Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!

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Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!
General information
TV Special #	1
Japanese Title:	バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発！
Romanized Title:	Baibai Ribatii Kiki Ippatsu!
Release Date(s):	April 1, 1989 December 22, 1999 (DVD) March 17, 2010 (Blu-ray) July 4, 2014 (DVD)
Runtime:	97 minutes
Official English Name:	Bye Bye Lady Liberty
Other Title(s):	Goodbye Lady Liberty! (Manga UK) Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis! (English alt translation) GOODBYE LADY LIBERTY - CLIFF HANGER 1 / CHASE TRACER #1: GOODBYE LADY LIBERTY (NTV scrapped English titles)
English Dub by:	Manga UK (1996)
Opening	Theme from Lupin III '89
Ending	Endless Twilight -Saigo no Shinjuu-
Credits
Directed by:	Osamu Dezaki
Written by:	Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Music by:	Yuji Ohno
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Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call! (バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発！, Baibai Ribatii Kiki Ippatsu!^?) is the 1st Lupin the 3rd TV Special released on April 1, 1989.

Official Synopsis

With the development of information networks, Lupin's information has been accumulated in databases all over the world, and all his behavior patterns have come to be predicted. Jigen with his old friend Rooster brings a new job to Lupin, who is thinking of retiring. However, a mysterious secret society, Three Mason, appears in the hiding place and Rooster is shot dead while he escapes. With Rooster's last words in mind, Lupin and Jigen vow to steal the world's largest diamond hidden in the Statue of Liberty.

Long Summary

One rainy night, Inspector Zenigata arrives at Paris Police Headquarters, requesting files on P-26, Lupin the Third. On his way out, however, he runs into the real Zenigata, the first being Lupin himself in disguise. Zenigata gives chase, but Lupin, with his suitcase worth of files, escapes via jetpack.

In New York, Daisuke Jigen demands directions to 536 Camel St. from a couple of gangsters. There, he finds Lupin sitting back, taking it easy. Lupin shows him the tapes he accumulated; a super computer has documented his every move, and made copies of all copies for every computer. As it would take about 50 years to get it all, Lupin has decided to give up his life of crime and settle down. Jigen offers one last job, but they are interrupted when Lupin's new girlfriend, Judy, arrives. With Lupin occupied and Goemon Ishikawa off to train, Jigen goes to an old friend, Rooster. Meanwhile, Fujiko Mine is on a cruise with her new boyfriend, Jimmy Cantz. However, she knows that he is part of a sinister plot, and eavesdrops on a coversation between him and his cult. When Zenigata finds Lupin's apartment, he is surpised; not only is there a young boy in place of the wolf, but the boy also knows confidential information, such as how many times Zenigata has failed to catch Lupin.

Jigen and Rooster prepare for their heist when Lupin suddenly appears, ready for work again; Judy has been seeing other men, and has drained his credit cards dry; Lupin is not just broke, but $300 million in debt! A group of thugs try to take them down, but Lupin is able to hold them off while Jigen and Rooster escape. As the thugs run off to find them, Lupin comes across the boy, who claims to have a job for him. Lupin, unnerved, runs off to find Jigen and Rooster. Rooster, however, ends up shot and dies. Jigen tells Lupin that Rooster hid the biggest diamond in the world, the Super Egg, in the Statue of Liberty, and the thugs that were after him are a part of the Three Masons. Lupin and Jigen head to the Statue of Liberty. Detecting his moves, the Coast Guard Patrol tries to stop them. Lupin uses explosive homing ducks to get rid of them, but they are persistent. Deciding that they need as little interference as possible, Lupin places a case on the statue, and bites down on a capsule, activating a balloon within the case. Soon, the Statue of Liberty is flying away. The two are suprised, however, when they find the boy again, who's using his computer to help them find a place to hide the statue. They fly past a plane with Fujiko and Jimmy on board, the latter incredibly peeved.

In Alaska, Goemon saves a woman named Isabel for even more of the Three Mason, and he becomes infuatated with her. They seek shelter from the snow via cabin. Meanwhile, Lupin has put the Statue of Liberty in the Grand Canyon, where he inspects it for the diamond. Feeling bad for the boy after seeing a depressing image on his computer, Lupin bites and asks about the boy's job. The boy wants Lupin to steal a program that can control computer viruses; he has a floppy disk that has a virus that can destroy data. Seeing it as a shortcut to erase his files from the police computers, Lupin attempts to put the diamond heist on hold, but Jigen won't have any of it. All the while, the leader of the Three Masons demands they find the Statue of Liberty, as well as the "neovirus."

