The series received an adaptation. The anime resulted in,,,. Licensed the anime series for North American broadcast in 2003 under the name Case Closed with the characters given names. The anime premiered on but was discontinued due to low ratings. In March 2013, Funimation began streaming their licensed episodes of Case Closed; simulcast them in 2014. Funimation also localized the first six Case Closed films, while localized the Lupin III crossover special and its.
Meanwhile, the manga was localized by, which used Funimation's changed title and character names. Made its own English language localized version of the manga which used the original title and Japanese names. The volumes of the manga have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, making it the. In 2001, the manga was awarded the 46th in the shōnen category. The anime adaptation has been well received and ranked in the top twenty in 's polls between 1996 and 2001. In the Japanese anime television ranking, Case Closed episodes ranked in the top six on a weekly basis.
Both the manga and the anime have had positive response from critics for their plot and cases. The manga has been sold in 25 countries, while the anime has been broadcast in 40 countries.
See also: (Japanese: Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective who sometimes works with the police to solve cases. During an investigation, he is attacked by members of a crime syndicate known as the. They force him to ingest an experimental poison, but instead of killing him, the poison transforms him into a child.
Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend (Ran Mori) and her father (Kogoro Mori), who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Richard's cases, but when he is able to solve one, he uses a tranquilizer needle to put Richard to sleep, and impersonates his voice using a voice changer to reveal the solution to the case. He also enrolls in a local elementary school where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own (Detective Boys). While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with a variety of characters, including his professor friend, Ran's friend (Sonoko), a fellow teenage detective (Heiji Hattori), various police detectives from different regions,. Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student, (Ai Haibara), who reveals herself to be the creator of the poison that made him small.