Conan detective

Short summary of the history

Shinichi Kudo is pupil in first with the college Teitan (pun with the Japanese word used to say detective: Tantei). To have solved several difficult investigations, it is considered by much as the most invaluable assistance that the Japanese police force could hope for . One day, at the time of an exit with his friend Ran Mouri in an amusement park, and after having solved a business of murder, he notices the strange behavior men vêtus of black who were previously on the spot of the solved crime. By curiosity and intuition, Shinichi follows them and understands that they are Masters singers. These men having discovered Shinichi, they make him drink an experimental poison to make it conceal. The effect is unexpected: its body renovates, but its faculties of detective remain unchanged. Shinichi, helped by its neighbor the Professor Agasa (Agasa Hakase in the Japanese version), brilliant and eccentric inventor, decides to leave to research the secret organization of which it was victim. Shinichi hiding place its true identity under the pseudonym of Conan Edogawa (of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and of Edogawa Ranpo), and takes refuge at Ran, whose father still little known, Kogoro Mouri, put himself on his account as a private detective after having left the police force. Shinichi finds really unjust the fact that, adult, everyone listened to it, and that child, one does not grant any moment to him or it can solve a business. It solves the businesses much more quickly than the father of Ran, but it is obliged to wait the good moment to make so that Mouri includes/understands its " " point of view of; without drawing the attention to him…

Since the arrival of Conan, Mouri starts to be increasingly famous. Indeed, regularly, when Conan finally elucidated the mystery of a business on which Mouri works, he deadens this last with a gadget manufactured by Agasa included in his watch, which can fire a hypodermic projectile. He hides then, and, thanks to his bow tie (another gadget of Agasa), takes the voice of Kogoro (It also happens that Conan is obliged to take someone else). Kogoro Mouri is thus called the " detective endormi" (Nemuri No Kogoro in Japanese), because of its dormant air while it " résout" a business. Kogoro and Ran do not know the true identity of Conan. Also, when Conan makes a deduction in public, Ran is astonished. Conan often draws some by a pirouette, while Mouri is irritated because it finds that a child does not have to be on the spot of a crime nor to try to solve them…

