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Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary (special)

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Alternative title:

Edgar de la Cambriole : Le Dictionnaire de Napoléon (French)

Lupin III: Il tesoro degli avi (Italian)

Lupin III: L'impero dei Lupin (Italian)

Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary

Lupin III: Ruba il dizionario di Napoleone! (Italian)

Lupin Sansei: Napoleon no Jisho o Ubae (Japanese)

ルパン三世『ナポレオンの辞書を奪え』

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, science fiction

Themes: auto racing, crime, mischief

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Lupin enters a French classic car race in order to win the prize of Napoleon's Dictionary, which supposedly doesn't contain the word "impossible"... and also happens to have directions to his grandfather's treasure.

User Ratings: 59 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)

Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)

Very good: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, others:1

1 Russian subtitled

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Good: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Italian dubbed

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Decent: 17 votes (sub:16, raw:1)

So-so: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)

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Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)

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Seen in part or in whole by 133 users, rank: #4722 (of 9763)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.830 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.2372, rank: #4639 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 6.837 (Good), rank: #4475 (of 9909) (seen all: 6.84)
Bayesian estimate: 6.952 (Good), rank: #3661 (of 7492)

Running time: 90 minutes

Vintage: 1991-08-09

Release dates: We have 1

Opening Theme:

"Rupan Sansei no Thema 1989" by .

"Theme from Lupin the Third '89" by Yuji Ohno

Ending Theme:

"mihateme yume wo oikakete (見果てめ夢を追いかけて)" by Ruiko Kurahashi

Official website:

Columbia Music Entertainment's Official Lupin III Soundtrack Page (Japanese)

Lupin the 3rd Network (Japanese)

Trivia: We have 22

News:

North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 25-31 (Jan 27, 2015)

Crunchyroll Schedules Isuca's Streaming, Adds Golden Boy (Jan 13, 2015)

Discotek Adds Samurai Troopers, Bokurano, Comic Party, 3rd Lupin III TV Special (Sep 5, 2014)

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DVD (Region 1)

Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary (Sub.DVD) 2015-01-27

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Osamu Dezaki

Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Owashi
Jun Kawagoe
Ryutaro Nakamura
Shinsuke Terasawa
Yōko Fukamachi

Music: Yuji Ohno

Original Concept: Maurice Leblanc

Original creator: Monkey Punch

Character Design:
Masaaki Kudō
Noboru Furuse

Art Director:
Daisuke Hatai
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto

Animation Director:
Ayumi Kudō
Hideyuki Motohashi
Masaki Hosoyama
Shinsuke Terasawa
Yasuchika Nagaoka

Mechanical design:
Atsuhiko Sugita
Gorō Murata

Director of Photography: Hajime Hasegawa

Producer:
Hibiki Ito
Tadahito Matsumoto

Animation Supervisor: Osamu Dezaki

Assistant Director:
Keitaro Motonaga
Yukio Okazaki

Assistant producer:
Keiji Nagai
Masako Fukuyo

Color Key: Junko Itō

Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi

In-Between Animation:
Junichi Hashimoto
Kazuya Tange
Mihoko Yarimizu
Nao Tajima
Satoshi Okutani
Shigehiro Yoneda
Shinyo Kondo
Takatake Washio
Tamotsu Nagarede
Tatsuya Uetsu
Tomoya Ishikawa
Yasurō Tsuru
Yōko Tomishima
Yoshinori Uchida
Yoshiyuki Nakatani
Yukiko Ikeda
Yukiko Kawagami
Yumiko Nishiura

Mechanical Design (supervisor): Yasuo Ōtsuka

Music Director: Seiji Suzuki

Music producer:
Shinya Yamada
Yoshimitsu Shimada

Negative Editing: Kazuko Takahashi

Paint:
Kouichirou Miyasaka
Maya Naoi
Naoko Sasaki
Noboru Nakayama
Reiko Iwasawa

Photography:
Akemi Sasaki
Atsuko Itō
Chikayo Hayase
Chizu Miyazaki
Chô Nemoto
Eiichiro Okamoto
Hiroshi Kanai
Hitoshi Nishiyama
Hitoshi Shirao
Issei Ichinozuka
Kenichi Kobayashi
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Kyoko Osaki
Manabu Kobayashi
Takahisa Ogawa
Takashi Nomura
Takuma Yamamoto
Tetsuji Higuchi

