The seventeenth season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The series is based on Gosho Aoyama's Case Closed manga series. In Japan, the series is titled Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan). The North American English localization was titled Case Closed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan. The series focuses on the adventures of teenage detective Shinichi Kudo who was turned into a child by a poison called APTX 4869, but continues working as a detective under the alias Conan Edogawa. At the start of the season, he works with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they confront a criminal syndicate called the Black Organization before the episodes return to a more episodic formula.
The episodes use eight pieces of theme music: four opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme is "Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de" (愛は暗闇の中で?, lit. "Love is Within the Darkness") by Zard until episode 504. The second opening theme is "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" (一秒ごとに Love for you?, lit. "Every Second I Love for You") by Mai Kuraki until episode 514. The third opening theme is "Mysterious" by Naifu until episode 520. The fourth opening theme is "Revive" by Mai Kuraki starting episode 521 and through episode 523.
The first ending theme is "Yukidoke no Ano Kawa no Nagare no yō ni" (雪どけのあの川の流れのように?, lit. "Like the Flowing of a Thawing River") by U-ka Saegusa in dB until episode 504. The second ending theme is "Summer Memories" by Aya Kamiki until episode 514. The third ending theme is "Go Your Own Way" by Yumi Shizukusa until episode 520. The fourth ending theme is "Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara" (恋心 輝きながら?, lit. "Shining with Awakened Love") by Naifu for the rest of the season.
The season initially ran from January 14, 2008, through February 2, 2009, on Nippon Television Network System in Japan. The English adaptation of the anime is licensed by Funimation Entertainment which has licensed the first one-hundred and four episodes. The season was later collected and released in ten DVD compilations by Shogakukan between September 26, 2008, and August 28, 2009, in Japan.
Volume DVDs
Shogakukan released ten DVD compilations of the seventeenth season between September 26, 2008, and August 28, 2009, in Japan.