You REALLY Want to Know What to Watch?
All of the episodes of course! But yes, there's episodes and then there's the ones that actually deal with Conan and his quest to return
to being Kudo Shinichi while alieviating the world of the Black Organization ... Since I've been asked a few times over the years
I thought I'd put this list up as a page... So here's a list of the episodes needed/necessary/critical to understanding the ANIME version
of Meitantei Conan's plot/story regarding Shinichi vs the Black Org and/or intro of main characters and/or developments in
the relationships between characters:
Episode ONE (2hr special, Dec 9, 2016): Ep1 "redone", but with all new events of what characters were doing before/during events in Ep1.
1-5, 10, 11, 18, 21 (1st appearance of Yoko-chan (idol)), 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 42, 43, 48/49 (absolute must), 54, 57/58, 68-70, 76 (enter Kid), 77/78,
81/82 (Minami), 96, 100/101, 112 (1st appearance of Kobayashi Sumiko (teacher)), 116-118, 121/122, 128, 129-131, 132-134 (Kid, 134 only), 136/137,
141/142, 146/147 (Police Love Story #1), 153/154, 156/157 (Police Love Story #2), 162, 166-168, 170-171 (Araide intro), 174, 176-178, 188-193,
199/200, 205/206, 217/218, 219, 220-224, 226/227 (Jodie Santemillion debut), 228/229, 230/231, 233/234, 236/237, 238/239, 241/241, 246/247,
249/250, 253/254, 255/256, 258/259 (enter James Black), 263, 264-265 (Eri), 266-268, 269, 271/272, 277/278, 279/280, 284-293, 297-298 (Eri),
299-300, 301/302, 304, 307-311, 316/317, 323/324, 329-330 (Black Org, Haibara's parents), 331/332, 333/334, 335/336, 338/339, 340/341,
343/344, 345 (MOST critical to date), 356, 358/359, 361/362, 381/382, 385-387, 390/391, 394-396, 398-399, 400-402, 406-408, 418,
425 (another jaw dropper), 426 (Ran), 429-430 (Hondou Eisuke 1st appearance), 431-432, 435-436, 437, 445, 446/447, 449, 457/458, 462-465,
469-470 (Kid), 472-473 (Toichi!!), 474 (Eri), 479 (2hr, Heiji&Hakuba), 484-485, 487 (Police Love Story #8, 1hr special), 489 (Eri),
490 (Shinichi VS Heiji for the 1st time but they didn't know it^^), 491-504, 505-506 (Eri), 507-508 Eisuke knows C is S,
509-511 (Enter Okiya or should we say Bourbon?), 515 (Kaitou Kid) , 516-517 (Heiji & Kazuha), 521-523 Shinichi back and he's a killer,
528-529 Eri solves another murder, 530-531 Satou&Takagi, 534-535 Satou&Takagi, 537-538 Kid, 542-543 Okiya helps solve case,
545-546 bit of Satou's past, 554-555 (Heiji&Kazuha), 558-561 (Detective Koumei intro), 563-564 (Akai (or his twin) lives?),
568-569 (Shiratori's love), 573-574 (Heiji&Kazuha), 579/580/581 (BO, Okiya, "Akai"), 583-585 (Shiratori/Kobayashi), 586-587 (Kid),
589-590 (Eri&Kogoro), 592-593 (Ran), 608-609 (affects all couples), 610-613 (Heiji; "Hound of the Baskervilles"), 616-621 (London case!!),
622-623 (Okiya), 624 (Shiratori/Chiba), 627-628 (Kid) , 646-647 (Sera intro), 648-650 (Sera, Shinichi), 651 (1hr SP: Conan VS Heiji),
652-655 (Heiji/Kazuha), 656-657 (Haibara/Sera/Okiya), 659-660 (Chiba/Miike), 667-668 (Amuro's 1st appearance),
671-674 (Amuro, Sera, Okiya), 675-676 (BO hints, relates back to 671-674), 681-683 (Takagi/Satou), 684-685 (Okiya/Haibara),
689 (Eri/Kogoro), 690-691 (Okiya/Sera/Y Kudo), 699-700 (Haibara/Amuro), 701-704 (MYSTERY TRAIN CASE), 705-706 (Amuro),
710-711 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki/Heizo), 712-715 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki), 722-723 (Tanteidan, Amuro, Okiya) , 724-725 (Kid, Sera),
727-728 (Sera), 731-732 (Yumi/Miike/Takagi/Megure), 734 (Jodie/Bourbon/Vermouth) , 740-741 (Sera, BO hints), 744-745 (Sera, Makoto),
746-747 (Sonoko/Makoto/Kid), 748-749 (Takagi/Sato) , 751-752 (Amuro; Takagi/Sato), 754-756 (Sera, Akai, Yamato/Uehara), 759-760 (Sera,
1st appearance of her younger sister(?)), 763-764 (Heiji/Kazuha), 770-771 (Amuro//Eri), 772-773 (Shinichi/Ran), 779-783
