The History of Case Closed / Detective Conan

Case Closed ... or should I say Detective Conan is one of the biggest shows in Japan. At almost 25 years old, we're diving into the history of Conan and all important things he's done...like have a town named after him and his own airport. We're also celebrating the early episodes being available on Crunchyroll!!
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Writer/Research: Spenser Nellis
Host: Tim Lyu (@tlyudacris)
Editor: Caleb Pryor
Character Design/Key animation(ani-Tim): Alex Krokus - www.alexkrokus.com/
Rigging/in-betweens (ani-Tim): Greg Berry - gregbarryart.com
Produced by Jesse Gouldsbury, Braith Miller

[@CrunchyrollInsideAnime]

Did you grow up watching Case Closed?! Watch it for free on Crunchyroll - got.cr/CaseClosed_ep1_FREE

[@Thenamelessgod-cz9em]

Sadly no

[@mosstimpson4181]

yes its such a good show

[@mt_illustrations_]

Hell Yes!!! I wish the dub was still going tho :(

[@deehsar52]

i watched case close on funimation tv channel that used to exist on FiOS there was quite a few episodes they aired don't remember how many it had exactly

[@Tohru1993]

i was in middle school watching case closed at adult swim

[@LordYamcha]

This series is so underated in the west and it's sad that they couldn't call it Detective Conan- because of Conan the barbarian- I feel sorry for Shinichi this man had to sacrifice his life and his love life to solve these mysteries and take out the black organisation

[@XDJMCM]

It's pretty big here in Germany and one of the most popular anime in the 2000s, so I was surprised when I saw that the US manga releases are still more than 20 volumes behind and just slightly more than 100 dubbed episodes. Until then I thought it was a big hit in all of the western world 😅

[@topoe95]

Underrated? seriously? Everybody my age knows Detective Conan and the name "case closed" is only used in USA and Canada so I dont think it's "the west".

[@xyoyoman831]

@@topoe95 one area doesnt equal generalization

[@marcg9475]

It’s really big here in Catalonia(Spain) with 850 ish episodes dubbed

[@venangoproductions]

@@XDJMCM Yeah I forgot how far m4e got in dubbing it

[@ashleypenn7845]

Detective Conan is my favorite anime, hands down. It's just a pity it hasn't gotten more airtime in the West.

[@harucord]

Hello, I just founded this anime and I don’t where to watch it, the full episodes and yk, can you help me perhaps? I don’t want to watch on crunchyroll since of the load of ads and I tried wco but the eps are missing, please help me!!

[@ashleypenn7845]

@@harucord I watch on Gogoanime

[@harucord]

@@ashleypenn7845 ty

[@douglasfreer]

I loved this when I did catch it on Adult Swim and tried keeping up with the manga but the fan translations sometimes weren’t the best of uploaded properly so I ‘gave up’ after a while and now that we’re much further along I’m giving it another go by buying the official English manga. I just wish they didn’t keep the 90’s Americanized names for the characters.

[@techbyhadi5421]

My fav too man

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but thank you Conan O’Brian for bringing the common man’s attention to this gem. Even if it was only for a few minutes.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@GideonMadu]

One Piece: "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary"

[@ElHombreBarata]

Hajime no Ippo: Am I a joke to you?

[@killuel6578]

Baki: Am I a joke to you?

[@kuroko990]

sazae-san: am i a joke to you?

[@KanaoTempest]

Naruto: I am joke to you.

[@Truenofan86]

@@KanaoTempest Multi media juggernauts that sell not only manga : Am i a joke to you ?

[@EVERYWHERE_MAN]

I love how this series is still ongoing like one piece

[@watchforever1724]

Yep😊

[@joefernandez8008]

I remember catching part of an episode on Cartoon Network and being like 'aw, cute show" and then later in the episode you find out a guy was hiding the decapitated head of one of his victims under his sweater so people would just think he was fat and I was WTF is this.

