Detective Conan in France

Detective Conan in France
Info
Language:	French
Continents:	Europe
No. of Episodes:	214, only 172 Broadcasted
No. of Volumes:	102 (as of November 25, 2023)
No. of Magic Kaito Volumes:	5
Published by:	Kana

In France, the Detective Conan (French : Détective Conan) manga is published by Kana since 1997. The anime is broadcasted since 2004. The broadcasting in French-speaking countries have been relatively limited, with only the first 230 episodes (214 in the Japanese version) dubbed in French. However, the latest episodes broadcast in Japan are available in pay per view on ADN and the Mangas channel in subtitled Japanese version.

As of November 2023, the manga has reached Volume 102 and the previous volumes, including the first ones, are reprinted by Kana, with few corrections. Various translators have been working on the manga since the first publication of volume 1 on April 5, 1997, but it is mainly Thibaud Desbief, Misato Raillard, Olivier Huet and Cyril Coppini (since volume 75) who worked to the french translation.

The anime was licensed in three times in France. First, from 2004 to 2006, the company AB Distribution bought and dubbed the first 214 episodes, and sold the series to several TV channels until 2010. Then, from 2015, the channel J-One, as well as the SVOD platform ADN licensed the series in Japanese version with French subtitles from episodes 761 until today. Finally, in 2021, Mediawan has acquired the rights to the first 214 episodes and is distributing the series in a remastered version to SVOD platforms such as Netflix or Pluto TV. The dubbed version has been restored, and the Japanese version with subtitles is also available.

The first five movies have been also licenced and dub in French by Kazé, with a different cast than the TV series, from 2007 to 2009. More recently, Eurozoom released the movies 24 and 25 in theaters on May 2020 and May 2021. Those movies were released in French and the original version, and the main voice actors of the French cast of the series were also taken. Those two movies were also available in Bluray and VOD after the theatrical release.

In the French version of Detective Conan, almost all of the characters have the same name. A notable exception would be Megure, who is referred to as Maigret in the manga, and Vermouth who was named Belmotte in her first appearance in volume 24.

Anime

Detective Conan made its French anime debut on Cartoon Network on January 4, 2004, where only the first season was dubbed. On January 3, 2005, the show stated to air to the general public on France 3's afternoon show, France Truc. The show quickly became a hit among young people as well as teenagers, scoring over 40% of the audience. Following the positive critical acclaim from the public, AB Studio went on to dub three more seasons to add variety to the original 30 episodes. The success of the series, however, was short lived, as concerned parents complained of the show's frequently depicted violence and gore. The show was pulled out of France 3 the December 16 2005.

Following the fans' demand to see Detective Conan back on TV, Cartoon Network announced that it would bring back the show in August 2006, along with at least fifty new episodes where Ai Haibara would finally be introduced in the French anime. After March 24, 2008 the channel Mangas show 30 episodes with the Japanese master. The episodes were not released in order, which is why many of the 214 episodes never aired. According to Ran's voice actress Marie-Line Landerwijn, only 196 episodes were dubbed until Episode 214.

J-One bought Conan in February 2015, and began broadcasting the episodes on TV in Japanese with French subtitles on the 6th of February, with episode 761.

In September 2018, French anime editor Blackbox announced the upcoming release of a Detective Conan box-set, complete with the twenty-two first movies and two TV Specials (The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History and Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small). Then, Blackbox gave up on the box set and announced each movie would get released individually, and justified that with a dub for the movies in the work. But in January 2019, it was actually revealed Blackbox never had any plans for a dub. Additionally, the movies' release got postponed a lot, until early 2020 where each movie finally got released, both on Blu-ray and DVD. In late November 2020, Blackbox came back on their decision and released two boxes, one with the eleven first movies and the first TV special, and one with movies 12 to 22 and the second TV special.

In February 2021, French anime movies distributor Eurozoom announced the upcoming release of Movie 24 in theaters when they'd reopen, making it the first movie of the franchise to get a theatrical release in France. It's also confirmed on the same day the movie is getting a french dub. The movie was first set on April 21, 2021, then was delayed to May 26, as the theaters were still closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During the same month, Eurozoom confirmed the return of the original anime voice actors of Conan, Shinichi, and Ai, and revealed the voice actor of Shuichi. Several days later, a trailer with the french dub appears on Twitter, confirming the return of Ran's voice actress. In early May, the full cast is revealed, showing that every voice actor of the original anime series returns on this movie, except notably for Takagi's voice actor Mathieu Moreau, who moved to France, and Kogoro and Megure's voice actor Emmanuel Liénart (who had codirected the series' dub), as he passed away in 2015.

