Case Closed season 2
The second season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[1] The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan) but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan.[2] The episodes' plot continues Jimmy Kudo's life as a young child named Conan Edogawa. The episodes features a temporary return of Jimmy Kudo.
The season initially ran from August 19, 1996 through April 14, 1997 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan.[3][4] Episodes twenty-nine to fifty-four were later collected into seven DVD compilations by Shogakukan and were released on February 24, 2006.[5][6] The season licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment.[7] Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and on Canada's YTV station.[8][9] Case Closed aired until August 16, 2004, where it was dropped by Adult Swim due to low ratings.[10] The English adaption was later collected and released on four DVD compilations.[11][12][13][14] The English adaption of season two was later released in a DVD boxset by Funimation on September 30, 2008 containing episodes twenty-seven to fifty-two, twenty-six to fifty-one in the Japanese numbering.[15] The season two DVD boxset Viridian edition is slated for release on September 15, 2009.[16]
The episodes use nine pieces of theme music: three opening themes and two closing themes in the Japanese episodes and one opening theme and ending theme in the English ones. The first Japanese opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" (胸がドキドキ, lit. "My Heart Pounds") by The High-Lows to episode thirty.[3] The second opening theme is "Feel Your Heart" by Velvet Garden until episode fifty-two.[3] It is followed by "Nazo" (謎, lit. "Mystery") by Miho Komatsu.[4] The first ending theme is "Meikyū no Lovers" (迷宮のラヴァーズ, lit. "Lovers of the Labyrinth") by Heath until episode fifty-one.[3] The remaining episodes use the ending theme "Hikari to Kage no Roman" (光と影のロマン, lit. "Romance of Light and Shadow") by Keiko Utoko.[4] The English opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" with English lyrics and renamed "First New Century" by Carl Finch until episode fifty-four.[17] It is followed by "Nazo" with English lyrics by Stephanie Nadolny for the rest of the episodes.[18] The English ending theme is "Step by Step" with English lyrics by Carl Finch to episode fifty-two.[17] It is later followed by "Hikari to Kage no Roman" with English lyrics also by Stephanie Nadolny.[19]
Episode listing
| Ep no. | Funimation Entertainment title/Original translated title Original Japanese title |
Original airdate | English airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orig.Jp. | Funi.Eng. | |||
| 29 | 30 | "Computer Murder Case" / "The Computer Murder Case" Transliteration: "Konpyūtā Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: コンピューター殺人事件) | August 19, 1996 | July 13, 2004[20] |
| 30 | 31 | "Alibi Testimony Murder Case" / "The Missing Melody" Transliteration: "Aribai Shōgen Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: アリバイ証言殺人事件) | August 26, 1996 | July 14, 2004[20] |
| 31 | 32 | "TV Station Murder Case" / "Murder at the Television Studio" Transliteration: "Terebi-kyoku Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: テレビ局殺人事件) | September 2, 1996 | July 15, 2004[20] |
| 32 | 33 | "Coffee Shop Murder Case" / "Murder at the Local Diner" Transliteration: "Kōhī Shoppu Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: コーヒーショップ殺人事件) | September 9, 1996 | July 19, 2004[20] |
| 33 | 34 | "Detective Boys Survival Case" / "A Hunting We Will Go" Transliteration: "Tantei-dan Sabaibaru Jiken" (Japanese: 探偵団サバイバル事件) | October 14, 1996 | July 20, 2004[20] |
| 34 | 35 | "Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 1)" / "Mountain Villa Murder (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Sansō Hōtai Otoko Satsujin Jiken (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 山荘包帯男殺人事件(前編)) | October 21, 1996 | July 21, 2004[20] |
| 35 | 36 | "Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 2)" / "Mountain Villa Murder (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Sansō Hōtai Otoko Satsujin Jiken (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 山荘包帯男殺人事件(後編)) | October 28, 1996 | July 22, 2004[20] |
| 36 | 37 | "Monday Night 7:30 P.M. Murder Case" / "Wrong Place at the Wrong Time" Transliteration: "Getsuyō Yoru Shichiji Sanjūpun Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 月曜夜7時30分殺人事件) | November 4, 1996 | July 26, 2004[20] |
