Case Closed
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Case Closed, also known as Meitantei Conan (名探偵 コナン?, Detective Conan), is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994. The name "Case Closed" for the English language release results from concerns of copyright conflict of the name Detective Conan.[1] As of April 2009, sixty-four volumes have been released in Japan. The story follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child due to a poison.
Case Closed was adapted into an anime series by the animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and is broadcast in Japan on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV and Animax. The series debuted on January 8, 1996 and has since broadcast 538 episodes as of June 20, 2009. 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 twelve 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, nine Original video animation have been released.
Viz Media licensed the manga series under the name for English-language publication in North America and released twenty-nine volumes as of April 2009. 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.
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[edit] Plot
Jimmy Kudo, a gifted 17-year-old high school detective who frequently works with the police, is attacked by two members of a mysterious crime syndicate while investigating a case of blackmail. He is forced to take a newly-developed drug that is supposed to kill him, but due to a rare side effect unknown to the two men, the drug transformed his body into that of a seven-year-old instead. In order to hide his identity and investigate the whereabouts of the syndicate, called the Black Organization, he adopts the pseudonym Conan Edogawa. To search for leads to the syndicate, he moves in with his childhood friend and love interest Rachel Moore whose father Richard Moore is a private investigator. He also enrolls into Teitan elementary school and forms the Junior Detective League with three elementary school friends, Amy, Mitch and George. Even as Conan, Jimmy continues solving criminal cases, posing as Richard Moore with the help of special gadgets. Richard Moore, a rather inept detective, is bewildered at the sudden rise in his case-solving abilities, but does not question as he is more than glad about his subsequent rise in fame. As the series progresses, so does the relationship between Jimmy and Rachel. However, as Rachel does not know that Conan is really Jimmy, a special relationship develops between Conan and Rachel.
Later in the series, another main character, Anita Hailey, appears. A former member of the Black Organization, codenamed "Sherry", she is actually Shiho Miyano, a gifted chemist who worked on the poison APTX 4869 which turned Jimmy into a child. After her sister was brutally murdered by members of the Black Organization, she tried to escape and was held captive. She then attempted to commit suicide by taking a dose of APTX 4869, but instead transformed into a child as well and managed to escape the organization. She then enrolled into Conan's school under the pseudonym Anita Hailey. Later on Conan and the FBI are able to capture Kir of the black organization. Kir revealed to be part of the CIA, promises to relay information about the Black Organization to the FBI. They return Kir to the organization. Later, she relays that the Black Organization has received a new member codenamed Bourbon.
[edit] Production
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Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga was influenced by the stories of Arsène Lupin, Sherlock Holmes, and the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa.[2]
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[edit] Manga
The manga was first serialized in the fifth issue of Shōnen Sunday in 1994, written and drawn by Gosho Aoyama, and has appeared there since. The first tankoubon was also published by Shogakukan in 1994; it has spanned 64 volumes[3] and continues today. The manga has been highly popular in Japan; the tankoubon has received multiple first places in bestselling lists.[4]
Viz Media publishes Case Closed manga in the United States and Canada while Gollancz publishes the manga in the United Kingdom using Viz Media's English translation.[5] Other than the adaption of character names used in the anime version, there is no significant change between the English translations and the Japanese versions. Currently, there are 29 known English books in stores, as of May 2009.[6]
[edit] Anime
Directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, the Case Closed anime series first premiered in Japan on January 8, 1996 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. The series spans eighteen seasons so far, with 539 episodes airing as of July 4, 2009.[7]
Detective Conan's first 130 episodes and first two movies were licensed for an English language release in North America by Funimation Entertainment.[8] The English dubbed episodes began airing on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004. Fifty episodes aired until it was canceled in January 2005 due to low ratings. The dubbed episodes aired in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block from April 7, 2006 until it was cancelled on September 2, 2006. They also aired on the Funimation Channel programming block on CoLours TV starting June 19, 2006. As of 2nd quarter 2009, FUNimation has released a total of 130 episodes to Region 1 DVD. Funimation released its first 26-episode season box set on July 22, 2008 and has released five season sets as of May 12, 2009, when season box set five was released. This set contained episodes 106-130. The series has also been dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax and broadcast on its English-language networks in Southeast Asia.[9][10]
[edit] TV drama
Two single-episode tv dramas have been made from this series, one in 2006 and one in 2007.
