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==Media== ===Manga=== {{See also|List of Case Closed volumes{{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' volumes}} Written and illustrated by [[Gosho Aoyama]], ''Case Closed'' started its serialization in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' on January 5, 1994.{{Efn|The series debuted in the magazine's fifth issue of 1994 ([[cover date]] January 19),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578090|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 1994年 表示号数5|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 25, 2020|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003301/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M578090|archive-date=March 26, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> released on January 5 of that same year.<ref name="Shogakukan-PRTimes">{{cite press release|script-title=ja:祝!『名探偵コナン』連載30周年! 〜「少年サンデー」はじめ、盛りだくさんなお祝い企画が続々スタート!〜|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002444.000013640.html|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|via=[[PR Times]]|access-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110082809/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002444.000013640.html|archive-date=January 10, 2024|language=ja|date=January 10, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「名探偵コナン」少年サンデー第7号は連載30周年記念スタート号!探偵衣装&虫眼鏡… "初表紙"を思い起させる特別デザインにも注目|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2024/01/10/82218.html|website=AnimeAnime.jp|access-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110083031/https://animeanime.jp/article/2024/01/10/82218.html|archive-date=January 10, 2024|language=ja|date=January 10, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>}} ''Case Closed'' became one of the [[List of manga series by volume count|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''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Detective Conan Is 1st Shonen Sunday Manga to Publish 1,000th Chapter|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-08/detective-conan-is-1st-shonen-sunday-manga-to-publish-1000th-chapter/.119911|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 12, 2019|date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729105047/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-08/detective-conan-is-1st-shonen-sunday-manga-to-publish-1000th-chapter/.119911|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 1994.<ref name="Vol 1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720013921/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=1572|archive-date=July 20, 2012|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=1572|title=''Detective Conan'' Vol. 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=June 11, 2009|language=Japanese|url-status=dead }}</ref> On October 18, 2021, the series reached one hundred volumes;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「名探偵コナン」100巻発売!ホームズに“報告”、CMや100人のコナン並ぶ巨大広告も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/449768|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 18, 2021|language=ja|date=October 18, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018045103/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/449768|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[One Piece]]'' author, [[Eiichiro Oda]], whose series achieved the same feat a month before, sent congratulations to Aoyama.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Eiichiro Oda Congratulates Gosho Aoyama For Detective Conan's 100th Volume|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-11-09/eiichiro-oda-congratulates-gosho-aoyama-for-detective-conan-100th-volume/.179386|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 10, 2021|date=November 9, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109212836/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-11-09/eiichiro-oda-congratulates-gosho-aoyama-for-detective-conan-100th-volume/.179386|url-status=live}}</ref> As of April 18, 2025, 107 volumes have been published.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン 107|trans-title=Detective Conan, Vol. 107|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784098540792|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 24, 2025|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250224001744/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784098540792|archive-date=February 24, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory - Aoyama's Workplace 2013-08-14.jpg|thumb|right|A recreation of Aoyama's workplace at the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory]][[Viz Media]] announced its acquisition of the series for North America on June 1, 2004.<ref name="Viz announce">{{cite web|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2004-06-02/viz-announces-new-manga-for-q3|title=Viz announces new manga for Q3|date=June 2, 2004|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231514/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2004-06-02/viz-announces-new-manga-for-q3|url-status=live}}</ref> Following Funimation's localization, Viz released the series as ''Case Closed'' and took their character names to keep consistency between the two media.<ref name="Viz rename">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-28/case-closed-manga-names-to-change|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422122009/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-28/case-closed-manga-names-to-change|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2007|title=Case Closed Manga Names to Change|date=June 28, 2004|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> Viz Media released the first volume in September 2004 and began releasing digital editions in 2013.<ref name="Viz 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/case-closed-volume-1/2210|title=''Case Closed'' Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=November 1, 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031053330/http://www.viz.com/manga/print/case-closed-volume-1/2210|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Digital Viz 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/digital/case-closed-volume-1/1660|title=Digital ''Case Closed'' Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=November 1, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104144559/http://www.viz.com/manga/digital/case-closed-volume-1/1660|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their ''Viz Manga'' digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they are released in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Viz Media Simultaneously Releases Shogakukan Manga Titles in New VIZ Manga App|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-09/viz-media-simultaneously-releases-shogakukan-manga-titles-in-new-viz-manga-app/.197912|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510113238/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-09/viz-media-simultaneously-releases-shogakukan-manga-titles-in-new-viz-manga-app/.197912|archive-date=May 10, 2023|date=May 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Diaz|first=Ana|title=Viz's new subscription service will deliver translated manga the same day it's out in Japan|url=https://www.polygon.com/23711092/viz-media-new-subscription-app-manga-shojo|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510113247/https://www.polygon.com/23711092/viz-media-new-subscription-app-manga-shojo|archive-date=May 10, 2023|date=May 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz]] licensed and distributed 15 of Viz Media's volumes in the United Kingdom before ceasing publication of manga. (Viz Media has since re-released them).<ref>{{cite book|title=Case Closed Volume 15: v. 15 (MANGA)|isbn=0575080809|last1=Aoyama|first1=Gōshō|year=2005|publisher=Gollancz Manga }}</ref> In 2014 [[Shogakukan Asia]] began its own English localization of the series for Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries as ''Detective Conan''.<ref name="Singapore manga">{{cite web|url=http://shogakukan.asia/category/books/manga-comics/page/4/|title=Shogakukan Asia Manga releases|publisher=[[Shogakukan Asia]]|access-date=June 3, 2015|archive-date=June 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615005733/http://shogakukan.asia/category/books/manga-comics/page/4/|url-status=live}} - Go to "Detective Conan A Modern Day Sherlock Holmes " - {{ISBN|978-981-07-9567-2}} - Release date 6 June 2014</ref> Laura Thornton of [[CBR.com]], citing the common Japanese ownership in both Shogakukan Asia and Viz, described the Singapore version as, compared to the Viz one, "completely identical, word-for-word, even -- save for the names and the ''Detective Conan'' logo".