Detective Conan Anime FAQ / Feel free to ask questions! [Spoiler-free]

hakuyu said:
You should cover the DVDs and such.

hakuyu said:
You should cover the DVDs and such.

sakura-hanabi said:
700 episodes is a lot so knowing which are fillers is helpful, but as a completionist with OCD tendencies, I probably will torture myself with watching everything in order. Are the fillers still enjoyable?

v3catsxanime said:
About the when it will end question, Gosho said in an interview that he planned on ending the manga when he reached Agasa's age.

Ensiluveitie said:
Here is another useful link for sorting fillers. I think it's useful enough to add it to your thread post.
(Did I just read "273 filler episodes" that I can skip? This surely can't be bad news for me!)

AllenVonStein said:
Useful thread

YakoVex said:
Great guide, personally am caught up with the show, so don't need it but always a great read.

Jersani said:

2. Sorry for all the questions and for 1st posting them with out the spoiler box. I did not think my questions may contain spoilers till the secon after the first posting.
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Does Detective Conan have too many detectives?
-there're 3 main character who work and claim to be detective

Will one of the main charecters die? (Knowing that main charcters are rairly killed unless absolutly nessicary, and have the potential to be brought back to life)
-new cast and also potential to be brought back to life(Fake Death)

How will they explain the disapearence of Conan and Ai when they return to being Shinici and Shio(i know i spelled her name wrong)?
-haibara probably no one care,as kudo shinichi the main cause of time relooping author want to end story within one year so in timeline nobody feel kudo shinichi disappear only miss a lot of first term class

What will happen when they discover who the boss of the BO is and take down the orginization?
-what!! lol not any time soon.but from interview we already meet the boss and author leting us keep guessing.

Are the memembers and the boss of the orginization the good guys or the bad guys?
-members of the orginization also have good guy like haibara'sister and herself and whoever killed for keep silence.

Why does no one call child pertective service, do the main characters need therapy?
-i really don't know how the law work but Dr.Agasa lie to Run that conan is his distance cousin and his parent leave him to Dr.Agasa for working

When conan becomes shinichi for good will that be the end of the show or will the change the name of the show?
-nope only for betray run feeling who really belive that conan=kudo shinichi multi times

Are the characters traped in an alternet reality where no one ages dispite the passage of time, or has japan found a way to cheat the aging process but hidden clues to the process in the anime Detective conan?
-author states that time in story only process within 1 year so time will likely stop moving any furthermore than 1999-2000 until the day that kudo defeat the orginization with cause so many contradiction

Are the orginization members code names their prefered alcholic drink or is it a list of the bosses favorite to least favorite alcholic drinks? Who ever is named as the bosses prefered alcholic drink is unkown beceause he or she is the bosses secret weapon?
-nah,i don't know.[Spoiler]

Accelerator48 said:
Even without the fillers episodes it's long. for people don't want to watch hundreds of episodes i suggest watching the movies they do a great in explaining the characters and important events so you won't get lost.

mayukachan said:
sry for not updating the thread in a long time!
is there anything i need to edit in the first post?

the issue is that the movies' plots aren't that good

Accelerator48 said:
not all the movies have average plots. Some of them are really good like like movie 6 for example. I think movies do good job of capturing conan's charm. But that's my opinion.

Soren said:
mayu what are some of your favorite/interesting/elaborate cases/episodes?

Soren said:
awesome thanks
i'll make sure to watch those
each episode is thrilling because i try to work out who the murderer is with all the available clues.

Soren said:
mayu what are some of your favorite/interesting/elaborate cases/episodes?

Soren said:
Did you watch all the DC episodes or skipped fillers?

megaload said:
Well, I have watched all of them and the surest way is - to watch all the manga episodes and skip only those tagged with "Manga source -> TV Original" from the detectiveconanworld.com list.
Because sometimes there is essential information into unexpected places or there is really great cases not connected with the main story, like the Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case or The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case (Kiri-tengu Densetsu Satsujin Jiken).

Also there is interesting background information than is one of the main attractions of the show. Some strange and really funny connections/coincidences like:

Skipping a non essential episode can ruin them.


As for the "watch only the movies" idea, I don't agree.
Yes, some of them are fun and show great action scenes, but the cases are not so great and stories don't transmit the essence what makes a good Detective Conan story.
Personally I prefer the two Lupin III vs Detective Conan movies. (Well, special and movie.)

megaload said:
They are not substitute at all.<br />
Maybe the movies (the good ones from them) can sparkle interest for the series but they are nothing like it.<br />
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Detective Conan is not for people who cannot follow long narrative.<br />
And the anime is not helping by rearranging the arks from the manga. In the source the main story progress is more evenly distributed. In the animation you can wait 100 or more episodes to see some real development or arrival of new important character.

megaload said:
Yes, maybe.<br />
But what&#039;s the point? This wouldn&#039;t show them the best DC can offer. They will only get some meh SCI stuff with gorgeous stunts and nothing more. <br />
There are better standalone detective stories out there.<br />
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Gateway to the franchise (also to Kaitou Kid) and the characters - possibly, because the first 100 and so episodes doesn&#039;t show how interesting and complicated will the show become. (The long wait for Hatori arcs, for Haibara to appear, for Police Love Stories and for Black Organisation development.)<br />
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But not a substitute.<br />
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This is like knowing Star Wars only by watching the prequels.

star wars isn't 800 episodes long

is easier

it looks like it's never gonna end

megaload said:
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OK, I will use another comparison - knowing Ghost In The Shell only by the Arise-verse.<br />
You got something sub par because you don&#039;t want to be involved. <br />
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Yes, it is but you don&#039;t get much in return.<br />
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The point is if you are fan like me, you will never want it to end.<br />
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Every answer is drawing bigger world with even more mysteries to come (like Sera, her bothers and her &quot;sister out of domain&quot;, the apparition of Rum ect ect).<br />
Besides we got the word of Gosho Aoyama the there will be an end.<br />
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800 episodes are intimidating because very few series are good after so many stories. Detective Conan is one those that is becoming better with the years (at least the manga is better...we got some really bad anime original episodes lately).<br />
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The the trick comes from the short arks that provide standalone cases and small details for the bigger picture...and than BAM! you get a main story ark.<br />
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For comparison - battle shounen titles start steady and intense but are prone to drag after while and became monotone.<br />
People are used to this and are expecting the same thing from any longer series.<br />
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It is a question of thrust for long standing quality, no being scared from getting no completion.

some people actually go to japan to watch them yearly

azy1999 said:
Can I watch the movies without watching the TV series ?