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Case Closed

“Teen detective Shinichi becomes child Conan after poison, secretly solves cases while hunting criminal organization.”

Case Closed

8.18
473 rank · 378,526 viewers · 16,117 favorites
Adventure Comedy Mystery Detective Shounen
24 min min · Winter 1996 · TMS Entertainment · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Teen detective Shinichi becomes child Conan after poison, secretly solves cases while hunting criminal organization.

Shinichi Kudou, a high school student of astounding talent in detective work, is well known for having solved several challenging cases. One day, when Shinichi spots two suspicious men and decides to follow them, he inadvertently becomes witness to a disturbing illegal activity. Unfortunately, he is caught in the act, so the men dose him with an experimental drug formulated by their criminal organization, leaving him to his death. However, to his own astonishment, Shinichi lives to see another day, but now in the body of a seven-year-old child. Perfectly preserving his original intelligence, he hides his real identity from everyone, including his childhood friend Ran Mouri and her father, private detective Kogorou Mouri. To this end, he takes on the alias of Conan Edogawa, inspired by the mystery writers Arthur Conan Doyle and Ranpo Edogawa. Shinichi, as Conan, starts secretly solving the senior Mouri's cases from behind the scenes with his still exceptional sleuthing skills, while covertly investigating the organization responsible for his current state, hoping to reverse the drug's effects someday.

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8.9 /10

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96% recommend
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median 9 mode 10 σ 1.57
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4.8 pts

Recommenders 9.3 · others 4.5

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A Tv Production · Winter 1996

TMS Entertainment.
in association with

Yomiuri Telecasting · Shogakukan

  • Format 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 0h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 1996 – ongoing Winter 1996
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-0212 catalog

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