<ref name=ThorntonLaura>{{cite web|last=Thornton|first=Laura|url=https://www.cbr.com/detective-conan-cased-closed-too-many-localizations/|title=Detective Conan's Trickiest Case Is Its Sheer Number of Localizations|work=[[CBR.com]]|date=September 24, 2020|access-date=September 24, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006141050/https://www.cbr.com/detective-conan-cased-closed-too-many-localizations/|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Spin-offs==== {{Main|Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa{{!}}''Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa''|Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time{{!}}''Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time''|Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc{{!}}''Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc''}} Gosho Aoyama's assistants have written an [[anthology]] series of ''Case Closed'' which are released irregularly.<ref name="Short 1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013113046/http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091425313|archive-date=October 13, 2012|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091425313|title=''Detective Conan'' Special Edition 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=June 4, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン 特別編 闇夜の追撃手|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091432995|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210519095044/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091432995|archive-date=May 19, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] manga series, titled ''Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa'', by Mayuko Kanba, began in the July 2017 issue of [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Shōnen Sunday S]]'', released on May 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「名探偵コナン」犯人が主役のギャグ新連載、黒い人が犯罪都市・米花町へ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/233973|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|access-date=October 18, 2020|language=ja|date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017065318/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/233973|url-status=live}}</ref> Another spin-off manga series, illustrated by Takahiro Arai with supervision by Aoyama, titled ''Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time'' started in issue #24 of ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' on May 9, 2018. The story centers on the agent [[List of Case Closed characters#Rei Furuya|Toru Amuro/Rei Furuya]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=Bayleigh|title=Detective Conan Gets Spinoff Manga Centering on Tōru Amuro|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-10/detective-conan-gets-spinoff-manga-centering-on-toru-amuro/.130125|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2018|date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118130004/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-10/detective-conan-gets-spinoff-manga-centering-on-toru-amuro/.130125|url-status=live}}</ref> New chapters of the manga are only published when ''Case Closed'' 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Detective Conan Gets New Police Academy Spinoff Manga Centering on Tōru Amuro|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-24/detective-conan-gets-new-police-academy-spinoff-manga-centering-on-toru-amuro/.151479|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 18, 2020|date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024100401/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-24/detective-conan-gets-new-police-academy-spinoff-manga-centering-on-toru-amuro/.151479|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「名探偵コナン 警察学校編」ついに開幕!松田陣平の声が聴けるPVも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/349765|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|access-date=October 18, 2020|language=ja|date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017072334/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/349765|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Detective Conan Police Academy Spinoff Manga Ends on November 18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-11/detective-conan-police-academy-spinoff-manga-ends-on-november-18/.166221|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 11, 2020|date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214552/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-11/detective-conan-police-academy-spinoff-manga-ends-on-november-18/.166221|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Anime=== {{See also|List of Case Closed episodes (seasons 1–15){{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' episodes (seasons 1–15)|List of Case Closed episodes (seasons 16–30){{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' episodes (seasons 16–30)|List of Case Closed episodes (seasons 31–current){{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' episodes (seasons 31–current)}} The [[anime]] version of ''Case Closed'' is produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and [[TMS Entertainment]].<ref name="Staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/staff/|title=''Detective Conan'' staff|publisher=[[Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation]]|access-date=April 13, 2009|language=Japanese|archive-date=August 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824024320/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/staff/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TMS">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095556/http://www.tms-e.com/english/search/index.php?pdt_no=161|archive-date=August 10, 2011|url=http://www.tms-e.com/english/search/index.php?pdt_no=161|title=''Detective Conan''|publisher=[[TMS Entertainment]]|access-date=December 9, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Over 1,150 episodes have aired in Japan since the anime's premiere on January 8, 1996, making it the [[List of anime series by episode count|fifteenth longest anime series]] to date.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329161620/http://www.ytv.co.jp/anime/suwa/back1158124.html|archive-date=March 29, 2011|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/anime/suwa/back1158124.html|title=YTV: Animation on the Web|date=February 18, 2010|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=March 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/archive/|title=''Detective Conan'' episode archive|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=December 5, 2010|archive-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520101135/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/archive/|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, Shogakukan collected and released the episodes on [[VHS]] [[video cassettes]] from June 1996 to October 2006.<ref>{{cite book|title=''Detective Conan'' Volume 1 (VHS)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4099031918|country=jp}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.tsutaya.co.jp/item/sell_dvd/4988005441911.html|title=''Detective Conan'' 14-10 (VHS)|publisher=Tsutaya.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=October 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008020951/http://store.tsutaya.co.jp/item/sell_dvd/4988005441911.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Four hundred and twenty-six episodes were released on VHS until Shogakukan abandoned the format and switched over to DVDs, starting over from the first episode.<ref name="Part 1 DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.beinggiza.com/conan/tvseries/1.html|title=''Detective Conan'' Part 1|publisher=[[Being Inc.]]|language=Japanese|access-date=December 8, 2012|archive-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429140244/http://beinggiza.com/conan/tvseries/1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For the fifteenth anniversary of the anime series, the series was made available for [[video on demand]].<ref name="B199">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623220050/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/blog/2010/10/post_199.html|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/blog/2010/10/post_199.html|script-title=ja:祝!!15周年|author=Conan Blog|date=October 27, 2010|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|trans-title=Celebrate! 