The fifth 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) but was changed due to legal issues with the title Detective Conan. The episodes' plot continues Jimmy Kudo's life as a young child named Conan Edogawa and introduces the character Ai Haibara.
The episodes use five pieces of theme music: two opening themes and three closing themes. The first Japanese opening theme "Unmei no Roulette Mawashite" (運命のルーレット廻して?, lit. Spinning the Roulette of Destiny) by Zard until episode 123. The second opening theme is "Truth (A Great Detective of Love)" by Two-Mix for the rest of the season. The first ending theme is "Negaigoto Hitotsu Dake" (願い事ひとつだけ?, lit. Only One Wish) by Miho Komatsu until episode 108. The second ending theme, starting on episode 109, is "Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni" (氷の上に立つように?, lit. Standing on Ice) by Miho Komatsu until episode 131. The third ending theme is "Still for Your Love" by Rumania Montevideo for the rest of the season. The English adaption of season five opening theme was "Spinning the Roulette of Destiny" up until episode 130, and no further dubbed episodes have been released. The English adaptions ending themes were "Negaigoto Hitotsu Dake" until episode 114 and followed by "Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu You ni" until episode 130.
The season initially ran from June 29, 1998 through February 8, 1999 on Nippon Television Network System in Japan. Episodes one hundred-seven to one thirty four were later collected into eight DVD compilations by Shogakukan and were all released on March 24, 2006. The season was later licensed and dubbed by Funimation Entertainment and released in a DVD box set containing episodes one hundred-six to one hundred thirty, one hundred to one twenty-three in the Japanese numbering. The Viridian edition of the season was released on March 23, 2010.