Complete Detective Conan Watch Order Guide – Easily Rewatch Case Closed Anime

Detective Conan is one such anime that has not only stood the test of time but has successfully become a pop-cultural phenomenon. It would be an understatement to say it is one of the best anime shows ever produced.

Also known as Case Closed, the series tells the story of a detective teen prodigy whose body got transformed into a kid under mysterious conditions.

Detective Conan started in 1996 and is currently running on its 31st season. The catalog of this franchise continues after more than just TV series, as it has released multiple movies, specials, and a lot more.

The franchise also includes four live-action movies and one live-action TV drama series.

Ideally, you should watch Case Closed in the release order. That way, you can watch the episodes, movies, special episodes, live-action series, and crossover episodes according to the intended timeline. You can watch the OVAs and spinoff series between or after completing the TV anime and movies.

1. Recommended: Case Closed Release Order

Detective Conan has received approximately 1100 episodes, movies, special episodes, crossovers, spin-off shows, and live-action adaptations. Here’s the complete watch order for you:

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#	Title	Type	Air Date
1	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 1	Season	08/01/1996
2	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 2	Season	08/19/1996
3	The Time Bombed Skyscraper	Movie	04/19/1997
4	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 3	Season	04/21/1997
5	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 4	Season	12/01/1997
6	The Fourteenth Target	Movie	04/18/1998
7	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 5	Season	06/29/1998
8	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 6	Season	02/15/1999
9	The Last Wizard of the Century	Movie	04/17/1999
10	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 7	Season	10/11/1999
11	Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba – The Decisive Battle over the Treasured Sword!	ONA	01/06/2000
12	Captured in Her Eyes	Movie	04/22/2000
13	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 8	Season	06/12/2000
14	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 9	Season	12/11/2000
15	Countdown to Heaven	Movie	04/21/2001
16	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 10	Season	10/29/2001
17	16 Suspects!?	ONA	04/12/2002
18	The Phantom of Baker Street	Movie	04/20/2002
19	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 11	Season	07/15/2002
20	Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy	ONA	01/01/2003
21	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	Movie	04/19/2003
22	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 12	Season	04/21/2003
23	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 13	Season	03/08/2004
24	Time Travel of the Silver Sky	Special	04/09/2004
25	Magician of the Silver Sky	Movie	04/17/2004
26	Conan and Kid and the Crystal Mother	ONA	04/19/2004
27	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 14	Season	02/28/2005
28	The Target is Kogoro Mori!! The Detective Boys’ Secret Investigation	ONA	03/28/2005
29	Strategy Above the Depths	Movie	04/09/2005
30	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 15	Season	01/23/2006
31	The Private Eyes’ Requiem	Movie	04/15/2006
32	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge	Live Action	10/02/2006
33	Pursuit of the Vanished Diamond! Conan, Heiji vs. Kid	ONA	12/09/2006
34	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 16	Season	02/26/2007
35	Detective Conan Magic File	Special	04/11/2007
36	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	Movie	04/21/2007
37	A Written Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan & the Detective Boys	ONA	12/15/2007
38	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization	Live Action	12/17/2007
39	Black History	Special	12/17/2007
40	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 17	Season	01/14/2008
41	High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki’s Case Files	ONA	03/20/2008
42	Full Score of Fear	Movie	04/19/2008
43	Detective Conan Magic File 2 “Shinichi Kudo — The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Labrador	Special	04/23/2008
44	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 18	Season	03/09/2009
45	Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan	Special	03/27/2009
46	Detective Conan Magic File 3 “Shinichi and Ran — The Memories from Mahjong Pieces and Tanabata	Special	04/08/2009
47	The Raven Chaser	Movie	04/18/2009
48	Stranger in 10 Years	ONA	12/17/2009
49	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 19	Season	02/27/2010
50	Detective Conan Magic File 4 “Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey	Special	04/14/2010
51	The Lost Ship in the Sky	Movie	04/17/2010
52	Kid in Trap Island	ONA	04/24/2010
53	The Secret Order from London	ONA	12/17/2010
54	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 20	Season	02/19/2011
55	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge! The Mystery of the Legendary Strange Bird	Live Action	04/15/2011
56	Quarter of Silence	Movie	04/16/2011
57	Detective Conan Magic File 2011 “The Niigata-Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio	Special	04/16/2011
58	Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjou	Live Action	07/07/2011
59	The Miracle of Excalibur	ONA	12/09/2011
60	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 21	Season	02/18/2012
61	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case	Live Action	04/12/2012
62	The Eleventh Striker	Movie	04/14/2012
63	Detective Conan Magic File 2012 “Fantasista Flower	Special	04/14/2012
64	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 22	Season	01/05/2013
65	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	Movie	04/20/2013
66	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 23	Season	11/02/2013
67	Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	Crossover	12/07/2013
68	Dimensional Sniper	Movie	04/19/2014
69	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 24	Season	05/31/2014
70	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	Special	12/26/2014
71	Fugitive: Kogoro Mori	Special	12/27/2014
72	Sunflowers of Inferno	Movie	04/18/2015
73	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 25	Season	05/30/2015
74	The Darkest Nightmare	Movie	04/16/2016
75	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 26	Season	05/21/2016
76	Detective Conan Episode “ONE” – The Great Detective Turned Small	Special	12/09/2016
77	The Crimson Love Letter	Movie	04/15/2017
78	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 27	Season	04/29/2017
79	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 28	Season	04/07/2018
80	Zero the Enforcer	Movie	04/13/2018
81	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 29	Season	01/05/2019
82	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	Movie	04/12/2019
83	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 30	Season	11/23/2019
84	Detective Conan / Case Closed Anime Season 31	Season	03/06/2021
85	The Scarlet Bullet	Movie	04/16/2021
86	Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time	Spin-off	04/05/2022
87	The Bride of Halloween	Movie	04/15/2022
88	Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa	Spin-off	02/01/2023
89	Black Iron Submarine	Movie	04/14/2023

