To Quote Tom Servo: 'END! END!' (possible spoilers)

adult swim probably didn't buy all of the episodes. so just like inuyasha, it would take forever to get anywhere close to the end.

my problem isn't the 333 eps., but the fact that they changed the names to english. since i am not an avid anime watcher, the ones i have seen have not changed the names. i heard the reason the names are english, is so they can be easy to remember. if so, they don't have a lot of faith in people. of the anime i do watch, i remember everyone's names with ease.

and sorry, i know nothing of future episodes.

just a thought

Even before Case Closed premiered on Cartoon Network, I was trying to get every bit of info on Detective Conan I could from the Internet (which was about the only source in the English-speaking world: even stores that stock Anime DVDs didn't carry Meitantei Conan - I still wonder why). I have come up with the following.

Although most episodes of the show are... well, episodic (stand-alone, could happen at any random time), once in awhile an episode is aired that has some plot development (Conan sees someone on a train that he recognizes as one of his poisoners, Richard Moore gets a lead on the "Men in Black Organization", etc.). These may be fewer and further between than the straight mysteries, but each of them progresses the plot and, as a result, moves the story a little closer to its conclusion. The following are some bits and pieces I have gotten from Internet sources.

VERY GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF FUTURE PLOT DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOW, BUT SOME MAY SEE THESE AS SPOILERS

A character is introduced later in the show with Japanese name of Ai (might be Anglicised to "Annie" or the like on CC.) She is a little girl Conan's age who enrolls in his grade school. It turns out she was a member of the Black Organization, in fact the one who invented the poison that Conan was forced to take. When Ai (real name, Shiho Miyano) betrayed the Organization, under threat of torture she took the poison herself and learned firsthand that it regresses instead of kills.

(Trivia bit: Members of the Black Organization have code names that are alcoholic beverages. The men who poisoned Conan were "Gin" and "Vodka". Shiho's name when she was part of it was "Sherry".)

There will be a future episode (if CN doesn't wimp out on us) in which Conan takes an experimental antidote and reappears as Jimmy Kudo. The effect will only be temporary, though.

In a future episode, a teacher will be introduced at Conan's school named Jody Santemillion. (Whaddaya know... a name they won't have to Anglicize!) Whether she is part of the Black Org or a foe of theirs I haven't been able to tell, but it is certain she knows more about Conan and his situation than an ordinary third party would know.

Well into the future of the show, episodes air in which... well, it's not revealed for certain, but is very, VERY strongly suggested that the Black Organization has figured out that little Conan is in fact teenaged Jimmy. (They became suspicious when no death notice for Jimmy Kudo appeared in the local paper.)

And I PRAY Cartoon Network leaves the show on long enough to introduce this character: At some point, Conan runs across a mysterious figure who bills himself as Keito Kid. Some call him Conan's arch-enemy, but others say that's not really accurate. What is accurate is the Black Organization did him dirty, and now he has his own agenda for bringing them down. Another accurate point is that he is very, very sharp - the only person in the series who can give Conan a run for his money in terms of being able to solve his crimes. And thirdly, his popularity in Japan and other countries that have aired the show rivals Conan's: There are probably as many Keito Kid fan clubs as there are Conan clubs. Creator Gosho Aoyama has gone on record to say Keito Kid is his favorite character in the series.


There is more - I haven't even mentioned Jimmy's West Japan counterpart Heiji Hattori (wonder how they'll Anglcize that?) or the fact that Jimmy Kudo's parents are introduced into the series - but I figure that's enough (maybe even too much) for now.

adult swim sucks for the fact that they buy so few episodes of a show. although i can assume that buying cartoons isn't exactly cheap. i know buying the dvds isn't.

just a thought

Not entirely true; adult swim "may" have ordered 40 episodes, but the company Funimation ordered 125 episode to be made. So even if it stops playing on cartoon network, the episodes will probably still be in production for DVD release, etc...
So there is no need to worry about it ending anytime soon.

Ummm AS is a load. j/k. Although I can't complain that they air it (OMG i AM SOOOOO GLAD!!!!), I still wish that they had used the original names. You guys are right, however: like Inuyasha, they'll probably not air more than less than half the series. *goes off to cry*

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