15th anniversary|access-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="VoD">{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/yod/anime/conan.html|title=''Detective Conan'' Video on Demand|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404010310/http://www.ytv.co.jp/yod/anime/conan.html|archive-date=April 4, 2011}}</ref> The series celebrated its 25th anniversary in January 2021, and the "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case" episode (11th episode of the series) was given the remake treatment as the first part of its celebration, which featured the latest staff and production techniques, and [[Classical music|classical]] pianist [[Aimi Kobayashi]] performed [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 14]] for the episode. It aired on March 6, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Detective Conan Anime to Remake 'Legendary' Episode to Mark 25th Anniversary|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-15/detective-conan-anime-to-remake-legendary-episode-to-mark-25th-anniversary/.167494|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 16, 2020|date=December 15, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216014214/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-15/detective-conan-anime-to-remake-legendary-episode-to-mark-25th-anniversary/.167494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Detective Conan Anime Remakes 'Moonlight Sonata Murder Case' Episode|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-02/detective-conan-anime-remakes-moonlight-sonata-murder-case-episode/.169086|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 3, 2021|date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203004005/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-02/detective-conan-anime-remakes-moonlight-sonata-murder-case-episode/.169086|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, the ''Detective Conan'' anime has been broadcast in 40 countries around the world.<ref name="cnc">{{cite news|title=Detective Conan: Behind the scenes|url=http://en.cncnews.cn/news/v_show/72069_Detective_Conan:_Behind_the_scenes.shtml|work=[[CNC World|CNC News]]|publisher=[[China Xinhua News Network Corporation|CNC]]|date=June 2, 2018|access-date=December 1, 2018|archive-date=December 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024719/http://en.cncnews.cn/news/v_show/72069_Detective_Conan:_Behind_the_scenes.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The Canadian channel [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] picked up the ''Case Closed'' series and broadcast 22 episodes between April 7, 2006, and September 2, 2006, before taking it off the air.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513201806/http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/case_closed/index.asp|archive-date=May 13, 2006|url=http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/case_closed/index.asp|title=Case Closed – Anime on YTV|publisher=[[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]|access-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2006-04-01|title=The Click April 8th – April 14th|author=Brian Hanson|date=April 8, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 5, 2010|archive-date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417163351/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2006-04-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2006-08-26|title=The Click August 26th – September 1st|first=Brian|last=Hanson|date=August 26, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 5, 2010|archive-date=April 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422230138/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/2006-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Case Closed'' was later broadcast in North America on [[NHK]]'s cable network [[TV Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724115035/http://www.tvjapan.net/en/subcategory/anime.html|archive-date=July 24, 2011|url=http://www.tvjapan.net/en/subcategory/anime.html|title=TV Japan Cartoon/Anime|publisher=[[NHK]]|access-date=January 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hanabee Entertainment licensed the series for distribution in Australia.<ref name="Hanabee license">{{cite web|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-11-16/hanabee-entertainment-licenses-case-closed|title=Hanabee Entertainment Licenses ''Case Closed''|date=November 16, 2013|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 4, 2013|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308122805/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-11-16/hanabee-entertainment-licenses-case-closed|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, the first 104 episodes, as well as the first six movies were licensed by Funimation for distribution in North America, under the title ''Case Closed'' because of legal considerations.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040327142351/http://caseclosed.com/|archive-date=March 27, 2004|url=http://www.caseclosed.com/|access-date=October 3, 2010|publisher=[[Funimation]]|title=''Case Closed'' FAQ}}</ref><ref name="License">{{cite web|last=Phillips|first=George|date=July 5, 2003|title=Funimation Confirms ''Detective Conan''|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-07-05/funimation-confirms-detective-conan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810114131/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-07-05/funimation-confirms-detective-conan|archive-date=August 10, 2010|access-date=November 28, 2010|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> The ''Case Closed'' anime has also been released in other languages such as French, German and Italian.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112024138/http://www.ab-international.com/catalogue_2006/detail.asp?Code=959|archive-date=January 12, 2011|url=http://www.ab-international.com/catalogue_2006/detail.asp?Code=959|title=''Detective Conan'' by AB International|publisher=AB International|language=French|access-date=March 31, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222144/http://www.m-4-e.de/de/dvd_conan.html|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url=http://www.m-4-e.de/de/dvd_conan.html|title=''Detective Conan'' by M4E|publisher=M4E|language=German|access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083037/http://www.tv.mediaset.it/italia1/detective_conan/|archive-date=July 24, 2011|url=http://www.tv.mediaset.it/italia1/detective_conan/|title=''Detective Conan''|publisher=[[Mediaset]]|access-date=March 31, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Case Closed'' debuted on [[Cartoon Network]] as part of their [[Adult Swim]] programming block on May 24, 2004;<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=April 18, 2004|title=Cartoon Network Upcoming Premieres|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-04-13/cartoon-network-upcoming-premieres|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727130106/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-04-13/cartoon-network-upcoming-premieres|archive-date=July 27, 2009|access-date=May 5, 2009|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> no more than 50 episodes were licensed from Funimation due to low ratings.<ref name="Rerun">{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=January 22, 2005|title=Adult Swim Anime Plans|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-01-22/adult-swim-anime-plans|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623044157/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-01-22/adult-swim-anime-plans|archive-date=June 23, 2009|access-date=May 5, 2009|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Funimation made the series available with the launch of the [[Funimation Channel]] in November 2005; it was temporary available on Colours TV during its syndication with the Funimation Channel.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124004353/http://www.funimationchannel.com/|archive-date=November 24, 2005|url=http://www.funimationchannel.com/|title=Funimation Channel|publisher=[[Funimation]]|access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003161542/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/8797.html|archive-date=October 3, 2012|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/8797.html|title=Funimation Channel Debuts On Dish Network & LA 18|date=June 7, 2006|publisher=ICv2.com|access-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Funimation also released DVDs of their dubbed series beginning August 24, 2004.<ref name="CC 53-55">{{cite web|url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-2-Deadly-Illusions/e/704400078125|title=Case Closed 2: Deadly Illusions|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|access-date=May 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041248/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-2-Deadly-Illusions/e/704400078125|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref> Initially, the releases were done in single DVDs and future episodes were released in seasonal boxes; 130 episodes have been released in total.<ref name="Season5DVDs">{{cite web|url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-Season-Five/e/704400078019|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|title=Case Closed Season 5 Box Set|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624101652/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-Season-Five/e/704400078019|archive-date=June 24, 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref> The seasonal boxes were later re-released in redesigned boxes called Viridian edition.