Detective Conan Americain

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There are some major differences in the Detective Conan and its Americanized version Case Closed. Here is a list about what has changed in the original and in the dubbed versions.

Names

The names has been renamed into American names instead of holding their original Japanese names. Their Americanized names has no meaning, but can be based from any action movie or comic series. Here is a list which character names has been changed in the dubbed version:

Shinichi Kudō → Jimmy Kudo Ran Mōri → Rachel Moore Kogorō Mōri → Richard Moore Hiroshi Agasa → Herschel Agasa Ayumi Yoshida → Amy Yeager Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya → Mitch Tennison Genta Kojima → George Kaminski Sonoko Suzuki → Serena Sebastian Yūsaku Kudō → Booker Kudo Yukiko Kudō → Vivian Kudo Eri Kisaki → Eva Kadan Heiji Hattori → Harley Hartwell Sumiko Kobayashi → Liz Faulkner Jūzō Megure → Joseph Megure

Wataru Takagi → Harry Wilder Miwako Sato → Saimone Ninzaburō Shiratori → Nicholas Santos Shintarō Chaki → Bernie Biggers Kiyonaga Matsumoto → Kiyonaga McLaughlin Heizō Hattori → Martin Hartwell Ginshirō Tōyama → Chief Thomas Goro Otaki → Inspector Odin Sango Yokomizo → Inspector Worthington Misao Yamamura → Inspector Mangum Ki'ichiro Numabuchi → Cornelius Graver Aoko Nakamori → Aoko Fuller Ginzō Nakamori → Mace Fuller Hideo Akagi → Harrison Akers

Multiple Name-change

Shiho Miyano/Ai Haibara

Vi Graythorn^(movies)

Anita Hailey^(manga)

Kazuha Tōyama

Kirsten Thomas^(anime)

Kazuha Toyama^(manga)

Katrina Tolliver^{(video games)}

Katie Thompson<sup>(card games)

Source : http://detectiveconan.wikia.com/wiki/Detective_Conan_and_Case_Closed</sup>