The Viridian Edition of the first season DVD boxset of the series Case Closed released by Funimation Entertainment
No. of episodes
28 (Japanese) 29 (English)
Release
Original network
NNS (ytv)
Original release
January 8 (1996-01-08) – August 12, 1996 (1996-08-12)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2
List of episodes
The first season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama. It was produced by TMS Entertainment in cooperation with Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[1] The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the manga series is titled Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan) but Case Closed was adopted for the anime version to avoid legal issues.[2] The series' plot is based on the adventures of a teenage detective Jimmy Kudo, reverted to childhood through a poisoning.
The season premiered from January 8, 1996, through August 12, 1996, on Nippon Television Network System in Japan.[3][4] Episodes one through twenty-eight are collected in a seven DVD compilation produced by Shogakukan and released in Japan between the twenty-second and twenty-fourth of February 2006.[5][6] The first season was then licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment for release in English speaking countries.[7]Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and on Canada's YTV station.[8][9] The English adaption was collected and released on a four DVD compilations between February 21, 2006, and September 19, 2006.[10][11] The English adaption of season one was later released in a DVD boxset by Funimation on July 22, 2008, and contained the first twenty-six episodes, or twenty-five according to the Japanese numbering system.[12] The season one DVD boxset Viridian edition was released on July 14, 2009.[13] For the fifteenth anniversary of the anime series, the episodes were made available for video on demand in Japan.[14][15]
In total the first-season episodes use five distinct theme songs: one opening and two closing in the Japanese episodes versus one opening and one closing in the English versions. The Japanese opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" (胸がドキドキ, lit. "My Heart Pounds") by The High-Lows. The first ending theme for the Japanese version is "Step by Step" by Ziggy and was used through episode twenty-six. The remaining episodes use "Meikyuu no Lovers" (迷宮のラヴァーズ, lit. "Lovers of Labyrinth") by Heath as their ending song.[16] The English opening theme song is "Mune ga Doki Doki" with English lyrics and renamed "First New Century". The English ending theme is "Step by Step" with English lyrics. Both theme songs are arranged and sung by Carl Finch.[17] In April 2009, when the first two episodes were re-aired in Japan the music was changed to "Everlasting Luv" by Breakerz for the opening and "Doing all Right" by Garnet Crow for the closing song.[18][19][20][21]
^"Adult Swim Details". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"Case Closed - Anime on YTV". YTV. Archived from the original on May 13, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"Case Closed: The Investigation is Afoot". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"Case Closed: Wrong Answers Resolved". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"Case Closed: Season 1 Set". Amazon. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"Case Closed: Season One Box Set (Viridian Collection)". Amazon. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^Conan Blog (October 27, 2010). 祝！！１５周年 [Celebrate! 15th anniversary] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^"Detective Conan Video on Demand" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^"名探偵コナン 事件データ(TVアニメ)" (in Japanese). Aga-search.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^"The Kidnapped Debutante". Case Closed. Season 1. May 25, 2004. Adult Swim.
^ジェットコースター殺人事件 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^社長令嬢誘拐事件 (in Japanese). Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^Director: Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto (April 4, 2009). "ジェットコースター殺人事件". 名探偵 コナン. Season 1. Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.
^Director: Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto (April 11, 2009). "社長令嬢誘拐事件". 名探偵 コナン. Season 1. Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.
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