Case Closed season 2

Case Closed
Season 2
The Viridian edition of the second season DVD boxset of the series Case Closed released by Funimation Entertainment
No. of episodes26 (Japanese)
27 (English)
Release
Original networkNNS (ytv)
Original releaseAugust 19, 1996 (1996-08-19) –
April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)
Season chronology
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and produced by TMS-Kyokuichi and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[1] The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan) but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan.[2] The episodes' plot continues Jimmy Kudo's life as a young child named Conan Edogawa. The episodes features a temporary return of Jimmy Kudo.

The season initially ran from August 19, 1996, through April 14, 1997 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan.[3][4] Episodes twenty-nine to fifty-four were later collected into seven DVD compilations by Shogakukan and were released on February 24, 2006.[5][6] The season licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment.[7] Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and on Canada's YTV station.[8][9] Case Closed aired until August 16, 2004, where it was dropped by Adult Swim due to low ratings.[10] The English adaption was later collected and released on four DVD compilations.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15] The season two DVD boxset Viridian edition is slated for release on September 15, 2009.[16]

The episodes use nine pieces of theme music: 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 "Mune ga Doki Doki" (胸がドキドキ, lit. "My Heart Pounds") by The High-Lows to episode thirty.[3] The second opening theme is "Feel Your Heart" by Velvet Garden until episode fifty-two.[3] It is followed by "Nazo" (謎, lit. "Mystery") by Miho Komatsu.[4] The first ending theme is "Meikyū no Lovers" (迷宮のラヴァーズ, lit. "Lovers of the Labyrinth") by Heath until episode fifty-one.[3] The remaining episodes use the ending theme "Hikari to Kage no Roman" (光と影のロマン, lit. "Romance of Light and Shadow") by Keiko Utoko.[4] The English opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" with English lyrics and renamed "First New Century" by Carl Finch until episode fifty-four.[17] It is followed by "Nazo" with English lyrics by Stephanie Nadolny for the rest of the episodes.[18] The English ending theme is "Step by Step" with English lyrics by Carl Finch to episode fifty-two.[17] It is later followed by "Hikari to Kage no Roman" with English lyrics also by Stephanie Nadolny.[19]

  1. ^ "名探偵 コナン staff list". Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Funimation renames Conan". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "名探偵コナン 事件データ(TVアニメ)" (in Japanese). Aga-search.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "名探偵コナン 事件データ(TVアニメ)" (in Japanese). Aga-search.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  5. ^ "名探偵コナンDVD PART2 vol.1" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  6. ^ "名探偵コナンDVD PART2 vol.7" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  7. ^ "Funimation Confirms Detective Conan". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  8. ^ "Adult Swim Details". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  9. ^ "Case Closed - Anime on YTV". YTV. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  10. ^ "Adult Swim Anime Plans". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  11. ^ "Case Closed 1: Season 2 - the Exploits of Genius". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  12. ^ "Case Closed 2: Season 2 - Cracking the Perfect Alibi". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  13. ^ "Case Closed: behind the Facade / (Unct)". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  14. ^ "Case Closed: Death Wears a Blindfold - Case 3.2". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  15. ^ "Case Closed: Season 2 Set". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  16. ^ "Case Closed: Season Two Box Set (Viridian Collection)". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
  17. ^ a b "The Kidnapped Debutante". Case Closed. Season 1. May 25, 2004. Adult Swim.
  18. ^ "Weapon Of Choice". Case Closed. Season 3. Adult Swim.
  19. ^ "The Mist Goblin Murder Part 1". Case Closed. Season 3. Adult Swim.