Following this well-structured release order, you’ll relish the ever-evolving adventures of Kudo Shinichi and his gang of kid detectives. And who knows, you might even meet the infamous Kaito Kid along the way.

2. Case Closed Chronological Order

With this meticulously arranged chronological order, you’ll be able to traverse the mystery-riddled world of Detective Conan. And trust me, it’s great! It’s one of my favorite animes of all time.

3. Where to watch Case Closed with English subs and dub?

Unfortunately, everything related to anime isn’t readily available for streaming since it’s not mainstream. I know, bummer. You can find the full streaming list here:

S. No.	Title	Where to stream Eng subs?	Where to stream Eng dub?
1	Detective Conan Anime (Season 1 – ongoing)	Crunchyroll (Free & Premium), Crackle, fubo TV, Plex, The Roku Channel	Crunchyroll, Plex, fubo TV
2	The Time Bombed Skyscraper	N/A	N/A
3	The Fourteenth Target	N/A	N/A
4	The Last Wizard of the Century	N/A	N/A
5	Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba – The Decisive Battle over the Treasured Sword!	N/A	N/A
6	Captured in Her Eyes	N/A	N/A
7	Countdown to Heaven	N/A	N/A
8	16 Suspects!?	N/A	N/A
9	The Phantom of Baker Street	N/A	N/A
10	Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy	N/A	N/A
11	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	N/A	N/A
12	Time Travel of the Silver Sky	N/A	N/A
13	Magician of the Silver Sky	N/A	N/A
14	Conan and Kid and the Crystal Mother	N/A	N/A
15	The Target is Kogoro Mori!! The Detective Boys’ Secret Investigation	N/A	N/A
16	Strategy Above the Depths	N/A	N/A
17	The Private Eyes’ Requiem	N/A	N/A
18	Pursuit of the Vanished Diamond! Conan, Heiji vs Kid	N/A	N/A
19	Detective Conan Magic File	N/A	N/A
20	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	N/A	N/A
21	A Written Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan & the Detective Boys	N/A	N/A
22	Black History	N/A	N/A
23	High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki’s Case Files	N/A	N/A
24	Full Score of Fear	N/A	N/A
25	Detective Conan Magic File 2 “Shinichi Kudo — The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Labrador	N/A	N/A
26	Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan	N/A	N/A
27	Detective Conan Magic File 3 “Shinichi and Ran — The Memories from Mahjong Pieces and Tanabata	N/A	N/A
28	The Raven Chaser	N/A	N/A
29	Stranger in 10 Years	N/A	N/A
30	Detective Conan Magic File 4 “Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey	N/A	N/A
31	The Lost Ship in the Sky	N/A	N/A
32	Kid in Trap Island	N/A	N/A
33	The Secret Order from London	N/A	N/A
34	Quarter of Silence	N/A	N/A
35	Detective Conan Magic File 2011 “The Niigata-Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio	N/A	N/A
36	The Miracle of Excalibur	N/A	N/A
37	The Eleventh Striker	N/A	N/A
38	Detective Conan Magic File 2012 “Fantasista Flower	N/A	N/A
39	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	N/A	N/A
40	Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	N/A	N/A
41	Dimensional Sniper	N/A	N/A
42	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	N/A	N/A
43	Fugitive: Kogoro Mori	N/A	N/A
44	Sunflowers of Inferno	Prime Video (Rent), Apple TV (Rent)	Prime Video (Rent), Apple TV (Rent)
45	The Darkest Nightmare	N/A	N/A
46	Detective Conan Episode “ONE” – The Great Detective Turned Small	N/A	N/A
47	The Crimson Love Letter	N/A	N/A
48	Zero the Enforcer	N/A	N/A
49	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	Prime Video (Rent), Apple TV (Rent)	Prime Video (Rent), Apple TV (Rent)
50	The Scarlet Bullet	N/A	N/A
51	Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time	N/A	N/A
52	The Bride of Halloween	N/A	N/A
54	Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa	Netflix	Netflix
55	Black Iron Submarine	Netflix	Netflix
56	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge	N/A	N/A
57	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization	N/A	N/A
58	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge! The Mystery of the Legendary Strange Bird	N/A	N/A
59	Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case	N/A	N/A
60	Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjou	N/A	N/A