The first drama, which premiered in Japan on Nippon Television on October 2, 2006. It served as a prequel of the current storyline, starring Shun Oguri as Jimmy Kudo, Tomoka Kurokawa as Rachel Moore, and Takanori Jinnai as Richard Moore.[11]
The second TV drama premiered on December 17, 2007, with added characters such as Yu Kashii as Shiho Miyano, Sasaki Kuranosuke as Gin, Okada Taro as Vodka, Tayama Ryosei as Agasa, Fujisaki Nao (Conan) and Shibata Kyoka (Haibara).
[edit] Movies
Since 1997, there has been an animated Detective Conan movie released during Golden Week each year. With the exception of the first movie, all Detective Conan movies have been among of the highest-grossing movies in the year it was screened in Japan.
The first movie, Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper known as Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼 Meitantei Conan: Tokei-jikake no matenrō) in Japan, was screened on April 19, 1997, directed by Michihiko Sawa and written by Kazunari Kochi. It was partly based on Gosho Aoyama's planned ending for Magic Kaito[12], on a chain of arson/bombing cases around Tokyo, intertwined with Rachel's request for a date with Jimmy in a place destined to be bombed. It was released by FUNimation in 2006, and short of standard name changes, there was no significant changes to the English adaptation.
The second movie,Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target known as Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的 Meitantei Conan Jūyon banme no Tagetto), in Japan, debuted on April 18, 1998, and the English version was released in 2007. Directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about a case in which people close to Richard Moore were attacked in a way similar to The A.B.C. Murders. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.05 billion yen[13]. It was released by FUNimation as a DVD in 2007. Although the storyline remained the same, due to character name changes, there have been significant changes in the explanation of the names used.
The third movie, Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師 Meitantei Conan Seikimatsu no Majutsushi), debuted on April 17, 1999. It was again written and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and Kazunari Kochi respectively. This movie was on a newly-discovered Faberge egg that was subject to Phantom Thief Kid's warning—and a murder case that involves the descendant of Rasputin. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.45 billion yen[14].
The fourth movie, Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (名探偵コナン 瞳の中の暗殺者 Meitantei Conan Hitomi no Naka no Ansatsusha), was first screened on April 22, 2000. Directed and wrote by the same staff of the previous two movies, Captured in Her Eyes was about how Rachel Moore became entangled in a series of murder cases where police officers were victims, and when a failed murder attempt gave her amnesia and made herself another target of the killer. This movie achieved a box office income of 2.5 billion Japanese yen.[15]
The fifth movie, Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (名探偵コナン 天国へのカウントダウン Meitantei Conan Tengoku e no Kauntodaun), was first screened on April 21, 2001. Keeping the director and writer of previous movies, in this movie the murder of a developer, the bombing of the latest development of the development, together with the Black Organization and Anita Hailey's suspicious phone calls, brought it box office receipts of 2.9 billion yen.[16]
The sixth movie, Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊 Meitantei Conan Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei), was first shown on April 20, 2002. This movie was written by famed scriptwriter Hisashi Nozawa, but kept Kanetsugu Kodama as director. This movie was a double story: in real life, the murder of a IT magnate's chief programmer, while in the virtual world, a virtual reality game that Conan and friends played, their lives were in danger. This movie brought 3.4 billion yen at the box office.[17]
The seventh movie, Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (名探偵コナン 迷宮の十字路 Meitantei Conan Meikyū no Kurosurōdo), was first screened on April 19, 2003. The writer was again Kazunari Kochi while Kanetsugu Kodama was kept as the director. Staged in Kyoto, this movie concerned the unmasking of a gang of antique robbers. This movie brought box office income of 3.2 billion yen.[18]
The eighth movie, Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (名探偵コナン 銀翼の奇術師 Meitantei Conan Gin-yoku no Majishan), premiered on April 17, 2004. This was the first of Yasuichiro Yamamoto's Detective Conan movies, but Kazunari Kochi stayed as the writer. The movie was about a poisoning case on an airliner, and since the pilot and co-pilot were also affected, Conan Edogawa and Phantom Thief Kid were forced to take case of the lives of the passengers. The movie brought box office income of 2.8 billion yen.[19]
The ninth movie, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀 Meitantei Conan Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejī), was first screened on April 19, 2005. The movie kept the previous movie's director and writer. Set on a cruise ship and integrating the murder of the shipbuilder, a shipwreck disaster, and part of Rachel Moore and Jimmy Kudo's past, this movie resulted in 2.15 billion yen.[20]
The tenth movie, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (名探偵コナン 探偵たちの鎮魂歌 Meitantei Conan Tantei-tachi no Requiem)[21] was announced on December 15, 2005 and was released on April 15, 2006, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office[22] and remained there for three consecutive weeks. As of May 28, 2006, it earned $25.8 million in the Japanese box office.[23] Directed by Taiichiro Yamamoto and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about Conan's investigation of an old murder case as Rachel and friends were held hostage. Important personnel such as Harley Hartwell, Phantom Thief Kid and Saguru Hakuba have all appeared in this movie.
