Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Magician of the Silver Sky

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 銀翼の奇術師

Meitantei Konan Ginyoku no Majishan

Release Date : April 17, 2004

Running Time: 95 min.

Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky is the 8th Detective Conan movie. The movie was first released in Japan during Golden Week of 2004 on April 17. The running time for the movie is approximately 104 minutes. A Region 2 DVD has been released by Universal Pictures. Toho Films is the distributor.

A stage actress, Julia wants to use her star sapphire for her upcoming play and asks for Richard Moore's help to protect it after showing Kogoro a letter from Phantom Thief Kid. On the day of the theft, Kid appears at the theatre disguised up as Jimmy Kudo but ends up fleeing in the end without the jewel. To thank them, Julie invites Richard and everyone to Hakodate, and they all travel on an airplane to get there. In the air, one of the show actor, Shitou, who was suppose to be elsewhere and Rachel's mother, Eva Kaden, joins them on the plane. Julia meets with the captains of the plane and everyone kisses her hand because of the sapphire she wears. Julia later dies from being poisoned from licking her fingers after eating chocolate, which is later found done by her make-up artist.

More seriously, the captains were poisoned also from Julia and were not able to pilot the plane, so Shitou agrees to take over because he took courses, and appoints Conan to help him. Conan figures out that he is Kid because no one normal will let an elementary school kid pilot a plane. The plane fuel is running low so Conan picked a random site to land. Rachel and Serena Sebastian eventually take over piloting the plane while Kid escapes by jumping off the plane and Conan has to "go to the bathroom." Conan then switches over to Jimmy's voice and guides Rachel for landing the plane. Rachel tells Jimmy she love him but ends the moment by telling Conan that she suddenly sees lights at the site. It turns out that Kid went near the police and uses police cars (because this policeman is obsessed with catching him) as guiding lights to land the plane. All went well, and the movie ends with Rachel talking to Jimmy over the phone again arguing about silly things.

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Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 迷宮の十字路

Meitantei Konan Meikyū no Kurosurōdo

Release Date : April 19, 2003

Running Time: 95 min.


Heiji tries to find a girl he saw when he was little. She was playing outside a temple, and he fell in love with her. Several murders have happen in Kyoto, and Kogoro, Ran, Conan and Sonoko goes there to solve the case. There they meet Heiji and Kazuha. The killer seems to be after Heiji, he tried to kill him several times, and once, Heiji got badly injuired. Then Kazuha get kidnapped, but when Heiji collapses, Conan finds a way to turn back into Shinichi for a short time, disguise as Heiji and arrest the killer and save Kazuha. But then Heiji comes again, and Shinichi has to change back... In the wood, he meets Ran. He shoots Ran unconscious with his watch to prevent her from seeing him change back into Conan. In the end, Heiji finds out that the girl he saw and in which he fell in love with, was Kazuha....

The Phantom of Baker Street

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊
Meitantei Konan Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei

Release Date : April 20, 2002

Running Time: 107 min.

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street is the 6th Detective Conan movie. It was first screened on April 20, 2002, and was the first Detective Conan movie whose script was not written by Kazunari Furuuchi; it was written by Hisashi Nozawa, famed Japanese scriptwriter. For this reason, this movie is considered much "deeper" than other movies of the series, discussing problems such as education, and the social structure of Japan as a whole.

Conan, Ai, Ran and The Detective Boys are 6 out of the 50 choosen kids to try a new virtual reality game. Conan and his friends enter London in the 1800 century. But soon after all the kids head into the game, Noahs Ark (A highly developed AI program) closes all exits to the game. Now the innocent game is a game about life and dead. If the kids don't finish the game, they're all going to die. One by one the kids "die" in the game, and soon Conan & co solve the puzzle to find out who and catch Jack The Ripper and safe them all.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. Child prodigy Hiroki Sawada who by the age of ten already a graduate school student in MIT and previously developed the DNA Tracker software is now in the final stage of his second major work, an artificial intelligence system called Noah's Ark, in a heavily guarded room.

Hiroki has been under the guardianship of Thomas Schindler, owner of the software giant Schindler, Inc, since his mother died. He has been put under a rigorous study program and was somewhat deprived of his childhood life.

