Orders to Assassinate Lupin (ルパン暗殺指令 Rupan Ansatsu Shirei?) is the 4th Lupin the 3rd TV special released on July 23, 1993. It was the first TV special to introduce a darker tone and a different director.
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[]
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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 |
| Karen Korosky | Atsuko Tanaka |
| Brad | Banjō Ginga |
| Jean Claude | Nachi Nozawa |
| Malone | Nobuo Tobita |
| Keith Hayden | Unshō Ishizuka |
Additional Voices:[1]
- Osamu Sakuta
- Takashi Irie
- Takayuki Kanjyo
- Takehiro Koyama
- Yoshiko Kamei
- Yukitoshi Hori
- Yuzuru Fujimoto
- English ("Voyage to Danger")
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| 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 |
| Brad | Brice Armstrong |
| ICPO Chief | Chris Rager |
| Keith Hayden | Dameon Clarke |
| Karen Korinsky | Julie Mayfield |
| John Klause | Kent Williams |
| KGB Official | Kent Williams |
| Gum Bomb Seller | Mike McFarland |
| Malone | Kyle Hebert (uncredited) |
Additional Voices:
- Aaron Hatch
- Bill Townsley as Priest
- Chris Rager
- Christopher R. Sabat
- Derek Garrison as Karen's father (walla)
- Kent Williams
- Kyle Hebert
- Meredith McCoy
- Mike McFarland
- Sonny Strait
- Italian ("Lupin - Il pericolo è il mio mestiere" [Mediaset] / "Viaggio nel pericolo")
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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 | 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 |
- French ("Destination Danger")
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| 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")
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| 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[]
- Further Information: Home Media Releases/TVSP#Orders to Assassinate Lupin
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 Funimation DVD has an outtake from the English dub of Lupin, Jigen, and Zenigata singing the theme song together, concluding with Goemon commenting on the overall quality of the Easter egg.
- 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.
- The special continues the recurring motif of having an event happen ten years in the past. In this case, Jigen killed Karen's father ten years in the past, whiich would be 1983.
Gallery[]
English Version
Scrapped Yellow Jacket Lupin.
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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)