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Lupin III (TV)

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© Monkey Punch • TMS


[ adapted from Lupin III (manga), part of [Lupin III] ]

Related anime:
    Lupin III: Part II (TV) (sequel)
      Lupin III: Part III (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Cliffhanger (Spanish)
Edgar détective cambrioleur (French)
Le avventure di Lupin III (Italian)
Lupin III La Prima Serie (Italian)
Lupin the 3rd
Lupin the Third
Rupan Sansei (Japanese)
Люпен III (Russian)
ルパン三世 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, science fiction
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Arsene Lupin III is the grandson of the master thief Arsene Lupin. With his cohorts Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he pulls off the greatest heists of all time while always escaping the grasp of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.
User Ratings: 706 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 40 votes (dub:24, sub:14, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 76 votes (dub:44, sub:23, Ita.dub:3, raw:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Tag.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 164 votes (dub:85, sub:52, edit.dub:8, Spa.dub:3, ?:3, Ita.dub:3, Ger.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Tag.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 191 votes (dub:111, sub:54, edit.dub:10, Fre.dub:4, Spa.dub:3, Ita.dub:2, ?:2, Tag.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 105 votes (dub:59, sub:35, ?:4, Spa.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1, Tag.dub:1)
 So-so: 48 votes (dub:25, sub:16, ?:2, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 23 votes (dub:14, sub:6, Ger.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (dub:12, sub:6, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:5, Por.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 9 votes (dub:8, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (dub:12, sub:1, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2077 users, rank: #281
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.793 (Good-.20), std. dev.: 2.0723, rank: #2053
Weighted mean: 6.742 (Good-.25), rank: #2007 (seen all: 7.43 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 4.53)
Bayesian estimate: 6.753 (Good-.24), rank: #1747
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 23
Episode titles: We have 23
Vintage:
1971-10-24 to 1972-03-26
2001-06-13 to 2001-11-27 (Germany, TV-Channel: MTV)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Lupin Sansei Sono 1" by Charlie Kosei (eps 1-3)
#2: "AFRO LUPIN '68 (with Yasuo Yamada's Narration)" by Charlie Kosei (eps 4-15)
#3: "Lupin Sansei Sono 3 (with Goro Naya's Narration)" by Yoshiro Hiroishi (ep 16)
#3: "Lupin Sansei Sono 3" by Yoshiro Hiroishi (eps 17-23)
Ending Theme:
"Lupin Sansei Sono 2" by Charlie Kosei
Official website:
Columbia Music Entertainment's Official Lupin III Soundtrack Page (Japanese)
Lupin the 3rd
Lupin the 3rd Network (Japanese)
The Official Lupin The Third Website
VAP's Official Lupin III Homepage (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
In the news 93 times:
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2009-08-04   Monkey Majik Makes Music Video with Lupin III Anime
2009-01-24   Lupin III vs. Detective Conan TV Special in the Works (Updated)
2008-10-21   Lupin III Theme Attraction to Open in Tokyo in Spring
2008-08-05   Japanese Anime TV Ranking, July 21–27 (Updated)
2008-06-02   Video-on-Demand Service Akimbo Shuts Down
2008-05-10   37th Japan Cartoonist Awards Announced
2008-04-23   Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, April 2–8
2008-04-05   Sony's Animax Expands to Spain
2008-04-04   Ultraviolet: Code 044 TV Anime's Trailer Streamed (Updated)
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Hayao Miyazaki (14 episodes

eps 8, 10-11, 13-23
)
Isao Takahata (14 episodes
eps 8, 10-11, 13-23
)
Masaaki Osumi (eps 1-7, 9, 12)

Screenplay:
Atsushi Yamatoya (eps 2, 7)
Kazuichi Tsurumi (ep 12)
Kiyoshi Miyata (Ep 3, 8 , 13, 14, 22)
Mon Shichijoo (eps 16-17, 20)
Seiji Matsuoka (5 episodes

eps 6, 11, 15, 18, 21
)
Shunichiroo Koyama (ep 19)
Tadaaki Yamazaki (eps 1, 5)
Tatsuo Tamura (ep 23)
Tooru Sawaki (eps 4, 9-10)

Storyboard:
Haruo Takahashi (ep 21)
Kazuhiro Sai (eps 3, 7, 13)
Kazumi Takahashi (ep 1)
Kazunori Tanahashi (ep 19)
Kenzo Koizumi (ep 6)
Masahiro Sasaki (ep 4)
Minoru Okazaki (ep 14)
Norio Yazawa (ep 10)
Satoshi Dezaki (ep 16)
Seiji Okuda (eps 2, 8-9)
Soji Yoshikawa (ep 23)
Tameo Kohanawa (8 episodes

eps 5, 11-12, 15, 17-18, 20, 22
)

