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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Detective Conan Episode

Directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, the Case Closed anime series first premiered in Japan on January 8, 1996 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. The series spans thirteen seasons so far, with 517 episodes airing as of November 10, 2008.

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It is licensed for English language release in North America by Funimation Entertainment. The English dubbed episodes began airing on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004. Fifty episodes aired until it was canceled in January 2005 due to low ratings. The dubbed episodes aired in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block from April 7, 2006 until it was cancelled on September 2, 2006. They also aired on the Funimation Channel programming block on CoLours TV starting June 19, 2006. As of 2008, FUNimation has released a total of 82 episodes to Region 1 DVD. Funimation released its first 26-episode season box set on July 22, 2008; as of November 18, 2008, it has released three season sets. The series has also been dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax and broadcast on its English-language networks in Southeast Asia.

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There are currently two single-episode TV drama made for this series, one in 2006 and one in 2007.

The first drama, which was premièred in Japan on Nippon Television on October 2, 2006. It served as a prequel of the current storyline, starring Shun Oguri as Jimmy Kudo (Jimmy Kudo), Tomoka Kurokawa as Rachel Moore (Rachel Moore), and Takanori Jinnai as Kogoro Mouri (Richard Moore).
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The second TV drama was premiered on December 17, 2007, with added characters such as Yu Kashii as Shiho Miyano, Sasaki Kuranosuke as Gin, Tayama Ryosei as Agasa, Fujisaki Nao (Conan) and Shibata Kyoka (Haibara).
Detective Conan Episode
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