Main characters

Shinichi Kudo (工藤新一 Kudō Shinichi ) so known as a Conan Edogawa (江戸川コナン Edogawa Konan ): The hero names himself thus in homage to Edogawa Ranpo and Arthur Conan Doyle, two emblematic figures of the detective novel.
Ran Mouri (毛利蘭 Mōri Ran ): the friend of Shinichi. She and are to him in love one with the other but did not declare their flame yet. Ran can be in turn of a temperament burning or a romantic softness. It is expert in karate.
Professor Hiroshi Agasa (阿笠博士 Agasa Hiroshi ): first to know the secrecy of Conan, it is an eccentric inventor who creates all the gadgets of Conan such his bow tie, his watch or his glasses radar… . Its name is a homage to Agatha Christie.
Kogoro Mouri (毛利小五郎 Mōri Kogorō ): the father of Ran. Former police officer, he became a missed, alcoholic and perverse private detective. Showing itself often idiotic and ineffective, he sees his career taking again tonicity since he lodges Conan which solves its business secretly. He is good with the judo, of which he learned from the gestures to his wife and his daughter. Its first name, Kogoro, are founded on that of Kogoro Akechi, hero of the novels of Edogawa Ranpo, and its family name, Mouri, are founded on Maurice Leblanc.
Megure Inspector (his name is Juuzou Megure) (目暮十三 Megure Juuzō ): police inspector which very often arrives on the spot of a crime. Carrying large impermeable and hat, it is a right and serious man who has respect for Shinichi, and less for Kogoro, but its regard increases since the latter " résout" businesses with brilliance. The name of Megure is founded on that of the Commissaire Maigret.
''' the Detective Servant boys '''/''' the Detectives Juniors ''' (少年探偵団 Shōnen Tanteidan ): Genta Kojima (小嶋元太 Kojima Genta ), Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (円谷光彦 Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko ) and Ayumi Yoshida (吉田歩美 Yoshida Ayumi )), classmates of Conan. It is about a group of young students of primary education, impassioned mysteries and adventures. The arrival of Conan in their class was the element release for the creation of their group. In Japanese, the name of their school is “Teitan” (Tantei, detective, with the two reversed syllables). To return this word game, the French translators invited it “Tivedétec”, inversion of “detective” (the original name Teitan is included later in the series).
Sonoko Suzuki (鈴木園子 Suzuki Sonoko ): the best friend of Ran, it is a a little insane girl who especially thinks of attracting the boys. Sonoko is the person that Conan deadens and makes generally pass for detective after Kogoro.
Heiji Hattori (服部平次 Hattori Heiji ): The famous detective of the West. This one comes from the area of the Kansai, more exactly of Osaka, with the result that he speaks a rather particular Japanese: The dialect of Osaka (Osaka-Ben). Thanks to its great capacity of deduction, this one discovered the true identity of Conan. This one has hot blood and is in love with the young person Kazuha Tooyama.
Kazuha Tooyama (遠山和葉 Tooyama Kazuha ): Also coming from the Kansai, this young girl tests a love towards Heiji (which, just like for the couple Ran/Shinichi, they dare neither one nor the other to acknowledge their feelings). They met thanks to their fathers, working both in the police force. It practices the Aikido.
Inspector Yokomizo : another police inspector, it is younger than Maigret and has curly hair. He has admiration for Kogoro.
Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Fujimine : the father and the mother of Shinichi, respectively writer of novels with suspense and former actress of cinema.
Eri Kisaki (妃英理 Kisaki Eri ): the woman of Kogoro Mouri and the mother of Ran. Following the occupation of lawyer, it is an elegant woman and severe who separated from her husband because of her temperament of womanizer. Shinichi is afraid of it because it all the time thundered it during its childhood.
Have Haibara (灰原哀 Haibara Have ): its true name is Shiho Miyano. It is a classmate of Conan, formerly an young woman who worked for the men in black , the secret organization that Shinichi discovered. After the men in black killed his sister, she revolted but finished imprisoned. She swallowed then itself the poison which had transformed Shinichi, and renovated. In love with Conan, she does not dare to say to him.
Yoko Okino : an handsome actor of cinema and singer, Yoko finds herself sometimes mixed with the intrigues into which Conan inquires. Kogoro is one of its large fans.
Night Baron (the Baron Noir): a character invented by Yusaku Kudo, it is a dangerous bearing criminal wraps black and black top hat, with a grimaçant mask. Conan will make sometimes vis-a-vis suspects carrying this disguise.
Kid imperceptible the : (怪盗キッド Kaitō Kid ) burglar largely inspired of Arsene Lupin, it uses his talents of disguise and Prestidigitation to arrive at his ends. Incorrigible joker, Kid sends even to the Japanese police force, in coded language, the place and the date of his future flights which it generally restores. Rival of Conan (with which it shares an astonishing physical resemblance), Kid regularly makes interventions in the manga.
the organization of the men in black (黒の組織 Kuro No Soshiki ): The mysterious organization appears to be in fact, with the wire of the history, a large network of criminals. At this days, are or were known Gin and Vodka, the two assistants who made drink the poison with Shinichi; Vermouth whose true name is Chris Vinyard (actually, the actress Sharon Vinyard, friend of the mother of Shinichi does only one with the character of its daughter), celebrates American actress; Kir, Chianti and Korn, last newcomers; and finally Tequila, Pisco and Calvados, members now dead. The organization is directed by the " Boss" , character of which no one knows neither name nor face.
the agent Jodie Sterling (Jodie St Emilion) : This mysterious woman is the English teacher of Ran, Conan supposes it member of the organization (what its name carries to believe since the Saint-émilion is a wine). In the French translation, the Sterling agent is the daughter-in-law of Sharon Vinyard and consequently the half-sister of Chris Vinyard (Vermouth). But in the original version, his/her father, agent of the FBI which inquired closely into Vermouth and the Organization, was killed by Vermouth, as well as the mother of Jodie, and their murder made up in accident by the fire of the house of Starling. Jodie which miraculeusement had miraculeusement survived, and which had met the mysterious woman this night, was placed in a program of protection of the witnesses by friends of his late father. While growing, it kept the revenge on her parents for it and became in its turn member of the FBI under the name of Jodie Saint-émilion, actively seeking the woman who had killed her parents. Actually it does not seem that Jodie appears in animates in France, but in the manga, it is mentioned as of volume 26, by the classmates of Ran and Shinichi.

