A Gift for the President is the 12th episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 2.
Synopsis[]
The last bottle of Bordeaux wine which Napoleon had made for Josephine is going to be given to the President of the United States as a Christmas present. Lupin and company head to Bordeaux in order to claim it for themselves, but are repeatedly chased off by Zenigata.
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 |
| Chief | Kiyoshi Kawakubo |
Additional Voices:[1]
- Takashi Taniguchi
- Osamu Saka
- Mitsuo Senda
- Yonehiko Kitagawa
- Naruhito Iguchi
- Italian ("Un Regalo per il Presidente")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Roberto Del Giudice |
| Daisuke Jigen | Sandro Pellegrini |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Massimo Rossi |
| Fujiko Mine | Piera Vidale (as Margot Mine) |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Marcello Prando |
| Chief | Valerio Ruggeri |
Additional Voices:
- Piera Vidale
- Spanish (Unknown / "Un regalo para el presidente")
| Characters | Voice Actors | |
|---|---|---|
| Telecinco (1991 dubbing) |
Animax (2008 dubbing) | |
| Lupin III | Txema Moscoso | Juan Navarro Torello |
| Daisuke Jigen | Juan Pascual (as Óscar) |
Iker Muñoz |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Paul Muniain (as Francis) |
José María Carrero |
| Fujiko Mine | Luz Emparanza (as Patricia) |
Raquel Martín |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Mario Hernández (as Basilio) |
Ángel Rodríguez |
| Chief | Unknown | Unknown |
- English ("The Sleight Before Christmas")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Tony Oliver |
| Daisuke Jigen | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Lex Lang |
| Fujiko Mine | Michelle Ruff |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Dan Lorge |
| Chief | Simon Prescott |
Additional Voices:
- Richard Cansino
- Lex Lang
- Michelle Ruff
- Dan Lorge
- Bob Papenbrook
- French ("Un cadeau pour le président")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Philippe Ogouz (as Edgar de la Cambriole) |
| Daisuke Jigen | Francis Lax (nameless) |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Jacques Ferrière (as Yokitori Goémon) |
| Fujiko Mine | Catherine Lafond (as Magali Mine) |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Jacques Ferrière (as Inspecteur Gaston Lacogne) |
| Chief | Unknown |
Gallery[]
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Mistakes[]
- The knot on Zenigata's tie changes color when he yawns.
Translation Notes[]
When the pilot, Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko in disguise boarded onto the Concorde and thanked Inspector Koichi Zenigata, in the Japanese original they were speaking in French. On the English Pioneer translation as well as the Italian Blu-ray, this was kept in French to emphasize that they were speaking in French with an additional translation into English and Italian. There are slight differences between the two with the English subtitles using vouz (outside of je vous aime), plait and hello while the Italian subtitles used vous, plaît and allô. The English subtitles was also censored as it left out the French swear that Zenigata had made however the Italian Blu-ray had repeated "bastardi" twice, a word that does not exist in French.
This was rewritten in both English and Italian, the former had kept "comment allez-vous?" and "oui" while the latter had kept "allô" and "adieu". French was still spoken however different phrases were spoken and less than the Japanese original. The English dub has Zenigata mangle his French and first greet a disguised Lupin, then Fujiko with Bon Jovi.
In the Japanese original, Fujiko called Zenigata the "ultimate pervert". This was dropped in the English dub.
The English dub has Fujiko shouting protests as Lupin drunkenly drives along the road.
The English dub also adds dialogue between Lupin and Fujiko after the police and flight crew are knocked out. Lupin says "Go ahead, say it", and Fujiko says "You're a genius, Lupin." It adds a line of dialogue where Lupin says "Okay, easy now", and then "Pardon me, Inspector" as he removes the special case from the lap of a sleeping Zenigata.
In the Japanese original, Zenigata's name is constantly mispronounced as "Zenigame" (pond turtle). In the English dub, the Bordeaux guard calls him "Origami", "Epiglottis", "Terracotta", "Pennsylvania" and "Sanitation".
In the Spanish dub, Zenigata audibly whistles when he sees the disguised Fujiko.
In the Japanese original, Lupin complains that he and his gang got tricked. In the English dub, Zenigata mangles the phrase "Hoisted by your own petard", to Lupin's chagrin.
The English dub has extra dialogue when Fujiko notices Goemon watching her get into the wine barrel.
In the original Japanese version, the American President is meant to be Jimmy Carter, who was still the President at the time of airing. In the English dub, the President was given dialogue to better resemble Bill Clinton, who was the most recent Democratic President of the United States in order to align with Carter's political alignment.
Notes[]
- The English dub title is a play on the term "The Night Before Christmas".
- Wine is not as flammable as one may think, due to its relatively low alcohol content. Lupin wouldn't have done any harm to Zenigata or the police unless if the wine was boiling. Lupin probably knew this and was just scaring Zenigata. On the other hand, anything can happen in animation, and Lupin might as well have set fire to wine, instead of dousing the flame in a realistic situation.
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| Lupin the 3rd Part 2 |
| Anime Episodes | ||||||||||
| Season 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||
| Season 2 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | |
| 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | ||||||
| Season 3 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 |
| 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | |
| 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | |
| 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | |
| 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | |
| 102 | 103 | |||||||||
| Season 4 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 |
| 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | |
| 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | |
| 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | |
| 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | |
| 154 | 155 | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ 第12話 大統領への贈り物 . www.mau2.com (in Japanese)