Case Closed is one of two American English dubs of 名探偵コナン. It premiered on May 24, 2004 on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim block. Due to low ratings, only 50 episodes aired on the channel[1], with the rest being aired on Funimation Channel.
Funimation started releasing their DVDs of the series on August 24, 2004 in North America. According to the voice actor of Richard Moore, R. Bruce Elliott, they dubbed all of seasons 1 through 4, and half of season five, which consisted of 123 episodes (which, due to splitting specials into parts, consisted of 130 episodes in the Funimation/international order,) and the first 6 movies, which were all done in 2004. [2]
Funimation ceased dubbing of the series due to the DVD sales not justifying the cost of the license. Despite the high requests and petitions by fans to continue the show, a forum post on the website by product manager Adam Steeler stating Funimation was done with the show. Starting March 2013, the series remained online-only (Funimation streamed it) until May 4, 2018, when their license expired.[3]
On November 16, 2013, the series' distribution/licensing rights in Australia/New Zealand were acquired by Hanabee from TMS and began releasing the DVDs of the show the following year. Hanabee's DVD releases of Seasons 1 & 2, which released the following year, have dual audio, with this dub being used as the video rights to that dub were reverted to TMS by that year. All later releases of the show in that region since then are subtitled.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jimmy Kudo
|
Jerry Jewell | |
|
Phantom Thief Kid
| ||
|
Conan Edogawa
|
Alison Viktorin | |
|
Rachel Moore
|
Colleen Clinkenbeard | |
|
Richard Moore
|
R. Bruce Elliott | |
|
Harley Hartwell
|
Kevin M. Connolly | |
|
George Kaminski
|
Dameon Clarke (eps. 1-86) | |
| Mike McFarland (eps. 91-123) | |||
|
Mitch Tennyson
|
Cynthia Cranz | |
| Angie Sebastian | |||
|
Amy Yeager
|
Monica Rial | |
|
Inspector Joseph Meguire
|
Mark Stoddard | |
|
Dr. Herschel Agasa
|
Bill Flynn | |
|
Serena Sebastian
|
Laura Bailey | |
|
Vivian Kudo
|
Laurie Steele | |
|
Booker Kudo
|
Randy Tallman | |
|
Kristen Thomas
|
Gwendolyn Lau | |
| Harry Wilder | Doug Burks | ||
|
Eva Kaden
|
Julie Mayfield | |
| Inspector Worthington | Dameon Clarke | ||
|
Gin
|
Troy Baker | |
|
Vodka
|
Christopher Sabat | |
| Michelle Hamlin/Kendra | Clarine Harp | ||
| Liz Faulkner | Stephanie Young | ||
Additional voices
|
Brice Armstrong | ||
| Greg Ayres | |||
| Laura Bailey | |||
| Troy Baker | |||
| Amber Barnes | |||
| Elise Baughman | |||
| Christopher Bevins | |||
| Ed Blaylock | |||
| Zach Bolton | |||
| Anthony Bowling | |||
| Duncan Brannan | |||
| Rob Bricken | |||
| Brandon Bristow | |||
| Cole Brown | |||
| Majken Bullard | |||
| John Burgmeier | |||
| Doug Burks | |||
| Jakie Cabe | |||
| Bob Carter | |||
| Chris Cason | |||
Additional voices
|
Andrew Chandler | ||
| Leah Clark | |||
| Dameon Clarke | |||
| Chad Cline | |||
| Robert Colin | |||
| Kevin M. Connolly | |||
| Adrian Cook | |||
| Justin Cook | |||
| Amber Cotton | |||
| Cynthia Cranz | |||
| Steve Cutter | |||
| Jessica Dismuke | |||
| Pam Dougherty | |||
| Juli Erickson | |||
| Parisa Fakhri | |||
| James T. Fields | |||
| Bill Flynn | |||
| Chris Forbis | |||
| Jim Foronda | |||
| Scott Freeman | |||
Additional voices
|
Caitlin Glass | ||
| Ashley Gonzales | |||
| Lauren Goode | |||
| Tiffany Grant | |||
| Kenny Green | |||
| John Gremillion | |||
| Mark Harbor | |||
| Clarine Harp | |||
| Will Harper | |||
| Nathanael Harrison | |||
| Andrew Haskett | |||
| Aaron Hatch | |||
| Kyle Hebert | |||
| Jenny Holland | |||
| Eddie Hord | |||
| Chuck Huber | |||
| Susan Huber | |||
| Bradford Hutson | |||
| Jeff Inman | |||
| Jeremy Inman | |||
Additional voices
|
Brad Jackson | ||
| Grant James | |||
| Bill Jenkins | |||
| Jeff Johnson | |||
| Jay Jones | |||
| Roger Jones | |||
| Daniel Katsük | |||
| Bill Kirkley | |||
| Mark Lancaster | |||
| Dustin Lau | |||
| Gwendolyn Lau | |||
| Melodee Lenz | |||
| Markus Lloyd | |||
