Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its ch ...

'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese

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manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since February 2, 1994. It was adapted into an anime series produced by

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomera ...

(YTV) and TMS Entertainment where it premiered on YTV. The first episode premiered on January 8, 1996. It is currently ongoing and numbers over 1000 episodes, making it the eleventh longest running anime series. The anime spin off has over twenty animated featured films. , who composed and arranged the music in the ''Case Closed'' animation, produced four original soundtracks for the TV anime and one original soundtrack for each of the seventeen films totaling nineteen tracks. The best of his work were compiled into three collections, Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best, Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best 2, and Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best. Two image albums were also created featuring the voice actors singing as their character. ''The Best of Detective Conan'' and ''The Best of Detective Conan 2'' albums collectively sold over 2.3million copies, while singles from ''The Best of Detective Conan 3'' collectively sold over 1.5million copies. On July 25, 2017, the singer Mai Kuraki was awarded a

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

for singing the most theme songs in a single anime series, having sung 21 songs for ''Detective Conan'', since the hit song " Secret of My Heart" (2000). In total, the series' albums and singles have collectively sold over 9.4million units and grossed approximately () in Japan.

Compilation albums

Singles

Soundtracks

Image albums

Notes and references

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External links

Theme music releases by Being Inc.
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