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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 215. Chapters: Case Closed, Angel: After the Fall, For Your Eyes Only (film), Kingdom Come (comics), Atom (Ray Palmer), Bone (comics), Cerebus the Aardvark, Hawkeye (comics), Eagle (comic), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Project Superpowers, RoboCop (comics), Ultimate Captain America, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Den (comics), List of limited series, Nocturnals, Gen, Locke & Key, King Kong (comics), The Dirty Pair, Vampirella, Superman: World of New Krypton, Mouse Guard, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century, From Hell, Rising Stars, Black Summer, Nexus (comics), EXEcutional, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Escape of the Living Dead, Anarky in Gotham City, Kill Shakespeare, Wanted (comics), Shadowhawk, Defenders of the Earth, El Eternauta, Underwater (comics), The Middleman, Top 10 (comics), Monster Allergy, Rip in Time, The Hunter (comics), Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave), Secret Wars, Espers (comics), Atomic Robo, Spike (IDW Publishing), Cla$$war, Predator (comics), Silent Hill (comics), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (comics), Xena: Warrior Princess (comics), The Transformers: Infiltration, Unity (comics), Mister Blank, Tomb Raider (comics). Excerpt: Case Closed, known as Meitantei Conan, lit. Great Detective Conan, officially translated as Detective Conan) in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Sh nen Sunday since January 19, 1994, and has been collected in 76 tank bon volumes as of June 2012. Due to legal considerations with the name Detective Conan, the English language release was renamed Case Closed. The story follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child after being poisoned. Since its publication, Case Closed has spawned a substantial media franchise. The manga has been adapted into an ongoing animated television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment; the animated series has reached its twentieth season. The series has spawned two original video animation series, sixteen animated feature films, three live action dramas, a live action series, numerous video games, and many types of Case Closed-related merchandise. A two-hour television special titled Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan was aired on March 27, 2009, and featured a crossover with the series Lupin III. Funimation Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast in 2003 under the name Case Closed with the characters given Americanized names. The anime premiered on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block and was discontinued due to low ratings. The first six films were released on Region 1 DVD in North America. Viz Media later licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America and used Funimation's renamed title and cast. Compilation volumes of the manga have sold more than 120 million copies in Japan. In 2001, the manga was awarded 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the sh nen category. The anime adaptation has been well received and ranked in the top twenty in Animage's polls between 1996 and 200