[@BabylonAbyss]

That traumatized me 😅 still thinking about that episode

[@ZulaCrash]

I renember that

[@miggyhypocrypt9407]

Yep... Its one of the most memorable episodes from the first season

[@m7moud2shraf61]

Oh shit, I remember this episode 💀

[@malikazkahakim6311]

Bro it was more scarier whem i read it in the manga and i was SEVEN My moms friend donated some unused comics and i saw Conan thinking it was a simple and funny series about a kid wanting to be a detective and i read it AND IT ACTUALLY HAD FRICKIN MURDER AND I READ THAT EPISODE. fr it scared me i couldnt sleep but i read the series anyways

[@EveryonesOniichan]

_Well this boi is cultured..._

[@timlyu8326]

thanks everyones onii-chan

[@FrostyInUse]

Let’s goo

[@SupremeTax]

pp

[@Breezy_Blue]

hii onii-Chan glad to see you here

[@kiwi.kiwi.]

finally i am seeing you somewhere else rather than only in mvperry polls before

[@I_love_traffy]

My aunt watched it as a kid and now she married and got 3 kids I also watched it as a kid and now I’m 16. I really want it to end so he can finally be happy but I’ll miss it..

[@timlyu8326]

tell ya aunt congrats on the 3 kids.

[@Absol125]

I also hope it will end. When I first watched the anime I was 7 years old. Now I am 20 years old and I still like the anime and the manga as well.

[@watchforever1724]

You sadly have to wait

[@Top_Nepper]

I remember when I was a kid and set my alarm to 3:55 AM so I could watch this show on Adult Swim. Good Times

[@CoachTee.]

ME TOO! Too Accurate. 🙂

[@theabominator2152]

wait? so you guys also recognize this as childhood anime?

[@lilneaky_]

Facts

[@watchforever1724]

Interesting

[@andrewmarcus3123]

Case closed was the fist anime I watched and really got into when I was in elementary school. I remember staying up late too watching it with my grandmother. This show is really nostalgic for me and instantly brings back those rose colored memories whenever I watch it now and days.

[@topoe95]

Everytime you call him Jimmy I flinch.

[@misscarter7855]

same-

[@kuroko990]

same help

[@-nova-6939]

Ye, kinda same for all other localized names

[@fatalspots4196]

i only flinched when he said richard, i bursted out laughing forgetting that was his dubbed name. HAHAHAHA

[@kuroko990]

@@fatalspots4196 lmao same

[@jdnk]

"100+ episodes" is definitely true, but it's selling it a little short.

[@ashleypenn7845]

Right? More like slowly edging its way to 1000+ episodes.

[@chewymacias7108]

@@ashleypenn7845 Here to confirm that it’s hit 1000 episodes! Detective Conan is the best!

[@harucord]

@@chewymacias7108 do you know where to watch the whole episode, not crunchyroll!

[@chewymacias7108]

@@harucord No, I use Crunchyroll. But I am sure there are free websites. I just don’t know any.

[@harucord]

@@chewymacias7108 ok tyy

[@moelazer]

I always thought it was pretty suspicious to have conan at an absurd amount of murders whenever he goes...

[@kuroko990]

hes cursed lmao

[@Mukt106]

Light yagami is responsible for the killings

[@ahha5252]

Megure made a couple jokes about that

[@watchforever1724]

Really ?That’s how the plot for detective Conan starts usually

[@aisadal2521]

A true classic! Case Closed/Detective Conan was my childhood anime; still love it, and Magic Kaito!, to this day ☺️

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I can’t blame people for still being on here

[@johnlock6328]

I still remember discovering this show. Just a 9yo kid who couldn't fall asleep one night and turn on cartoon network. I even remember the exact episode and was hooked.

[@watchforever1724]

I remember seeing in august 2022

[@LordYamcha]

I'm still waiting for Kaito Kid- sigh longer wait than berserk and hunter

[@ismail6284]

The show that will never end just like one piece.

[@marscaleb]

Conan and One Piece: "Our shows are going to last for ages!" Cloaked figure at another table: "Amateurs." Conan and One Piece: "What was that, punk?!" The Simpsons: "AMATEURS!"

[@cooky2991]

Gosho Aoyama actually said that the 100th manga is going to be the last one, so it's probably going to end sometime next year, seeing as they are eight or so chapters into the 100th manga by now.