Version manga

List volumes

Volume 1, Kana, 04/1997 ISBN 2-87129-128-4
Volume 2, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-132-2
Volume 3, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-139-X
Volume 4, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-144-6
Volume 5, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-149-7
Volume 6, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-159-4
Volume 7, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-163-2
Volume 8, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-175-6
Volume 9, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-180-2
Volume 10, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-182-9
Volume 11, Kana,/ ISBN 2-87129-205-1
Volume 12, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-206-X
Volume 13, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-207-8
Volume 14, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-208-6
Tome 15, Kana,/ISBN 2-87129-209-4
Tome 16, Kana, 02/1999 ISBN 2-87129-210-8
Tome 17, Kana, 05/1999 ISBN 2-87129-211-6
Tome 18, Kana, 07/1999 ISBN 2-87129-212-4
Tome 19, Kana, 01/2000 ISBN 2-87129-213-2
Tome 20, Kana, 03/2000 ISBN 2-87129-214-0
Tome 21, Kana, 05/2000 ISBN 2-87129-257-4
Tome 22, Kana, 07/2000 ISBN 2-87129-258-2
Volume 23, Kana, 09/2000 ISBN 2-87129-259-0
Tome 24, Kana, 11/2000 ISBN 2-87129-260-4
Tome 25, Kana, 01/2001 ISBN 2-87129-336-8
Tome 26, Kana, 03/2001 ISBN 2-87129-337-6
Tome 27, Kana, 05/2001 ISBN 2-87129-338-4
Tome 28, Kana, 07/2001 ISBN 2-87129-339-2
Tome 29, Kana, 11/2001 ISBN 2-87129-340-6
Tome 30, Kana, 02/2002 ISBN 2-87129-408-9
Tome 31, Kana, 05/2002 ISBN 2-87129-420-8
Tome 32, Kana, 09/2002 ISBN 2-87129-433-X
Tome 33, Kana , 12/2002 ISBN 2-87129-447-X
Volume 34, Kana, 03/2003 ISBN 2-87129-506-9
Volume 35, Kana, 06/2003 ISBN 2-87129-526-3
Volume 36, Kana, 10/2003 ISBN 2-87129-550-6
Volume 37, Kana, 01/2004 ISBN 2-87129-597-2
Volume 38, Kana, 03/2004 ISBN 2-87129-612-X
Volume 39, Kana, 05/2004 ISBN 2-87129-622-7
Volume 40, Kana, 07/2004 ISBN 2-87129-633-2
Volume 41, Kana, 11/2004 ISBN 2-87129-633-2
Volume 42, Kana, 11/2004 ISBN 2-87129-655-3
Volume 43, Kana, 01/2005 ISBN 2-87129-702-9
Volume 44, Kana, 03/2005 ISBN 2-87129-720-7
Volume 45, Kana, 05/2005 ISBN 2-87129-774-6
Volume 46, Kana, 07/2005 ISBN 2-87129-795-9
Volume 47, Kana,
Volume 48, Kana,
Volume 49, Kana,
Volume 50, Kana, 3/3/2006
Volume 51, Kana, 7/7/2006
Volume 52, Kana, 10/6/2006
Volume 53, Kana, 12/8/2006
Volume 54, Kana, 3/16/2007 ISBN 9782505000778
Volume 55, Kana, 6/15/2007

Adaptation in Animates

Japanese voices

Minami Takayama : Conan Edogawa, Aoko Nakamori
Wakana Yamazaki: Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya : Kogoro Mouri
Kappei Yamaguchi : Shinichi Kudo, Kid Kat Burglar or Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba)
Kenichi Ogata: Professor Hiroshi Agasa
Chafurin: Inspector Megure
Ryo Horikawa: Heiji Hattori
Megumi Hayashibara : Have Haibara
Ikue Ōtani: Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai : Ayumi Yoshida
Wataru Takagi : Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima
Hideyuki Tanaka: Yusaku Kudo
Sumi Shimamoto : Yukiko Kudo
Yuko Miyamura : Kazuha Toyama
Naoko Matsui: Sonoko Suzuki
Atsuko Yuya : Miwako Sato

French voices

Ioanna Gkizas : Conan Edogawa
Marie-Line Landerwijn: Ran Mouri
Emmanuel Liénart : Kogoro Mouri
Bruno Mullenaerts: Shinichi Kudo
Nessym Guétat : Kid Cat Burglar

Episodes (French Titles)

Les episodes in fat is special episodes. (Episode of 40min in Japan crossed into 2 part to France)

Seasons 1, 2 and 3

Episodes (Japanese Titles)

Season 1 (1996 42 episodes)

to supplement

Season 2 (1997 43 episodes)

to supplement

Season 3 (1998 43 episodes)

to supplement

Season 4 (1999 45 episodes)

to supplement

Season 5 (2000 45 episodes)

to supplement

Season 6 (2001 44 episodes)

to supplement

Season 7 (2002 41 episodes)

to supplement

Season 8 (2003 41 episodes)

to supplement

Season 9 (2004 39 episodes)

to supplement

Season 10 (2005 41 episodes)

to supplement

Season 11 (2006 35 episodes)

to supplement

Season 12 (2007)

to supplement

Season 13 (2008)

to supplement

Season 14 (2009)

to supplement

Season 15 (2010)

to supplement

-->

Derivative products

Cartoon films

1997 : Conan Detective: Countdown in a skyscraper (名探偵コナン時計じかけの摩天楼)

This film left in DVD in French version the 9/19/2007 under the title " Conan detective: The skyscraper infernal".