| 37 | 38 | "Cactus's Flower Murder Case" / "Prickly Past" Transliteration: "Saboten no Hana Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: サボテンの花殺人事件) | November 11, 1996 | July 27, 2004[20] |
| 38 | 39 | "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case" / "Flames of Confusion" Transliteration: "Akaoni Mura Himatsuri Sastujin Jiken" (Japanese: 赤鬼村火祭殺人事件) | November 18, 1996 | July 28, 2004[20] |
| 39 | 40 | "Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Part 1)" / "Billionaire Birthday Blues (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Shisanka Reijō Satsujin Jiken (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 資産家令嬢殺人事件(前編)) | November 25, 1996 | July 29, 2004[20] |
| 40 | 41 | "Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Part 2)" / "Billionaire Birthday Blues (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Shisanka Reijō Satsujin Jiken (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 資産家令嬢殺人事件(後編)) | December 2, 1996 | August 2, 2004[21] |
| 41 | 42 | "Victory Flag Tearing Case" / "Left in Tatters" Transliteration: "Yūshōki Kirisaki Jiken" (Japanese: 優勝旗切り裂き事件) | December 9, 1996 | August 3, 2004[21] |
| 42 | 43 | "Karaoke Box Murder Case" / "Karaoke Killing" Transliteration: "Karaoke Bokkusu Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: カラオケボックス殺人事件) | December 16, 1996 | August 4, 2004[21] |
| 43 | 44 | "Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case" / "Conan Is Kidnapped" Transliteration: "Edogawa Konan Yūkai Jiken" (Japanese: 江戸川コナン誘拐事件) | January 13, 1997 | August 5, 2004[21] |
| 44 | 45 | "Three Hotta Brothers Murder Case" / "Unhappy Birthday" Transliteration: "Hotta Sankyōdai Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 堀田三兄弟殺人事件) | January 20, 1997 | August 9, 2004[21] |
| 45 | 46 | "Facial Mask Murder Case" / "Unexpected Visitors" Transliteration: "Kaopakku Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 顔パック殺人事件) | January 27, 1997 | August 10, 2004[21] |
| 46 | 47 | "Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case" / "A Game of Murder" Transliteration: "Yukiyama Sansō Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 雪山山荘殺人事件) | February 3, 1997 | August 11, 2004[21] |
| 47 | 48 | "Sports Club Murder Case" / "The Last Dive" Transliteration: "Supōtsu Kurabu Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: スポーツクラブ殺人事件) | February 10, 1997 | — |
| 48 | 49 | "Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1)" / "No Immunity for the Diplomat (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Gaikōkan Satsujin Jiken (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 外交官殺人事件(前編)) | February 17, 1997 | August 12, 2004[21] |
| 49 | 50 | "Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2)" / "No Immunity for the Diplomat (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Gaikōkan Satsujin Jiken (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 外交官殺人事件(後編)) | February 24, 1997 | August 16, 2004[21] |
| 50 | 51 | "Library Murder Case" / "The Book Without Pages" Transliteration: "Toshokan Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 図書館殺人事件) | March 3, 1997 | — |
| 51 | 52 | "The Golf Driving Range Murder Case" / "Driving a Bomb" Transliteration: "Gorufu Renshuujō Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: ゴルフ練習場殺人事件) | March 10, 1997 | — |
| 52 | 53A | "The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case 1 hr." / "The Mist Goblin Murder (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Kiri-tengu Densetsu Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 霧天狗伝説殺人事件) | March 17, 1997 | — |
| 52 | 54B | "The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case 1 hr." / "The Mist Goblin Murder (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Kiri-tengu Densetsu Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 霧天狗伝説殺人事件) | March 17, 1997 | — |
| 53 | 55B | "Mysterious Weapon Murder Case" / "Weapon of Choice" Transliteration: "Nazo no Kyouki Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: 謎の凶器殺人事件) | April 7, 1997 | — |
| 54 | 56B | "Game Company Murder Case" / "Game Gone Bad" Transliteration: "Gēmu Kaisha Satsujin Jiken" (Japanese: ゲーム会社殺人事件) | April 14, 1997 | — |
Notes
- ^Jp. The episode's numbering as followed in Japan
- ^Eng. The episode's numbering as followed by Funimation Entertainment
- ^1 hr. The episodes were aired as a single hour long episode in Japan
- ^B These episodes are part of the third season of Case Closed
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