The second season of the ''

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was directed by

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and produced by TMS-Kyokuichi and

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. The series is based on

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's ''Case Closed''

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series. In Japan, the series is titled but was changed due to legal issues with the title ''Detective Conan''. The episodes' plot continues

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's life as a young child named

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. The episodes features a temporary return of Jimmy Kudo. The season initially ran from August 19, 1996, through April 14, 1997 on

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in Japan. Episodes twenty-nine to fifty-four were later collected into seven DVD compilations by

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and were released on February 24, 2006. The season licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment. ''Case Closed'' was aired on

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programming block and on Canada's YTV station. Case Closed aired until August 16, 2004, where it was dropped by Adult Swim due to low ratings. The English adaption was later collected and released on four DVD compilations. The English adaption of season two was later released in a DVD boxset by Funimation on September 30, 2008 containing episodes twenty-seven to fifty-two, twenty-six to fifty-one in the Japanese numbering. The season two DVD boxset Viridian edition is slated for release on September 15, 2009. The episodes use nine pieces of

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: three opening themes and two closing themes in the Japanese episodes and one opening theme and ending theme in the English ones. The first Japanese opening theme is by

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to episode thirty. The second opening theme is "Feel Your Heart" by Velvet Garden until episode fifty-two. It is followed by by

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. The first ending theme is by

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until episode fifty-one. The remaining episodes use the ending theme by Keiko Utoko. The English opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" with English lyrics and renamed "First New Century" by Carl Finch until episode fifty-four. It is followed by "Nazo" with English lyrics by

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for the rest of the episodes. The English ending theme is "Step by Step" with English lyrics by Carl Finch to episode fifty-two. It is later followed by "Hikari to Kage no Roman" with English lyrics also by Stephanie Nadolny. __TOC__

Episode listing

Notes

* The episode's numbering as followed in Japan * The episode's numbering as followed by Funimation Entertainment * The episodes were aired as a single hour long episode in Japan * These episodes are part of the third season of ''Case Closed''

References

;General * * * * * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Case Closed Episodes Season 2, List of 1996 Japanese television seasons 1997 Japanese television seasons 2004 American animated television seasons 02