Find the Treasure of Princess Kaguya is the 41st episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 2.
Synopsis[]
Lupin is met by a mysterious woman, Kaguya, who wins a bet with him in a drag race, and tasks him with an unusual request. Jigen and Goemon on seperate occasions were also met by Kaguya and tasked with similar requests. Lupin is asked to retrieve the tears of a yeti, Jigen a mermaid's scale, and Goemon a dragon liver. They also must bring them to her within the next ten days. What could she need them for? Fujiko is intent to find out.
Long Summary[]
In Monaco, Lupin takes a drive through the cliff roads with Fujiko, then get passed by a race car, whose driver challenges Lupin in a race. After getting his pride insulted, Lupin takes the challenge, taking up a bet that he'd get a check for five million lire if he wins, and to do what the other says if he loses. Just as he was passing, he swerves out of the way to avoid an incoming truck, causing him to crash into the guard railings. He becomes surprised when the driver is revealed to be a woman. The woman introduces herself as Kaguya, and immediately follows up on their bet. She gives him a peculiar task: to go to the Himalayas to collect the tears of a yeti before providing him a small bottle to contain them with. She leaves after telling Lupin to return back at that very spot ten days from now. Fujiko is annoyed at Kaguya's nerve, and gets even further annoyed seeing how deeply infatuated Lupin has become with Kaguya.
Later that night at the casino, Jigen had been winning a huge profit at the poker table, then gets met by Kaguya, who challenges him in a single round of poker. She makes a wager to give him a check for five million lire if she loses, but if she wins, Jigen will have to do a hunt for her. Jigen accepts her challenge, feeling confident, but is shocked when he loses. Afterwards, Jigen asks what he must look for. Kaguya tells him that he must get her a mermaid's scale from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, confusing Jigen. She tells him to return with it at that spot ten days from now. Unknown to both, Fujiko overheard it.
That same night, Goemon was sitting on the beach rocks meditating until he heard the screams of a young woman being chased by two men. Goemon jumps in and soundly beats the two, sending them running. The woman turned out to be Kaguya, who begs Goemon for his help. She claims that her mother is being held hostage by the same men who chased her, and the only way to save her is to get a liver taken from a live dragon in Konron China, much to Goemon's shock. A hiding Fujiko overheard it and began to get suspicious of Kaguya's motives on why she's asking the three men of the group to find such things.
At the hotel they were all staying in, Lupin packs up, claiming to go see the grave of his great grandfather, and Goemon leaves claiming to be heading to the mountains to train on fasting. Once they were gone, Jigen also makes his exit.
Kaguya then drives back to her home, a castle in the wilderness. Fujiko followed closely behind, discovering that Kaguya is the princess of the Phoenix Kingdom. Inside, Kaguya speaks with an old witch, who was brewing a concoction and warns that the potion wil still need three certain ingredients before ten days, which were the items Kaguya had asked Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon to find for her. Fujiko, hiding in the rafters, became curious as to what they were making, and decides whatever it is, she was going to get it.
Later on, Zenigata touches down in Monaco, and was surprised to see Fujiko greet him. She then proceeds to give the whereabouts of Lupin.
In the Himalayas, Lupin is lead by a guide up the snowy mountains in search of the yeti. After spending some time nearly freezing, his patience paid off as the guide called about a yeti sighting. Lupin arms himself with a bat and attacks the yeti, causing it to cry tears of pain which he quickly collects in the bottle given to him.
At the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Jigen dives down and lies in wait before getting attacked by a huge octopus. After nearly escaping, Jigen, to his shock, caught sight of a real mermaid swimming away. He quickly swims after her, grabbing her by the tail. The mermaid struggles and breaks free, but Jigen managed to pull off a scale from her tail.
In the remote mountains of China, Goemon encounters an actual dragon. To get the liver while still alive, Goemon jumped straight into the dragon's open mouth and ran down its insides to find the liver. Using Zantetsuken, he slashed off a section of the liver, causing the dragon to keel over. Goemon crawls out of the dragon's mouth with his prize, only going back in to retrieve his wallet.
Back at Monaco, Jigen delivers the mermaid scale to Kaguya. Later at the beach, Goemon delivers the dragon liver to Kaguya before she leaves. Moments later, Jigen drives by and was surprised to see Goemon around, expecting him to be at the mountains. they drive together to figure out what was going on, until they were taken by surprise by the appearance of Zenigata. He managed to trap them and their car in a truck before carting off to find Lupin. At the cliff road, the mountain guide escorts a frozen solid Lupin to deliver the yeti tears to Kaguya, who was grateful for the drop off before leaving. Soon, the car is accosted by Zenigata, who gleefully tosses the still frozen Lupin into the truck. Soon, the three men easily breaks out of the truck and hide out in the forest where Jigen and Goemon thaw Lupin out by roasting him on a spittle over the fire. They all learn that they have all been approached by Kaguya and go to where she resides to find out what's going on.
