# Case Closed (1996)

> A high school detective trapped in a child's body uses his reasoning to solve murders for the local police while hunting the criminal syndicate that caused his shrinking.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/28564

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 1217
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: animation, crime, mystery, comedy
- Network: YTV
- Cast: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Akemi Okamura, Akira Kamiya, Rikiya Koyama, Megumi Hayashibara, Kenichi Ogata
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131179/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: breezy, playful, suspenseful, cozy, intriguing

## What critics say

Audiences rate the long-running anime as a well-crafted, reliable mystery series with engaging case-solving and a durable cast of characters.

## Synopsis

Detective Conan (1996-present) is a Japanese animated whodunit series produced by TMS Entertainment for YTV and based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama. Shinichi Kudo, a high school detective prodigy, is shrunk into a child's body by a mysterious poison and adopts the name Conan Edogawa, voiced by Minami Takayama. He lives with Ran Mouri (Wakana Yamazaki) and her detective father Kogoro Mouri (Akira Kamiya), and he quietly solves murders for the local police while concealing his identity. Each episode is a self-contained case of the week built around clues, suspects, and a closing deduction scene where the culprit is unmasked, in the tradition of classic whodunits and Japanese shonen anime. Shinichi's professor friend Hiroshi Agasa (Kenichi Ogata) supplies gadgets that help the boy keep his secret. Running across many seasons with over twelve hundred episodes, it is a long-running episodic series with a serialized thread about a criminal syndicate. Its tone is breezy and playful, with light comedy and warm friendships, though its murders are presented with a steady mystery-driven seriousness. Fans of Monk, Case Closed fans, and viewers of Hyouka will find resonance in its puzzle-box mysteries and clever amateur sleuth.

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