In October 2020, the series' first episodes started airing on Amazon Prime Video. As of March 2022, all 214 french dubbed episodes of the series have been uploaded to the streaming service, with their original dub in a censored version, including the ones that were never aired on TV.

In September 2021, the 42 first episodes arrived on Netflix, with the recent japanese HD remaster in an uncensored version, along with new Shinichi recorded lines by Bruno Mullenaerts to replace the ones that got lost.

In December 2021, Eurozoom announced the release of Movie 25 in France and Belgium for May 2022. In March of that year, they announced the return of the previous movie's cast, but also the return of Mathieu Moreau as Takagi, as well as Nathalie Hugo as Sato, having voiced them in the original series, although Nathalie Hugo had to step out of the dub due to agenda problems, and was replaced by local voice actress Magaly Texeira. They also announced Rei Furuya's voice actor, Eric Legrand. The movie got a premiere on April 15, 2022 to coincide with its japanese release, and then a full release on May 18, 2022.

In May 2022, the episodes 43 to 84 arrived on Netflix, still with the japanese HD remaster.
In December 2021, Netflix announces a french dub for Zero's Tea Time and The Culprit Hanzawa coming in 2022. In July 2022, they show a preview for Zéro Tea's Time, with Eric Legrand reprising his Rei Furuya role from movie 25, and a new voice actress for Vermouth.

On July 13, 2023, The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ compilation movie was prescreened in France with French subtitles and later made available online,. As the previous movie did not do well in cinemas, the decision to broadcast movie 26 was met with uncertainty. Movie 26 was announced via social media in February 2023 and the subtitled version of Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine was prescreened with subtitles on August 1st across main French cities. The movie is officially released in cinemas the next day, but the movie is removed after one week after making poor sales, less than the previous one,.

TV Station	Name	Channel type and company	Censure	Transmissions periods	Seasons	Season premiere	Notes
	Cartoon Network	Pay to view. Private TV: Turner	Yes	2004-2007	1 - 30	January 4 2004
						August 2006
	France 3	Free to view. Public TV: France télévisions	Yes	2005	1 - 214	January 3 2005 - December 16 2005	France 3 have reversed the end intro and the final scene, so that the public does not change the channel, thinking that it is over.
	Mangas	Pay to view. Private TV: AB Group	No	2008-2010?	1 - 30	March 24 2008	Uses Japanese master
					1 - 214	January 1 2009	Censored version with 172 episodes
	NT1	Free to view. Private TV: AB Group		2008-2010?		June 11 2008
	AB1	Pay to view. Private TV: AB Group		2008-2009?		September 2008
	J-One	Pay to view. Private TV: Viacom		2015-2021	761-1014	February 6 2015	In Japanese with French subtitles
	ADN	Pay to view. Private Online: Kazé		2015-2021, then 2022-	761-	February 6 2015	In Japanese with French subtitles
60px	Amazon Prime	Pay to view. Private Online: Amazon	Yes	2020-	1-214	October 21 2020	All the 214 episodes dubbed
	Netflix	Pay to view. Private Online: Netflix	No	2021-	1-84	September 15 2021	HD remastered version

Cast

TV Series has been dubbed in studio Made in Europe, in Brussels, Belgium, under the direction of Emmanuel Liénart and Marie-Line Landerwijn, translated by Jean-Christophe Léger, Eric Comont, Alain Léguillon, Annie Yonnet, and Lionel Seillier, and distributed by AB Groupe. Movies 1-5 have been dubbed in France by Kazé. Movies 24-25 have been dubbed in Luxembourg by Eurozoom.

