Which episodes of Detective Conan are canon?

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Which episodes of Detective Conan are canonical to the manga?

After watching the first ~20 episodes, I get the feeling that there are quite a lot of non-canon material so far.

Conan has hell a lot episodes, but [this is a list of the episodes/movies/OVA/specials (animated or live action) that didn't appear in the Manga.](http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Category:Anime_Exclusive) You can see more in [here](http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Canon) — Darjeeling, Oct 04 '14 at 23:35

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 18 '18 at 21:50

Check this out. It lists all the essential episodes in the storyline! Here's a copy of the content from that site (as of November 2014) with formatting added:

1-5
10
11
18
21 (1st appearance of Yoko-chan (idol))
27
28
32
34
35
42
43
48/49 (absolute must)
54
57/58
68-70
76 (enter Kid)
77/78
81/82 (Minami)
96
100/101
112 (1st appearance of Kobayashi Sumiko (teacher))
116-118
121/122
128
129-131
132-134 (Kid, 134 only)
136/137
141/142
146/147 (Police Love Story #1)
153/154
156/157 (Police Love Story #2)
162
166-168
170-171 (Araide intro)
174
176-178
188-193
199/200
205/206
217/218
219
220-224
226/227 (Jodie Santemillion debut)
228/229
230/231
233/234
236/237
238/239
241/241
246/247
249/250
253/254
255/256
258/259 (Enter James Black)
263
264-265 (Eri)
266-268
269
271/272
277/278
279/280
284-293
297-298 (Eri)
299-300
301/302
304
307-311
316/317
323/324
329-330 (Black Organization, Haibara's parents)
331/332
333/334
335/336
338/339
340/341
343/344
345 (most critical to date)
356
358/359
361/362
381/382
385-387
390/391
394-396
398-399
400-402
406-408
418
425 (another jaw dropper)
426 (Ran)
429-430
431-432
435-436
437
445
446/447
449
457/458
462-465
469-470 (Kid)
472-473 (Toichi!!)
474 (Eri)
479 (2hr, Heiji & Hakuba)
484-485
487 (Police Love Story #8, 1hr special)
489 (Eri)
490 (Shinichi VS Heiji for the 1st time, but they didn't know it)
491-504
505-506 (Eri)
507-508 (Eisuke knows C is S)
509-511 (Enter Okiya or should we say Bourbon?)
515 (Kaitou Kid)
516-517 (Heiji & Kazuha)
521-523 (Shinichi back and he's a killer)
528-529 (Eri solves another murder)
530-531 (Satou & Takagi)
534-535 (Satou & Takagi)
537-538 (Kid)
542-543 (Okiya helps solve case)
545-546 (a bit of Satou's past)
554-555 (Heiji & Kazuha)
558-561 (Detective Koumei intro)
563-564 (Akai (or his twin) lives?)
568-569 (Shiratori's love)
573-574 (Heiji & Kazuha)
579/580/581 (Black Organization, Okiya, "Akai")
583-585 (Shiratori/Kobayashi)
586-587 (Kid)
589-590 (Eri & Kogoro)
592-593 (Ran)
608-609 (affects all couples)
610-613 (Heiji; "Hound of the Baskervilles")
616-621 (London case!!)
622-623 (Okiya)
624 (Shiratori/Chiba)
627-628 (Kid)
646-647 (Sera intro)
648-650 (Sera, Shinichi)
651 (1hr SP: Conan VS Heiji)
652-655 (Heiji/Kazuha)
656-657 (Haibara/Sera/Okiya)
659-660 (Chiba/Miike)
667-668 (Amuro's 1st appearance)
671-674 (Amuro, Sera, Okiya)
675-676 (Black Organization hints, relates back to 671-674)
681-683 (Takagi/Satou)
684-685 (Okiya/Haibara)
689 (Eri/Kogoro)
690-691 (Okiya/Sera/Y Kudo)
699-700 (Haibara/Amuro)
701-704 (MYSTERY TRAIN CASE)
705-706 (Amuro)
710-711 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki/Heizo)
712-715 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki)
722-723 (Tanteidan, Amuro, Okiya)
724-725 (Kid, Sera)
727-728 (Sera)
731-732 (Yumi/Miike/Takagi/Megure)
734 (Jodie/Bourbon/Vermouth)
740-741 (Sera, Black Organization hints)
744-745 (Sera, Makoto)
746-747 (Sonoko/Makoto/Kid)
748-749 (Takagi/Sato)
751-752 (Amuro; Takagi/Sato)
754-756 (Sera, Akai, Yamato/Uehara)
759-760 (Sera, 1st appearance of her younger sister (?))
763-764 (Heiji/Kazuha),
770-771 (Amuro//Eri)
772-773 (Shinichi/Ran)
779-783 (Black Organization/Bourbon/Jodie/Vermouth/Akai)
785-786 (Yumi/Haneda)
787-788 (Sera/mystery girl)
792-793 (mention of Rum, the case itself is not important)

For me this answer is gold, but is not what the question is asking, since "canonical to the manga" is not "essential [...] in the storyline". I was looking for your answer though — Eloi Navarro, Jan 03 '18 at 11:10

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:24

There is a website called Animefillerlist. They list all the canon and filler episodes of certain anime.

Canon Episodes for Conan:

1-5, 7-13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-23, 27-28, 31-32, 34-35, 38-40, 42-43, 46, 48-50, 52, 54, 57-58, 60, 63, 68-70, 72, 75-78, 81-82, 84-86, 91, 96, 98-105, 110, 113-118, 121-122, 128-134, 136-139, 141-142, 144-147, 153-154, 156-157, 162-164, 166-168, 170-174, 176-178, 188-195, 199-200, 205-206, 212-213, 217-224, 226-231, 233-234, 238-244, 246-247, 249-250, 253-254, 258-259, 263, 266-272, 274-275, 277-280, 284-293, 301-302, 304-313, 316-317, 323-327, 329-336, 338-341, 343-347, 350-351, 354-356, 358-359, 361-362, 366-367, 371-372, 374-375, 381-383, 385-387, 390-391, 394-396, 398-402, 406-408, 411-412, 415-417, 421-422, 425, 427-432, 435-436, 438, 443-447, 449, 453-455, 457-458, 460, 462-467, 469-470, 472-474, 476-477, 479, 481-482, 484-485, 487-488, 490-511, 513-517, 521-526, 528-535, 537-538, 542-543, 545-546, 549-552, 557-561, 563-564, 568-569, 571-576, 578-581, 583-587, 589-590, 592-593, 597-598, 600-601, 608-628, 632-633, 642-657, 659-662, 667-668, 671-676, 681-685, 690-691, 699-706, 710-715, 722-725, 727-728, 731-732, 734, 738-741, 744-749, 751-752, 754-756, 759-760, 763-766, 770-773, 779-783, 785-788, 792-793, 808-812, 814-815, 822-823, 827-828, 830-832, 836-837, 843-844, 847-850, 853-854, 861-864, 866-867, 872-874, 878-879

Which episodes of Detective Conan are canon?

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