[@beeher8101]

@@marscaleb I swear I've seen that episode so many times that when I read that "Amateur," I knew it was Abraham Simpson.

[@sasy1533]

@@cooky2991 what??? When was this said?? 😳 Please can you elaborate I have waited almost 20 years for this show to end

[@aikashiaika182]

@@cooky2991 welp it’s not done yet so I guess we going to vol200 💀

[@KudoShinichii1412]

Dude its so cool to learn that the show was about to be just kudo shinichi like sherlock holmes My heart melted

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@orphnmusic4231]

Detective Conan was one of my favourite shows as a kid besides Digimon and InuYasha... in Austria and Germany it still had it's original name. Thanks for all the detailed background information!

[@MidnightWarrior911]

I really wish it continued to be dubbed beyond episode 130 or whichever it stops at, I grew up watching the English dub and it is probably my favorite anime of all time.

[@camronk1356]

Moonless murder was the first one I saw in dub and still is my favorite episode

[@watchforever1724]

@@camronk1356yeah I know

[@sukriti5377]

they have over 1000 episodes dub now.

[@kaitoumara]

They may not be dubbing every rpisode but the newer movies have been dubbed by a different studio than Funimation (so the westernization has been fixed). I think it's the same studii that dubbed Konosuba

[@Hunter-Hunted]

I would love to re watch Detective Conan but just a few episode are missing in Crunchyroll Like, you know, around 700!

[@yesyesyes666]

lol im watching it episode by episode and im only at like ep 165.... welp got like 700 more eps to go and like 23 movies

[@Hunter-Hunted]

You will not regret watching the movie. It is so good like the raven chaser and zero the enforcer are my favourite. But the eleven striker and others are also super good.

[@skyedream75]

Unfortunately out of CR’s control. No one currently has the streaming rights for the other episodes and even Funimation’s release only made it to Japanese episode 123. With the new dubbing and official releases of the more recent movies, I’m hoping this means talks are in the works for the remaining episodes and other movies.

[@yesyesyes666]

@@skyedream75 i just watch it *fansubbed

[@skyedream75]

@@yesyesyes666 I don’t blame you! Lol. My response was in reply to the top comment pointing out CR was missing a majority of episodes from their library. Happy watching! I enjoyed posting my experience watching the series episode by episode as I caught up.

[@arith1202]

I love this anime franchise. This is my fav anime of all time. I watch it as kid and grow up with it.

[@watchforever1724]

I can see what you mean

[@cielsebastian5145]

Case closed was the second anime my sister and I were introduced to as kids. We would stay up until 1:30am to watch it on adult swim after Inuyasha❤️. Our mom had NOOOO clue🤣😂🤣.

[@Jayepic]

Literally the exact same me and my little brother would stay up to see it. Inuyasha & Detective Conan will always have a special place in my heart as my first animes

[@watchforever1724]

@@JayepicI can see what you mean

[@watchforever1724]

Interesting to know

[@mspirits9911]

As the story above volume 20 started to enter the deep conspiracy arc, I sometimes go back to series for it. With the recent chapters revealing one of the biggest villains, it sure makes it super exciting for everyone whose been following throughout the years.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@AizakkuAnalysis]

Don't forget that the crimson love letter is also getting a dub release later this year.

[@FigWidIt]

I remember being a young teen when Toonami/Adult Swim aired the english dubbed Case Closed and I've been a fan of the series ever since. Once Adult Swim only had re-runs of the first hundred or so episodes of Detective Conan, I had get my fix on newer episodes so I found eng sub episodes online through various anime websites that would only run 360p quality or 480p quality if I was lucky LOL I don't keep up with the episodes anymore but I make sure to watch every Movie that releases! The Detective Conan movies are always fantastic thriller-suspense films that I don't get in any other animated film.

[@Pakkeh]

So... can we get episodes past 43 now?

[@angelic_virgo]

One of THE BEST MANGA of all time! I constantly rewatch the anime when I need my Conan fix. If you haven’t, it’s a must read/watch!