<ref name="Viridian 1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525034943/https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqjd?url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/UcZkx=NeDldhdvEGGT/browse/item/83416/4/0/0|archive-date=May 25, 2024|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/eQAiGT=mg8PhoBNYOs/browse/item/83416/4/0/0|title=Case Closed Season 1 DVD Box Set (Hyb) – Viridian Collection|publisher=[[The Right Stuf International]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Viridian 5">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525035026/https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqjk?url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/Ue1XlXrquV-QHPwPe1/browse/item/86129/4/0/0|archive-date=May 25, 2024|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/6qNjiVXHxUpjHmH3t-/browse/item/86129/4/0/0|title=Case Closed Season 5 DVD Box Set (Hyb) – Viridian Collection|publisher=[[The Right Stuf International]]|access-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Funimation began streaming ''Case Closed'' episodes in March 2013.<ref name="Funi stream">{{cite web|url=http://www.funimation.com/lee/blog/watch-case-closed-online/7592285|title=Watch Case Closed Online!|author=Michelle|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=[[Funimation]]|access-date=April 14, 2013|archive-date=April 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415041800/http://www.funimation.com/lee/blog/watch-case-closed-online/7592285|url-status=live}}</ref> Finally, in 2018, Funimation lost the rights to the series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=May 4, 2018|title=Funimation's Case Closed, Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Licenses Expire|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081408/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202|archive-date=November 7, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2018|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> A separate English adaptation of the series was made by Voiceovers Unlimited Pte Ltd. in Singapore.<ref name=ThorntonLaura/> Another one by [[Animax Asia]] premiered in the [[Philippines]] on January 18, 2006, under the name ''Detective Conan''.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619171955/http://www.animax-asia.com/synopsis/default.asp?pid=39|archive-date=June 19, 2007|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/synopsis/default.asp?pid=39|title=''Detective Conan'' on Animax Asia|publisher=[[Animax Asia]]|access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113034615/http://www.animax-asia.com/schedule/animax-schedule-d-200601-ph.pdf|archive-date=January 13, 2006|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/schedule/animax-schedule-d-200601-ph.pdf|title=Animax Philippines schedule (January 2006)|publisher=Animax Asia|access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref> Because Animax were unable to obtain further TV broadcast rights, their version comprised only 52 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731084631/http://www.spena.tv/animax-asia/animax-web-live-chat/animax-faq.php|archive-date=July 31, 2010|url=http://www.spena.tv/animax-asia/animax-web-live-chat/animax-faq.php|title=Animax FAQ|publisher=[[AXN Asia]]|access-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The series continued with reruns until August 7, 2006, when it was removed from the station.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521193247/http://www.animax-asia.com/schedule/animax-schedule-m-200605-ph.pdf|archive-date=May 21, 2006|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/schedule/animax-schedule-m-200605-ph.pdf|title=Animax Philippines schedule (May 2006)|publisher=Animax Asia|access-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref> Both the Singapore and Philippines versions used Japanese character names.<ref name=ThorntonLaura/> The California-based channel United Television Broadcasting (UTB) aired it with English subtitles from 2011 to 2014, until episode 421.<ref>{{cite web|last=Osmond|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Osmond (journalist)|date=August 23, 2011|title=S. California's UTB Airs Detective Conan/Case Closed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-23/s-california-utb-airs-detective-conan/case-closed|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308050558/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-23/s-california-utb-airs-detective-conan/case-closed|archive-date=March 8, 2017|access-date=March 7, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafu.com/2016/08/switching-off-major-cuts-coming-to-utb-schedule/|title=UPDATE: Switching Off: Major Cuts Coming to UTB Schedule|website=www.rafu.com|date=August 26, 2016|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731163334/http://www.rafu.com/2016/08/switching-off-major-cuts-coming-to-utb-schedule/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Crunchyroll]] began [[simulcast]]ing the series in October 2014, starting with episode 754.<ref name="Crunchyroll get">{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/10/10/crunchyroll-adds-case-closed-to-anime-simulcasts|title=Crunchyroll Adds ''Case Closed'' to Anime Simulcasts|first=Joseph|last=Luster|date=October 10, 2014|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 2, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410185622/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/10/10/crunchyroll-adds-case-closed-to-anime-simulcasts|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2020, Crunchyroll began streaming the first 42 episodes, later adding episodes 42–123 in August 2021 (with any special episodes with an extended runtime that were previously split into multiple parts being presented as they were originally broadcast in Japan).<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Crunchyroll Adds Case Closed Anime's 1st Season to Catalog|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-17/crunchyroll-adds-case-closed-anime-1st-season-to-catalog/.164160|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 17, 2020|date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920094419/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-17/crunchyroll-adds-case-closed-anime-1st-season-to-catalog/.164160|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cardine|first=Kyle|title=Case Closed Episodes 42-123 Launch Today on Crunchyroll|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/08/12-1/case-closed-episodes-42-123-launch-today-on-crunchyroll|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=May 21, 2023|date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205205803/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/08/12-1/case-closed-episodes-42-123-launch-today-on-crunchyroll|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, 52 episodes of the anime appeared on [[Netflix]], initially under its original title ''Detective Conan'' before changing to its English moniker ''Case Closed''. The episodes were listed as "season one", although in reality they are episodes 748 to 799. The episodes were only available in Japanese, but were subtitled. The availability was likely part of Netflix's efforts to expand its anime catalog.<ref name="Netflix">{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=January 1, 2016|title=Netflix Adds Detective Conan Anime Streaming|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/netflix-adds-detective-conan-anime-streaming/.97124|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902072743/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/netflix-adds-detective-conan-anime-streaming/.97124|archive-date=September 2, 2017|access-date=September 3, 2017|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> In January 2021, Netflix removed the episodes. It was revealed in February 2023 that TMS Entertainment commissioned a new English dub of ''Case Closed'', with episodes of the anime beginning streaming on [[Tubi]] that same month, starting at episode 965.