At this night, at the top of the Schindler building where Hiroki lives, he finishes Noah's Ark, sending the software through the telephone lines, after his computer show "Noah's Ark Sailed Out."

The security found the irregularities, but after they finally broke into Hiroki's room-- with Schindler-- Hiroki was not in the room. Apparently he lept to his death. His computer screen shown the image of an ark sailing in water, and then the words "Good-bye HIROKI."

Two years later, at the Beika City Hall, the Schinder company made a demonstration on a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. The kids, including the Detective Boys were invited for the demonstration. It was revealed that the kids with badges were chosen for the demonstration. Just then, Doctor Agasa and Booker Kudo arrives for the demonstration. Agasa gave Conan a gift of that badge, and told Conan that his mother Vivian Kudo wouldn't be coming there, due to having an alumni reunion.

Agasa once again gave the Detective Boys a quiz. The gang decided to have badges for themselves. Soon after, Schindler killed Kashimura-- one of his top employees, and Kashimura's final message was JTR. After Conan discovered murder, he decided to go to the game that would lead to the answer. Yusaku found out that JTR is for Jack the Ripper, the criminal who is never captured by the Scotland Yard.

The Game

Just as when the game begins, Noah's Ark came to life, and telling the audience that if all fifty kids lost the game, it will destroy everything that it was in their heads via a large electromagnetic burst. There are five stages in the game, and Conan decided to take on the final stage (a recreation of a 1800 London mystery). Meanwhile, Booker investigates the case, and Schindler hopes to eliminate all the kids. In the game, Conan finds out that the inventions he has doesn't work on the game. Booker finds out that the culprit is the president of the game Thomas Schindler, who is then revealed to be a descendant of Jack the Ripper but will stop at nothing to hide his secret. Schindler is arrested immediately.

Conan confronts Jack the Ripper on the top of a train, who ties up Rachel. Rachel decided to make a sacrifice by jumping off the train and into a ravine, taking Jack the Ripper with her. Conan begins to lose hope as Sherlock Holmes appeared and gives Conan some useful advice that eventually helped Conan and the other surviving child, Hideki Moroboshi, to survive in the game. After winning the game, Conan finds out that Hideki is actually Hiroki. At the end of the game, all the children are released, and Hiroki a.k.a. Noah's Ark ends his life for good.

Countdown to Heaven (2001)

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 天国へのカウントダウン
Meitantei Konan Tengoku He no Kauntodaun

Release Date : April 21, 2001

Running Time: 95 min.

The film begins with [Shinichi Kudo] explaining he turned a kid after he was poisoned with a drug that two men in black gave him and the plot of [Case closed](Detective conan in Japan) Then Dr. Agasa tells the audience about Shinichi solves crimes as a kid called Conan Edogawa. He also explains about the junior detective league and the people who know Conan's true idenity including [Ai Haibara] Block quote.


Sunday, August 26, 2007

Captured in Her Eyes (2000)

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 瞳の中の暗殺者
Meitantei Konan Hitomi no Naka no Ansatsusha

Release Date : April 22, 2000

Running Time: 95 min.

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes is a Japanese animated film based on the Case Closed manga series(4th film), featuring detective Jimmy Kudo.

Police officers are targeted and killed by an unknown person. Thinking the suspect is related with the police force, they`re keeping quiet about the situation. Though when officer Satou is injured by this killer, Ran is the only eye wittiness. Suffering from traumatic shock, she loses her memory of everything in her life. As a result, the killer now knows that Ran has seen his/her face, he/she must get rid of the sole eye witness. Conan must find the murderer while protecting his identity.


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Last Wizard of the Century

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師
Meitantei Konan Seikimatsu no Majutsushi

Release Date : April 17, 1999

Running Time : 95 min.

