Popularity in The Arab World
The show was very popular in the Arab World and still is today. Conan's name was changed to Adnan. Lana's name was changed to Leena so that they could have names similar to Arabic names. A DVD version was released for most of the episodes with the anime dubbed into the Arabic language.
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