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Based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama, Case Closed (Meitantei Conan, "Famous Detective Conan," a playoff the original title of Hayao Miyazaki's Sherlock Hound) ran for 12 seasons in Japan. Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Kudo is an ace detective, but when he witnesses a blackmail payoff, two thugs in black give him a poison that turns him into a little boy. To hide his identity he takes the name of Conan Edogawa--from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Japanese mystery writer Ranpo Edogawa. His former girlfriend Rachel Moore and her hare-brained detective father take Conan in. Trapped in a puny body, Conan solves crimes, sometimes aided by the kids in the Junior Detective League. Fortunately, his old friend Dr. Agasa supplies him with useful inventions, including a solar-powered skateboard and shoes that give his diminutive legs more strength. Nancy Drew might envy the keen powers of observation and even keener deductive skills Jimmy/Conan employs to determine the perpetrators of baffling murders, robberies, and kidnappings. But no one takes a crime-solving eight-year-old seriously, Conan uses a bowtie that disguises his voice to make it appear Detective Moore solved the crimes. The one case he never cracks is the identity of the men who poisoned him. Case Closed (1996) scored a huge hit in Japan: it ran for over 500 episodes and spawned 13 features and seven OAVs. It's gradually built an audience in America, where fans are glad to know that when Jimmy--or Conan--is on the case, "One Truth Prevails!" (Rated 13 and older: minor violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. The Big Shrink, 2. The Kidnapped Debutante, 3. Beware of idols, 4. Fish Marks the Spot, 5. The Time Bomb Express, 6. Tragic Valentine, 7. The Case of the Mysterious Gifts, 8. The Art Museum Murder Case, 9. Festival Fiasco, 10. Deadly Game, 11. The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case Part 1 , 12. The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case Part 2, 13. Kidnapped: Amy, 14. Mystery Mastermind, 15. The Shooter, 16. The Two Faced Brother, 17. A Loan Repaid, 18. The Case of the Hi-Jacked Department Store, 19. Wedding Day Blues, 20. Fashion Sense, 21. The Disappearing Act, 22. Lights, Camera...Murder, 23. Smooth Sailing Part 1, 24. Smooth Sailing Part 2, 25. Better Off Forgotten, 26. The Counterfeit Ransom Kidnapping)
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