In 2001, the manga was awarded 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. As of July 2011, 39 volumes have been published by Viz Media.Ĭompilation volumes of the manga have sold more than 120 million copies in Japan. Viz Media later licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and used Funimation's renamed title and cast. The first six films were released on Region 1 DVD in North America. The anime premiered on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block and was discontinued due to low ratings. A two-hour television special titled Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan was aired on March 27, 2009, and featured a crossover with the series Lupin III.įunimation Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast in 2003 under the name Case Closed with the characters given Americanized names. The series has spawned three original video animation series, fifteen animated feature films, three live action dramas, one live action series, numerous video games, and many types of Case Closed-related merchandise. The manga has been adapted into an ongoing animated television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment the animated series has reached its twentieth season. Since its publication, Case Closed has spawned a substantial media franchise. The story follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child after being poisoned. Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed Case Closed.
The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011. Great Detective Conan, officially translated as Detective Conan) in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. Case Closed, known as Meitantei Conan (名探偵コナン?, lit.
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