[@sharandeepbose3223]

I have been watching Detective Cinan since my school years and now i am in uni and i still watch. The plot twist and detective work r AMAZING

[@watchforever1724]

Actually I started experience detective Conan in 2022 after it became the fourth best selling manga .I’m definitely mixed on the stories aoyoma does but I have enjoyed the experience of detective Conan but it surprises me how much energy the creator has to keep going I have managed to watch all of its episodes since last year

[@AnEpicNguyen]

ANIMATED TIM?! Also I’m so happy that the history series is still going on.

[@timlyu8326]

REAL LIFE TIM MAYBE COMING BACK SOON......................

[@spian]

Aoyamas brothers are also a doctor and another works for a police department so they helped him a lot over the years!

[@KINGBADASS100]

I really love the expressive, angular art style of this series!

[@UltmtDestroyer]

Seeing this makes me so happy

[@adestructivemind3602]

Detective Conan is massive in the middle east. So far, about 500 episodes were officially dubbed to arabic (ongoing) since 1998 and all the new movies have also been theatrically released in Egypt, Saudi, UAE etc. Most ppl in the west dont know much about Conan, but it's quite popular all over Asia and some parts of Africa

[@mayaneko1094]

And at least germany as well. We've got 333 episodes here in the early 2000s and since some years we're getting more episodes dubbed again^^

[@adestructivemind3602]

@@mayaneko1094 Yes, I've heard that outside of the Japanese dub, the two dubs that are closer to catching up with it are the German and Arabic dubs. We've been doing it since the 90s meanwhile everyone else just gave up 😂

[@Kilumy]

@@mayaneko1094 Well actually we're at Episode 399, till now ^^ And even up to date with every new movie, as the're also shown in our cinemas in japanese and german. The new movie 24 will also be released on the same day as in Japan in german cinemas, even with german dub available at the same day. Thats quite an accomplishment and I hope they will do that for the coming movies aswell :)

[@watchforever1724]

I assume because most episodes aren’t translated in English

[@DolceReika]

I really love detective conan! I watched it when i was young and through the years. I was very very happy when i discover that would be on Crunchyroll, now i hope that italian subtitles will also be available soon 🥰

[@silvershudo7093]

Best anime.

[@pikachugirl202]

I love these types of videos please keep them up

[@eatcheesekobe]

This was a surprisingly short video for such a long series. Considering that there's over 1000 episodes of anime, I was thinking it would be at least 1hr long lol.

[@sakonpure6]

Amazing video essay !! So entertaining :)

[@kaitoumara]

Detective Conan was the anime that got me into anime in the first place! It will always be my favorite!

[@Adam_M13]

In Germany this anime is a really big classic nostalgia anime like sailor moon or Pokémon .

[@watchforever1724]

Interesting it’s popular in Germany

[@caffeinatedgon2634]

In 2022, here I am. being the 20 year old today I started watching this series the beginning of the year and put the series on hold because of other friends recommending other series I would most likely be into like black clover, that time I got reincarnated as a slime and Konosuba. Man it’s hard to believe animation over time, used to look like that and here we are now having a more 720p and 1080p hd renders for our animation. Before detective Conan I did watch lupin the 3rd currently waiting for part six when they announce some more episodes.

[@watchforever1724]

I experienced it in august of 2022 and it was an interesting experience

[@DB_5]

My favorite Anime 😭❤️

[@nafreeguy5644]

One day, i'll be an old man, with silver hair and all, and Conan will sill be a kid somehow!

[@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz]

It’s comic book time, don’t think about it too hard

[@ChrisGildart]

This has always been a series I wanted to get into. I used to watch it back in the day when it was on YTV. If only I had the time to revisit it.

[@Account.for.Comment]

I just gotten back to it recently on Netflix. (Only 20+ epis). The recap are there so you do not felt that you missed anything from the 900+ episodes before it. Conan is pretty formuliac, getting back to it are easy. The soundtrack are awesome as always and the nostalgia.

[@watchforever1724]

2 years later I sorta experienced it

[@disneyanime729]

Love the anime both japanese and English.. I have seen all episodes, movies, and I read the manga....