Music:
Charlie Kosei
Takeo Yamashita

Original Concept: Maurice Leblanc

Original Manga: Monkey Punch

Character Design: Yasuo Otsuka (supervisor)

Animation director: Yasuo Otsuka (eps 1-23)

Art Supervision:
Hideo Chiba (eps 1-6)
Masato Itou (eps 7-23)

Assistant director:
Akira Negi (1,3,6,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,22,23)
Kyosuke Mikuriya (2,4,5,even8-20,21,23)
Mochitsugu Yoshida (eps 1, 5)

Background Art:
Akinori Shimizu (5 episodes

eps 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
)
Akira Yamaguchi (8 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
)
Goichi Kudo (11 episodes
eps 4-7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
)
Keiko Tsuge (eps 5-7, 9, 11)
Ken Kawai (eps 1-4)
Masahiro Ioka (eps 1-4)
Michiko Ichinose (eps 1-3)
Misao Kudō (10 episodes
eps 5-7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
)
Naoko Kamekawa (10 episodes
eps 5-7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
)
Noburo Numai (eps 1-3)
Shôhei Kawamoto (11 episodes
eps 4-7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22
)
Shōzō Ōno (8 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
)
Tadao Kubota (8 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
)
Taizaburou Abe (eps 1-3)

Editing: Kazuo Inoue

Finish Animation:
Akiko Tanaka (ep 9)
Asae Kazama (ep 11)
Chizuko Watanabe (eps 7, 9, 13)
Emiko Mizukoshi (eps 18-20)
Fumiko Fujii (ep 22)
Fumiko Okada (ep 5)
Hiroko Yamaura (7 episodes

eps 1, 5, 14-15, 18, 21, 23
)
Hisashi Katano (ep 9)
Itsuko Kadomatsu (eps 4, 6, 10)
Katsuko Katagiri (eps 4, 10)
Keiko Muranaka (ep 22)
Kimie Yamana (8 episodes
eps 7, 11, 13, 17, 19-21, 23
)
Kumi Urashima (eps 14-18)
Machiko Takano (ep 3)
Mariko Kunugida (ep 9)
Masako Tamura (eps 2, 12, 22)
Michiyo Yasuda (ep 5)
Mieko Nakatani (ep 3)
Mieko Sugihara (eps 2, 12-13)
Mitsuko Yamaki (ep 1)
Miyoko Nagao (eps 1, 7-8)
Mutsumi Chisuwa (7 episodes
eps 6, 16-17, 19-21, 23
)
Sanae Endō (ep 3)
Setsuko Tomaru (ep 8)
Takako Sotoyama (eps 4, 10)
Tamae Uchida (eps 2, 12, 22)
Toshiko Tamura (eps 4, 6, 10)
Yasuko Tanakawa (ep 3)
Yoshie Endo (ep 6)
Yoshikazu Tomioka (8 episodes
eps 1, 7-8, 11, 14-16, 18
)
Yukiko Ishii (13 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11-17, 19-21, 23
)

In-Between Animation:
Akio Yoshihara (eps 13, 17, 20)
Haruna Mizuki (ep 3)
Hiroko Kikuchi (ep 3)
Hiroshi Fukutomi (eps 5, 23)
Hisatoshi Motoki (eps 5, 9)
Junzaburo Takahata (eps 4, 6)
Kazuyoshi Minato (8 episodes

eps 1, 7-8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21
)
Kazuyoshi Shimada (ep 8)
Kenji Haruki (ep 5)
Kōji Nagayama (ep 3)
Mariko Nomura (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 12, 16, 19
)
Mariko Suzuki (ep 22)
Masako Chiba (5 episodes
eps 9, 13, 15, 17, 20
)
Masayuki Ishida (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22
)
Megumi Mizuta (ep 10)
Megumi Ueno (eps 5, 9)
Michiyo Yamada (ep 11)
Minoru Maeda (eps 1, 7-8)
Mitsue Takekoshi (ep 6)
Miwao Suetsugu (ep 22)
Neomi Kawamoto (ep 3)
Noriko Kusayanagi (5 episodes
eps 9, 13, 15, 17, 20
)
Nozomi Saito (ep 10)
Saburō Kibata (4 episodes
eps 7, 14-15, 18
)
Satoshi Oshima (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23
)
Seiji Arihara (6 episodes
eps 1, 10, 14, 16, 21, 23
)
Takao Horie (ep 11)
Tamayo Hirata (5 episodes
eps 1, 10, 18, 21, 23
)
Terue Takekoshi (ep 22)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (ep 11)
Yasuko Ogata (ep 6)
Yoshitaka Gojo (eps 7, 18)
Yuko Ono (eps 2, 12, 19)