(BO/Bourbon/Jodie/Vermouth/Akai), 785-786 (Yumi/Haneda Shukichi), 787-788 (Sera/mystery girl), 792-793 (MENTION of Rum, case itself not important),
808-809 (Heiji/Kazuha), 810-812 (Yamato/Uehara/Morofushi), 813 (Amuro), 822-823 (Kogoro/Haibara/Yoko/Higo), 827-828
(Yumi/Haneda Shukichi/Miike/Sera), 830-832 (Heiji/Kazuha), 836-837 (Amuro/Sera), 843-844 (Conan pondering who Sera's family members are at start
and end of this case), 847-848 (Chiba/Miike, Shiratori see!), 849-850 (Yumi/Haneda Shukichi), 851-852 (Takagi/Sato, Ran), 853-854 (Shinichi/Ran: How
they first met!), 861-862 (Okiya/Haneka Kouji/Rum), 863-864 (Black Org/Sera, her mom Mary (seiyuu Tanaka Atsuko)), 866-867 (BO: Scotch, Rye, Bourbon, Vermouth),
872-874 (Black Org; Heiji&Kazuha, Ooka Momiji debut), 878-879 (Sera), 881-882 (Sera/Akai/Mary/Shukichi/Young Shinichi, Ran/Yusaku/Yukiko),
885-886 (Heiji/Kazuha, Momiji, her butler Iori, Amuro), 887-888 (Kid, Okiya, Jirokichi), 889-890 (Wakasa Rumi debut), 896-897 (Wakasa),
901-902 (Eri, Kogoro, Shinichi), 909-910 (Shiratori, Kuroda, Wakasa, BO?), 916-917 (Okita Soshi, Heiji/Kazuha, Ooka Momiji & Iori),
925-926 (Haibara/Okiya/Amuro/Kazami Yuya ((Public Security Bureau member, subordinate of Amuro)) (1st appearance, but debut in Movie 20 as an original character
(so yet another character then officially adopted into the manga))), 927-928 Shinichi/Ran become boyfriend/girlfriend officially and now BO knows Shinichi isn't dead
(Heiji/Kazuha, Sonoko, Sera, Momiji, Okita Soshi, Kudo's parents); 941-942 Kudo's parents/BO (related to Ep927-928), Ep952-954 tie to 941-942 plus Amuro vs Akai
and Haibara's parents, 962-964 (Eri, Kogoro), 965-968 (Heiji, Kazuha), 971-974 (Amuro/BO tie to 952-954; Sato/Takagi, Chiba/Miike, Yumi/Haneda Shukichi),
983-984 (Kid/Heiji&Kazuha/Koumei/Yamato/Amuro/Scotch/BO), 993-995 (Makoto/Sonoko/Sera/Haibara), Ep1000-1001 (Redo of Ep11),
1003-1005 (Bourbon&Rum plus 3 Nagano police tantei and police chief), Ep1011-1012 (Wakasa Rumi/Kobayashi Yumiko/Tanteidan),
1018-1020 (Haibara, Okiya/Akai, Sera, Akai family), 1024-1025 (Heiji/Kazuha, Momiji & Iori), 1029 Wild Police Story Ep1 (Matsuda Jinpei),
1033-1035 Yumi/Haneda Shukichi/Akai/Kudo's parents, 1038 Wild Police Story Ep2 (Date Wataru), 1042 Wild Police Story Ep3 (Hagiwara Kenji),
1045-1046 (Sera/Mary/Vermouth/BO) , 1053-1054 (Wakasa/Kobayashi/Tanteidan/Amuro/Kazami Yuya/Haneda Kouji), 1059-1060 (Okino Yoko/
Wakita Kanenori (Rum)/Amuro/BO hints), 1061 Wild Police Story Ep4 (Morofushi Hiromitsu), 1071-1072 (Kudo family/Akai/BO/FBI/Kid but not),
Wild Police Stor Ep5 (Furuya Rei) (This WAS Ep1077 and then poof it's NOT. It no longer has ANY Ep#. YTV. page see. So much for consistency when the other WPS eps
have Conan Ep numbers. oO), 1077-1079 (FBI/Akai/BO/RUM/Conan) (Manga 100F3-8), 1085-1086 (Heiji/KAzuha, Takagi/Sato), 1093-1094
(Miyano Akemi/Haibara/Kobayashi/Rumi/Wakita), 1098-1099 (Hagiwara Chihaya (seiyuu: Tanaka Atsuko) intro; Agasa), 1105-1106 (Kid/Nakamori/Amuro
/Kazami Yuya (Yoko-chan fan!)/Azusa (diehard Kid fan)/Suzuki Jirokichi), 11109-1110 (Takagi/Sato/Date/Amuro), 1115-1116 (Chiyaha/Yokomizo Jugo/Takagi/
Sato/Matsuda Jinpei), . . . more and more to come undoubtedly. :)
Thus, you would ideally want to watch these episodes in order so have a good idea of where the series going ... uum, SUSPECT
of where's it's going ... Aoyama is extremely clever!
And this is *NOT* to say you shouldn't watch all the other episodes (or label them as fillers!!).
The true star of this series has always been the CASES (mysteries) not ANY actual character.
Yeah, yeah, one of these years I'll break it down more as to what was significant in each of these episodes ~_~
One of the few Shinichi & Heiji plush dolls made ... back in 2001
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