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Lupin III: Dead or Alive (movie)

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© Monkey Punch • TMS

Alternative title:
Lupin III : Mort ou Vif (French)
Lupin III: Trappola mortale (Italian)
Lupin III: Vivo o muerto (Spanish)
Rupan Sansei: Dead or Alive (Japanese)
ルパン三世　ＤＥＡＤ　ＯＲ　ＡＬＩＶＥ (Japanese)
루팡 3세 데드 오어 얼라이브 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen take a mini-helicopter and head to the mysterious “Drifting Island” looking for a treasure rumored to be hidden somewhere on it. Through their exploration of the island, the trio encounters the lethal “Nanomachine,” the island’s security system. The trio triggers the alarm, springing “the Nanomachine” to life. The key to solving the island’s mystery lies in the small nation of Zufu. This once prosperous nation is now ruled by the ruthless, knife-collecting, General Headhunter. Fujiko does her usual probing and hacks into General Headhunter’s computer hoping to find some crucial information. Zenigata has received a video message from Lupin in which Lupin announces his desire for the priceless treasure. Oleander, a fiery blond officer with some hidden secrets of her own, steps in to help Zenigata. Armed with their newly found information, Lupin, Goemon, Jigen, and Fujiko go back to “Drifting Island,” but this time they are followed by General Headhunter.
User Ratings: 162 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 15 votes (dub:9, sub:5, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
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 Very good: 50 votes (sub:30, dub:17, raw:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
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 Good: 55 votes (sub:31, dub:21, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 31 votes (sub:21, dub:8, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 390 users, rank: #2534 (of 9713)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.123 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4044, rank: #3252 (of 9831)
Weighted mean: 7.115 (Good), rank: #3092 (of 9831) (seen all: 7.11)
Bayesian estimate: 7.142 (Good), rank: #2794 (of 7446)
Running time: 97 minutes
Vintage: 1996
Premiere date:
1996-04-20 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Damage no Amai wana [The Sweet Trap of Damage]" by Media Youth
Trivia: We have 10
Comment:
The first Lupin III feature (and only one so far) to be directed by creator Monkey Punch. 
Review:
Lupin III: Dead or Alive DVD (Sep 22, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Blu-ray) 2022-10-25 (from $24.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Lupin III - Movie Pack: First Haul [Movies 1-5] (DVD) 2006-11-07 (from $38.95)
    Lupin III: Dead or Alive (DVD) 2005-02-22 (from $32.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Hiroyuki Yano
Director: Monkey Punch
Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Yano
Jun Kawagoe
Toshiya Shinohara
Yuji Himaki
Music:
Takayuki Negishi
Yuji Ohno
Original Concept: Maurice Leblanc
Original creator: Monkey Punch
Character Design: Marisuke Eguchi
Art Director:
Kazuhiro Arai
Toshihisa Tōjō
Chief Animation Director: Marisuke Eguchi
Animation Director:
Isamu Imakake
Mamoru Sasaki
Marisuke Eguchi
Masahiko Murata
Takahiko Shobu
Yasuhiro Seo
Mechanical design: Isamu Imakake
Co-Director:
Jun Kawagoe
Toshiya Shinohara
Yuji Himaki
Director of Photography: Hajime Hasegawa
Producer:
Chuji Nakajima
Hidehiko Takei
Tadahito Matsumoto

Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuhiko Tamura
Susumu Yamaguchi
Takahiro Umehara
Tatsuo Yamada
Backgound Art:
Ayumi Iino
Eiji Takahashi
Hideki Nakamura
Hiroshi Washizaki
Hiroyuki Tsubaki
Kenji Kato
Kōki Nagayoshi
Kuki Takahashi
Mariko Toyama
Masahiko Tanaka
Michiyo Akutsu
Michiyo Matsuda
Takashi Honda
Tomoko Sasaki
Yaoki Kakimoto
Yasushi Nakamura
Yuki Onozuka
Yuuji Nabeya
Co-Producer:
Kazumitsu Ozawa
Shinichirō Maeda
Tadahito Matsumoto
Dolby Film Consultant: Mikio Mori
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Finish Animation:
Chiyoko Maemuta
Emi Hayakawa
Emi Miseki
Fumiko Tsukada
Fuyuto Muraguchi
Hitoshi Shimura
Kazuo Kuwabara
Kikumi Mitsuyama
Kumiko Akahori
Kyoko Kawamura
Makiko Kusakabe
Mami Ishi
Masako Sasaki
Megumi Kobayashi
Misako Niikura
Miyuki Kusumoto
Mizuho Senda
Rie Iijima
Satomi Sawai
Taeko Kobayashi
Tomoe Takaya
Tomomi Tamura
Yasuko Miyamura
Yukie Ohkubo
Key Animation:
Ako Kagiyama
Chiyoko Takahashi
Fumiko Yoshida
Haruhito Takada
Hideaki Matsuoka
Hidetoshi Namura
Hiroaki Nakajima
Hiroki Abe
Hiromasa Ōmichi
Hiromi Yokoyama
Hiromitsu Morishita
Hiroshi Kanazawa
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Ichiro Ogawa
Kaori Kasuga
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kazuo Watanabe
Kengo Kunieda
Kenji Kajiwara
Kimiaki Nagumo
Kimiko Tamai
Kunio Katsuki
Makoto Itō
Mariko Aoki
Masahiro Sekino
Masakazu Okada
Masaki Hosoyama
Masami Goto
Masatsugu Takeda
Masayuki Yagi
Mikihiko Ando
Minefumi Harada
Minoru Maeda
Mitsuru Obunai
Mitsuru Sōma
Miyako Nishida
Nobuyoshi Souzaki
Norifumi Okuyama
Noriyuki Fukuda
Sawako Yamamoto
Seiji Muta
Shigemi Aoyagi
Shinsuke Terasawa
Shinya Tateyama
Sōichirō Matsuda
Susumu Nishizawa
Takahiro Gotō
Takahiro Kimura
Takao Yoshino
Takashi Sano
Takashi Yamamoto
Takayo Nishimura
Takeshi Shirato
Tamako Miyanishi
Terumi Mutō
Tomoaki Sakiyama
Tōru Yoshida
Toshiya Yamada
Wataru Abe
Yasuo Hoshina
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yoshie Sakata
Yoshiharu Wakayama
Yoshihiro Kitano 
Yūki Kinoshita
Yutaka Kawasuji
Music Editing: Seiji Suzuki
Production Committee:
Chō Masumori (Nippon TV Music)
Hidehiko Takei (Nippon Television Network)
Hiroshi Takahashi (Nippon Television Network)
Kazuhiko Watanabe (Nippon TV Music)
Kisoko Aoi (Nippon TV Music)
Koji Shibata (Nippon TV Video)
Manabu Tamura (VAP)
Megumi Aoki (Nippon TV Video)
Rikio Yoshida (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Ryōsuke Kumai (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Satomi Shimazaki (Nippon TV Video)
Seiji Urushido (Nippon Television Network)
Shinichirō Maeda (Nippon Television Network)
Shunzō Katō (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Tadahito Matsumoto (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Tadashi Nakajima (VAP)
Taketaka Hosaka (Nippon Television Network)
Tetsuya Otomo (Nippon TV Service)
Tomoyasu Miyazaki (Nippon Television Network)
Toshifumi Tadokoro (Nippon TV Service)
Toshio Nakatani (Nippon Television Network)
Tsuneo Hayakawa (VAP)
Umeo Ito (VAP)
Yasuyuki Matsumura (Nippon Television Network)
Yuji Shoji (Nippon TV Service)
Yutaka Saitō (Nippon Television Network)
Recording Director: Satoshi Katō
Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa
Theme Song Composition: Yuji Ohno
Theme Song Lyrics: Goro Matsui
Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine
Gorō Naya as Inspector Zenigata
Kanichi Kurita as Arsene Lupin III
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Jigen Daisuke
Makio Inoue as Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Minami Takayama as Ole
Tōru Furuya as Prince Panish

Banjō Ginga as Headhunting General
Chafūrin as Police Informer
Chisa Yokoyama as Emera
Nachi Nozawa as Crisis
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as
Police Officer
Warden
Shigeru Chiba as Spunky