Jimmy takes Fujiko to his company's building, but Fujiko sees through it and recognizes it as the lair of the Three Masons and a big jewel smuggling plot. As she snoops around and helps herself to the jewels, she overhears the leader talking about the Super Egg and neovirus, including the betrayal of "Number 2." She is soon caught by Jimmy. Elsewhere, Lupin and Jigen find the Super Egg within the Statue's torch, just as the Three Masons arrive. As Jigen tries to fend them off, Lupin is chased off with Michael on his back. Zenigata arrives at the desert, where he runs into Lupin and Michael. Lupin is quickly handcuffed. Goemon and Isabel are also in Arizona, the latter wanting to see the Grand Canyon, and meet up with Jigen. Lupin is able to break out of prison using his homing ducks, and the other three arrive on horses to free him from his cuffs. They retreat to New Orleans, as Isabel wants to hear the dixieland jazz. Isabel becomes flirty with Lupin, and asks where he hid the diamond. However, the Three Masons strike again. Once they are safe, Lupin reveals that he doesn't have it, and puts a piece of gum into his mouth. Meanwhile, Fujiko finds herself a part of some ritual.

Lupin finds Michael in Zenigata's care at New York Grand Central Station, where he uses the gum to reveal his identity. Michael has the Super Egg, packed in a football shaped case. As Jigen transports them back, however, they find Fujiko floating in one of the tunnels. Stranger still, when Lupin and Isabel trade the diamond for cash money, Fujiko holds Isabel at gunpoint, and with the Three Masons' help, tries to make off with both. Jigen is able to shoot the rope and stop her, but Isabel is captured. Michael reveals that Isabel is his mother, and a computer scientist; she created the neovirus. Jimmy confronts Isabel, who is revealed the be the traitor, Number 2. Goemon goes off to find her, passing by a freezing Zenigata. Lupin and Jigen set off to exchange the diamond for Isabel, leaving Michael in the care of Fujiko, who has recovered after being possessed by the Three Masons.

Isabel and Jimmy take out the leader, dubbing themselves the new Number 1 and Number 2. Goemon sees everything, and takes his anger out on some thugs. When he goes to cut down Isabel, a trapdoor opens, and he falls to the water below, greeted by Zenigata. Lupin and Jigen arrive, but also fall prey to the trapdoor. As they prepare the leader (whom was pushed in as well) for eternal rest, Lupin uses his jet-fueled shoes to blast himself out. He then confronts Jimmy, who reveals he wants the power of the neovirus. Lupin disguises himself as a member of the Three Masons, and sees Isabel reveal the neovirus, which has been kept safe within her selfconscience. With the power of the neovirus out in the open, Jimmy shoots Isabel, ready to take it for himself. With a wounded Isabel on his back, Lupin reunites with the group in an elevator; Fujiko and Michael had also come to bust them out. Seeing Isabel wounded, Goemon furiously slices the Super Egg diamond to pieces. Michael and Isabel reunite and embrace. Jimmy isn't done, however; he uses the neovirus to infect the USA and USSR, and prepares to launch missiles that will eliminate the whole world. Michael gets the notice from his computer, and with Lupin's help, is able to shut it down. As a last ditch effort, Jimmy presses a self-destruct button, and the whole places begins to crumble. Lupin and his gang escape via helicopter. With one last kiss from her son, Isabel dies.

Back at the apartment, Fujiko arrives and offers Lupin and Jigen a job. Jigen is open for it, but Lupin is busy; he is attempting to access Isabel's files to the neovirus, and wants to use it to clear both his police files and his debt. As Fujiko and Jigen discuss how Goemon is back in Alaska, starting from scratch, a mini quake starts, as Lupin's image appears on the computer screen, before slowly dissolving to nothing.