Key Animation:
Akiko Hoshino (5 episodes

eps 4, 6, 13, 17, 20
)
Akio Yoshihara (ep 6)
Azuma Numajiri (ep 19)
Hideo Kawauchi (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23
)
Hiroshi Kanezawa (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 17, 20
)
Hisatoshi Motoki (ep 11)
Johji Manabe (5 episodes
eps 2, 12, 16, 19, 23
)
Kakuko Hatano (ep 22)
Keiichiro Kimura (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 14-15, 18
)
Kenzo Koizumi (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20
)
Kiyoshi Tsukada (eps 2, 4, 12)
Koichi Murata (9 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23
)
Masako Chiba (ep 22)
Minoru Kibata (ep 3)
Munehiro Minowa (eps 7-8)
Nobue Toyokawa (ep 9)
Nobuhiro Okasako (eps 1, 8)
Noriko Kusayanagi (ep 22)
Norio Yazawa (6 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 15, 17, 20
)
Osamu Kobayashi (eps 1, 5)
Shun'ichi Sakai (ep 10)
Shunji Saida (ep 19)
Takashi Asakura (ep 22)
Tetsuo Imazawa (8 episodes
eps 1, 7-8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21
)
Toshiyuki Honda (ep 9)
Tsutomu Tanaka (ep 5)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 15, 18
)
Yoshifumi Kondô (eps 5, 21)
Yoshitaka Gojo (ep 3)
Yuzo Aoki (eps 11, 23)

Photography:
Akio Wakana (Tokyo Animation Film)
Iwao Yamaki (Tokyo Animation Film)
Kinichi Ishikawa (Tokyo Animation Film)
Toru Owada (Tokyo Animation Film)

Photography Supervisor: Katsuji Misawa

Production Advancement:
Ken'ichi Kaneko (6 episodes

eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23
)
Masatoshi Shiono (eps 17, 21)
Shizuhiko Sengoku (7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 20, 22
)
Yasuo Nonaka (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18
)
Yoshifusa Sanada (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8, 13
)

Recording Director: Atsumi Tashiro

Sound: Matsuo Oono (eps 3-23)

Theme Song Composition: Charlie Kosei

 

Chikao Ohtsuka as Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Goro Naya as Inspector Zenigata

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen

Yasuo Yamada as Arsene Lupin III

Yukiko Nikaido as Fujiko Mine

Akira Kimura as Beaver (ep 16)

Chikao Ohtsuka as Kamaitachi (ep 6)

Eiko Masuyama as Cathlin (ep 14)

Eken Mine as Iwanofu (ep 10)

Haruko Kitahama as old woman (ep 20)

Hideaki Esumi as Pycal (ep 2)

Hideaki Ezumi as Pycal (ep 2)

Hidekatsu Shibata as Hayate (ep 12)

Hiromi Tsuru as Sofi

Hisashi Fujita as Ken Makita (ep 21)

Ichirô Nagai as
Chief of police (4 episodes

eps 15, 18-19, 23
)
Goemon's Master (ep 7)

Iemasa Ieyumi as Kyosuke Mamoo (ep 13)

Iemasa Kayumi as Kyousuke Make (ep 13)

Isao Sakuma as Ken Makita (ep 21)

Jun Hongo as Poon (ep 9)

Junji Chiba as old man (ep 20)

Junpei Takiguchi as Commissioner  / Scorpion Boss (ep 1)

Katsumi Ito as Garimard (ep 19)

Kazuo Arai as
Cap (ep 9)
Smith (ep 18)

Kei Tomiyama as Tatsu (ep 6)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as News caster (ep 5)

Koichi Chiba as Dr. Highline (ep 3)

Kôichi Kitamura as Butcho

Kouji Nakata as
Baron (ep 10)
Jinbei (ep 20)

Kouji Yada as Elder (ep 12)

Kousei Tomita as
George Takigawa (ep 21)
Gun-Tetsu (ep 6)

Kunihiko Kitagawa as Lupin II (ep 7)

Mahito Tsujimura as Volvo (ep 11)

Mariko Sawada as
Flinch (ep 10) 
Silver Fox (ep 10) 

Mariko Tsuda as Silver Fox (ep 10)

Masaji Amamori as Momochi (ep 4)

Masashi Amamori as Kouji Fukuro (ep 13)

Masashi Amenomori as
Kouji Fukuro (ep 13)
Sandayuu Momochi (ep 5)

