Orders to Assassinate Lupin is the fifth Lupin III television special and was the first TV special to introduce a darker tone and a different director. It originally aired on July 23, 1993.
Synopsis
Someone sent orders to assassinate Lupin! Will he survive or die trying?
After the intrepid Inspector Zenigata is reassigned from the Lupin case to destroying the international weapon smugglers Shot Shell, master thief Lupin the Third decides to help the old man get his job back. To infiltrate Shot Shell, the gang "borrows" a nuclear Russian submarine and enlists the help of a nuclear physicist named Karen, who keeps suspiciously eyeing Lupin's partner Jigen. If that wasn't enough, Zenigata's Interpol successor is an assassin with orders to take out the entire Lupin gang!
Long Summary
Cast
- Japanese
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Yasuo Yamada |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue |
| Fujiko Mine | Eiko Masuyama |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Gorō Naya |
| John Klause | Nachi Nozawa |
| Karen Korosky | Atsuko Tanaka |
| Keith Hayden | Unshō Ishizuka |
| Brad | Banjō Ginga |
| Malone | Nobuo Tobita |
Additional Voices:[1]
- Takehiro Koyama
- Yuzuru Fujimoto
- Yukitoshi Hori
- Yoshiko Kamei
- Osamu Sakuta
- Takashi Irie
- Italian ("Lupin - Il pericolo è il mio mestiere" [Mediaset] / "Viaggio nel pericolo")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Roberto Del Giudice |
| Daisuke Jigen | Sandro Pellegrini |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Antonio Palumbo |
| Fujiko Mine | Alessandra Korompay |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Rodolfo Bianchi |
| John Klause | Mino Caprio (as John Cloths) |
| Karen Korosky | Vittoria Febbi (as Karen Kowalsky) |
| Keith Hayden | Fabrizio Pucci (as Keith Arnett) |
| Brad | Unknown |
| Malone | Unknown |
- English ("Voyage to Danger")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Sonny Strait |
| Daisuke Jigen | Christopher R. Sabat |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Mike McFarland |
| Fujiko Mine | Meredith McCoy |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Phillip Wilburn |
| John Klause | Kent Williams |
| Karen Korosky | Julie Mayfield (as Karen Korinsky) |
| Keith Hayden | Dameon Clarke |
| Brad | Brice Armstrong |
| Malone | Unknown |
Additional Voices:
- Chris Rager as Interpol Chief
- Kent Williams
- Mike McFarland
- French ("Destination Danger")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Bruno Magne (as Lupan) |
| Daisuke Jigen | Hervé Caradec |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Constantin Pappas |
| Fujiko Mine | Nathalie Homs |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Constantin Pappas |
| John Klause | Thierry Kazazian (as John Claude) |
| Karen Korosky | Susan Sindberg (as Karen Korinsky) |
| Keith Hayden | Yann Pichon |
| Brad | Unknown |
| Malone | Unknown |
Additional Voices:[2]
- Gilbert Lévy as Commissaire d'Interpol
- German ("Der Höllentrip")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Peter Flechtner |
| Daisuke Jigen | Tilo Schmitz |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Peter Reinhardt |
| Fujiko Mine | Ghadah Al-Akel |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Stefan Staudinger |
| John Klause | Detlef Bierstedt (as John Clods) |
| Karen Korosky | Katrin Zimmermann (as Dr. Karen Kovalsky) |
| Keith Hayden | Jan Spitzer (as Kith Hiden) |
| Brad | Reinhard Scheunemann |
| Malone | Unknown |
Additional voices:[3]
- Raimund Krone
Releases
Japan
- VHS November 1, 1993? (VPVY-63193, VAP)
- Laserdisc (VPLV-70314, VAP)
- DVD February 21, 2000 CD Packaging (VPBY-11019, VAP)
- DVD DVD Packaging (VPBY-17781, VAP)
- DVD Orders to Assassinate Lupin & Burn, Zantetsuken! (Futabasha)
- Blu-ray March 17, 2010 Lupin the Third: Lupin the BOX -TV Special BD Collection- (VPXY-71910, VAP)
Italy
- VHS 1996 (Medusa Video) [Custom cover]
- DVD March 23, 2005 (Yamato Video)
- DVD 2005 Lupin the 3rd Special DVD Collection - Viaggio nel Pericolo (1LUP15, DeAGOSTINI/Yamato Video)
- DVD 2012 Lupin III Film Collection (Uscita 16, Yamato Video)
USA
- DVD May 20, 2003 (Funimation)
- Blu-ray/DVD July 26, 2015 (Discotek Media)
Germany
- DVD September 29, 2006 (SPV)
- DVD February 18, 2021 Lupin III – TV-Special Collection (KAZE)
- Blu-ray February 18, 2021 Lupin III – TV-Special Collection (KAZE)
Notes
- The TV special was partly based on "Part III Episode 50" from Lupin the 3rd Part III in terms of Lupin stealing a Russian nuclear submarine called the Ivanov and was written by the same person.
- Hisashi Eguchi who was the character designer was going to have Lupin in a yellow jacket and concept art was made however his request was ignored.[4]
- The French dub changed Lupin to Lupan due to copyright reasons regarding the Arsène Lupin name and was based on the Italian dub due to using Inspector Koichi Zenigata's nickname of Zazà.[2]
- As an Easter egg, the DVD has an outtake from the English dub of Lupin and Zenigata singing the theme song together.
- Yasuo Yamada, who was still reeling from hypokalemia at the time, became very tired while recording and had to sit for the rest of it. As Yamada went home from the recording session, director Masaaki Osumi called out, "I want you to heal your body and get well, and to appear in the work I have written." He came into the studio feeling better afterwards, although his physical health gradually declined as the months passed.
Gallery
Scrapped Yellow Jacket Lupin.
References
- ↑ ルパン三世 ルパン暗殺指令. www.mau2.com (in Japanese)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/fiche-2418-lupin-iii-tvfilm-5-destination-danger.html Planete Jeunesse - Lupin III : TVFilm 5 - Destination Danger (in Francais)
- ↑ https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/19116 (in Deutsche)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/eguchi_1203/status/1149315153143275520 Hisashi Eguci Twitter (Japanese)
