Wondering where exactly to find your favourite Conan episodes on video (VHS, LD, DVD, Blu-ray) ?
Each episode that's come out in Japan on video is catalogued
here.
When it started, the TV episodes (and the movies) always came out first on videotape only. The VHS versions
were meant to be rented out. The tapes usually only had 3 episodes. While you could buy the tapes,
general consumers tended to wait for the digital media release that to come out, usually, much later.
The predecessor (and in some ways still superior) to DVD was
laserdisc. DVDs for Conan have
only been coming out since 2000, everything before that came out on
LD. The LDs & DVDs
each have 4 episodes worth of material. Hence the confusion in matching what volume
an episode is on VHS and LD/DVD since the same volumes don't have usually have the same episodes.
When it started, the episodes that come out on VHS were about one "season" (ie, year) behind the current episodes
on TV. The DVD (LD) release was nearly another year behind the VHS releases. VHS & DVD
volumes came out about once a month, but there wasn't a release every month. The DVD releases
stopped entirely at the end of Part 9 for an entire year. From Part 10 to most of Part 14, the DVD releases were
2 volumes per month. So the gap was closed! First (late 2005 into 2006) the VHS tapes got within ~30 episodes
of what was airing on TV and then the DVD releases (with Part 14) caught up to the VHS releases. And as technology
always advances, the VHS releases were dropped and had rental and sale version on DVD only. The DVD rental
used to come out before the sale copy, but they both come out at the same time now (been few years like this now).
The more recent DVD Parts usually have 10 volumes, but overall, the episodes on DVD remain about 8-9 months behind
from when they aired on TV. At the moment (2011), the only Blu-ray releases are for the movies.
Conan video releases are divided into Parts. A given part should *NOT* be equated to a season.
Although there are anime series that start in Jan (winter), April (spring), July (summer), Sept-Oct (fall), some series,
like Conan, run year round with weeks where no new episode is aired. Could say that January of a given
year is the start for Conan since it started in Jan 1996. The earlier Parts had ~30 episodes total while there's
around 40 episodes (more in earlier years, it's slowly decreasing as the years go by (had 40 eps in 2010)) of Conan
air each year.
VHS
Current VHS for TV episodes price: 3690Yen
Except for Part 2, each part has 10 volumes
Except for a few volumes, volumes have 3 episodes worth of
material
Part
1: Episodes #1-29
Part
2: Episodes #30-52
Part
3: Episodes #53-79, 81, 82
Part
4: Episodes #80, 83-109
Part
5: Episodes #110-135, 140
Part
6: Episodes #136-139, 141-162, 165, 169, 175
Part
7: Episodes #163, 164, 166-168, 170-174, 176-184, 187-193,
196
Part
8: Episodes #185, 186, 194, 195, 197-219, 225, 232, 235
Part
9: Episodes #220-224, 226-231, 233, 234, 236-254, 257
Part
10: Episodes #255, 256, 258-285, 296
Part
11: Episodes #286-295, 297-315, 320, 328
Part
12: Episodes #316-319, 321-327, 329-353
Part
13: Episodes #354-389
Part
14: Episodes #390-426
Part 15: Hmm, not doing anymore? DVD only now? (Part 15 V1 DVD
listed, no listing for VHS. That's a first!) Yes, DVD only now (sale
and rental versions).
Movies:
4800Yen
Specials made by Shonen Sunday: Have to send a form plus money for tape/DVD and postage to SS by certain deadline
2000: Conan X Kid X Yaiba ~25minutes *
* Cool!
This one does have a manga connection. Except it was only Kid VS
Yaiba, no Conan (pre-dates Conan manga). Story is in the
new (Sept 2004) book that has the first chapter(s) for Conan, Majyuku
Kaitou (Kid), Yaiba as well as some of Aoyama's shorter works
(which were animated).
EG1,
EG2
Form was offered first in SS issue #46 (late Fall 2000
out)
2002: 16 Suspects ~25minutes: Form offered in SS #7 (Jan 16,
2002) through #13 (2002/02/27). I got my VHS in Jan of 2002
2003: Conan to Heiji to Kieta Shonen (Conan & Heiji &
the Vanished Boy):
Form offered in SS #12 (Mar 12, 2003) through #25 (2003/05/21).