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dennison|first=Kara|title=Case Closed English Dub Anime Series Added to Tubi|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/09-1/detective-conan-prevails-as-tubi-launches-case-closed-dubbed-anime|access-date=February 9, 2023|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209235150/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/09-1/detective-conan-prevails-as-tubi-launches-case-closed-dubbed-anime|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Tubi Streams 10 New English-Dubbed Episodes for Case Closed Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-09/tubi-streams-10-new-english-dubbed-episodes-for-case-closed-anime/.194692|access-date=February 9, 2023|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209182958/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-09/tubi-streams-10-new-english-dubbed-episodes-for-case-closed-anime/.194692|url-status=live}}</ref> This marked the first English dub for the series since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Louis|date=February 20, 2023|title=Case Closed Returns to the US for First Time in 13 Years|url=https://thepostrider.com/case-closed-returns-to-the-us-for-first-time-in-13-years/|access-date=April 2, 2023|website=The Postrider|archive-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402165220/https://thepostrider.com/case-closed-returns-to-the-us-for-first-time-in-13-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> The dub is produced by Florida-based studio Macias Group with a new dub cast (except for the voices of Shinichi, Conan, Ran, Kogoro, and Kaito Kid, whose voice actors were retained from the [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] home video dubs).<ref name="Tubi">Credits from {{cite episode|title=Kaiju Gomera vs Kamen Yaiba (Prologue)|series=Case Closed|station=|airdate=February 15, 2023|season=30|series-link=Case Closed|network=[[Tubi]]|date=|number=965}}</ref> ====Films==== {{See also|List of Case Closed films{{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' films}} Twenty-seven feature films based on the ''Case Closed'' series have been released. They are animated by TMS Entertainment and produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippon Television, ShoPro, and [[Toho]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220043248/http://www.toho.co.jp/lineup/conan2010/|archive-date=February 20, 2011|url=http://www.toho.co.jp/lineup/conan2010/|title=''Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky''|publisher=[[Toho]]|language=Japanese|access-date=September 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first seven were directed by [[Kenji Kodama]]; films 8–14 were directed by [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]; films 15–21 were directed by [[Kobun Shizuno]]; film 22 and 26 were directed by [[Yuzuru Tachikawa]]; films 23, 24, and 27 were directed by Chika Nagaoka; and film 25 was directed by Susumu Mitsunaka. The films have been released in April of each year, starting in 1997 with the first film, ''[[Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper]]''.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118063930/http://www.conan-movie.jp/14case/index.html|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/14case/index.html|title=''Detective Conan'' movie archives|publisher=Conan-movie.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> The 27th and latest film, ''[[Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram]]'', was released on April 12, 2024. The [[Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target|second film]] and onwards were the top twenty grossing anime films in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613064628/http://eiren.org/toukei/1998.html|archive-date=June 13, 2010|url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1998.html|title=Highest grossing movies of 1998 in Japan|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 13, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/index.html|title=Highest grossing movies of 2011 in Japan|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207193029/http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The revenue earned from the films funded Toho's other film projects.<ref>{{cite book|last=Berra|first=John|title=Directory of World Cinema: Japan|publisher=Intellect Ltd|date=June 1, 2010|isbn=978-1-84150-335-6|chapter=Contemporary Blockbuster}}</ref> Each film was adapted into two [[film comic]]s which were released in the fourth quarter of the same year.<ref name="Movie 1.1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208223925/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091248713|archive-date=December 8, 2012|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091248713|title=''Detective Conan Movie: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper'' Part 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=February 21, 2010|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Movie 14.2">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209011316/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091225757|archive-date=December 9, 2012|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091225757|title=''Detective Conan Movie: The Lost Ship in the Sky'' Part 2|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=January 2, 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref> Funimation released English dubbed versions of the first six films on [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region 1]] DVDs between October 3, 2006, and February 16, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-The-Time-Bombed-Skyscraper-The-Movie/Kenji-Kodama/e/704400077906|title=Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper - The Movie|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624101704/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Case-Closed-The-Time-Bombed-Skyscraper-The-Movie/Kenji-Kodama/e/704400077906|archive-date=June 24, 2011|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/XbEbP-mbXRAGqDd86t/browse/item/85841/4/0/0|title=Case Closed Movie 6: The Phantom of Baker Street DVD (Hyb)|publisher=[[The Right Stuf International]]|access-date=September 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908040714/http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/XbEbP-mbXRAGqDd86t/browse/item/85841/4/0/0|archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] has released English dubs of ''Case Closed'' films through [[Discotek Media]], starting with the ''[[Case Closed Episode One|Episode One]]'' TV special on July 28, 2020.<ref name="ThorntonLaura" /> ====Original video animations==== {{See also|List of Case Closed TV Specials and OVAs{{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' TV Specials and OVAs}} Two [[original video animation]]s (OVA) series were produced by TMS Entertainment, Nippon Television, and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The OVA series ''Shōnen Sunday Original Animation'' are yearly [[mail order]] episodes available to subscribers of ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''.<ref name="ANN 10">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-14/shonen-sunday-mag-offers-detective-conan-anime-dvd|title=New Conan vs. Kaitō Kid story in mail-away offer to readers|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 17, 2010|date=April 14, 2010|archive-date=April 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417074128/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-14/shonen-sunday-mag-offers-detective-conan-anime-dvd|url-status=live}}</ref> The first ''Shōnen Sunday Original Animation'' was available in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''{{'}}s 26th issue in 2000, with eleven OVAs released as of 2011.<ref name="OVA 1">{{cite journal|journal=[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]|volume=2000|number=46|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title= 11 OVAs are available in 26th issue in 2000 as of 2011|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="OVA 11">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425035046/http://websunday.net/news/|archive-date=April 25, 2011|url=http://websunday.net/news/#n_zensa|title=『名探偵コナン』特製DVD ~ロンドンからの㊙指令~特製DVD ~ロンドンからの㊙指令~|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Special DVD: The Secret Order from London|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|access-date=April 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first nine episodes of the OVA series were later encapsulated into four DVD volumes titled ''Secret Files'' and were released between March 24, 2006, and April 9, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927072439/http://www.toho-a-park.com/dvd/item/html/SDV/SDV16119D.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url=http://www.toho-a-park.com/dvd/item/html/SDV/SDV16119D.html|title=名探偵コナン Secret File 1|publisher=[[Toho]]|access-date=January 7, 2011|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Secret File 1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927072617/http://www.toho-a-park.com/dvd/item/html/SDV/SDV20114R.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url=http://www.toho-a-park.com/dvd/item/html/SDV/SDV20114R.html|title=名探偵コナン Secret File 4|publisher=[[Toho]]|access-date=January 7, 2011|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Secret File 4|url-status=dead}}</ref> The second OVA series, entitled ''Magic File'', consists of yearly [[direct-to-DVD]] releases. The first ''Magic File'' was released on April 11, 2007, and contained four episodes from the anime series.