Kaitou Kid wants to steal a prized egg from the Suzuki Corporation, originally belonging to Nicholas II of Russia. They ask Kogoro for help. But when Kid got the egg and flies off with it, he is shot in the right eye. And later other people seem to be shot as well, and all victims were shot in the right eye. The Police and Conan believe that the killer is Scorpion - a famous killer who always shoots his victims in the right eye. Conan has the feeling that "Shiratori" might know his identity, and Ran also believes that Conan is Shinichi. At the end, Conan deducts Scorpion as one of the accompanying people, Seiran the Historian. She shot in the right eye to avenge her ancestor, Rasputin, whose body was found with an eye missing. She attempts her last bullet at him, but the bullet is reflected by the bulletproof glass on Conan's glasses installed by the professor. As Conan kicks a piece of rubble, she reloads and is about to fire when a playing card knocks the gun out of her hands. Conan then knocks her out with the rubble. Shiratori then appears and carries Seiran out. Conan figures the "Shiratori" was really Kid in disguise. In the end, Conan is about to confess to Ran that he's Shinichi, but then Kid comes, disguised as Shinichi...


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The Fourteenth Target

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 14番目の標的
Meitantei Konan Jyuuyon banme no Tagetto

Released Date: 1998-04-18

Running Time: 99 min.

This film is the 2nd of the Detective Conan movies. It was produced in Japanese in 1998 with an English dub in 2007. The box office grossed ¥1.05 billion.

In this movie, Ran loses her memory after having a nightmare about her mother dying, but soon regains memory of some of the events that happened to her. Meanwhile, there has been murders/inujuries at people who all have some relation to Mouri Kogoro, and that all their names corresponded to a playing card. These people were targeted in order, from King down to Ace. The police concludes that this person wanted revenge on Mouri Kogoro, but as these injuries become murders, Conan realizes that it is a race to predict who the victims will be. He soon discoveres something quite different from what the police suspected, while learning about an incident from 10 years ago.

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The Time-Bombed Skyscraper

Japanese Title:

名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼
Meitantei Konan Tokei Jikake no Matenrō

Released Date : April 19, 1997

Running Time : 95 min.

In this movie, it's Shinichi's birthday. Few days before his birthday, he receives a call from a strange man, who seems to be challenging Shinichi. He tells Conan (Shinichi) to find several bombs all over Tokyo. Later, Conan finds out that the bomber was Mr. Moriya Teiji, who was an Architect. Ran, who was waiting to Shinichi in the cinema (She had invited him to see a movie on his birthday) was caught inside the building when a bomb exploded. And now it's up to her to deactivate the bomb.....


The movie opens with Mouri Kogoro, Edogawa Conan and Mouri Ran at the home of a murdered man. The victim, Dr. Kurokawa, had been drinking alcohol and using his computer when he was struck from behind with a bronze statue. However, Inspector Megure doesn't understand what seems to be the victim's dying message: the letters JUN typed onto the computer. (In the Japanese version, the victim knew English, in the American version, it was reversed.) After Mouri goes through another of his poorly thought out deductions, Conan goes through the usual routine of putting Richard to sleep and using his bowtie voice-changer to solve the case. The murderer turns out to be the maid, after Conan reasons out that the victim typed JUN onto the computer, thinking that he was actually typing in Japanese. The letters correspond to make the maid's name. Also, when the maid walked into the room to commit the murder, she took her slippers off so she wouldn't make any noise. She didn't notice that she had accidentally stepped in some blood, which stained her socks. The maid admitted she committed the crime, and said that she was after revenge for what the victim did to her family years prior.


Afterwards, Conan tells the audience the story thus far; how he is really Kudo Shinichi, and that he's been shrunk down to size by the Apotoxin. He then gives a quick explanation of his gadgets, after which the opening credits end and the movie proper begins.

Movies

Since 1997, a movie based on the series is screened during the Golden Week of Japan. Because of the series' general popularity in Japan.

Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (1997)

Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998)

Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)

Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001)

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)

Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)

Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)

Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)

