Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid is the twenty-second Lupin III television special. It originally aired on December 2, 2011.
Synopsis[]
An aquamarine gemstone, the Mermaid's Scale, appears in a secret, underground auction. The queen of the underworld (nicknamed the Bearslayer) coerces the professional jewel-lifter Lupin into stealing the rock for her. Lupin swipes the stone, and quickly discovers not only that it's a forgery, but that the real Mermaid's Scale is part of an unsolved riddle that leads to transcending mortality! Soon, the Bearslayer is found murdered in cold blood! Her seemingly immortal young aide, Misa, is kidnapped by the arms dealer Himuro. The race is on for Lupin and his gang to locate the secret to eternal life... before it's used to send the Earth into a state of endless war!
Cast[]
Japanese[]
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Kanichi Kurita |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Daisuke Namikawa |
| Fujiko Mine | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Kōichi Yamadera |
| Masae Todo | Masako Nozawa |
| Misa | Risa Shimizu |
| Maki | Haruka Shibuya |
| Himuro | Akira Ishida |
| Kageura | Shiro Saito |
| Yao Bikuni | Risa Shimizu |
| Arsène Lupin | Kanichi Kurita |
| Announcer | Naoko Kaneta |
| Broker A | Mitsuaki Kanuka |
| Child A | Rei Shimoda |
| Child B | Yuka Saitou |
| Detective | Shuhei Sakaguchi |
| Girl | Aiko Kusumi |
| M.C. | Keiichi Nakagawa |
| Manager | Manabu Muraji |
| Minion A | Minoru Hirota |
| Minion B | Ryu Yamaguchi |
| Police A | Yuka Hayashi |
| Police C | Toshihiko Ogisawa |
| Principal | Yoko Osawa |
| Prisoner | Hayato Nakata |
Italian[]
- Stefano Onofri as Arsenio Lupin III
- Alessandro D'Errico as Jigen Daisuke
- Antonio Palumbo as Goemon Ishikawa XIII
- Alessandra Korompay as Fujiko Mine
- Rodolfo Bianchi as Koichi Zenigata
- Paola Majano as Masae Todo
- Federico Di Pofi as Himuro
- Gaia Bolognesi as Maki
- Monica Volpe as Misa
- Perla Liberatori as Yao Bikuni
- Alberto Bognanni as Arsenio Lupin
The voice actor for Kageura is unknown.
English[]
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Tony Oliver |
| Daisuke Jigen | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Lex Lang |
| Fujiko Mine | Michelle Ruff |
| Inspector Zenigata | Doug Erholtz |
| Masae Todo | Ellyn Stern |
| Misa | Cristina Vee |
| Maki | Cherami Leigh |
| Himuro | Todd Haberkorn |
| Kageura | Chris Tergliafera |
| Yao Bikuni | Ellyn Stern |
| Lupin I | Keith Silverstein |
Additional Voices:
- Chris Smith
- Eddie J. Correa
- Terrence Stone
- Kyle Hebert
- Cherami Leigh
- Richard Epcar
- Michelle Ruff
- Ellyn Stern
Releases[]
Japan[]
- DVD (VAP)
- Blu-ray (VPXY-71189, VAP)
USA[]
- DVD August 27, 2019 (Discotek Media)
- Blu-ray July 30, 2019 (Discotek Media)
Notes[]
- This was the first TV Special that was animated in HD and in widescreen.
- Apart from Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the Japanese voice cast was replaced. The changeover was publicised. In the Italian dub, the voice of Jigen was also replaced due to the death of Sandro Pellegrini.
- Debuts of MIyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko, Daisuke Namikawa as Goemon and Koichi Yamadera as Zenigata.
- Although the romanized spellings of Koichi Yamadera and Koichi Zenigata's given names are the same, Yamadera's name means "One wideness" while Zenigata's means "One happiness".
- The TV Special is influenced by the Japanese legend of Yaobikuni where someone gains immortality by eating mermaid meat. [1]
- While Kanichi Kurita voices both Lupin III and Arsène Lupin in the Japanese original, Tony Oliver voices Lupin III while Keith Silverstein voices Arsène Lupin. It is speculated that it is a reference to that Keith Silverstein voices Lupin in the Lupin the IIIrd universe.
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