| Season Number: | 16 |
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| Num Episodes: | 25 |
| Network: | NNS (ytv) |
| Prev Season: | Season 15 |
| Next Season: | Season 17 |
| Episode List: | List of Case Closed episodes (seasons 16–30) |
The sixteenth season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Masato Satō and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[1] The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan.[2] The episodes' plot follows Conan Edogawa's daily adventures.
The episodes use six pieces of theme music: three opening themes and three ending themes. The first opening theme is by U-ka Saegusa in dB until episode 474.[3] The second opening theme is by Garnet Crow until episode 486.[4] The third opening theme is by Zard for the rest of the season.[5] The first ending theme is by Mai Kuraki until episode 470.[3] The second ending theme is by Yumi Shizukusa until episode 486.[6] The third ending theme is by Garnet Crow for the rest of the season.[5]
The season initially ran from February 26, 2007, through December 3, 2007 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan. Episodes 466 to 490 were later collected into eight DVD compilations by Shogakukan. They were released between January 25, 2008, and August 22, 2008, in Japan.[7] __TOC__
Shogakukan released eight DVD compilations of the seventeenth season between January 25, 2008, and August 22, 2008, in Japan.
| Volume | Episodes | Release date[8] | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | 461, 466–468 | January 25, 2008 | ||
| Volume 2 | 469–471, 474 | February 22, 2008 | ||
| Volume 3 | 472–473, 475, 478 | March 28, 2008 | ||
| Volume 4 | 476–477, 480, 483 | April 25, 2008 | ||
| Volume 5 | 479 | May 23, 2008 | ||
| Volume 6 | 481–482, 484–485 | June 27, 2008 | ||
| Volume 7 | 487–488 | July 25, 2008 | ||
| Volume 8 | 489–490 | August 22, 2008 | ||