1998 : Conan Detective: The fourteenth targets (名探偵コナン 14 番目の標的 (ターゲット))

This film will leave in DVD in French version the 11/21/2007 under the title " Conan detective: The fourteenth cible".

1999 : Meitantei Conan: Seikimatsu No majutsushi (名探偵コナン世紀末の魔術師)
2000: Meitantei Conan: Hitomi No naka No ansatsusha (名探偵コナン瞳の中の暗殺者)
2001: Conan Detective: Countdown for the paradise (名探偵コナン天国へのカウントダウン)
2002: Conan Detective: The phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナンベイカー街の亡霊)
2003: Conan Detective: Crossroad in the Capital Ancient (名探偵コナン迷宮の十字路)
2004: Conan Detective: The magician of the sky silver plated (名探偵コナン銀翼の奇術師)
2005: Meitantei Conan: Suiheisenjō No sutoratejii (名探偵コナン水平線上の陰謀)
2006: Meitantei Conan: The Requiem of the detectives (名探偵コナン探偵たちの鎮魂歌)
2007: Meitantei Conan: Jolly Roger and the Blue Coffin Azure (名探偵コナン紺碧の棺)

Live televised series

Live televised series Drama left; the history shows a challenge that Shinichi Kudo (the history occurs before its transformation into Conan) will try to raise.

Video games

Meitantei Conan Tsuioku No Mirage (Nintendo Wii 2007). Play of adventure, exit only in Japan.
Meitantei Conan Tanteiryoku To trail (Nintendo DS 2007). Play of reflection, exit only in Japan.
Conan Detective: Treasure off the British Worsens (Playstation 2004). Play of adventure, exit only in Japan.
Detective Conan Nerawareta tantei (Game Boy Advance 2003). Play of adventure, exit only in Japan.
Detective Conan Monument off Akatsuki (Game Boy Advance 2005). Play of adventure, exit only in Japan.
Detective Conan murder in Karakuri temple. Exit only in Japan

Anecdotes

There are notable differences in the version animated compared to the manga:

At the end of each episode, after the credits, is shown an index for the enigma of the following episode ( " Next Conan' S Hint" ).
the gushing of blood of certain murders is replaced by an light effect.

In the United States, the manga is famous Case Closed (" Classée" business;) because the name of " Conan" was retained by royalties for Conan the adventurer , although Conan can be a normal first name.

In this version, the majority of the main characters have names changed into anglophone names. Shinichi Kudo becomes Jimmy Kudo , Ran Mouri becomes Rachel Moore, Kogoro Mouri becomes Richard Moore, Sonoko Suzuki becomes Serena Sebastian, Heiji Hattori becomes Harley Hartwell, Eri Kizaki becomes Eva Kaden, Have Haibara becomes Anita Hailey… curiously, all the other characters (suspect, etc) keep their Japanese names, which can create a certain shift.

In an episode of the animated version, Conan deduces that an explosion cannot be caused by TNT (of the Dynamite in the original version) because it does not feel odor of Gunpowder. False thing, dynamite does not release this odor. That undermined the credibility of the series when it was diffused in the United States.
In an episode, Conan meets the singer Minami Takayama, who makes the voice of Conan in animated and which is the woman of the mangaka Gosho Aoyama in the true life. A gag in the episode concerns the similarity of their voices (since they are consequently made actress).
televised series Tokusatsu of fiction is mentioned from time to time in the series: Kamen Yaiba . It is of course inspired by Kamen Rider . However, if this series is often mentioned in the series, it is in reference to the first manga of the author putting in scene the character of Yaiba.

Appears also a pastiche of Godzilla being called " Gomera". One also finds a factory of Video game which is called curiously… " Mantendo ".

External bonds

Japanese

Site of Websunday: Official site
Drama de Détective Conan
Official site of Films of Detective Conan
official Page of Conan Detective on the chain TV YTV

French

Detective-Conan.com: Very complete site but more up to date
Naniwa: Very complete site centered on the Japanese version
the detective versus the organization: Very complete site centered on the men in black
a Small Dispenser of justice in the Large Heart: Site general practitioner on the French version
cd. Fanfics: Site of fanfictions
Fandeconan.123.fr: Site on the universe of Detective French-speaking Conan
Site on the drama

Italian

.: Detective Conan - Koi ha thrill, shock, suspense:.

Spanish

Meitantei Conan Unlimited: MCU
detectiveconanweb.com: DCW

Zh-min-nan: Miâ-thàm-cheng Konan

Random links: