History Trivia / DetectiveConan

* {{Cancellation}}: ''Conan'' was dubbed as part of Creator/AdultSwim's anime lineup. Only around 50 episodes aired on the block before they cancelled the series due to low ratings. Creator/{{Funimation}} dubbed 130 episodes in total before ceasing production.

* {{Cancellation}}: ''Conan'' was dubbed as part of Adult Swim's anime lineup. Only around 50 episodes aired on the block before they cancelled the series due to low ratings. They dubbed 130 episodes in total before ceasing production.

*** TMS recently dubbed the ''Episode One'' special, Movie 21 and Movie 22, however this was a year after Creator/{{Funimation}} lost the license and ''none'' of Funimation dub cast returned as these dubs were recorded at Creator/BangZoomEntertainment in LA with Creator/WendeeLee voicing Conan, Creator/CristinaVee as Ran, Creator/XanderMobus as Kogoro, Creator/EricaMendez as Ai and Creator/ErikaHarlacher as Mitsuhiko. And keeping in line with recent ''Conan'' material in English [[note]] such as its appearance in VideoGame/GranblueFantasy and the ''Detective Conan Runner'' app (retitled ''Case Closed Runner'' in some territories including North America) [[/note]] they've pretty much ditched the name changes from Funimation's dub and kept the original Japanese names, the only thing that stays nowadays is the ''Case Closed'' moniker [[note]] aside from Creator/VizMedia's translation of the manga and even then that's only partially the case [[/note]]

*** As Randy Tallman died working on most of the series' US run, when it came time to dub ''Phantom of Baker Street'', Yusaku Kudo ([[DubNameChange Booker]] in Funimation's dub) recast and was voiced Creator/JohnSwasey.

** As RandyTallman died working on most of the series' US run, [[DubNameChange Booker Kudo]]'s role in ''Phantom of Baker Street'' was done by Creator/JohnSwasey.

* TMS recently dubbed the ''Episode One'' special, Movie 21 and Movie 22, however this was a year after Creator/{{Funimation}} lost the license and ''none'' of Funimation dub cast returned as these dubs were recorded at Creator/BangZoomEntertainment in LA with Creator/WendeeLee voicing Conan, Creator/CristinaVee as Ran, Creator/XanderMobus as Kogoro, Creator/EricaMendez as Ai and Creator/ErikaHarlacher as Mitsuhiko. And keeping in line with recent ''Conan'' material in English [[note]] such as its appearance in VideoGame/GranblueFantasy and the ''Detective Conan Runner'' app (retitled ''Case Closed Runner'' in some territories including North America) [[/note]] they've pretty much ditched the name changes from Funimation's dub and kept the original Japanese names, the only thing that stays nowadays is the ''Case Closed'' moniker [[note]] aside from Creator/VizMedia's translation of the manga and even then that's only partially the case [[/note]]

** In English, there's 3 different dubs. We have the short lived, heavily localized [[note]] at TMS's insistence though they eventually gave up on this [[/note]] Creator/{{Funimation}} dub, the Animax dub which left the Japanese names and terminology as is and as of 2019, we now have Creator/BangZoomEntertainment's dubs (commisioned by TMS) of the ''Episode One'' special, movie 21 (''The Crimson Love Letter'') and movie 22 (''Zero the Enforcer'') which also leaves the Japanese names and terminology as is despite keeping the ''Case Closed'' moniker, which is pretty much the standard for English ''Conan'' material nowadays [[note]] such as its appearance in VideoGame/GranblueFantasy and the ''Detective Conan Runner'' app (retitled ''Case Closed Runner'' in some territories including North America) [[/note]].

** In English, we have the short lived, heavily localized [[note]] at TMS's insistence though they eventually gave up on this [[/note]] Creator/{{Funimation}} dub, the Animax dub which left the Japanese names and terminology as is and as of 2019, we now have Creator/BangZoomEntertainment's dubs (commisioned by TMS) of the ''Episode One'' special, movie 21 (''The Crimson Love Letter'') and movie 22 (''Zero the Enforcer'') which also leaves the Japanese names and terminology as is despite keeping the ''Case Closed'' moniker, which is pretty much the standard for English ''Conan'' material nowadays [[note]] such as its appearance in VideoGame/GranblueFantasy and the ''Detective Conan Runner'' app (retitled ''Case Closed Runner'' in some territories including North America) [[/note]].

* TMS recently dubbed the ''Episode One'' special, Movie 21 and Movie 22, however this was a year after Creator/{{Funimation}} lost the license and ''none'' of Funimation dub cast returned as these dubs were recorded at Creator/BangZoomEntertainment in LA with Creator/WendeeLee voicing Conan, Creator/CristinaVee as Ran, Creator/XanderMobus as Kogoro, Creator/EricaMendez as Ai and Creator/ErikaHarlacher as Mitsuhiko. And keeping in line with recent ''Conan'' material in English [[note]] such as its appearance in VideoGame/GranblueFantasy and the ''Dectective Conan Runner'' app (retitled ''Case Closed Runner'' in some territories including North America) [[/note]] they've pretty much ditched the name changes from Funimation's dub and kept the original Japanese names, the only thing that stays nowadays is the ''Case Closed'' moniker [[note]] aside from Creator/VizMedia's translation of the manga and even then that's only partially the case [[/note]]

** Police inspector Wataru Takagi is exactly named for [[Creator/WataruTakagi his voice actor]], as his character was created out of the anime. Likewise, Inspector Chiba takes [[Creator/IsshinChiba his voice actor's]] last name, and Tooru Amuro is voiced by Creator/ToruFuruya. Amuro's situation is unique, however, as he is the only character of the three that was introduced in the manga first [[spoiler:and later it turns out that Amuro's ''real'' name, Rei Furuya, was also taken from the seiyuu's own.]] Shuichi Akai is voiced by Creator/ShuichiIkeda, where the "Aka" in "Akai" comes from Char Aznable of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', who drives a red mecha.

** Literature/MissMarple: ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''

** Literature/PhilipMarlowe: ''Literature/TheBigSleep''

* NoDubForYou: Funimation stopped dubbing the show after 50 episodes due to low ratings (though it probably didn't help the show wound up being buried at 1 AM on Adult Swim), and they never did any other dubbing of the show prior to losing the license in 2018.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: As the manga started in the '90's, this trope ended up happening, most noticeably with the change of phones. In the '90's, Ran would use a landline phone to talk to Shinichi, which later became a flip phone. In the New Tens, smartphones would be added, but some characters like Ran and Conan continue to use flip phones. This is actually TruthInTelevision, as flip phones are still commonly used in Japan as of the late New Tens, though they do seem to be dying down in favor of smartphones. Considering phones are plot points, things such as the "Nanatsu no Ko" phone number melody (most modern phones such as smartphones don't have musical beeps on their number buttons anymore) and Ran searching through Conan's email on his phone (flip phones are harder to put a lock password on since they tend to be a long uncustomizable code, if that phone model even lets you put a password on it) would be drastically different if they were written in another time.

** [[spoiler:Wataru Date was NOT Amuro and Akai's ForgottenFallenFriend Scotch.]]

* ActorAllusion:
** When Conan runs into Two-Mix, everyone notices that he sounds like Creator/MinamiTakayama (she plays his voice).
*** Minami Takayama voiced herself apart from Conan in that episode. Although the joke isn't easy to get if you don't know about Japanese voice actresses and J-Pop, many foreign dubs made the actress voicing Conan also voice Takayama. The only exceptions are the Latin American dub, since both Conan and Takayama are dubbed by different voice actresses, and the Filipino dub, where Conan was voiced by the same male voice actor for Shinichi, ruining the gag.
** [[{{Gonk}} Sayuri Tokomae]] is voiced by Creator/{{Kujira}}. VisualPun anyone?
* CastingGag:
** Shuichi Akai and Tooru Amuro being both {{the Danza}}s as well as being named after the most famous ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]]'' characters. Their rivalry is also intentional.
** Rumi Wakasa being voiced by Creator/FumiHirano, who is famous for her role as [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum Invader]]. Aoyama already made a [[PunnyName joke about Rum being Lum]], and Wakasa is [[spoiler:one of the major suspects regarding Rum's identity]].

** Main/MysteryAndDetectiveAnimeAndManga

* TechnologyMarchesOn: As the manga started in the '90's, this trope ended up happening, most noticeably with the change of phones. In the '90's, Ran would use a landline phone to talk to Shinichi, which later became a flip phone. In the New Tens, smartphones would be added, but some characters like Ran and Conan continue to use flip phones. This is actually TruthInTelevision, as flip phones are still commonly used in Japan as of the late New Tens, though they do seem to be dying down in favor of smartphones. Considering phones are plot points, things such as the "Nanatsu no Ko" phone number melody (most modern phones such as smartphones don't have musical beeps on their number buttons anymore) and Ran searching through Conan's email on his phone (flip phones are harder to put a lock password on since they tend to be a long uncustomizable code, if that phone model even lets you put a password on it).

* TechnologyMarchesOn: As the manga started in the '90's, this trope ended up happening, most noticeably with the change of phones. In the '90's, Ran would use a landline phone to talk to Shinichi, which later became a flip phone. In the New Tens, smartphones would be added, but some characters like Ran and Conan continue to use flip phones. This is actually TruthInTelevision, as flip phones are still commonly used in Japan as of the late New Tens, though they do seem to be dying down in favor of smartphones.

** The two first movies were dubbed in Mexico, and while [[SuperlativeDubbing the acting was pretty good]], on the other hand the translation itself was awful, since not only suffered of the TooLongDidntDub trope (something that ''rarely happens'' in a Mexican Spanish dub), it was later found out the Mexican dubbers [[WhatAnIdiot illegally]] used a [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} script from a fansub for the translation]], causing a quite embarrasing incident with both the fans and the Japanese licensors, and losing the right for dubbing any related material regarding the series for several years. The ban was only lifted in 2016, when another Mexican dub company got the rights to dub the [=18th=] movie (''Dimensional Sniper'') and one of the crossovers with ''Anime/LupinTheThird'' for a digital release, and the [=19th=] movie [''Sunflowers of Inferno''] for a theatrical one.

* DemandOverload: When the 24th 2018 issue of''Shonen Sunday'' launched ''Zero's Tea Time'', a spinoff manga of everyone's favorite agent Tooru Amuro, issues were so hard to find that the magazine had to temporarily offer the issue for free digitally just so everyone could read it.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The anime is partially this now that Creator/Funimation [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-04/funimation-case-closed-kenichi-the-mightiest-disciple-licenses-expire/.131202 has lost the license]] [[note]] The fact that ''Conan'' never really a success for them likely contributed to this [[/note]], the more recent episodes (754 and onwards) are still streaming on Crunchyroll & Netflix, but for anyone looking to see anything before that in a legal capacity, you're shit out of luck now.

** After Creator/AkiraKamiya's retirement, Creator/RikiyaKoyama took over the role of Kogoro.

** The two first movies were dubbed in Mexico, and while [[SuperlativeDubbing the acting was pretty good]], on the other hand the translation itself was awful, since not only suffered of the TooLongDidntDub trope (something that ''rarely happens'' in a Mexican Spanish dub), it was later found out the Mexican dubbers [[WhatAnIdiot illegally]] used a [[{{Plagiarism}} script from a fansub for the translation]], causing a quite embarrasing incident with both the fans and the Japanese licensors, and losing the right for dubbing any related material regarding the series for several years. The ban was only lifted in 2016, when another Mexican dub company got the rights to dub the [=18th=] movie (''Dimensional Sniper'') and one of the crossovers with ''Anime/LupinTheThird'' for a digital release, and the [=19th=] movie [''Sunflowers of Inferno''] for a theatrical one.