Cast

Japanese

Characters	Voice Actors
Lupin III	Yasuo Yamada
Daisuke Jigen	Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Goemon Ishikawa XIII	Makio Inoue
Fujiko Mine	Eiko Masuyama
Inspector Zenigata	Goroh Naya
Isabel	Yui Komazuka
Michael	Mayumi Tanaka
Jimmy Cants	Masane Tsukayama
Silverman	Michio Sakiyama
Jones	Unshoh Ishizuka
Ed	Kenichi Ogata
Rooster	Tamio Ōki
Judy	Naoko Kōda
Taxi Driver	Yohsuke Akimoto
Sheriff	Atsushi Ii
NTV Announcer	Minoru Inaba
Computer	Kenyuu Horiuchi
Paris Police Clerk	Mitsuaki Hoshino

Italian ("Lupin e il mago dei computers" [Mediaset] / "Il virus beta" / "Bye Bye Liberty - Scoppia la Crisi!")

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Characters	Voice Actors
Lupin III	Roberto Del Giudice
Daisuke Jigen	Sandro Pellegrini
Goemon Ishikawa XIII	Antonio Palumbo
Fujiko Mine	Alessandra Korompay‏‎‏‎
Inspector Koichi Zenigata	Enzo Consoli
Isabel	Alba Cardilli (as Isabella)
Michael	Ilaria Stagni
Jimmy Cantz	Unknown
Silverman	Mario Erpichini
Jones	Unknown
Ed	Unknown
Rooster	Unknown
Judy	Unknown

English ("Goodbye Lady Liberty")

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Characters	Voice Actors
Wolf (Lupin III)	William Dufris
Fujiko Mine	Toni Barry
Daisuke Jigen	Eric Meyers
Goemon Ishikawa XIII	Garrick Hagon
Inspector Koichi Zenigata	Seán Barrett
Isabella	Liza Ross
Michael	Susan Sheridan
Jimmy Smith	Peter Marinker
Number One	Don Fellows

Additional voices:

• Colin Bruce as Ed
• Bob Sherman as Taxi Driver, Jones, Rooster
• Garrick Hagon as Police Officer
• Susan Sheridan as Judy
• Toni Barry
• Don Fellows

Spanish ("Goodbye Lady Liberty")

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Characters	Voice Actors
Lupin III	Txema Moscoso
Daisuke Jigen	Unknown
Goemon Ishikawa XIII	Alvaro Maria Sanchez
Fujiko Mine	Monica Erdozia‏‎
Inspector Koichi Zenigata	Juan Carlos Lóriz
Isabel	Maribel Legarretta (as Isabella)
Michael	Ana Teresa Bengoetxea
Jimmy Cantz	Kepa Cueto
Silverman	Juan Ramón Fernández de Castro
Jones	José María Regalado
Ed	Unknown
Rooster	Francisco Javier Pombo
Judy	Ana Begoña Eguileor

Additional voices :

• Josu Varela as Computer

French ("Goodbye Lady Liberty")

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Characters	Voice Actors
Lupin III	Tony Joudrier (as Cliff Hanger on the DVD cover and Wolf for the dub)
Daisuke Jigen	Michel Blin
Goemon Ishikawa XIII	Patrick Béthune
Fujiko Mine	Hélène Bizot
Inspector Koichi Zenigata	Jacques Albaret
Isabel	Unknown (possibly Florence Dumortier)
Michael	Hélène Bizot
Jimmy Cantz	Unknown
Silverman	Unknown
Jones	Unknown
Ed	Unknown
Rooster	Tony Joudrier
Judy	Hélène Bizot

Additional voices :

• Patrick Béthun as Number 1 and Taxi Driver

Staff

• Original work: Monkey Punch
• Director: Osamu Dezaki
• Assistant Director: Toshiya Shinohara
• Screenplay: Hiroshi Kashiwabara
• Storyboard: Sakikura
• Assistant Production: Hiroyuki Yano
• Character design / animation director: Noboru Furuse
• Assistant animation director: Yasuchika Nagaoka, Yuzo Sato
• Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
• Cinematographer: Hirokata Takahashi, Taizo Matsuzaki
• Editing: Sayaka Tsurubuchi
• Music by: Yuji Ohno
• Music Director: Seiji Suzuki
• Recording Director: Satoshi Katō
• Sound effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa
• Recording production: Tohokushinsha
• Producer: Shinji Takahashi, Bunichi Matsumoto
• Scenario Director: Junichi Iioka
• Producers: Minoru Yasuda, Hidehiko Takei, Motoyoshi Tokunaga
• Planning cooperation: WOrds, Junichi Iioka office
• Graphic cooperation: Video Sunmall
• Planning / Production: NTV
• Produced by: Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Music

The official soundtrack of the movie was originally released on December 21st, 1994 in "Lupin the 3rd TV Special & Part III Music File Box" CD Compilation. On October 21st, 2000, a CD including only the OST of the movie was released.

