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The second season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.^[1] The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled Meitantei Conan (名探偵 コナン, Detective Conan) but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan.^[2] The episodes' plot continues Jimmy Kudo's life as a young child named Conan Edogawa. The episodes features a temporary return of Jimmy Kudo. Newly introduced characters consist of Eva Kadan, Rachel's mother and Richard's ex-wife.

The season initially ran from August 19, 1996 through April 14, 1997 on Yomiuri TV in Japan.^[3][4] Episodes twenty-nine to fifty-four were later collected into seven DVD compilations by Shogakukan and were released on February 24, 2006.^[5][6] The season licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment.^[7] Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and on Canada's YTV station.^[8][9] Case closed aired until August 16, 2004 where it was dropped by Adult Swim due to low ratings.^[10] The English adaption was later collected and released on four DVD compilations.^{[11][12][13][14]} The English adaption of season two was later released in a DVD boxset by Funimation on September 30, 2008 containing episodes twenty-seven to fifty-two, twenty-six to fifty-one in the Japanese numbering.^[15] The season two DVD boxset Viridian edition is slated for release on September 15, 2009.^[16]

The episodes use nine pieces of theme music: three opening themes and two closing themes in the Japanese episodes and one opening theme and ending theme in the English ones. The first Japanese opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" (胸がドキドキ, lit. "My Heart Pounds") by The High-Lows to episode thirty.^[3] The second opening theme is "Feel Your Heart" by Velvet Garden until episode fifty-two.^[3] It is followed by "Nazo" (謎, lit. "Mystery") by Miho Komatsu.^[4] The first ending theme is "Meikyuu no Lovers" (迷宮のラヴァーズ, lit. "Lovers of the Labyrinth") by Heath until episode fifty-one.^[3] The remaining episodes use the ending theme "Romance of Light and Shadow" (光と影のロマン, lit. "Hikari to Kage no Roman") by Keiko Utoko.^[4] The English opening theme is "Mune ga Doki Doki" with English lyrics and renamed "First New Century" by Carl Finch until episode fifty-four.^[17] It is followed by "Nazo" with English lyrics by Stephanie Nadolny for the rest of the episodes.^[18] The English ending theme is "Step by Step" with English lyrics by Carl Finch to episode fifty-two.^[17] It is later followed by "Hikari to Kage no Roman" with English lyrics also by Stephanie Nadolny.^[19]

• ^Jp. The episode's numbering as followed in Japan
• ^Eng. The episode's numbering as followed by Funimation Entertainment
• ^1 hr. The episodes were aired as a single hour long episode in Japan
• ^B These episodes are part of the third season of Case Closed

General

• "Detective Conan episodes 1-42" (in Japanese). Aga-search.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
• "Detective Conan episodes 43-85" (in Japanese). Aga-search.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
• "Case Closed episodes 20-37". Funimation Entertainment.
• "Case Closed episodes 35-52". Funimation Entertainment. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
• "Case Closed airdates". Toon Zone.net. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.

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