"The Girl in the Twin Towers" is the 1st episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 5 and the 1st episode in its 1st story arc "EPISODE I".
Official Synopsis[]
"Marco Polo", an online shop in the dark web where illegal goods such as drugs and weapons are sold. Lupin's new target is the digital currency made on this site. In order to steal the digital currency out of the system they need a 'key', Lupin sneaks into a massive high security server facility, known as the "twin towers". Lupin greets the guard to the key, a young girl and skilled hacker "Ami".
Long Summary[]
One night, two men are doing researching the infamous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin III. They find that while many of his escapades are well known, not everything about him has been documented.
Elsewhere, as Lupin and his partner Daisuke Jigen prepare breakfast, they get frustrated over a soccer game on the TV. The doorbell rings, and a disguised Lupin goes to receive his package, which is full of drugs; Lupin remarks that you can get anything on the internet, and uses his phone to make sure the drugs are legitimate. After their breakfast burns, the two go to a restaurant incognito, where Lupin tells Jigen about where he got the drugs: the cheap, fast, and convenient Marco Polo site. While Jigen is skeptical about snatching digital currency, to Lupin, all money is the same; after all, all safes require a key to get in.
That night, the two head to the Twin Towers, a cloud memory bank. While one tower sits above the water, the second is submerged, and has the manager's residential block, which holds the key they're looking for. As Lupin and Jigen begin their infiltration, Lupin reveals that a cyber "mermaid," a hacker, put together Marco Polo's payment system. Lupin accesses the elevator via a special eyepiece, and, expecting all the guards to be in the second tower, heads to the roof. The way in is through a blade that catches seawater to cool the servers, which Lupin temporarily jams with a remote control stick, allowing them to jump through. Lupin then puts on an outfit to pose as a family member to the hacker, who is staying in the block and is revealed to be a girl named Ami. Lupin's attempt to pass as her father fails when he pronounces her name as Amy/Emi, and she shoots at him without hesitation.
She then uses the "Underworld," tech similar to Lupin's eyepiece, to alert security. Jigen is unimpressed by her shooting skills while Lupin tries to pass as a prophet, claiming she won't shoot him. Security arrives, and Jigen struggles to hold them off. When Ami's gun fails, Lupin reveals himself as a thief, and had taken one of the bullets out of the gun while he embraced her. In exchange for telling him Marco Polo's secret pathway, Ami wants Lupin to steal her away from the towers. Goemon Ishikawa arrives in disguise to help out Jigen.
On a cruise ship, a man with the alias "Peekaboo" is looking at the profits on his tablet, surrounded by women. However, he flies into a rage when he sees that the profits are disappearing. Sure enough, Ami has hacked the system, and the soon the digital currency is in the Lupin gang's grasp. Though Ami is happy to be out of the towers, she is unimpressed with the outside world, particularly the smell the gas powered Fiat is producing. The people behind Marco Polo, however, aren't giving up that easy.
The Lupin gang take refuge in an abandoned building near the river. As Goemon keeps a lookout, Lupin urges Ami to eat something. Jigen is annoyed that they're stuck babysitting her. As they decide what to do, they find themselves surrounded by police cars; the police have found them, including Inspector Zenigata and his assistant, Yata. The river houses a trap that their escape boat sets off, but it turns out to be a decoy, and the gang is already on the road. The police are quick to catch up and give chase. Lupin activates the old Fiat engine, and through his clever driving and Goemon's Zantetsuken, the police cars are dealt with. No sooner that that, however, helicopters appear and ambush them. When the Fiat reaches the harbor, it swerves into the water, Lupin and the gang having gotten out beforehand. As the helicopters hover over where the car crashed, Lupin laments the loss of his beloved car.
At the airport, the gang tries to deduce how the police are finding them, when they find themselves surrounded by people with phones. One boy runs up for a selfie, and when Goemon asks what this is about, he explains that they're playing "The Lupin Game."
There's only one rule: find Lupin. Over a hundred million people have signed on to play, and it even catches the attention of Fujiko Mine. As Lupin and the Lupin Game begin trending online, Lupin remarks with a devilish grin, "So this makes everyone in the world a cop now..."