Friday, August 10, 2007

Case Closed

Case Closed

Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan in Japan and other countries, is a detective manga and anime series by Gosho Aoyama which has been published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine since 1994. The series depicts the cases of a young private detective who was inadvertently turned into a prepubescent boy by a certain criminal organization. Although his body has been shrunk, he continues to solve many cases and is struggling to solve the mysteries of the criminal organization responsible in order to return to his normal body. VIZ Media publishes Detective Conan manga in English as Case Closed for American audiences. The comic uses the original right-to-left format and the English anime names for the main characters while it uses the original Japanese names for the minor characters. The anime version is produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and has currently aired 482 television episodes (as of August 6, 2007) and eleven movies in Japan, and is still running on Japanese television today. It airs Mondays at 7:30 p.m. on Nippon TV, and is also broadcast in Japan by the anime CS network, Animax, who have also aired the series across its networks in Southeast Asia and East Asia (including its English language network in Southeast Asia, where its English adaptation stayed true to the original, retaining the original name Detective Conan, as well as each of the characters' original Japanese names and dialogue). In July 2003, FUNimation announced that they licensed Detective Conan for a release in North America, to be released as "Case Closed" due to legal issues concerning the name Conan (Conan the Barbarian, although Conan can be considered a regular name as in Conan O'Brien). In the United Kingdom VIZ's releases are published by Gollancz Manga with the same naming conventions. The tenth movie, Private Eyes' Requiem was announced on December 15, 2005 and was released on April 15, 2006, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office and remained there for three consecutive weeks. As of May 28, 2006, it has earned $25.8 million in the Japanese box office. The latest in the series of its franchise is a live-action TV drama, which premiered in Japan on Nippon Television on October 2, 2006. It served as a prequel of the current storyline, starring Shun Oguri as Shin'ichi Kudo (Jimmy Kudo), Tomoka Kurokawa as Ran Mori (Rachel Moore), and Takanori Jinnai as Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore).

Overview

The English manga names will be used, with the Japanese original in brackets at their first mention. Japanese names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name, with the exception of Edogawa Rampo (Edogawa is the last name here). The story starts out introducing 17-year old (16 years in the manga) high school student Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo) and his childhood friend and crush, Rachel Moore (Ran Mori). Jimmy treats Rachel to a trip to a theme park named "Tropical Land" and encounters a murder. After easily solving the case and showing off his detective skills, he notices two mysterious men wearing black. Telling Rachel to go on home, he tracked the men to a meeting place and witnesses an illegal deal. However, one of the men in black (known only as Gin) notices him and knocks him out. Instead of directly killing him, the two black men give him an untested poison named Apotoxin-4869 (APTX4869), which was supposed to not only kill Jimmy, but also leave no trace of poison in Jimmy's body. However, Jimmy wakes to find that he is still alive, but has now been shrunk to an elementary school boy, around six years old. Following the advice of Dr. Hiroshi Agasa (Dr. Herschel Agasa in the English anime), Jimmy hides his real identity, lest the men in black find out that he is alive. When Rachel asks for his name, Jimmy spots books by Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo and comes up with the name "Conan Edogawa." Agasa says that "Conan" is a relative of his, but was too busy to take care of a young child, and suggests that "Conan" go live with Rachel, and both Conan and Rachel agree. Rachel's father, Richard Moore (Kogoro Mori) is an incapable detective. Conan always solves mysteries in his stead. As Conan appears to be just a boy, police don't pay any attention to him. Conan instead uses Detective Moore by putting him to sleep with a "anesthesia gun-watch" and pretending to be Moore by using a voice changer disguised as a bow tie. Other important characters that appear (some later) are Jimmy's parents Booker (Yusaku) and Vivian (Yukiko) Kudo , Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori), a rival detective from Osaka, a gentleman thief Phantom Thief Kid , who also appears in Magic Kaito), the inventor of the APTX4869 Shiho Miyano (codename "Sherry" within the black organization, turned into a child also after she took her own drug to escape the organization, and then lives with Dr. Agasa under her new name Ai Haibara), and the other members of the Black Organization: Gin, Vodka, Tequila, Calvados, Pisco, Vermouth, Kir, Chianti, Köln, and a mysterious "boss" who has only been mentioned so far. To maintain his cover, Conan goes to Titan elementary school (Japanese: Teitan Elementary School )and has made friends with three children at the school, George Kaminski (Genta Kojima), Mitch Tennison (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya) and Amy Yeager (Ayumi Yoshida) who form the self-styled Junior Detective League (Detective Boys in original). Although Conan feels profoundly self conscious playing with them given his true age, the foursome have numerous adventures of their own and the trio have proved capable assistants to the detective for their age.