<ref name="MF 1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605193516/http://conandvd.jp/weblog/|archive-date=June 5, 2008|url=http://conandvd.jp/weblog/|title=名探偵コナン Magic File|publisher=Visionare Corporation|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Magic File|access-date=January 8, 2011}}</ref> The subsequent ''Magic File'' OVAs contained an original plot with background ties related to their respective ''Case Closed'' theatrical films, beginning with the twelfth film ''[[Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear]]''.<ref name="MF 2">{{cite web|url=http://conandvd.jp/cp08/index.php|title=名探偵コナン Magic File 2|publisher=Visionare Corporation|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Magic File 2|access-date=January 8, 2011|archive-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813223421/http://conandvd.jp/cp08/index.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Television special==== A two-hour [[television special]] titled ''[[Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan]]'' was produced by TMS Entertainment, Nippon Television, and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and aired on March 27, 2009.<ref name="LVC">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225163134/http://www.ntv.co.jp/lupin-conan/|archive-date=December 25, 2010|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/lupin-conan/|title=''Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan''|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]|language=Japanese|access-date=January 30, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first announced in the 9th issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in 2009.<ref name="LVCM">{{cite journal|journal=[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]|volume=2009|number=9|title= 9th issue of Weekly Shõnen Sunday in 2009|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> The plot follows Kudo as he investigates the death of the Queen of Vespania while [[Arsène Lupin III]] from the ''[[Lupin III]]'' series attempts to steal the Queen's crown. The special earned a household record rating of 19.5 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/japanese-anime-tv-ranking-march-23-29|title=Japanese Anime TV Ranking, March 23–29|date=April 6, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 9, 2011|archive-date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503233038/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/japanese-anime-tv-ranking-march-23-29|url-status=live}}</ref> [[VAP (company)|VAP]] released the special on DVD and [[Blu-ray Disc]] on July 24, 2009.<ref name="Lupin DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00287Z2D8/|title=''Lupin III vs. Detective Conan'' (DVD)|date=July 24, 2009 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=March 8, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111235408/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00287Z2D8/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lupin Blu-Ray">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00287Z2DS/|title=''Lupin III vs. Detective Conan'' (Blu-Ray)|date=July 24, 2009 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=March 8, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111173954/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00287Z2DS/|url-status=live}}</ref> The special is followed by ''[[Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]'' which takes place after the television special. ===Video games=== {{See also|List of Case Closed video games{{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' video games}} ''Case Closed''{{'}}s expansion into the video games industry followed behind its foray into animation. On December 27, 1996, ''Detective Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken'' was released for the [[Game Boy]].<ref name="Chika">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725192741/http://www.gamespot.com/gameboy/adventure/meitanteiconanchikaysj/index.html|archive-date=July 25, 2008|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gameboy/adventure/meitanteiconanchikaysj/index.html|title=''Detective Conan: Chika''|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, 24 games have been released. Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though Nobilis has localized ''[[Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation]]'' for the [[PAL region]].<ref name="Mirapolis Investigation">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312035623/http://uk.wii.ign.com/objects/892/892926.html|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url=http://uk.wii.ign.com/objects/892/892926.html|title=Case Closed: Mirapolis Investigation|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> All dedicated ''Detective Conan'' games released for the Game Boy, [[Sony]]'s consoles, the [[WonderSwan]], and the Nintendo DS have been developed by [[Bandai]].<ref name="Chika"/><ref name="Yuugure">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612080958/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112003843000.html |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112003843000.html |script-title=ja:名探偵コナン 〜夕暮れの皇女〜 |publisher=[[Bandai]] |language=Japanese |trans-title=Detective Conan: Twilight Princess |access-date=February 3, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Saikou no Aibou">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112077455000.html|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン 最高の相棒|publisher=[[Bandai]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan: Best Partner|access-date=February 3, 2010|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711212903/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112077455000.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Daiei Teikoku no Isan">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612080634/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112277077000.html|archive-date=June 12, 2011|url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4543112277077000.html|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン 大英帝国の遺産|publisher=[[Bandai]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan: Legacy of the British Empire|access-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Tantei Ryoku">{{cite web|url=http://uk.ds.ign.com/objects/878/878677.html|title=''Detective Conan: Detective Trainer''|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=February 3, 2010|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227162813/https://www.ign.com/games/detective-conan-detective-trainer|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Banpresto]] developed the ''Case Closed'' titles on the [[Game Boy Color]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] while [[Marvelous Entertainment]] developed ''Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation''.<ref name="Mirapolis Investigation"/><ref name="Karakuri Jiin">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gameboy.ign.com/objects/840/840503.html|title=''Detective Conan 1: Kakakuri Jin Satsujin Jiken''|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307082640/http://uk.gameboy.ign.com/objects/840/840503.html|archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Nerai Wareta">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gameboy.ign.com/objects/739/739940.html|title=''Detective Conan: Nerai Wareta Tantei''|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307082707/http://uk.gameboy.ign.com/objects/739/739940.html|archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> ===Audio CDs=== {{Main|Case Closed discography{{!}}''Case Closed'' discography}} Katsuo Ono composed and arranged the music in the ''Case Closed'' animation; his works have been released on several CDs.<ref name="Staff"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715001703/http://music.jp.msn.com/music/cd.aspx?cdid=113120|archive-date=July 15, 2012|url=http://music.jp.msn.com/music/cd.aspx?cdid=113120|script-title=ja:「名探偵コナン」オリジナル・サウンドトラック 4〜急げ!少年探偵団〜|publisher=[[MSN]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 (Let's Go! Detective Boys)''|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622042641/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ost/conan/upch1318.html|archive-date=June 22, 2009|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ost/conan/upch1318.html|script-title=ja:名探偵コナンオリジナル サウンドトラック スーパーベスト 2|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan: Original Soundtrack Super Best 2|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013081511/http://www.neowing.co.jp/track_for_cdj.html?KEY=JBCJ-9025|archive-date=October 13, 2012|url=http://www.neowing.co.jp/track_for_cdj.html?KEY=JBCJ-9025|title=''Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best''|publisher=Neowing.co.jp|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two [[Image song|image albums]], comprising several songs sung by Japanese voice actors of the characters in the animation, were also released.