Cast[]
- Japanese
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Kanichi Kurita |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Daisuke Namikawa |
| Fujiko Mine | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Kōichi Yamadera |
| Ami Enan | Inori Minase |
| Goro Yatagarasu | Nobunaga Shimazaki |
| Albert d'Andrésy | Kenjiro Tsuda |
| Lin Bo | Masaki Tani |
| Peekaboo | Takumi Asahina |
| Chap Tip | Yoshino Takahiro |
Additional voices:[1]
- Toa Yukinari as Cafe Owner
- Tajima Akihiro as Reporter
- Iku Minase as Woman A
- Seigo Yokota as Young Man
- Takaya Kamikawa as Enzo Bron (uncredited)
- English
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| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Tony Oliver |
| Daisuke Jigen | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Lex Lang |
| Fujiko Mine | Michelle Ruff |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Doug Erholtz |
| Ami Enan | Cristina Vee |
| Goro Yatagarasu | Kaiji Tang |
| Albert d'Andrésy | Kaiser Johnson |
| Lin Bo | Jordan Reynolds |
| Peekaboo | Jordan Reynolds |
| Chap Tip | Jordan Reynolds (as Chup Tip) |
Additional voices:
- Karen Strassman as Cafe Owner
- Jeff Schine as Enzo Bron
- Italian ("La ragazza delle due torri")
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| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Stefano Onofri |
| Daisuke Jigen | Alessandro D'Errico |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Antonio Palumbo |
| Fujiko Mine | Alessandra Korompay |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Rodolfo Bianchi |
| Ami Enan | Martina Tamburello |
| Goro Yatagarasu | Unknown |
| Albert d'Andrésy | Claudio Moneta |
| Lin Bo | Unknown |
| Peekaboo | Unknown |
| Chap Tip | Unknown |
- French ("La fille des tours jumelles")
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| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Maxime Donnay |
| Daisuke Jigen | Michel Hinderyckx |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Jean-Francois Rossion |
| Fujiko Mine | Audrey Devos |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Robert Dubois |
| Ami Enan | Marie Braam |
| Goro Yatagarasu | Thibaut Delmotte |
| Albert d'Andrésy | Jean-Michel Vovk |
| Lin Bo | Pierre Bodson |
| Peekaboo | Didier Colfs |
| Chap Tip | Camille Pistone |
Additional voices:
- Aurelie Castin as Louise (Cafe Owner) (uncredited)
- Camille Pistone as Enzo Bron
Unvoiced Characters[]
- Sonia Boutella (MooMoo)
- Clarisse de Cagliostro (cameo)
- Garlic (cameo, video that Enzo Bron and Ling were watching)
- Hamegg (cameo, video that Enzo Bron and Ling were watching)
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Ichirō Ōkouchi
- Storyboard: Yūichirō Yano, Daisuke Sakō
- Director: Keiko Oyamada
- Animation Director: Yōichi Takada, Yumiko Shirai
Gallery[]
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Mistakes[]
- On the Hito-log beta page regarding Lupin, Germam should be Germany.
- When a remastered clip from The Mystery of Mamo was shown, Lupin's boots were brown, rather than the black he wore in the film.
- On the page that says "CIA report shows Lupin III's hidden life", Lupin the Third was written as "Lupin the thierd" on its first mention but was corrected. There is also a gap in "phantom thief' s life", Third and Europe were not capitalized.
- When viewing the Marco Polo website for the first time, the website is called MALCO POLO. Also "Weapony" should be Weaponry.
- On the French dub masters, the first social media message from Chap Tip says Chapt Tip.
Notes[]
- There are many references to past Lupin III media:
- At the beginning, the monitor plays clips from The Mystery of Mamo, The Castle of Cagliostro, Part III Episode 49, Part 2 Episode 143 and Part 1 Episode 1. While each clip was recreated to match the modern aesthetic of the rest of Part 5, the different art styles and character designs are maintained.
- On Lupin's Interpol profile it mentions that the arrest warrant came from Saitama Prefecture Police. This is a reference from the TV Special Bye-Bye Liberty - Close Call! where on his badge, Zenigata comes from Saitama. This might also be a reference to Part 1 Episode 1 where Zenigata shows Lupin an arrest warrant.
- Jigen's disguise is based on the Gardener from the movie The Castle of Cagliostro. The only difference is that Jigen wears a green cap.
- When Lupin dived into the water stream around the Twin Towers, his red calling cards from Part 4 drop out.
- When Lupin pulls the lever and the engine comes out of the Fiat Abarth 500, it is a reference to the movie The Castle of Cagliostro. They also drive past a pink Citroen 2CV, a person is filming the car chase on the phone. While she isn't fully revealed, the person in the passenger seat is Clarisse de Cagliostro. The rest of the car chase is also a reference to the film.
- Lupin driving the car into the sea in Monaco is a reference to Part 2 Episode 11.
- This is the only time in Japanese media that the Arsène name appeared and even then the profile that it was on was written in English.
- On the Hito-log beta page about Lupin III, all of the characters outside the main five come from Lupin the 3rd Part 4. Fujiko Mine's profile picture shows her with black hair from Part 4 Episode 21.
- On the CIA Report, it is mentioned that Lupin hid in Europe for ten years avoiding the French National Police and ICPO. The sightings on the Hito-log page reveal that he spent the most time in France and Italy. Spain also showed up as well as Japan. In the franchise, Lupin only went to Spain in Part 2 Episode 26, and in the TV Specials Operation: Return the Treasure and Mystery of the Hemingway Papers.
- The episode teases the appearance of Enzo Bron at the beginning however he doesn't fully appear until Part 5 Episode 5. Albert d'Andrésy is also teased at the end.
- The soccer/football match that Lupin and Jigen watch are FC Nantes VS Stade Rennais F.C. (known locally as the Derby Breton). Telecom also appear as a cameo as one of the advertising banners.
- Outside the airport, a sign says "Welcome Mr. Ohno" a nod to Yūji Ōno. Underneath says TOKYO TRANSIT, a reference to the album Lupin the Third Tokyo Transit ~featuring Yasuo Yamada known for being one of the last projects from Yasuo Yamada. Yūji Ōno was also involved with the music on the album.
- The French dub had some of the social media messages reanimated to be in French including when the cabin crew member looks at the screen, the other versions were left alone in Japanese and had English/Italian subtitles underneath.
- When NTV done the listings to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Lupin the 3rd, it had listed ルビ：ツインタワー (rubi： tsuin tawā?) in the middle of the title. The Ruby character is to show that the building is called Twin Towers rather than 地下塔 (chikatō Underground Tower?). It is the only episode in the series to have an addition.
External Links[]
- [第1話] 地下塔の少女. lupin-3rd.net (in Japanese)
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
References[]
- ↑ 第1話 地下塔の少女. www.mau2.com (in Japanese)