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The Viridian Edition of the first season DVD boxset of the series Case Closed released by The first season of the was directed. It was produced by in cooperation with. The series is based on 's Case Closed series. In Japan, the manga series is titled Detective Conan ( 名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan) but Case Closed was adopted for the anime version to avoid legal issues.
The series' plot is based on the adventures of a teenage detective, reverted to childhood through a poisoning. The season premiered from January 8, 1996, through August 12, 1996, on in Japan. Episodes one through twenty-eight are collected in a seven DVD compilation produced by and released in Japan between the twenty-second and twenty-fourth of February 2006. The first season was then licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment for release in English speaking countries. Case Closed was aired on 's programming block and on Canada's station. The English adaption was collected and released on a four DVD compilations between February 21, 2006 and September 19, 2006. The English adaption of season one was later released in a DVD boxset by Funimation on July 22, 2008 and contained the first twenty-six episodes, or twenty-five according to the Japanese numbering system.