The seventeenth season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Masato Satō (until episode 504) and Kōjin Ochi (since episode 505) and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled . The North American English localization was titled Case Closed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan. The series focuses on the adventures of teenage detective Shinichi Kudo who was turned into a child by a poison called APTX 4869, but continues working as a detective under the alias Conan Edogawa. At the start of the season, he works with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they confront a criminal syndicate called the Black Organization before the episodes return to a more episodic formula.
The episodes use eight pieces of theme music: four opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme is by Zard until episode 504. The second opening theme is by Mai Kuraki until episode 514. The third opening theme is "Mysterious" by Naifu until episode 520. The fourth opening theme is "Revive" by Mai Kuraki starting episode 521 and through episode 523.
The first ending theme is by U-ka Saegusa in dB until episode 504. The second ending theme is "Summer Memories" by Aya Kamiki until episode 514. The third ending theme is "Go Your Own Way" by Yumi Shizukusa until episode 520. The fourth ending theme is by Naifu for the rest of the season.
The season initially ran from January 14, 2008, through February 2, 2009 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan. The English adaptation of the anime is licensed by Funimation Entertainment which has licensed the first one-hundred and four episodes. The season was later collected and released in ten DVD compilations by Shogakukan between September 26, 2008, and August 28, 2009, in Japan.
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Episode list in seasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
Volume DVDs Shogakukan released ten DVD compilations of the seventeenth season between September 26, 2008, and August 28, 2009, in Japan.
+ Shogakukan/Being (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Volume 1 486, 491–493 September 26, 2008 Volume 2 494–497 October 24, 2008 Volume 3 498–501 January 1, 2009 Volume 4 502–504, 512 February 27, 2009 Volume 5 505–508 March 27, 2009 Volume 6 509–511, 520 April 24, 2009 Volume 7 513–515 May 22, 2009 Volume 8 516–517, 526 June 26, 2009 Volume 9 518–519, 521 July 24, 2009 Volume 10 522–523, 527 August 28, 2009
Notes and references Notes The episode's numbering as followed in Japan The episodes were aired as a single hour-long episode in Japan
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