<ref name="Image album">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqmo?url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%B8%9D%E4%B8%B9%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%AB%E5%85%A8%E5%93%A1%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88-%E5%90%8D%E6%8E%A2%E5%81%B5%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%258|archive-date=January 3, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000CBO07Q/|title=ぼくがいる〜TVアニメ「名探偵コナン」イメージソングアルバム|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=September 25, 2010|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan Image Song Album|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219101832/http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%81%8C%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B-%E4%BC%8A%E7%B9%94/dp/B00005FN07|archive-date=December 19, 2010|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005FN07/|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン・キャラクター・ソング集 帝丹小学校に全員集合!!|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=September 25, 2010|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan All Character Best Songs in School|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.]]<ref name="Uni themes">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqn2?url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%83%B8%E3%81%8C%E3%83%89%E3%82%AD%E3%83%89%E3%82%AD-HIGH-LOWS/dp/B00005FDVP|archive-date=January 2, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FDVP/|title=胸がドキドキ (Single)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|trans-title=My Heart Pounds|access-date=December 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}<p>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqn9?url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/Feel-Heart-%E5%A4%A2%E3%82%92%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%A7%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6-VELVET-GARDEN/dp/B00005FN5V|archive-date=January 2, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FN5V/|title=Feel your Heart (Single)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=December 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</p><p>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqnH?url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/STEP-ZIGGY/dp/B00005FHA0|archive-date=January 2, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FHA0/|title=Step by Step (Single)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=December 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</p><p>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vS3xHqnO?url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AE%E3%81%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-heath/dp/B00005FN5S|archive-date=January 2, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FN5S/|title=迷宮のラヴァーズ (Single)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|trans-title=Lovers of Labyrinth|access-date=December 2, 2010|url-status=dead}}</p><p>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FN6F/|title=Happy Birthday (Single)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-date=May 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510121049/http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00005FN6F|url-status=live}}</p></ref><ref name="Being ST">{{cite web|url=http://www.beinggiza.com/conan/thememusic/index.html|title=''Detective Conan'' Theme Songs|publisher=[[Being Inc.]]|language=Japanese|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-date=January 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101064543/http://beinggiza.com/conan/thememusic/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Best of Detective Conan'' and ''The Best of Detective Conan 2'' albums collectively sold over 2.2{{nbsp}}million copies, while singles from ''The Best of Detective Conan 3'' collectively sold over 1.6{{nbsp}}million copies.<ref name="msn">{{cite news|title=B'z、ZARD収録、『名探偵コナン』テーマ曲集第3弾発売|url=http://music.jp.msn.com/news/5737.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815133526/http://music.jp.msn.com/news/5737.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2008|access-date=August 15, 2008|work=[[MSN News]]|date=August 7, 2008}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite news|title=Japanese singer Mai Kuraki claims animation theme songs record for Detective Conan aka Case Closed|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/7/japanese-singer-mai-kuraki-claims-animation-theme-songs-record-for-detective-cona-483615|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2018|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220020427/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/7/japanese-singer-mai-kuraki-claims-animation-theme-songs-record-for-detective-cona-483615|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Live-action drama=== {{See also|List of Detective Conan live action drama episodes{{!}}List of ''Detective Conan'' live action drama episodes}} Four [[live action]] drama TV specials and a TV series were created by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS entertainment based on the series.<ref name="Drama info">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715034208/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan_drama/|archive-date=July 15, 2006|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan_drama/|title=''Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge'' official website plot|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> The first two specials aired in 2006 and 2007 featuring [[Shun Oguri]] portraying the teenage Jimmy Kudo and [[Tomoka Kurokawa]] as [[Rachel Moore (Case Closed)|Rachel Moore]].<ref name="Drama info"/><ref name="Drama 2">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623122451/http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2671715|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2671715|title=''Detective Conan'' Drama 2 DVD|publisher=[[HMV]]|language=Japanese|access-date=March 31, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The third and fourth TV specials aired in 2011 and 2012 featuring [[Junpei Mizobata]] as Jimmy and [[Shiori Kutsuna|Shioli Kutsuna]]<!-- Shioli as shown at http://beamie.jp/t/shioli_kutsuna.html --> as Rachel.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829022923/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/84538/full/|archive-date=August 29, 2011|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/84538/full/|title=溝端淳平、実写版SPドラマ『名探偵コナン』で"2代目"工藤新一役に抜擢|date=February 9, 2011|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Mizohata Juntaira, Detective Conan TV Live action drama, Junpei Mizobata chosen as second generation Kudo|access-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The cast used for those TV specials were used for the television series which aired between July 7 and September 29, 2011.<ref name="DEp 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-drama/story01/index.html|title=Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjo episode 1|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005330/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-drama/story01/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DEp 13">{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-drama/story13/index.html|title=Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjo episode 13|publisher=Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation|language=Japanese|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002175902/http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-drama/story13/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Other related media=== [[File:DETECTIVE CONAN CAFE.jpg|thumb|right|A ''Case Closed''-themed cafe]] 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]]''.<ref name="50th ann">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/shonen-magazine-shonen-sunday-mark-50th-anniversary|title=Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary|date=March 18, 2008|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=July 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722001829/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/shonen-magazine-shonen-sunday-mark-50th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> The magazine ran between April 10, 2008, and September 25, 2008.