Series format

Case Closed has the format of classical mystery fiction, with such classical set ups such as the Closed-Room-Type murder case, and cases with a limited number of suspects. It also includes the wrap up of the case and conclusion/solution of the case as in typical crime fiction. Most episodes are self-contained, especially in the anime, which uses an episodic format (though multi-part episodes abound.) Occasionally there are also long story arcs. A typical Conan episode begins with the main cast (usually either Conan, Richard, and Rachel, or Conan and the JR Detective League, or occasionally both groups together) arriving at a location and meeting several new characters. One of them eventually turns up dead, and the others are all possible suspects. Conan investigates (usually clandestinely) and uses various tricks to call the adults' attention to the different clues, usually in such a way that they won't suspect that he recognized them as being pertinent to the case. Eventually, Conan will discover some important clue that will confirm his suspicions of who the killer is; however the viewer will not be told the conclusion he has reached. At this point, Conan will wait until Richard and all the suspects are in the same room and then knock Richard out with a dart from his watch which has a tranqulizing substance on the tip (occasionally when Richard is not around, he will use another character). Then he impersonates Richard's voice with his bowtie and to make it look like Richard is the one who solved the murder (this is why Richard is called "The Sleeping Richard", or "Sleeping Moore" in the manga, because he always seems to be sleeping when he solves a mystery). At this point, the viewer is informed of Conan's deduction along with the characters themselves. The explanation usually starts with an explanation of how the murder was committed, ending with "Richard" revealing the killer's identity. The killer will usually deny it and point out that there is no proof, at which point Conan calls his/her bluff and reveals that he has found conclusive proof. At this point, the killer usually confesses and gives him/herself up, though occasionally they try to make a break for it. Either way, the story ends with the culprit safely behind bars. Often the final scene involves some sort of gag (usually involving Richard doing something stupid) to lighten the mood. There are a few cases when the killer's identity is already known, however, he/she usually has an alibi of some sort, and Conan must figure out "how" they did it. At the end of each episode, a hint is given as to how the following episode's murder is committed, and is shown on the screen. Many references to other detective literature can also be found for fans of detective novels, and also includes a Detective Encyclopedia, where many characters of detective, mystery, and crime literature and film are introduced. These include: Sherlock Holmes; Kogoro Akechi; Hercule Poirot; Arsène Lupin; Jules Maigret; Kōsuke Kinda'ichi; Lieutenant Columbo; Zenigata Heiji; Philip Marlowe; C. Auguste Dupin; Ellery Queen; V. I. Warshawski; Father Brown; Cordelia Gray; Heizō Hasegawa; Matsuhiko Asami; and Nero Wolfe, so far. In Japan, a new theatrical movie of Detective Conan is released every year in April during Golden Week. Also, regular appearances of one-hour specials as well as the yearly two-hour New Year special define the series.

Music

To date, Detective Conan/Case Closed has 20 Opening themes and 27 Ending themes in Japan. Most of the themes were sung by Giza Studio singers or groups.

Opening animation


The 4th is the first to show officer Wilder. The 5th is the first to introduce Shiho/Ai. The 6th is the fitrst and only to show the music artists who sing the intro in the intro. The 7th is the first to show all the main officers that work with Inspector Meguire as well as Rachel's mother (Eva Kadan). The 10th is the first to show Gin and Vodka thoroughly in the intro credits. The 13th is the first to show ALL the officers including those who don't work with Meguire, plus, Jodie, Shuichi, Araide, Yukiko, Yusaku, and the new BO member Vermouth. The 15th introduces James Black and the FBI Agents (Jodie Santemillion and Shuichi Akai). And the 16th Opening is the first to introduce new members of the Black Organization (Kir, Chianti, and Korn). The 17th Opening recycles visuals from the previous openings (13-16), however, it adds Kir to Vermouth, Gin, and Vodka's group as the main black organization members. The 18th opening shows almost every contributing minor character in the series, and Kir as the only black corps member. The 19th and 20th Opening focuses mainly on Conan and Rachel's relationship and, unlike the previous, eliminates almost all the minor characters.

