Meitantei Conan known as Great Detective Conan, in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since January 19, 1994, and has been collected into 83 tankōbon volumes. Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed to Case Closed.[1] The story follows Jimmy Kudo, an amateur detective who transformed into a child while investigating the Black Organization.