Planning: Hidehiko Takei

Production Advancement:
Masahide Kojima
Tetsuya Tominaga

Production Desk:
Takashi Ito
Yuri Yamamuro

Recording Director: Satoshi Katō

Recording engineer: Tohru Kumakura

Scenario Director: Junichi Iioka

Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa

Sound Production Manager: Naomasa Furukawa

Special Effects: Yoshimi Hayashi

Theme Song Arrangement: Yuji Ohno

Theme Song Composition: Yuji Ohno

Theme Song Lyrics: Ruiko Kurahashi (ED)

Theme Song Performance: Ruiko Kurahashi (ED)

Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine

Gorō Naya as Inspector Zenigata

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Jigen Daisuke

Makio Inoue as Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Yasuo Yamada as Arsene Lupin III

Akio Ōtsuka as Makkaramu

Aruno Tahara as Hama

Kei Yoshimizu as Robert Hawk

Keiko Toda as Chieko Kido

Kōichi Kitamura as Old Scientist

Masaaki Tsukada as United Kingdom Representative

Michihiro Ikemizu as France Representative

Mitsuaki Hoshino as Hotel Staff Member

Mitsuru Ogata as Japan Representative

Shō Hayami as Eric

Tamio Ohki as Maruchinbekku

Tōru Ōhira as heekaa

Yousuke Akimoto as Umibe President

Yutaka Shimaka as Germany Representative

Kayoko Kawara

Tarō Arakawa

Japanese companies

Backgrounds: Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
Nippon Television Network

In-Between Animation:
DR Movie
St. Need
Studio Kuma
Sung San Production

Key Animation:
Boram Animation
Studio COA
Studio Katan
Woo Lee Production

Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory

Mechanical Design: Studio OX

Music Production: VAP

Paint:
Art Apricot
Han Wool
MI
Studio Kuma

Photography:
CAMERA AC
E&G Films
TMS Photo

Production:
Nippon Television Network
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
VAP

Production Assistance: Mizo Planning

Recording Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

English staff

English cast

Translation: Christina Dinwoodie

Commentary:
Daryl Surat
Mike Toole (Discotek DVD)

Design: Brady Hartel

Liner Notes: Reed Nelson

Subtitle Checking: Reed Nelson

Subtitle Editing: J. Collis

Subtitle Timing: J. Collis

(none)

English companies

DVD Menu Design: TwistyGadget

Internet Streaming:
Pluto TV
Tubi TV

Licensed by: Discotek Media

Packaging Design: TwistyGadget

French staff

French cast

ADR Director: Philippe Ogouz

Philippe Ogouz as Edgar

Catherine Lafond as Magali

Jean Barney as Goemon

Patrick Messe as Inspecteur Lacogne

Philippe Peythieu as Jigen

Agnès Gribe as Chieko Kido

Jean-Claude Sachot as Policier

Jean-Louis Rugarli as M. Umibe

French companies

Distributor: IDP Home Video Music

Dubbing: Midisync

Italian staff

Italian cast

Dubbing Director: Vittorio Di Prima

Script: Graziella Pellegrini

Art Director: Andrea Sergio

Adaptation: Graziella Pellegrini

Dubbing Assistant: Juri Bedini

Editorial Director: Anna Marani

Licensing: Mandy Mometti

Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella

Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini

Partners Coordination:
Alice Quaglino
Gianluca Aicardi (Ad Libitum)

Product Manager: Simona Stanzani

Project Manager: Carlo Cavazzoni

Alessandra Korompay as Fujiko Mine

Antonio Palumbo as Goemon Ishikawa

Roberto Del Giudice as Lupin III

Rodolfo Baldini as Ispettore Zenigata

Sandro Pellegrini as Daisuke Jigen

Italian companies

Broadcaster:
Hiro
Italia 1
Italia 2
Sky Atlantic

Distributor: Dynit

Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
TIMvision

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