| Ellen Locy | |||
| Jeremy Loris | |||
| Jason Lovelady | |||
| Sean Lundquist | |||
| Lydia Mackay | |||
| Jamie Marchi | |||
| Josh Martin | |||
Additional voices
|
Melanie Mason | ||
| Kineta Massey | |||
| Mike Mayberry | |||
| Cindee Mayfield | |||
| Scarlett McAlister | |||
| Kristin McCollum | |||
| Robert McCollum | |||
| Meredith McCoy | |||
| Mike McFarland | |||
| Sophie McNutt | |||
| Vic Mignogna | |||
| Andy Mullins | |||
| Matt Moore | |||
| Jay Moses | |||
| Ashley Moynihan | |||
| Stephanie Nadolny | |||
| Chas Naylor | |||
| Trina Nishimura | |||
| Caitlin O'Connell | |||
| Dennis O'Neill | |||
Additional voices
|
Mark Orvik | ||
| Kate Oxley | |||
| Ricky Page | |||
| Rebecca Paige | |||
| Brina Palencia | |||
| Phil Parsons | |||
| Justin Pate | |||
| Chris Patton | |||
| Daniel Penz | |||
| Lane Pianta | |||
| Kelli Pitts | |||
| Orion Pitts | |||
| Derrick Poitevint | |||
| Scott Porter | |||
| Wendy Powell | |||
| Chris Rager | |||
| Shane Ray | |||
| Monica Rial | |||
| Antimere Robinson | |||
| Amy Rosenthal | |||
| Jerry Russell | |||
| Andrew Rye | |||
| Terri Saad | |||
| Christopher Sabat | |||
| Steve Sanders | |||
| Sean Schemmel | |||
| Jeffrey Schmidt | |||
| Dana Schultes | |||
| Jennifer Seman | |||
| Johnny Sequenzia | |||
| Michael Sinterniklaas | |||
| J. Paul Slavens | |||
| Doug Smith | |||
| Laurie Steele | |||
| Mark Stoddard | |||
| Sonny Strait | |||
| Randy Tallman | |||
| J. Michael Tatum | |||
| Paul Taylor | |||
| Sean Michael Teague | |||
| Michael Terry | |||
| Andrew Tipps | |||
| Matthew Tompkins | |||
| Bill Townsley | |||
| David Trosko | |||
| Lee Trull | |||
| Eric Vale | |||
| Alison Viktorin | |||
| Tiffany Vollmer | |||
| Maria Vu | |||
| Daniel Walker | |||
| Tyler Walker | |||
| Steve Walters | |||
| Brett Weaver | |||
| Jayme Westman | |||
| Avery Rice Williams | |||
| Kent Williams | |||
| Troy Williams | |||
| Travis Willingham | |||
| Sheridan Wright | |||
| Stephanie Wulfe | |||
| Barry Yandell | |||
| Linda Young | |||
| Stephanie Young | |||
| Jerry Zumwalt | |||
| Technical staff | |||
Directors
|
Chris Cason | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Sabat | |||
| Colleen Clinkenbeard | |||
| Eric Vale | |||
| Justin Pate | |||
| Mike McFarland | |||
| Tyler Walker | |||
Translators/Adaptors
|
Clyde Mandelin | ||
| Andrew Rye | |||
| Christopher Neel | |||
| David Haynes | |||
| Matt Chaney | |||
| Sean Michael Teague | |||
Music[]
| Song | Singers |
|---|---|
| The Pounding of My Heart | Carl Finch |
| Step by Step | Gary Eckert |
| Romance of Light and Shadow | Stephanie Nadolny |
| Mystery | |
| The Summer Without You | Carl Finch |
Notes[]
- Like most of the dubs, openings 1 and 2 are offsync, due to repeating the narration's instrumental.
- Additionally, unlike the rest of the dubs and the original Japanese version, instead of saying a quote, introducing the viewers to what is going to happen in the episode, the opening speech is replaced by Shinichi as himself or as Conan introducing himself and how he got shrunk.
- Due to only half of the 5th season being dubbed, the series debut of an important character, Ai Haibara, is never released or dubbed. However, Funimation has dubbed some movies featuring her, as named Vi Graythorn, causing a plothole in the series.
- Furthermore, the English release of the manga (by Viz Media) named her Anita Hailey.
- Conan, Gin and Vodka are the only main characters to have their name kept the same.
- The name changes were due to an old rule by TMS Entertainment; they have since removed it.
- In the first and third endings, the song is offsync, and ends early. This is because the album cut is used. [4][5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Case Closed | Dubbing Wikia | Fandom
- ↑ https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Funimation_Entertainment
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202
- ↑ https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/STEP_BY_STEP
- ↑ https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Hikari_to_Kage_no_Roman
