Case Closed

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old high school detective Kudo Shinichi is known to everyone as the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." One night, following a date with Ran, his childhood sweetheart, he witnesses an illegal trade in progress. Caught completely off guard, he is knocked unconscious and forced to take a drug intended to kill him. Instead, he wakes up to discover his body has shrunk to that of a seven-year-old. To hunt down the men responsible, Shinichi hides his true identity and moves in with Ran, whose father happens to be a hopeless detective. From that point on, a stream of murders and mysteries arises that Shinichi must solve. The Keisatsu Gakkou-hen (Wild Police Story) arc is included in episodes 1029, 1038, 1042, and 1061. Episodes 11, 52, 76, 118, 162, 184, 208, 342, 356, 449, 452, 487, 488, 489, 490, 515, 516, 521, 522, 651, 734, 804, 805, 927, 928, and 1187 aired with a runtime of about 50 minutes instead of the standard 25. Episodes 96, 129, 174, 219, 263, 304, 383, and 479 aired with a runtime of about 90 minutes. Episodes 345 and 425 aired with a runtime of about 115 minutes.

Background

In 2003, FUNimation licensed the first 104 episodes of the series for North American production under the name Case Closed. They later decided to stop pursuing more episodes past episode 123 due to poor sales. In 2014, Crunchyroll obtained a license to stream simulcast episodes of Detective Conan on their website starting with episode 754. Winner of the Animation Award (DIVE Award) of the 2010 Japanese Movie Critics Awards.