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Kindaichi Case Files (manga)

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Alternative title:
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (Japanese)
Les Enquêtes de Kindaichi (French)
Young Kindaichi's Casebook
Zapiski detektywa Kindaichi (Polish)
金田一少年の事件簿 (Japanese)
소년탐정 김전일 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Hajime Kindaichi, a junior that barely made it past tenth grade has a knack for solving murder mysteries with support from Miyuki, his childhood friend and love-interest who encourages him when all seems lost, and Detective Kenmochi.
User Ratings: 73 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:5, Eng:3, raw:2, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 16 votes (Eng:7, sub:4, ?:2, dub:1, others:2
2 Indonesian
)
 Very good: 14 votes (Eng:6, sub:3, dub:3, others:2
1 Indonesian
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Good: 14 votes (Eng:7, dub:3, ?:1, sub:1, others:2
1 French
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: 7 votes (Eng:5, raw:1, sub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (Eng:6)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 212 users, rank: #416 (of 6914)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.699 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9138, rank: #1746 (of 7756)
Weighted mean: 7.596 (Very good−), rank: #2240 (of 7756) (seen all: 8.68 / seen some: 7.23 / won't finish: 6.37)
Bayesian estimate: 7.601 (Very good−), rank: #1269 (of 3524)
Number of tankoubon: 27
Number of pages: 239
Volumes:
#01. The Opera House Murders
#02. The Mummy's Curse
#03. Death TV
#04. Smoke and Mirrors
#05. Treasure Isle
#06. The Legend of Lake Hiren
#07. The Santa Slayings
#08. No Noose is Good Noose
#09. The Headless Samurai
#10. Kindaichi The Killer: Part 1
#11. Kindaichi the Killer: Part 2
#12. Playing the Fool: Part 1
Chapter titles: We have 219
Vintage:
1992-10 (Shonen Magazine)
2002-10 (Poland)
Release dates: We have 41
Trivia: We have 1
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Kindaichi 37-sai no Jikenbo Manga Takes Break (Jan 10, 2022)
New Kindaichi Case Files Manga Launches in January (Updated) (Dec 30, 2021)
Kindaichi Case Files Manga Gets New 4-Panel Comedy Spinoff (Dec 22, 2021)
Kindaichi Case Files Gaiden Spinoff Manga Ends Within Next Month (Updated) (Feb 22, 2020)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, November 20-26 (Nov 29, 2017)
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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, March 23-29 (Apr 7, 2015)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 23-29 (Apr 7, 2015)
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Kindaichi Case Files Manga Gets 1st Live-Action Series in 13 Years (Apr 29, 2014)
Kindaichi Case Files Gets 2 More Spinoff Manga (Apr 16, 2014)
Crunchyroll to Stream The File of Kindaichi Returns Anime (Apr 4, 2014)
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Detective Anime Kindaichi Case Files R's 1st Ad Aired (Mar 2, 2014)
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Kindaichi Case Files Gets Live-Action Special Set in Malaysia (Sep 10, 2013)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, June 17-23 (Jun 26, 2013)
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Kindaichi Case Files Manga Gets 2 Original Anime DVDs (Jun 5, 2012)
Weekly Wrapup 27/Feb - 3/Mar (Mar 5, 2012)
Kindaichi Case Files Manga to Resume as Weekly Series (Feb 29, 2012)
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Graphic novel
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Opera House Murders (GN 1) 2003-06-10 (from $32.98)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Mummy's Curse (GN 2) 2003-08-12 (from $30.00)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Death TV (GN 3) 2003-10-07 (from $7.86)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Smoke and Mirrors (GN 4) 2003-12-09 (from $49.99)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Treasure Isle (GN 5) 2004-02-01 (from $27.50)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Legend of Lake Hiren (GN 6) 2004-04-01 (from $24.25)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Santa Slayings (GN 7) 2004-06-01 (from $74.98)
    Kindaichi Case Files - No Noose is Good Noose (GN 8) 2004-08-03
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Headless Samurai (GN 9) 2004-10-05 (from $49.99)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Kindaichi the Killer Part 1 (GN 10) 2004-12-07 (from $95.00)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Kindaichi The Killer Part 2 (GN 11) 2005-04-12 (from $50.38)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Playing the Fool (GN 12) 2005-07-12 (from $48.29)
    Kindaichi Case Files - House of Wax (GN 13) 2006-05-09 (from $29.95)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Gentleman Thief (GN 14) 2006-11-07 (from $35.95)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Graveyard Isle (GN 15) 2007-05-01 (from $49.94)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Magical Express (GN 16) 2007-11-13 (from $99.99)
    Kindaichi Case Files - The Undying Butterflies (GN 17) 2008-05-06 (from $4995.00)
    Kindaichi Case Files - Burial Francs (GN 18) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story: Yōzaburō Kanari
Art: Fumiya Sato

Original Idea: Seimaru Amagi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford
Translation: Emi Onishi ("vol 1-3")

Adaptation: Matt Varosky (vols 4, 10, and 13-15)
Associate Editor:
Bryan Masumoto
Steve Grest
Bilingual Translation: Yuriko Tamaki
CEO: Stu Levy
Copy Editing: Paul Morrissey
Cover Art: Raymond Makowski
Editing: Jake Forbes (vols. 1-4)
Editorial Director: Jeremy Ross
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney
President: John Parker
Production Artist: Jennifer Carbajal (Vol. 15)
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro
Production manager: Jennifer Miller
Publisher: Stu Levy
Retouch & Lettering:
Brian Bossin
Erika Terriquez (vol. 14)
VP of Manufacturing: Ron Klamert
VP of Production: Ron Klamert
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Tokyopop
Retouch And Lettering: Star Print Brokers (vol. 15)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Egmont Manga & Anime (Egmont Manga and Animes)
German cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko

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