Detective Conan in the Arab World
The Detective Conan anime was first dubbed in the Arab World in about 2000 and the first episode was broadcast on Spacetoon. The series is dubbed by Venus Company (مركز الزهرة Markaz Az-Zuhra).
Detective Conan in Arabic is called المحقق كونان Al-Muhaqiq Konan which literally means Detective Konan. Sometimes, it is referred as المفتش كونان Al-Mufatish Konan which means Inspector Konan.
Most of the characters keep their main names, but some characters with names with four syllables is often reduced to two syllables (i.e. Mitsuhiko is called ميتسو Mitso). Most of characters only have a given name and not a family name or vice versa. All of the TV specials are always divided into two or four parts and only the first film has been dubbed. The Detective Conan series became very popular in the Arab world and became one of the best ranked animes of all time. Currently the anime is up to Episode 283.