960Yen had to mail in with the form.
I don't think I got my tape until June ... only time it took past the
final deadline before the OVA episode came out.
2004: Meitantei Conan to Kid to Crystal Mother (Detective
Conan & (Kaitou) Kid & the Crystal Mother)
Form offered in SS #14 (Mar 3, 2004) through #25 (2004/05/19).
1050Yen had to mail in with the form.
2005: Cost of an SS issue plus 1050Yen to get this year's
tape: Hyouteki wa Kogoro! Shounen Tanteidan Maruchichousa =
" Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boy's Secret Investigation "
Form offered in SS #17 (Mar 9, 2005) through #26 (2005/05/25).
1050Yen had to mail in with the form.
2006: This year's original story will be out on DVD (region 2
of course) !! 25min Form to send in will be in SS issues 15 - 25
1080Yen need to send in with the form by May 31, 2006.
Title: Kieta Daiya wo Oe! Conan & Heiji VS Kid = " Hunt for
(Pursuit of) the Vanished (Disappeared) Diamond! Conan & Heiji Vs
Kid
Should be great! And Heiji might finally see Kaitou Kid up close and
personal!
2007: This year's
original story will be out on DVD (region 2 of course) 25min Form to
send in will be in SS issues 15 - 25
1080Yen need to send in with the form by May 31, 2006. DVD starts
being sent out sometime in April.
Title: " Meitantei Conan Agasa kara no Chousenjou! Agasa vs Conan
& Shounen Tanteidan " =
" Detective Conan A Written Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs Conan and
the Detective Boys " Dang, sounds b o r i n g ~_~
2008: DVD (R2), 25min. Form to send was in SS issues 15-25.
Cost is 980Yen. Have until May 28
to get the form (+ payment) in by. Like last year, the DVD will start
going out in April....
" Joshikousei Tantei Suzuki Sonoko no Jikenbo " = Case File of Female
High School Detective Suzuki Sonoko
2009: DVD (R2), 25min. Form to send in will be in SS issues
20-28. Cost is 980Yen. Have until June 17
to get the form (+ payment) in by. The DVD will start going out in
May...
" 10 Nengono Ihoujin (Sutorenjyaa) " = Stranger After 10 Years
Recent SS had 2 page ad for the OVA. From images in
and little bit understood from story, it's a What If... story, and
has to be a dream.
Haibara gives an ill Conan a new antidote to APTX4869 but he
collapses from it... when he wakes, he thinks he's changed back to
Shinichi
and goes back to school... but no, it's actually been 10 years!
Tanteidan (including Haibara) are in high school.
Conan is now really Shinichi - again. Is life good? And how's Ran
coping?
Wonder why starting to do these... The cover artwork
is very tempting...
Dec 14, 2007:
DVD
Selection Case 1: Kudo Shinichi, 4410yen: Episodes:
1,48,49,162
Dec 14, 2007:
DVD
Selection Case 2: Kaito Kid, 4410yen: Episodes: 76, 132-134
Dec 12, 2008:
DVD
Selection Case 3: Hattori Heiji, 4410yen: Episodes: 57-58,
222-224
Dec 12, 2008:
DVD
Selection Case 4: Haibara Ai, 4410yen: Episodes: 176-178,
230-231
Dec 11, 2009:
DVD
Selection Case 5: Black Org, 4410yen: Episodes: 5,128,287-288
Dec 11, 2009:
DVD
Selection Case 6: Shounen Tanteidan, 4410yen: Episodes:
4,12,15,20,33
Dec 10, 2010: DVD Selection Case 7: Mori Ran, 4410yen: Episodes: 100-101,196,343-344
Dec 10, 2010: DVD Selection Case 8: Suzuki Sonoko, 4410yen: Episodes: 6,34-35,153-154
Dec 9, 2011: DVD Selection Case 9: Kudo Yusaku and Yukiko, 4410yen: Episodes:
Dec 9, 2011: DVD Selection Case 10: Mori Kogoro and Kisaki Eri, 4410yen: Episodes:
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