[@DeeRafatSweileh]

I have been watching it since I was a kid.. I'm 25 and I watched the newst movie a few months ago.. The only people in the theater were adults around my age 😂

[@bcdeborah640]

I think it's a good thing

[@watchforever1724]

Good news

[@PopCultureKick]

I discovered this show at 3am on Adult Swim when I was a kid. It’s been my absolute favorite since then!

[@watchforever1724]

I checked this series online in august 2022 and now either using crunchyroll to watch it

[@tutan7814]

Finally, more famous recognition!

[@spian]

This show got me into the world of anime back when it was released in the states. I couldnt be more happy for finding it

[@watchforever1724]

Interesting to know

[@gabriellas_fan]

Ahhh yay Conan is getting more attention!!! It’s my favorite series OF ALL TIME, so I’m glad there’s more eyes on it now lol. This has been a good year fo Conan- I think the mobile game came out this year 🤔, three (3!!!) movies were dubbed into English, and RUM was finally revealed in the manga!! And now, this :D I’m so happy!

[@-nova-6939]

Yeeee-I actually just found out bout it like 2 or 3 years ago, and as you can see from my pfp I'm quite a fan of it after rewatching it at least once. Those series are quite an underrated gem especially where I live cause anime genre itself isn't popular here at all. Rewatching all those almost 1000 episodes was all worth it.

[@__dane__]

Any video with Tim is great

[@rustecohle591]

One of the most underrated anime ever

[@TheJedaiHero9000]

I did read and watched quite a bit of the manga and anime, I did, INDEED, liked and enjoyed Case Closed. MOST DEFINITELY enjoyed watching this History of video.

[@mosstimpson4181]

i like the anamated style its a good show eh i read it all the time.

[@zeldahyrule3127]

This series is such a classic

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah especially since going on for 26 years now

[@troymindwrite7850]

Detective Conan and Berserk are my top two favorites, and I'm convinced nothing will ever change that

[@detectivealchemist]

I started following detective conan when I was 12 back in 2006, has been my favorite ever sense

[@searip]

I found the complete season 2 of case closed also with one half of season 3 I really love the show cause it’s way different then other anime’s

[@christianrosas2208]

This would definitely always be my favorite anime

[@COLE-MRC]

I wish they make more case closed in english dub

[@kusanaginico]

I grew up watching detective conan on chilean tv way back like in 96/97 n still fucking love it

[@UmbreonLiberator]

My absolute favorite anime out of the 100s I’ve watched

[@RiceOreo]

This was my childhood

[@qingchiling]

I feel like the original writer's ideo for how a murder case happened, what unique tricks are used and how Conan solves every cases thoroughly anf flawlessly make it a one of the best manga and anime for me.

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

I was so into this show as a kid I would go to the missing person board at Walmart thinking I was going to actually find them. Lol

[@watchforever1724]

Interesting

[@AngryhippyXer]

Love this show, maybe we would have had dubs of all the episodes if Funimation didn't reversion ( americanize) it so much.

[@watchforever1724]

Oh I see but sad to find the episodes in japanese English subs

[@oriana9135]

Detective conan is so good! I caught up a long time ago though, and I don't really watch filler episodes, so sometimes I'll stop watching for long periods of time, and a lot of things after a certain point in the plot get really blurry

[@watchforever1724]

I caught up to it

[@Vegitobluuuuu]

Been watching this since spacetoon days and still to this day..can’t wait for the 1000th episode soon!

[@chazw3x]

I remember watching this on Cartoon Network when I was in my mid 20s back in the 90s. I still think it's fantastic. One of the best shows ever.