Character		Voice actors
Picture	Name	Name	Notes
	Conan Edogawa	Ioanna Gkizas	TV Series, Movies 24-26
		Claudine Grémy	Movies 1-5
	Shinichi Kudo	Bruno Mullenaerts	TV Series, Movie 24-26 In this language version Conan's thoughts are voiced using Shinichi's voice.
		Philippe Valmont	Movies 1-5
	Ran Mouri	Marie-Line Landerwijn	TV Series, Movies 24-26
		Nayéli Forest	Movies 1-5
	Sonoko Suzuki	Jennifer Baré	TV Series, Movie 24-26
		Sophie Landresse	TV Series (sometimes)
		Céline Rotard	Movies 1-2
		Marie Diot	Movies 3-5
	Kogoro Mouri	Emmanuel Liénart	TV Series
		Gérard Malabat	Movies 1-5
		Franck Fischer	Movie 24-26
	Eri Kisaki	Carole Baillien	TV Series
		Céline Rotard	Movie 2
		Marie Diot	Movie 4
	Hiroshi Agasa	Thierry Janssen	TV Series, Movie 24-26
		Cyrille Monge	Movies 1-5
	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya	Marie-Line Landerwijn	TV Series, Movie 24-26
		Cécile Berger	Movies 1-5
	Genta Kojima	Thierry Janssen	TV Series, Movie 24-26
		Olivier Korol	Movie 1
		Jean-Yves Brignon	Movies 2-5
	Ayumi Yoshida	Béatrice Wegnez	TV Series, Movie 24-26
		Constance Lecavelle	Movies 1-5
	Heiji Hattori	David Pion	TV Series
		Jean-Yves Brignon	Movies 1-5
	Kazuha Toyama	Célia Torrens	TV Series
		Marie Diot	Movie 3
	Juzo Megure	Emmanuel Liénart	TV Series
		Cyrille Monge	Movies 1-5
		Rémi Barbier	Movie 24-26
	Sango Yokomizo	Robert Guilmard	TV Series
		Jean-Pierre Denuit	Episode 9
	Wataru Takagi	Mathieu Moreau	TV Series, Movie 25
		Aurélien Ringelheim	Episodes 67 and 68
		Frédéric Popovic	Movie 3-4
		Jean-Marco Montalto	Movie 5
		Dominique Marini	Movie 24
	Miwako Sato	Nathalie Hugo	TV Series
		Tiphaine Devezin	Movie 24
		Cécile Berger	Movie 4
		Magaly Teixeira	Movie 25-26
	Kaitou Kid	Nessym Guetat	TV Series
		Gérard Malabat	Movie 3
	Akemi Miyano	Julie Basecqz	TV Series
		Marie Diot	Movie 5
	Ai Haibara	Laetitia Lienart	TV Series, Movies 24-26
		Nayéli Forest	Movies 1-5
	Gin	Xavier Percy	TV Series (1st voice actor)
		Jean-Marc Delhausse	TV Series (2nd voice actor), Movie 26
		Philippe Valmont	Movie 5
	Vodka	Jean-Marc Delhausse	TV Series (1st voice actor)
		Peppino Capotondi	TV Series (2nd voice actor), Movie 26
		Jean-Yves Brignon	Movie 5
	Kazunobu Chiba	Cyrille Monge	Movies 4-5
	Ninzaburo Shiratori	Jean-Yves Brignon	Movies 1-5
	Masumi Sera	Audrey Di Nardo	Movie 24
	Shuichi Akai	Lucas Fanchon	Movie 24, 26
	Subaru Okiya	Reda Brissel	Movie 24, 26
	Mary Sera	Juliette Degenne	Movie 24
	Shukichi Haneda	Brice Montagne	Movie 24
	Yumi Miyamoto	Adele Esseger	Movie 24
	Jodie Starling	Célia Torrens	Movie 24, 26
	James Black	Rémi Barbier	Movie 24
	Andre Camel	Olivier Piechaczyk	Movie 24, Zero's Tea Time
	Ginzo Nakamori	Frédéric Popovic	Movie 3
	Shiro Suzuki	Michel Royer	Movie 24
		Frédéric Popovic	Movie 3
	Tomoko Suzuki	Célia Torrens	Movie 24
	Officer Tome	Jean-Marco Montalto	Movie 5
	Yoshiaki Hara	Philippe Valmont	Movie 5
	Midori Kuriyama	Marie Diot	Movie 4
		Maya Boelpaepe	Zero's Tea Time
	Toshiro Odagiri	Frédéric Popovic	Movie 4
	Shintaro Chaki	Frédéric Popovic	Movie 3
	Rei Furuya	Eric Legrand	Movie 25, Zero's Tea Time
		Martin Faliu	Movie 26
	Jinpei Matsuda	Rémi Bichet	Movie 25
	Yuya Kazami	Laurent Bonnet	Movie 25, Zero's Tea Time
	Hiromitsu Morofushi	Stéphane Roblès	Movie 25
	Vermouth	Carole Baillien	TV Series
		Fabienne Loriaux	Zero's Tea Time
		Guylaine Gibert	Movie 26
	Hidemi Hondou	Claire Guyot	Movie 26
	Azusa Enomoto	Fanny Roy	Zero's Tea Time
	Yoko Okino	Helena Coppejans	Zero's Tea Time
60px	Pinga	Donald Reignoux	Movie 26
	Reiko Tsuruyama	Bernadette Mouzon	Zero's Tea Time

Intro

There are two intros used for the anime in France. The first one is a dubbed version of Japanese, and the second one is a dubbed version of the third intro. However, the lyrics of these songs do not relate to their original counterparts, opting for different lyrics instead.

Trivia

The standard logo used in the anime.

New logo used in anime.

• The logo used is the same as the standard international versions.

See also

• Detective Conan
• French Manga