Chafūrin
Ikuo Nishikawa
Kenichi Ogata
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
Mahito Tsujimura
Misa Watanabe
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Backgrounds:
Animaruya
Design Office MECAMAN
Kobayashi Production
Marsa, Inc.
Mizo Planning
Ogura Kobo
Studio Take One
Sunrise Shenzhen Studio
Yoyogi Art Planning
CG Production: Celsys
Dolby Film Consultant: Continental Far East Inc.
Finish Animation:
Hadashi Pro
KOKO ENTERTAINMENT
Mizo Planning
Shima Studio
Studio Abi
Studio Griffon
Studio Robin
Studio Targe
In-Between Animation:
D.A.S.T Corporation
Dragon Production
Hadashi Pro
KOKO ENTERTAINMENT
Mizo Planning
Nakamura Production
Studio Takuranke
Studio Wombat
Tokyo Animation Center
Key Animation:
Anime R
IMAGIN
JEC-E
K-Production
Neox
Studio Comet
Studio Junio
Studio Musashi
Studio Yamato
Music Production: VAP
Photography: TMS Photo
Photography Cooperation:
Anime Film
Studio Cole
Studio Cosmos
Studio Sakito
Tōgen Anime Room
Plan: Lupin 3 Producing Comittee
Processing Station: Tokyo Laboratory
Production:
Nippon Television Network
Nippon TV Music
Nippon TV Service
Nippon TV Video
TOHO
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
VAP
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Sonny Strait
Script: John Burgmeier
Translation: Clyde Mandelin
Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga
Gen Fukunaga

ADR Engineer: Justin Pate
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio:
Matt Chaney
Matthew Piersall
DVD Menu Design: Kris Pierce
DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Watson
Stacie Jolley
Mix Engineer: Evan Jones
Script Supervision: Jeremy Carlile
Video Editing:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Christopher R. Sabat as Daisuke Jigen
Meredith McCoy as Fujiko Mine
Mike McFarland as Goemon Ishikawa
Phillip Wilburn as Inspector Koichi Zenigata
Sonny Strait as Arsene Lupin III

Bill Townsley as General Headhunter
Chris Patton as Crisis
Chris Rager as Spanky
Colleen Clinkenbeard as
Emerah
Ole
Sonny Strait as Prince Pannish

Antimere Robinson as Female Wrestler
Brad Jackson as
Cafe Owner
Policeman C
Prisoner A
Street Magician
Street Thug A
Caitlin Glass as
Biker Woman
Screaming Woman
Zufu Orphans
Chris Rager as
Fruit Vendor
Mechanic
Policeman A
Prisoner B
Justin Pate as
Street Thug B
Vice Warden
Zufu Boy
Kyle Hebert as
Angry Customer
Policeman B

Antimere Robinson
Brad Jackson
Caitlin Glass
Chris Rager
Johnny Bryant
Justin Pate
English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel
DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc.
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2022)
FUNimation Entertainment (Expired)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Danièle Hazan

Adaptation: Hélène Monsche
Bruno Magne as Lupan

Adrien Solis as Prince Pannish
Caroline Mozzone as Oleander
Constantin Pappas as
Goemon Ishikawa
Inspecteur Zenigata
Gilbert Levy as
Général Kubikari
Spanky
Hervé Caradec as Daisuke Jigen
Nathalie Homs as Fujiko Mine
Sasha Supera as Princesse Emerah
Thierry Kazazian as Crisis

Danièle Hazan as Femme Sumo
Gilbert Levy as Directeur de la prison
French companies
Distributor: Dybex
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Sylvia Garcel (Latin American dub)
Armando Coria as Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Latin American dub)
Juan Alfonso Carralero as Daisuke Jigen (Latin American dub)
Laura Ayala as Fujiko Mine (Latin American dub)
Luis Daniel Ramirez as Inspector Zenigata (Latin American dub)
Ricardo Tejedo as Arsene Lupin III (Latin American dub)

Gerardo Reyero as Panish (Latin American dub)
Rebeca Manriquez as Oleander (Latin American dub)

Ana Maria Grey as Emera (Latin American dub)
Jesse Conde as Crisis (Latin American dub)
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Headhunter (Latin American dub)
Victor Mares as Spanky (Latin American dub)

Benjamin Rivera (Latin American dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: The Film Zone
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Roberto Del Giudice
Script: Antonella Damigelli
Art Director: Andrea Sergio

Dubbing Assistant: Daniela Inserra
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini
Mixing: Claudio Toselli
Partners Coordination:
Alice Quaglino
Gianluca Aicardi (Ad Libitum)
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Production Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Project Manager: Carlo Cavazzoni
Alessandra Korompay as Fujiko Mine
Antonio Palumbo as Goemon Ishikawa
Roberto Del Giudice as Lupin III
Rodolfo Bianchi as Ispettore Zenigata
Sandro Pellegrini as Daisuke Jigen
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1
Dubbing Company: EDIT

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