The opening theme is Theme from Lupin III '89 and the ending theme is "Endless Twilight -Saigo no Shinjuu-", a song composed by Yuji Ohno and performed by Akemi Keida.

List of music used in the movie

Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!
Start	End	Title	OST	Description
00:48	01:20	不明　その2	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Arriving of Zenigata in the Paris Police Headquarters
02:31	01:35	M2	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata trying to catch Lupin in the elevator
03:57	05:04	Theme from Lupin III '89	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Opening scene
05:08	06:30	M3	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen looking for Lupin
07:31	08:02	M4	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Judy entering in the apartment of Lupin
08:26	08:33	M6	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	First appearance of Goemon refusing Jigen's job
08:42	09:25	M7	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	First appearance of Mine Fujiko on a boat with Jimmy
09:51	10:00	M8	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko spying on Jimmy
10:21	10:37	不明　その2	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata arriving at Lupin's hideout
11:12	12:12	M9	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen and Rooster discussing about the job
12:46	13:14	M10#2	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin entering in Jigen's hideout
13:56	15:03	M11	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Enemies attacking Jigen, Lupin, and Rooster
15:12	15:48	M12	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin driving the truck
16:17	17:06	M13#1	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen warning Eric's man about their lives
17:11	17:20	M14	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen escaping with Rooster
18:45	20:11	M15	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen explaining to Lupin the job about the Super Egg and The Three Masons
20:55	21:40	M16	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Enforcers attacking Lupin and Jigen
22:05	22:34	M17	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Jigen setting the plan to steal the statue of Liberty
22:50	23:25	M18	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Jigen stealing the statue of Liberty
24:13	24:33	M19	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko seeing Lupin and Jigen flying with the statue of Liberty
25:41	26:24	M20	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon rescuing a lady on a train in Alaska
26:38	27:13	M21	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle implicitly kissing Goemon
27:38	28:31	M22	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon cutting once again a worthless object
29:09	29:28	M24	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Transition to Lupin and Jigen who are in Grand Canyon
29:53	30:27	M25	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin shearching for the Super Egg
30:29	31:05	M26B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Michael playing video games
31:05	31:23	M27B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Michael's present state of mind
31:23	32:01	M26B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Michael explaining the function of the virus
33:04	33:34	M28	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin searching for the Super Egg
33:34	33:57	M29	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Number 1 first appearance
34:32	34:43	M30	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata mumbling across the road
35:05	35:50	M31	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin putting a camouflage on the Liberty statue
36:19	36:24	M32	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy and Fujiko entering in the headquarters of the Three Masons
36:26	36:32	M34	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy and Fujiko entering in the headquarters of the Three Masons (bis)
36:54	38:16	M33	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko infiltrating the headquarters
38:26	38:31	M34	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Beggining of the conversion between Jimmy and Number 1
38:57	39:08	M35	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko infiltrating the headquarters
39:53	40:43	M37	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Number 1 explaining the Super Egg and capturing Fujiko
40:57	41:04	M38	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy trying to kill Fujiko
41:34	42:12	M39	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata going to the Grand Canyon on taxi
42:48	43:57	M40	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin finding the Super Egg
44:24	45:08	不明　その1	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Enforcers attacking Lupin and Jigen in Grand Canyon
