Case Closed enrolls in Teitan Elementary School where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own Junior Detective Club .
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16 Facts About Case Closed
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Case Closed's too had ingested it to evade the pursuit of the organization.
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Case Closed was conceived in 1994, during the rise of mystery genre manga due to the publishing of the series The Kindaichi Case Files; the first chapter appeared in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday on January 19.
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Case Closed became the 24th longest running manga series, with over 1000 chapters released in Japan, and the first series with over 1000 chapters published in Weekly Shonen Sunday.
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Anime version of Case Closed is produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment.
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The series celebrated its 25th anniversary in January 2021, and the "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case Closed" episode was given the remake treatment as the first part of its celebration, which featured the latest staff and production techniques, and classical pianist Aimi Kobayashi performed Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 14 for the episode.
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Case Closed was later broadcast in North America on NHK's cable network TV Japan.
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In 2018, Case Closed caught the attention of American late night talk show host Conan O'Brien, who discussed the character Conan Edogawa as well as Conan Town in his talk show Conan, and visited the town in September 2018.
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Case Closed began its publication during the "Lost Decade", which was a long period of economic recession in Japan during the 1990s after the economic bubble of the 1980s burst.
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The story of Case Closed is often read as an optimistic view of the capacity of children to improve society and to inspire hope for the future.
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The adult detectives and police officers in Case Closed are shown to be inept at solving crimes and it is ultimately Conan and the Junior Detective Club who solve cases and inspire the child audience to do the same.
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Case Closed has clear influences from western and eastern cultures, and it attempts to unite the two and show a modernized Japan.
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The designs of the characters in Case Closed are inspired by western styles, such as Conan and Richard's suits or Rachel's hairstyle, while the backgrounds show a modern, urbanized Japanese landscape.
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Case Closed uses Japanese pop music in its opening and ending songs.
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Case Closed was one of the first anime programs to include J-pop specifically in the program.
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Case Closed episodes include elements of Japanese folklore such as the Tengu and the Shinigami, as well as more globally recognizable figures like aliens and vampires.
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