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Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its ch ...

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, known as in

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, had spun off twelve

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

series and six

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since its debut on January 8, 1996 on Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in Japan. The anime special features its own original plot with the general theme focused on

Shinichi Kudo , known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed'', created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest the lethal poison after an en ...

who was turned into a child by a poison called APTX 4869, but continues working as a detective under the alias

Conan Edogawa , known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed'', created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest the lethal poison after an en ...

. The Shōnen Sunday Original Animation series is a ''Case Closed'' original video animation series which is released directly to VHS and

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. The OVA was available to order for those who were subscribed to

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' 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, ...

. Shōnen Sunday has released a new OVA yearly since 2000 with nine animations released as of March 2010.

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

later collected the nine animations and released them into four DVD compilations with the title Secret Files. The Magic Files is a second ''Case Closed'' original video animation series, which is released directly to DVD. A new Magic File has been released every year in April since the first on April 11, 2007, which contained four previously aired ''Case Closed'' episodes. Later Magic Files were released along with ''Case Closed'' films, containing an original plot with background ties to the theatrical ''Case Closed'' films. The fifth Magic File was released on April 16, 2012.

OVAs

Shōnen Sunday Original Animation

Magic Files

TV Specials

Secret File releases

The Shōnen Sunday Original Animation series were released yearly since 2000 with nine animations released as of March 2010.

later collected the nine animations and released them into four DVD compilations titled Secret Files.

References

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OVAs , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...