The eleventh movie, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (名探偵コナン 紺碧の棺 Meitantei Conan Konpeki no Jorī Rojā), was first released on April 27, 2007. Written by Kazunari Kochi and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama, the movie was about the murder of treasure hunters and the alleged loot left by pirate Anne Bonny on a Japanese island. This movie brought in 2.53 billion yen[24].
The twelfth movie, Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (名探偵コナン 戦慄の楽譜 Meitantei Conan Senritsu no Furu Sukoa)[25] was announced on February 20, 2008[26], and released on April 19, 2008, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office.[27][28] It is unknown how long it remained there at this time. There have been reports that the advertising for the film was limited, yet normal for a Detective Conan movie.[28] It was reported that (an estimate of) 350,000 people watched the movie in its opening weekend alone.[27] As of May 5, 2008 the movie has earned over 420.03 million yen.[27]. It is twelfth on 2008's Top Domestic Movies at Japanese Box Office.[29] This movie brought in 2.42 billion yen
The thirteenth movie, Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (名探偵コナン 漆黒の追跡者 Meitantei Conan Shikkoku no Chaser) was previewed at the end of the twelfth movie and was released on April 18, 2009. This movie is about the Black Organization, the first since movie 5.[30] In the movie, a new member of the Black Organization, Irish, manages to find out Conan's identity, putting everyone around him in danger.[citation needed]
The Fourteenth movie, (Untitled), was announced at the end of the 13th movie Theaterical release.
[edit] Video games
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A Game Boy Advance game called Detective Conan: The Targeted Detective was released in Japan with no outside release planned. In 2007, a Wii game of Case Closed named Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation was released on May, 2007 in Japan and is scheduled for a North American release in 2009.
An adventure game for the Conan series titled Meitantei Conan & Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbou for the DS was released on February 5, 2009. On its opening weekend it sold about 20,000 copies and was the sixth best-selling game in Japan.[31]
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[edit] Reception
In 2001, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen, along with Cheeky Angel by Hiroyuki Nishimori.[32] At the 5th Annual Tokyo Anime Awards competition, the ninth Detective Conan movie, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths, won the Feature Film category, together with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs To The Stars.[33]
TV Asahi, in a national survey conducted in 2005, placed the series as the sixth in the top 100 anime[34], while in a web survey also conducted by the same TV network, the series was ranked at eighth[35]. The same poll, done in 2006, put the series in the 23rd place using the online poll, and 43rd based on a survey of 100 celebrities.[36]
Due to its high popularity, several Japanese government agencies had used the series to promote government policies, including the mission of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs[37], the history of the G8 Summit[38], and general crime fighting[39].
Case Closed was featured in the sixth installment of Japan Post's Anime, Heroes and Heroines commemorative stamp series, issued on 3 April 2006. The set was on a miniature sheet, featuring Jimmy Kudo, Conan Edogawa, Rachel Moore, the Junior Detective League, the Black Organization, Anita Hailey, and Phantom Thief Kid. The first day of issue cancel featured Conan and Rachel.[40]
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- ^ Highest grossing movies of 2007, Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Assessed 2008-05-23.
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- ^ "Japan hires Detective Conan to Introduce World Summit". Anime News Network. 2008-04-08. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-08/japan-hires-detective-conan-to-introduce-world-summit. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
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[edit] External links
- Official Shogakukan manga web site (Japanese)
- Case Closed (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Official Funimation anime website
- Official YTV anime web site (Japanese)
- Case Closed (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Official Detective Conan Movies Site (Japanese)
- Official YTV drama site (Japanese)
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