45:29	46:08	M42	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata and the taxi running out of gas
46:20	46:36	M43B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Zenigata finally catching Lupin
46:57	47:35	M44	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon rescuing Jigen and introduce him Isabelle
49:11	50:08	Theme from Lupin '89 (short ver.)	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin escaping the prison and escaping with his crew and Isabelle
50:08	50:25	M46	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin arriving in New Orleans
51:23	52:01	M47	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Dining time on the boat
52:42	54:04	M48B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Isabelle having a little discussion about the Super Egg
54:20	54:44	M49	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Isabelle escaping from the attack of the Three Masons
54:49	55:12	???	--	Lupin flirting with Isabelle
55:25	55:35	M49 (short ver.)	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon and Jigen rescuing Lupin and Isabelle
55:42	56:43	M50	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and the crew coming back to New York
57:41	59:07	M51	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko being hypnotized by Number One
1:00:26	1:01:00	M52	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin catching Michael at the train station
1:01:17	1:02:13	M53	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Fujiko meeting Lupin in the funnel
1:02:29	1:02:48	M54A/M54B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Isabelle doing the exchange
1:02:51	1:03:44	M55	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	The Three Masons interrupting the deal and retrieving Isabelle, the Super Egg, and the cash
1:04:44	1:05:24	M56	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Micheal explaining that it's his mother (Isabelle) who developped the Neovirus
1:05:55	1:06:20	M57	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Number 1 giving a rendezvous point to Lupin
1:06:30	1:07:28	M58	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy talking to Isabelle (or Number 2)
1:07:33	1:08:07	M59	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy being manipulated by Isabelle
1:08:19	1:08:48	M60	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon leaving the motel
1:09:55	1:10:19	M61	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle entering in Number 1's bedroom
1:10:27	1:11:23	M62	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle distracting Number 1 and Jimmy killing him
1:11:43	1:12:35	M63	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon being in fury after seeing the act of Isabelle
1:14:02	1:14:33	M64B	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin and Jigen being trapped by Isabelle and Jimmy
1:14:47	1:15:00	M65	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Number 1's corpse falling in the pit
1:15:55	1:16:32	M67	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle preparing herself for the ceremony
1:16:40	1:17:04	M68	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin catching Jimmy in the elevator shaft
1:17:41	1:18:39	M69	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy explaining the connection between the Super Egg and the Neovirus
1:18:44	1:21:08	M70	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle starting the ceremony
1:21:25	1:21:44	M72	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle completing the ceremony
1:22:19	1:22:43	M73	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy stabbing Isabelle
1:23:04	1:23:15	M74	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jigen and Goemon escaping the pit thanks to Fujiko
1:23:21	1:23:40	???	--	Lupin escaping from the Three Masons
1:23:57	1:24:15	M75	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy destroying the elevator button
1:24:28	1:24:37	M77	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Goemon cutting Jimmy and the Super Egg
1:24:52	1:25:38	M78	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Micheal hugging Isabelle (his mother)
1:26:01	1:27:05	M79	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Jimmy releasing the Neovirus through the world
1:28:09	1:29:29	M80	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin taking Micheal with him to defuse the nuclear missile
1:29:43	1:30:04	???	--	Micheal successfully defuses the missile
1:31:24	1:32:22	M81	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Isabelle's last words
1:32:35	1:32:49	M82	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Lupin trying to recreate the Neovirus
1:34:07	1:26:08	Endless Twilight -Saigo no Shinjuu-	Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!	Ending credits