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0016MX58K/|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン & 金田一少年の事件簿|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081342/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0016MX58K/|url-status=live |date=April 10, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024074228/http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=054678X|archive-date=October 24, 2011|url=http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=054678X|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン&金田一少年の事件簿(12)|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files'' (12)|access-date=March 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="VS 1">{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091248314|title=VS版 名探偵コナン1|date=June 1996 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-124831-2 |language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' vol.1 (VS version)|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081342/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091248314|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091257054|title=VS版 名探偵コナン25|date=September 1998 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-125705-5 |language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' vol.25 (VS version)|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081343/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091257054|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VS 2">{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091257615|title=VS版 名探偵コナン Part II-1|date=December 1998 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-125761-1 |language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Part II-1 (VS version)|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081343/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091257615|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091258301|title=VS版 名探偵コナン Part II-20|date=August 2000 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-125830-4 |language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' Part II-20 (VS version)|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081429/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091258301|url-status=live}}</ref> Five additional film comics entitled {{nihongo3|lit. 5 Important Documents|5重要書類|5 Juuyou Shorui}} were published between July 2001 and January 2002 and covered selected episodes between 162 and 219.<ref name="VS 3">{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091267017|title=VS版 名探偵コナン 5つの重要書類1|date=July 2001 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-126701-6 |language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' 5 important documents File 1 (VS version)|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081344/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091267017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=VS版 名探偵コナン 5つの重要書類5|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' 5 important documents (VS version) File 5|id={{ASIN|409126705X|country=jp}}}}</ref> Thirteen official guide books were published between June 1997 and April 2009.<ref name="Guide">{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091011829|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン ミステリーミュージアム|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-101182-4 |language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan Mystery Museum|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081403/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091011829|url-status=live |date=June 1997 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detail/_isbn_9784091038166|title=ラブ・コナン the movie '09|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Conan, Love the movie '09|access-date=March 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013195902/http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detail/_isbn_9784091038166|archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref> Shogakukan has also published [[novel]]s,<ref name="Novel">{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=21408&pat=a|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111195654/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=21408&pat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2013|script-title=ja:小説 名探偵コナン|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' novels|access-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref> digest books,<ref name="Digest">{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=409124716&pat=a|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219035621/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_tid?tid=409124716&pat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2013|script-title=ja:スーパーダイジェストブック 名探偵コナン|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=''Detective Conan'' super digest books|access-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref> educational books,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detail/_isbn_9784092961166|script-title=ja:名探偵コナン推理ファイル 人類の謎|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=Japanese|trans-title=Detective Conan Mystery Human File|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616030109/http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detail/_isbn_9784092961166|url-status=live}}</ref> and puzzle books.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4097468138|title=''Detective Conan'' maze book|date=December 1999 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp|isbn=978-4-09-746813-4 |language=Japanese|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081347/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4097468138|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, [[Score Entertainment]] published the ''Case Closed Trading Card Game'' on June 29, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050603023657/http://www.caseclosedtcg.com/|archive-date=June 3, 2005|url=http://www.caseclosedtcg.com/|title=Designer's Journal: Vol. 1|publisher=[[Score Entertainment]]|access-date=October 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040501/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6593.html|archive-date=June 11, 2011|title=Case Closed TCG Will Be Uncut|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6593.html|publisher=ICv2.com|access-date=July 21, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game entails the use of three customized decks of cards, which players buy and collect. Representing characters, events, and objects in Case Closed, these cards are used by players to fulfill certain conditions to solve a case and win the game.<ref name="DUMMIES">{{cite book|title=Trading Card Games For Dummies|url=https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf|url-access=registration|last1=Kaufeld|first1=John|last2=Smith|first2=Jeremy|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|year=2006|isbn=0470044071}}</ref> Certain cards are used to foil the progress of the player's opponents.<ref name="BGCard">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813143525/http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18996|archive-date=August 13, 2009|title=Case Closed TCG|url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18996|publisher=[[Boardgamegeek]]|access-date=October 4, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Dummies CCTCG">{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf/page/158 158]|title=Trading Card Games for Dummies|last1=Kaufield|first1=John|last2=Smith|first2=Jeremy|publisher=[[For Dummies]]|year=2006|chapter=Bringing Comic Books, Manga, and Anime to Life|isbn=978-0-471-75416-9|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf/page/158 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BVK2YE/|title=The Case Closed Casebook: An Essential Guide|website=Amazon|date=March 25, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081348/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BVK2YE/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Jennifer|title=Universal Studios Japan Outlines 2018 Detective Conan Collaboration|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-07/universal-studios-japan-outlines-2018-detective-conan-collaboration/.124962|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 16, 2022|date=December 7, 2017|archive-date=June 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616173404/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-07/universal-studios-japan-outlines-2018-detective-conan-collaboration/.124962|url-status=live}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/identity-v-will-collaborate-with-detective-conan-next-season/|title=Identity V Will Collaborate With Detective Conan Next Season<!-- Bot generated title -->|date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102202543/https://www.siliconera.com/identity-v-will-collaborate-with-detective-conan-next-season/|url-status=live }}</ref> and released globally in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/pv-for-identity-v-x-detective-conan-uses-classic-theme-song/|title=PV for Identity V x Detective Conan Uses Classic Theme Song - Siliconera<!-- Bot generated title -->|date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102202542/https://www.siliconera.com/pv-for-identity-v-x-detective-conan-uses-classic-theme-song/|url-status=live }}</ref>
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