Michihiro Ikemizu as
Kumaso (ep 12)
Smith (ep 12)

Michiko Hirai as
Ginko Hoshikage (ep 17)
Maki / Rie Makita (ep 21)

Minori Matsushima as
DJ (ep 5)
DJ Girl (ep 5)

Osamu Kato as Ranchi (ep 6)

Osamu Kobayashi as
old man (ep 12)
Starn (ep 3)

Reiko Mutoh as Linda (ep 3)

Rihoko Yoshida as Lisa (ep 11)

Ryusuke Shiomi as Mr. Kinman (ep 15)

Shingo Kanemoto as Gordon (ep 22)

Shunji Yamada as Raimond (ep 14)

Ushio Shima as Gold (ep 8)

Yukiko Nikaido as Ginko Fujinami (ep 7)

Keiichi Fukuhara (eps 16, 19)

Kunihiko Kitagawa (ep 4)

Sachiko Chijimatsu (ep 8)

Shunji Yamada (eps 4, 23)

Takeshi Aono (eps 17, 21)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Tokyo Movie

Broadcaster:
WOWOW
YTV

Distributor: VAP

Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment

Producer: TMS Entertainment

Production Assistance: A Production (eps 1-23)

French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Catherine Lafond as Magali (Fujiko Mine)

Jean Barney as Yokitori (Goemon Ishikawa XIII)

Patrick Messe as Inscepcteur Gaston Lacogne (Koji Zenigata)

Philippe Ogouz as Edgar de la Cambriole (Arsène Lupin III)

Philippe Peythieu as Isidor (Daisuke Jigen)

Agnès Gribe

French companies 

Distributor: IDP Home Video Music

Dubbing: Midisync

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Theme Song Lyrics: Carlos Toro (Spain dub)

 

Anselmo Herrero as Lupin III (Spain dub , new dub)

Txema Moscoso as Lupin III (Spain dub , old dub)

Victor Mares Jr. as Arsenus Lupin III

Alberto Escobal García as Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Spain dub ; new dub)

José María Regalado as Daisuke Jigen (Spain dub , new dub)

Pilar Ferrero as Fujiko Mine (Spain dub , new dub)

Víctor Prieto as Inspector Zenigata (Spain dub , new dub)

Juan Martin Goiricelaya as Starn (Spain dub ; new dub)

Sonia Torrecilla as Linda (Spain dub ; new dub)

Josu Cubero (Spain dub ; new dub)

Juan Martin Goiricelaya (Spain dub ; new dub)

Miguel Ortiz (Spain dub ; new dub)

Mikel Gandía (Spain dub ; new dub)

Txemi del Olmo (Spain dub ; new dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España (Spain , new dub)
Canal 2 Andalucia (Spain ; new dub)
Locomotion
Telecinco (Spain)

Dubbing: Domusic TV (Spain dub ; new dub)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Director Of Dubbing: Vittorio Di Prima (1987)

 

Enzo Consoli as Zenigata Kouichi (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Germano Longo as Jigen Daisuke (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Roberto Del Giudice as Lupin III (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Serena Spaziani as Fujiko Mine (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Alessandra Korompay as Fujiko Mine (1987 redubbing)

Angelo Nicotra as Gordon (1987 redubbing)

Cinzia De Carolis as Ryu Makita (1987 redubbing)

Enzo Consoli as
Goemon Ishikawa (Lupin III - 1st TV series)
Isp. Zenigata Koichi (1987 redubbing)

Francesco Vairano as Mamo Kyosuke (1987 redubbing)

Gino Pagnani as Mamoki (1987 redubbing)

Liliana Jovino as Ginko Fujinami (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Massimo Dapporto as Mr. Smith (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Oreste Lionello as Gordon (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Piera Vidale as Fujiko Mine (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Roberto Del Guidice as Lupin III (1987 redubbing)

Sandro Pellegrini as Daisuke Jigen (1987 redubbing)

Sergio Gibello as Mamo Kyosuke (Lupin III - 1st TV series)

Vittorio Di Prima as Mister X (1987 redubbing)

Vittorio Guerrieri as Goemon Ishikawa (1987 redubbing)

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Canale 5 (1987)
Italia 1
Italia Teen Television (from 2003)
ItaliaUno

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing:
MITO Film (1987 dubbing)
Tecnosound (1979 dubbing)


German staff 
(none)
German cast 

Ghadah al Akel as Fujiko Mine

German companies 

Broadcaster: MTV (Germany)

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Dubbed)

Dubbing Studio: Sincrovídeo (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 

Peterson Adriano as Arsène Lupin III

 
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