Ending animation

From ending 1-18, the animation begins and end with the same video, however, in between they show different scenes of the currently aired episode. Starting ending 19, this differs and the animation displays a picture of Rachel and Jimmy in a photo sitting on a desk while things around the desk change. Ending 20 shows Conan wandering through the city passing various characters. Ending 21 shows Conan and Rachel as children. The 22nd and 23rd ending show an animation based on the relationship of Rachel and Jimmy. The 24th shows character outlines while displaying different views of the city. From endingb 25-27, the animation resorts back to showing scenery of the episode while the beginning and end remain intact.

Adaptations elsewhere

In the U.S. version the original songs were replaced by new songs using the same melodies and an English translation of the original lyrics. Seven of the original Japanese themes have been dubbed.

Broadcast and adaptations


Detective Conan is airing on Yomiuri TV (producing TV station), NNS TV stations, and TV Miyazaki on Mondays at 7:30 p.m., after "Kekkaishi", which is also from the same comic group. It is regularly one of the highest rated programs on Japanese television. There have been unconfirmed reports that the Fox Network (pre-Fox Box) considered licensing the series at one point, but decided not to as it was thought to be far too violent[15]. Indeed, there are many situations that involve disturbing homicides, such as human corpses, dismembered bodies, and in a very few cases, even murdered children. (In the very first episode of the anime, the young man, Kishida, is beheaded on a roller coaster, with actual graphic detail and gore. The anime version has gouts of what appears to be intense light spouting from where Kenneth's (as "Kishida" is known in the English anime) head was. In every other part of the world, in the many countries where Detective Conan was released and aired, the name "Detective Conan" (or the literal translation of it), remained intact, including the anime TV network Animax's English adaptation. Detective Conan has aired in Turkey,Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, China, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Malaysia and other nations. Cartoon Network began broadcasting Case Closed as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004. Although a family series in Japan, the mature content of the crimes portrayed prevented it from gaining prime time exposure to its proper audience. Also, one glaring example of an inaccurate translation was an episode where TNT was discounted as the cause of an explosion because of the lack of burnt gunpowder smell or traces of gunpowder (which hurt the series' credibility) - originally, it was the mention and doubt of dynamite instead of TNT. Only 50 episodes aired in the United States, and in January 2005, Adult Swim announced that it would not purchase additional episodes due to low ratings. They gave back the rights to the series later that year, and it has now debuted on a syndicated FUNimation Channel programming block airing on CoLours TV on June 19, 2006. However, episodes are still being released on DVD, though no news has been given on renewing the license for additional episodes. FUNimation's English dub of Case Closed made its Canadian television debut on YTV's Bionix programming block on April 7, 2006 at 10:30 p.m. Beginning on June 2, 2006, Case Closed was still part of the Bionix block, but it had been airing at a later timeslot of 12:00 a.m. The reason for this, however, is likely not so much because of low ratings (as was the case on Adult Swim), but because the station needed to meet their annual Canadian Content quota by airing a certain amount of Canadian programming before 12 a.m., leaving, effectively forcing the series out of the main line-up. After broadcasting 21 episodes, YTV has since stopped airing Case Closed, with its final broadcast at 12:00 a.m. on September 2, 2006. FUNimation's English dub of The Time-Bombed Skyscraper was released to DVD on October 3, 2006. Unlike the series, the movie left the original animation entirely intact with no translations except for the opening title and ending credits. The opening title was replaced with an English version. The original Japanese credits were changed from a tour of Tokyo and recap of the movie to an endless loop of fire engines and police cars with their lights from the final scene with the credits displayed over it. FUNimation's English dub of The Fourteenth Target is scheduled to be released in November 2007. It is said since the plot deals with names invlovling numbers, FUNimation will use middle names for the characters since their original names were altered by TMS.

Animax adaptation


The series was also later dubbed and translated into English by the anime television network Animax for broadcast across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia (including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and several other countries in the region) , with Animax's unedited dub staying true to the original, retaining the original name Detective Conan as well as the original dialogue and each of the character's original Japanese names. Animax, whose founders include the studio behind the production of the anime series, TMS (along with other studios such as Sunrise, Toei and NAS) has also aired the series in its original network in Japan (in Japanese), as well as its other networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan (where it was aired in Chinese).

Awards


At the 5th Annual Tokyo Anime Awards competition, the ninth Detective Conan movie, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths, won the Feature Film category, together with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs To The Stars.