"Shoot into the Midnight Sun" is the 31st episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 2.
Synopsis[]
The sun doesn't set during summer in Stockholm. There, two beautiful twins, Latica and Anita, are fighting a repeated deathmatch. The reason is the location of the Viking treasure which is concealed on their backs. Lupin, playing two different roles, manages to photograph the map on both their backs, which only appears during the Summer Solstice, but the map has an additional secret!
Long Summary[]
In Stockholm, a sleep-deprived Zenigata approaches a police car and asks for a place to take a nap, as he’s been unable to sleep properly due to the Midnight Sun’s light. As he tries to sleep, he explains to the agents that he’s after Lupin, who’s been spotted in the area, looking for something, and rambles about what he could be after. Unknown to him, Lupin, Jigen and Goemon passes nearby, as the thief explains his plan: during the Midnight Sun’s season two beautiful spy ladies named Latika and Anita square off against each other in a duel to the death for the map of a secret treasure buried somewhere in the Swedish islands. As predicted by Lupin, the two girls engage in their ritual duel, first by plane, then on ground with guns and later knives. The two sisters are even, but as they clash for the last time Goemon interferes and disarms them. Lupin tries to talk some sense into the ladies, but they refuse and leave, ready to duel again another time, but they both failed to notice the tracking device Goemon planted on them both as they clashed.
Later, as Latika is enjoying an evening at the local park she’s approached by Lupin: the thief informs her that he has decided to lend her a hand since her sister has hired the infamous killer Shirage. Latika eventually accept Lupin’s help, while Anita encounters the white-haired Shirage in order to discuss the price of his service, mentioning that Latika has likely employed Lupin for the same reason. Suddenly he hears something and throws his set of knives at the door, nearly nailing Jigen, who was eavesdropping. The gunman returns to the hideout, telling Lupin that he thinks Shirage is too dangerous to face, but the thief doesn’t seem worried the least. The following night, Latika goes to a cabin in the woods where Lupin is waiting, while Anita encounters Shirage in a very similar cabin. Both men asks their respective lady to put on a special skin-tight bullet-proof suit, only to pull out a camera as they unrobe, revealing a strange mark on their backs. Lupin and Shirage take their pictures, revealing that they’re actually the same person in one room, divided in half by a special reflective membrane. With the pictures of the sisters’ backs taken, Lupin makes his getaway while Anita and Latika are powerless. However, just outside the cabin they run into Fujiko, who’s in company of a mysterious man, and offers the two help in finding the treasure and end their pointless rivalry.
Back to the hideout, Lupin explain that they’re after the treasure of the legendary Viking Blemblatte, a warrior who amassed a massive amount of gold and hid it in a cavern on a small, hard-to-reach island. Then a fisherman, Yutika and Latika’s father, found the treasure cave but decided to keep its location a secret, which he only revealed on his deathbed to his beloved daughters. He then had the two girls exposed to a special ray made by a scientist, Georg. Said ray causes a map of the island to appear on the girls’ backs, but only during the Midnight Sun’s season, and only for a brief period of time.
Thanks to the pictures Lupin took, now the trio can get his hand on Blemblatte’s treasure, reasoning that without the treasure the two sisters won’t have any reason to keep fighting. The following day the three thieves set off for the treasure island, but we also see Fujiko, along with Latika, Anita and the bearded men, sailing the sea, not to mention Zenigata in a submarine (where he’s finally able to sleep peacefully, since it’s always dark); the two girls wear backless outfit, and soon the marks appear on their backs. However, said markings soon disappear and are replaced by two different markings, with the man taking pictures of them. The old man, who’s Georg himself, explains that the first markings are fakes, and the second ones are the real maps, only appearing for a short time after the first one. Now that it has been exposed, the map will never appear again, and Georg suggests splitting the treasure equally between the four of them, with the women agreeing.Back at the location of the fake treasure, Lupin and his friends have dug the whole place up unsuccessfully, only to witness Fujiko’s group passing nearby, telling him that they have the real map. The thief stoically admits his defeat, but before he can do anything else a submarine emerges and Zenigata, riding a torpedo, launches himself at Lupin, forcing the gang to flee once again.
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 |
| Anita Bizby | Gara Takashima |
| Latika Bizby | Kazuko Yanaga |
| Shirage | Tadao Futami |
| Georg | Kinpei Azusa |
Additional voices:[1]
- Toshio Kanō
- Issei Masamune (credited as 岡田道郎 Michirō Okada)
- Italian ("Avventura al Sole di Mezzanotte")
| 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 |
| Anita Bizby | Unknown |
| Latika Bizby | Unknown (as Lachika) |
| Shirage | Unknown |
| Georg | Valerio Ruggeri |
- Spanish ("Disparos bajo el sol de medianoche" / Unknown)
| 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 |
| Anita Bizby | Unknown | Unknown |
| Latika Bizby | Unknown | Unknown |
| Shirage | Unknown | Unknown |
| Georg | Unknown | Unknown |
- English ("Twins Pique")
| 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 |
| Anita Bizby | Mari Devon |
| Latika Bizby | Kari Wahlgren |
| Shirage | Michael Sorich |
| Georg | Michael Sorich |
Additional Voices:
- Michael Sorich
- French ("Qui a tiré pendant le soleil de minuit?")
| 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) |
| Anita Bizby | Monique Thierry |
| Latika Bizby | Amélie Morin (as Lucia) |
| Shirage | Unknown (as Mirage) |
| Georg | Marcel Jemma |
Gallery[]
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Mistakes[]
- Zenigata's eye mask constantly switches from red to black.
- Zenigata's coat suddenly sports epaulettes in various shots.
- In a bird's eye view of Lupin approaching the police car, the two officers are gone.
Translation Notes[]
In the Japanese original, an exhausted Zenigata threatens to arrest the officers if they don't give him a lift. This line was changed in the English dub. In the English dub, he also introduces himself as being from Interpol rather than from Japan.
In the Japanese original, Zenigata says nothing as he takes the eye mask. In the English dub, he remarks "Oh, yeah? Huh."
In the Spanish dub, when Lupin and Jigen walk away, Lupin says of Zenigata "Wait until he wakes up" after cuffing his coat to the police car door.
In the Japanese original, Zenigata thanks the officers for letting him take a nap in their car. In the English dub, he anxiously asks them if he talked in his sleep. The officers reply, "Not a word."
In the Japanese original, Lupin digs without talking. In the English dub, he rambles about the events of Part 2 Episode 7.
Notes[]
- The camera that Lupin used to take the photos of the women says Oh Puro. This is a reference to Oh! Production, the animation studio who animated this episode.
- Another Oh! Production reference is the license plate that Lupin drives saying "OH-391".
- The English Geneon title is a reference of the show "Twin Peaks".
- The idea of putting treasure maps onto the backs of women was later used in Space Adventure Cobra where Jane, Catherine and Dominique all had segments of the maps on their backs disguised as a tattoos.
- The episode is rated 48th according to the staff at TMS. [1]
- The episode is loosely based on Lupin III Chapter 30 (Double the Pleasure).
- In the English dub, while Zenigata snores, he makes a gibber like Shemp Howard which can be heard when Lupin and Jigen walk away.
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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31話 白夜に向かって撃て. www.mau2.com (in Japanese)