Releases

Further Information: Home Media Releases/TVSP#Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!

Gallery

Monkey Punch Promo Art

Video

LUPIN THE 3rd- Bye Bye Lady Liberty Opening Sequence -English Dub-

Translation Notes

Name Changes

• Due to copyright reasons regarding the Arsène Lupin name and that the dub was done in the UK rather than the US, in the English dub Lupin is called Wolf the Third, as had been done by most English Lupin III dubs. Jigen and Fujiko also give him the nickname Wolfie. His name still comes up as Lupin on police files and computer databases.
• Goemon is pronounced as GOH-mihn in the English dub.
• Isabel became Isabella in the English, Italian and Spanish dubs.
• The organization was renamed in the English dub from The Three Masons to C.T.U.I (Conquer the Universe Inc.) as the name resembled an actual secret organization in the US and UK called the Freemasons.
• Jimmy Cantz was renamed to Jimmy Smith as the former sounds like a vulgar swear in English.
• The woman that Lupin dated was called Judy in the Japanese original. However, she was nameless in the English dub.
• The New Virus / Neovirus was renamed to the Manipulative Virus. The Italian dub called it the Beta Virus.

Other Changes

• The dialogue within the dub is punched up or rewritten for extra humor. That being said, there were two lines that were dialed down. When Lupin talks to Michael about his mother in the Japanese original, he brings up the idea of him being breastfed at two different points. In the English dub, his lines were changed from this to wanting "a hug and a cookie" and living happily together.
• The English and Spanish dubs made Zenigata seem like a tight-fisted person when it comes to money while in the Japanese original, he just asks for his receipts.
• In the original, Lupin cries to Jigen that Judy was seeing other men. In the English dub, he sobs, "She was two-timing me with a diamond salesman at Tiffany's".
• In the original, Lupin whistles his own theme music as he enters the building. In the English and Spanish dubs, he whistles something different.
• In the original, after Fujiko stops being possessed and gives Lupin a cheerful greeting, Lupin says nothing as he sinks into the armchair. In the English dub, he remarks, "Welcome back".
• In the original, Lupin tells his friends he can't get them out of the sewer because the rocket shoes only work for one person. In the dub, his explanation is that the shoes are out of fuel.
• In the English dub, Isabel says to herself "What a man" after Goemon vents his sexual frustration. She says nothing in the Japanese original.

Notes

• The original Japanese voice cast reprise their roles after being absent from the OVA, The Plot of the Fuma Clan. Yuji Ohno, who was also absent in the OVA, returns as composer with this special. This was intentional, as the changes in voice cast and composer were largely responsible for the OVA's negative reception.
• Manga did not have the rights to distribute the dub in the US and it took until 2014 before the English dub was released in the US by Discotek. This was due to that Geneon considered having the first four TV Specials in their initial plans. Only part of Lupin the 3rd Part 2 and The Mystery of Mamo were dubbed. Manga also did not release the TV Special on DVD in the UK as they lost the rights. The English dub did appear on a Spanish DVD. For the Discotek release, Brady Hartel had to edit the dub audio track to match with the animation and spent many hours as it had to be lined up frame by frame .
• When Lupin and Jigen enter the Three Masons' building, the former is whistling the Lupin III theme.
• Even though it was unintentional, this is the first English dub where Lupin says "Catch ya later" towards Zenigata that became a running theme in later English dubs that featured Tony Oliver as Lupin.
• The TV Special was made due to the reruns of Lupin the 3rd Part 2 that were airing at the time gathering high ratings and TMS wanted to target the younger fans who watched Part 2.
• According to Japanese Wikipedia, Monkey Punch came up with the plotline regarding a computer virus and the idea of Michael being a child genius.
• The idea of a boy genius was used before in Part III Episode 33; the boy in that episode was even named Mikhail.
• Some Japanese versions of the TV Special have Lupin being in a more pink/purple jacket [1] however all known International versions of the special have him in the red jacket as it has been color corrected.
• Reed Nelson came up with the Discotek title as a merger of the original Japanese and Italian home video title "Bye-Bye Liberty" and the International title "Goodbye Lady Liberty". This title is now used by TMS on social media and streaming services in the US as well as the GKIDS Press Kit for Lupin III: The First however "Goodbye Lady Liberty" is still used outside of the US.
• This is the first 'Lupin III' animation of the Heisei era.
• When a disguised Lupin is showing his copy of Zenigata's ID, the term "4chan" can be seen next to the Date of Issue. 14 years after this special aired in Japan, the imageboard also known as 4chan would be created.
• This TV special is one of three TV specials that have articles on Wikipedia, the others being Episode 0: First Contact and Lupin III vs. Detective Conan.
• The track "M2" from the official soundtrack would later be used as the version of the Zenigata March heard in both Treasure of the Sorcerer King and The Greatest Brain Battle in History.

External Links

• Official English TMS Page. tmsanime.com
• Official TMS Page. tms-e.co.jp (in Japanese)
• Official TMS Global Page. tms-e.co.jp
• NTV Archive Page (Chase Tracer version)

Navigation

Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call!
Characters
Regular Characters	Lupin III • Daisuke Jigen • Goemon Ishikawa XIII • Fujiko Mine • Koichi Zenigata
Side Characters	Isabel • Michael • Jimmy Cantz • Silverman • Jones • Ed • Rooster • Judy
Music
Opening(s)	Theme from Lupin III '89
Ending(s)	Endless Twilight -Saigo no Shinjuu-