Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...

'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

Gosho Aoyama is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series ''Case Closed'' (''Detective Conan'', 1994–present). As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print worldwide. Educational background Aoyama was tal ...

. The series is serialized in

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's ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...

'' since February 2, 1994. It was adapted into an

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series produced by

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(YTV) and

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where it premiered on Yomiuri TV,

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and other NNS stations. 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

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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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