4. Can you download and watch Case Closed offline?

You can download and watch episodes of Detective Conan on Crunchyroll, fubo TV, and multiple other services listed below, along with their different packages that support the download feature.

Website	Subscription Packages	Offline Viewing
Crunchyroll	Fan – $7.99/month	No
	Mega Fan – $9.99/month	Yes
	Ultimate Fan – $14.99/month	Yes
Netflix	Standard (with ads) – $6.99/month	No
	Standard (no ads) – $15.49/month	Yes
	Premium – $19.99/month	Yes
Crackle	Free	No
fubo TV	Pro – $74.99/month	No
	Elite – $84.99/month	No
	Ultimate – $99.99/month	No
Plex	–	Yes
The Roku Channel	–	Yes
Apple TV	Available for Rent	Available for Rent
Prime Video	Available for Rent	Available for Rent

5. What to do if Case Closed is unavailable in your region?

If Case Closed anime isn’t available on any streaming website in your area, you can use a VPN to bypass the geo-block. Some of the top VPN service providers in the game are ExpressVPN, Nord VPN, Proton VPN, Cyberghost, and Private Internet Access, to name a few. 

All you have to do is connect to a country where your preferred anime is streaming, and voila, you can now watch the anime even if it is unavailable in your region. 

There are many unpaid VPN services at hand or free browser extensions. However, low-tier VPN providers might decrease your speed and block you from streaming services. Connection drops and unsecured encryption are also other disadvantages. 

The important thing is that Detective Conan is on Crunchyroll (Free & Premium), Crackle, fubo TV, Plex, and The Roku Channel, so set your VPN to a suitable location to access the anime from anywhere.

6. How much time will it take to complete Case Closed?

Ideally, it’ll take 22 days, 16 hours, and 50 minutes (~ 32590 minutes)to watch Detective Conan (or Case Closed), including all the episodes, movies, special episodes, crossover, live-action adaptations, and extras.

Here is the runtime of each installment of Detective Conan:

• TV Series: 19 days, 9 hours (27,900 minutes)
• Movies: 46 hours and 36 minutes (2796 minutes from 26 movies)
• Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time (15-minute episodes): 90 minutes
• Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa (9 Minute episodes): 45 minutes
• Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba (OVA): 23 minutes
• 16 Suspects!? (OVA): 26 minutes
• Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy (OVA): 24 minutes
• Conan and Kid and the Crystal Mother (OVA): 25 minutes
• The Target is Kogorō Mōri!! The Detective Boys’ Secret Investigation (OVA): 23 minutes
• Pursuit of the Vanished Diamond! Conan, Heiji vs. Kid (OVA): 25 minutes
• A Written Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan & the Detective Boys (OVA): 25 minutes
• High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki’s Case Files (OVA): 25 minutes
• Stranger in 10 Years (OVA): 22 minutes
• Kid in Trap Island (OVA): 24 minutes
• The Secret Order from London (OVA): 23 minutes
• The Miracle of Excalibur (OVA): 29 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File (OVA): 25 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File 2 (OVA): 28 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File 3 (OVA): 20 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File 4 (OVA): 25 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File 5 (OVA): 25 minutes
• Detective Conan Magic File 6 (OVA): 25 minutes
• Time Travel of the Silver Sky (Special): 25 minutes
• Black History (Special): 24 minutes
• Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan (Special): 104 minutes
• Fugitive: Kogoro Mori (Special): 22 minutes
• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (Special): 93 minutes
• Detective Conan Episode “ONE” – The Great Detective Turned Small (Special): 94 minutes
• Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (Spin-off): 107 minutes
• Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge (Live Action): 90 minutes
• Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization (Live Action): 88 minutes
• Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo’s Written Challenge! The Mystery of the Legendary Strange Bird (Live Action): 95 minutes
• Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case  (Live Action): 90 minutes
• Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjou (Live Action): 585 minutes

Note: These are the approximate run times.

7. About Detective Conan (Case Closed)

Detective Conan is a detective manga series by Gosho Aoyama. It was first serialized in 1994 and has been published for over two decades.

Shinichi Kudo, or Conan is a high school detective who has been turned into a child after consuming a toxin.

Along with the FBI and a variety of characters, he solves mysterious cases. He takes on the name of Conan and tries to pin down the syndicate responsible for shrinking him.