode 128

In other languages

Every title without a note beside it in the table below translates to "Detective Conan".

Language Name Notes
Flag of Japan Japanese 名探偵コナン Meitantei Konan Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"
Flag of Arab League Arabic المحقّق كونان Al-Muḥaqqiq Konan  
Flag of Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia Detektif Conan  
Flag of Malaysia Bahasa Melayu Detektif Conan  
Flag of Catalonia Catalan El Detectiu Conan Lit. "The Detective Conan"
Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 名侦探柯南 Míngzhēntàn Kēnán Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"
Flag of Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) 名偵探柯南 Míngzhēntàn Kēnán Lit. "Famous Detective Conan"
Flag of Czech Republic Czech Detektiv Conan  
Flag of Denmark Danish Mesterdetektiven Conan Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"
Flag of US English (US) Case Closed
Detective Conan		 Due to trademark issues, packaging and the door closing
transition still use "Detective Conan" as the title.
The original name would return being used for anime
promotion in 2025.
Flag of Singapore English (Singapore) Detective Conan The Southeast Asian manga released by Shogakukan
Asia uses the original title "Detective Conan".
Flag of Philippines Filipino Detective Conan  
Flag of Finland Finnish Salapoliisi Conan  
Flag of France French Détective Conan  
Flag of Galicia Galician O detective Conan Lit. "The Detective Conan"
Flag of Germany German Detektiv Conan  
Flag of India Hindi जासूस कॉनन Jasoos Conan  
Flag of Hungary Hungarian Conan, a detektív Lit. "Conan the detective"
Flag of Italy Italian Detective Conan  
Flag of North KoreaFlag of South Korea Korean 명탐정 코난 Myeongtamjeong Conan Lit. "Renowned Detective Conan"
Flag of Norway Norwegian Mesterdetektiven Conan Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"
Flag of Iran Persian کاراگاهان کوچک  
Flag of Poland Polish Detektyw Conan  
Flag of Russia Russian Детектив Конан Detektiv Konan  
Flag of Spain Spanish
(Spain and Latin America)
 Detective Conan  
Flag of Brazil Portuguese
(Portugal and Brazil)		 Detetive Conan  
Flag of Sweden Swedish Mästerdetektiven Conan Lit. "The Master-Detective Conan"
Flag of Thailand Thai ยอดนักสืบจิ๋วโคนัน Lit. "Great Little Detective Conan"
Flag of Turkey Turkish Dedektif Conan  
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Thám tử lừng danh Conan Lit. "Renowned Detective Conan"

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Shonen Sunday issue 9, released on January 24th, Conan TCG first card "Edogawa Conan" will be available!"". 2024-01-07. https://x.com/conan_file/status/1743831352792006694?t=UeU24bfYgJMxRZfNvnndUA&s=19. 
  2. ^ Yakitate!! Japan!! Japan Anime Episode # 48
  3. ^ Black Cat Anime Episodes # 13 & 14
  4. ^ Inuyasha Anime Episode 128 (briefly about one second)
  5. ^ Hayate no Gotoku# 30
  6. ^ Proposal Daisakusen Episode # 10
  7. ^ Sonic X Episode # 39
  8. ^ Kenichi: The Mighties Disciple Episode # 5
  9. ^ Angelic Layer Episode 22
  10. ^ Trucy: "This Summer: A Legal Eagles Production of 'Case Closed'." ...Looks like a poster for a different show. Apollo: ...One I wouldn't mind seeing real soon. (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)
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