It's a show about a hotshot young detective (basically, anime Sherlock Holmes) who gets reverted to a child by a group of criminals trying to off him due to a plot contrivance, and thus ends up having to solve crimes by proxy (using a bumbling, lazy private eye appointed as his legal guardian) until he can find a way to catch the people who were out to kill him and return to his rightful body.  The episodes are murder mysteries almost in the same vein as a<em>Mattlock</em>type series, so they're a pretty interesting departure from the action/comedy shows most people are used to!<br/><br/>Conan is a cute little bespectacled kid with a giant bow-tie and a smart little suit.  His English catchphrase is, "With a keen eye for details, only one truth prevails!"