Detective Conan: Japanese Anime Series

Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan (名探偵 コナン: Meitantei Konan) in Japan and other countries, is a detective manga and anime series by Gosho Aoyama which has been published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine since 1994.

The series depicts the cases of a young private detective who was inadvertently turned into a prepubescent boy by a certain criminal organization. Although his body has been shrunk, he continues to solve many cases and is struggling to solve the mysteries of the criminal organization responsible in order to return to his normal body.

>> Main Characters:

Shinichi Kudo/Jimmy Kudo (工藤 新一): A high school detective who was shrunk to his childhood body. He now goes under the alias Conan Edogawa (江戸川 コナン) to protect his identity and the people around him from the people who failed to kill him.

Ran Mouri/Rachel Moore (毛利 蘭): Jimmy's best friend since elementary school. Both are in love with one another but neither had the courage to admit their feelings. She is skilled in the martial arts and is the captain of her karate team, though her resolve can be easily broken if she has to face anything related with the horror genre. She spends most of her home life looking after Conan (whom she does not know is really Jimmy) and her irresponsible father, Detective Richard Moore. She sometimes threatens him with a punch on the table, but is a very genial person.

Kogoro Mouri/Richard Moore (毛利 小五郎): Rachel's father, an incompetent private detective. He's married to Eva Kadan, a successful lawyer and childhood friend. They are now living separately. Despite his irresponsible ways, he appears to care deeply for his daughter, and at times shows some flashes of honor and strict ethics.

Hiroshi Agasa (阿笠 博士): An absent-minded professor who invents several devices to help out Jimmy. His given name is "Hiroshi" in the English manga and "Herschel" in the English anime. He serves as one of the few roles in the story who learns about Conan's true identity and helps the little detective in cases.

Shiho Miyano (宮野 志保): A former member of the crime syndicate under the code name "Sherry" (シェリー, "Sherry"). She was the inventor of APTX 4869, the poison that shrank Jimmy. Shiho betrays the organization after Gin killed her sister, Akemi Miyano. Shiho took the drug in a suicide attempt, but rather than dying, she, like Jimmy, became small. She is taken in by Dr. Agasa and becomes Conan Edogawa's right hand under her alias Ai Haibara (灰原哀,). She shows affection toward Jimmy and is cheered by him as well, but she denies having said feelings.

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Source: Wikipedia. Case Closed. Retrieved on 23 Nov 07.

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