[@watchforever1724]

I can see what you mean

[@camronk1356]

Favorite manga, favorite anime. I own every episode of the English dub on DVD just because why not? I mean they change some of the plots so it's like having extra episodes. Also the guy narrating this video... You are so cool 🥺

[@watchforever1724]

Technically you can still watch the Japanese verison with the English dub verison

[@JampackGaming707]

Is there any chance we’ll see more episodes from the earlier seasons available? As of right now the show stops at episode 43 and picks back up at episode 754 👀

[@watchforever1724]

Sadly no

[@C45697]

Accidentally watched this at 4am as a kid while I ate that CT church and I was amazed (I was maybe 7) still my favorite memory of amazement and mystery it was the elevator woman episode never saw it or could find it till now wow what a nostalgia hit

[@watchforever1724]

I experienced this show in august 2022 for the first time

[@techbyhadi5421]

I love this anime it’s the best and my fav

[@KudoShinichii1412]

7:15 were almost 1000 episode And movie 24 release

[@sergiocastillo5765]

Me gustaría ver todo los vídeos del detective conan completa en crunchyroll

[@layverclanmusic]

MY CHILDHOOD!!! YESSS!!!

[@DementedView]

I remember watching these, back when I like 10 or 11, thanks to adult swim long ago. I would get up early enough to catch the coattail of their programming which was mostly just anime.

[@LeeJr7]

I really enjoy Detective Conan I watched the anime when it aired on Cartoon Network then started the manga after it went off air

[@electrofonickitty823]

I love this series

[@hudaaboujarbou9301]

Man I remember being so scared of the show that my siblings weren't even allowed to have it on when I was awake

[@kuroko990]

lmao

[@goldasian347]

Crunchyroll is my only source to watch Detective Conan and the only reason I subscribe to it! I just wish they could put the movies to stream too. I haven’t been able to see the last 3 movies because of it (everything else I have on Dvd)

[@DopenessFORlife]

Best anime of all time!

[@sherkchild1550]

This aired on Adult swim for a bit but it never pulled in ratings like Inuyasha, FLCL, Bleach, Death Note, or Cowboy Beebop did. So they canceled it after 100 or so episodes

[@dreigen]

I'm clearly dating myself when I say this...but I grew up reading Yaiba lol! And was very pleased when he slowly raised his popularity when the first few Detective Conan manga became popular. :p

[@lalakuma9]

I didn't know that Kindaichi came out before Conan. I don't remember if I ever finished that series, really want to read it again now 🤔

[@collegiatemisfit6071]

Jimmy + Rachel = 💜💜💜💜

[@terrinymorris7516]

I loved this anime besides DBZ and Naruto, Detective Conan was one of my favorite anime when I was younger. when I watched the last dubbed episode 230 I was wanting more and hope that the dub version would return someday.

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Episode 1000 airing in march! It's going to be another early episode remake like the "episode one" movie. Funny thing is in japan the weekday reruns not only air conan episodes but the ova series, tv specials and tv movies split up into episodes and the kid spin-off episodes were rerun as conan episodes put the reruns over 1000 episodes!

[@nonsuchned94]

I can understand not being able to get ALL of the missing episodes, but i sure wish you could figure out a way to get the ones they've chosen to "remaster" and continue to pick them up. (in quotes, because they've done it to episodes just a couple years old). they cover the most important cases and even some of the funnest anime originals. PLEASE!!

[@uncommon_nettle]

Case Closed and Nancy Drew definitely inspired a love of mysteries growing up. I maintain that the best mysteries give you the piece of evidence that solves the case upfront so that you can figure out the ending from the first 15 minutes. The show didn't hold up to nostalgia for me in terms of quality, but they are still fantastic mysteries.

[@MikeScott55]

Well now I want to check this show out! You had me at…uh…the beginning.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@johnharold6331]

Crunchyroll please sponsor the movie to be shown here in North America. I really want to see the movie in the big screen!

[@Edsabre]

I've got all the dvds that funimation released back in the day. Too bad they'll never finish dubbing the rest. Love this show.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@MGearShark]

Congrats to my friend Spenser!

[@user-bu1nh3kl8f]

hi tim! please make a vid on nobuyki fukumoto (kaiji, akagi, kurosawa, zero, gai, ten, gin to kin etc.)

[@sonanjamfa8845]

I love this show spmuch though I am not able to find any of the sub versions of it and was wondering if they could ever continue the dub version from the old show. I rather enjoyed the dubbed voice actors of all the characters to be honest since that is what I most used to. If any of the people at Crunchyroll can see this if you could maybe start from where they left off from the dubbed version and continue on that would be great