Introducing Detective Conan to a Non-anime Fan

[ran_dezvous]

As the title of this post states, how would you introduce Detective Conan to someone who normally wouldn't touch it with a stick (due to the popular misconception that anything animated is childish, grr), but is a casual fan of the mystery/thriller/suspense genre?

To the non-anime or manga fans prior to your introduction to Conan, how did you get

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[dagronrat]

Ahahaha. Ahaha. That is a good question. /D;

My husband (who dislikes anime) knows Conan because I go on about it so much - he's aware of Ran ("unicorn girl"), Sleeping Kogoro("Lazy Dick"), Conan and Haibara("Chainsmoker" thanks to her voice in the wii game)... But he's not really into it - just rolls his eyes when whatever I draw turns out to be fan art again (as nearly always). |D;;

I have a friend who knows of Conan thanks to a babysitter he had, who would find and read/watch episodes on-line while looking after him. (GO THAT PERSON. It's so hilarious watching him flail about what little he picked up of it. XD)

Do they read comic books? Try the graphic novels then - less filler and more casual/bite-sized in my opinion... (Though some do find it to be too much text in the bubbles...)
Or maybe one of the films? Failing that a really good gen fic that sets the scene, see if they notice?

I have no clue, honestly.

[yamiangie]

You can try movie 3. It's got a decent plot and faberge egg and decent sound track and dubbed after Funi gave up trying to over localize the setting. I saw it before i saw most of the rest of Conan.

[goldfishlover73]

They stopped trying to localize?! I need to get that movie then!
I will never forget the episode (in like season 4 or something) when they go to a shrine in the middle of the woods and Richard says something like 'oh, this looks like a japanese shrine. It's like we're in japan'
And I'm sitting on my couch scowling. 'That's because you're in japan you moron.'
But that's when I gave up and watched it in Japanese. Never looked back!

[yamiangie]

They were still locked into names but it's not Osaka posing as Canada anymore.

[batty_gal]

Honestly, I dismissed all japanese anime as kid stuff until I saw Monster (Naoki Urasawa), which blew me away with its grown up storyline, mystery, and suspense. I would start with a more adult-based mystery (like Monster or Master Keaton, which is from the same author and both have been animated) series and slowly move them toward DC. Or, if it must be a younger series, Kindaichi (teen detective also) might be a good alternative, or something that doesn't start with "boy detective de-ages due to pill". In fact, it was watching Kindaichi and not having all the episodes and looking for a similar series which led me to give Detective Conan a shot after laughing off the premise, so yeah.

[goldfishlover73]

Case Closed was the first anime I really got into. (I watched the other A.S. anime very casually.)
I feel in love because it was a detective show, and I LOVE mysteries.
I think the best way to introduce someone to it is to tell them to have an open mind and to play along with it. Try to guess who did it.
And as the fan, suck it up when it comes to the non-anime person's snide remarks.

[coloredpastels]

I would also recommend the movies.