At Phoenix Castle, Kaguya and her witch servant managed to concoct the potion with the three retrieved ingredients. To Kaguya's shock, the witch then revealed herself to be Fujiko in disguise and makes off with the potion. Kaguya quickly calls out that it's not what Fujiko is thinking, but she was long gone, and she found the real witch tied and gagged. She is also confronted by Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon, who demand what is going on and why she had them go on a scavenger hunt for her.
Kaguya reveals the truth that the items she asked for them to find were actually ingredients needed to create a waking potion that would awaken a prince she is caring for. The prince had been stricken with a rare illness with no known cure that caused him to be in a deep sleep for the past ten years, and was warned that if he is not awakened in the next ten days, the effect will be permanent. Lupin asks where the potion is, and Kaguya told to their surprise that Fujiko took it.
At the cliffs, Fujiko observes her prize, wondering what the potion will do. She takes a sip before Lupin found and called out to her. He asked her if she even had any idea what the potion does before she took it, and she replied it was probably a rejuvenation formula that would retain her youth, causing Lupin to facepalm at her conclusion. He flatly tells her what the potion actually is, much to Fujiko's shock.
Back at the castle, Kaguya gives the prince the potion, and after a few moments, the prince awakened, much to her joy. Lupin and crew leave in disappointment that they got nothing after everything they went through. Goemon was prepared to give out his retribution to Fujiko for tipping off Zenigata to their whereabouts, causing her to panic. Suddenly, Fujiko began to spasm and act hyper, much to the mens' confusion. Jigen deduced that it must be a side effect of the potion since she had drank some of it earlier. The potion was meant to wake someone from a deep sleep, but to a normal person, it acted as a high concentration of caffeine.
The next three days, Fujiko began to annoy Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon with her insomnia. Lupin blearily tells her to go to bed and she whines that she's not sleepy at all. Even Zenigata tries to avoid her as dealing with her was too tiring. Unfortunately, he gets caught and is forced to play several rounds of rock paper scissors with Fujiko until the effect passes.
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 |
| Kaguya | Toshiko Fujita |
| Rahula | Reiko Suzuki |
| Guide | Masashi Hirose |
| Yeti | Tetsuo Mizutori |
- Italian ("Il Segreto della Principessa Kaguya")
| 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 |
| Kaguya | Unknown |
| Rahula | Unknown |
| Guide | Unknown |
| Yeti | Unknown |
Additional Voices:
- Roberto Del Giudice
- Spanish ("El tesoro de la princesa Aurora" / "El tesoro de la princesa Kaguya")
| 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 |
| Kaguya | Unknown (as Aurora) |
Unknown |
| Rahula | Unknown | Unknown |
| Guide | Unknown | Unknown |
| Yeti | Unknown | Unknown |
- English ("Heroes and Vixens")
| 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 |
| Kaguya | Julie Ann Taylor |
| Rahula | Kari Wahlgren |
| Guide | Michael Sorich |
| Yeti | Lex Lang |
| Prince | Richard Cansino |
Additional Voices:
- Richard Cansino
- Peter Spellos
- French ("Le prince au bois dormant" / "À la recherche du trésor de la Princesse Kaguya")
| 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) |
| Kaguya | Unknown |
| Rahula | Unknown |
| Guide | Unknown |
| Yeti | Unknown |
- Unvoiced Characters
- Prince (except English dub)
Gallery[]
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Mistakes[]
When Zenigata throws the frozen Lupin in the truck, the thief's head is turned to the side instead of facing ahead.
Translation Notes[]
- In the Japanese original, on his way up the mountain Lupin sings "Yukiyama Sanka " (雪山讃歌), a song about the snow and mountains written to the tune of "My Darling Clementine". In the English dub he sings "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music. In the French dub he simply hums a tune.
- In the English, there's no mention of the fact that Fujiko has had insomnia for three days.
- In the French dub, you can hear a "Huh?" from Lupin when Fujiko wakes him.
Notes[]
- The premises of the plot is loosely based on "Sleeping Beauty" and the "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter". In the Spanish Telecinco dub since the Japanese story was not well known at the time, it made a stronger link to Sleeping Beauty by renaming the Princess to Aurora.
- Lupin's hotel room number is "No. 007", a reference to James Bond.
- The witch's name iss changed from Rahula to Larfula in the English dub.
- This episode marks one of the first times that the series tackled mythological creatures, something later done on a grander scale in Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid.
- In the English dub, Goemon makes mention of having severed a dragon's scrotum in the past prior to retrieving the liver of the one in the episode. That would mean that there were at least two dragons in the world.
- Kaguya's default outfit greatly resembles a blue, sleeveless version of Cinderella's silver dress from the 1950 Disney animated feature Cinderella.
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