Rupan sansei: Rupan ansatsu shirei (1993) (TV)

Director:

Masaaki Ôsumi

Writers:

Hiroshi Kashiwabara (screenplay)
Monkey Punch (creator)

Release Date:

23 July 1993 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Animation

Plot:

After years of failure, Zenigata has announce to Lupin that the ICPO has permanently pulled off him off of the Lupin case...

Plot Keywords:

Hawaii | Interpol | Russia | Gadgets | Helicopter

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Brice Armstrong	...	Brad (voice: English version)
Dameon Clarke	...	Keith Hayden (voice: English version)
Derek Garrison	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Banjô Ginga	...	Brad (voice)
Aaron Hatch	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kyle Hebert	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Makio Inoue	...	Goemon Ishikawa (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Keith Hayden (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	...	Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Eiko Masuyama	...	Fujiko Mine (voice)
Julie Mayfield	...	Karen Korinsky (voice: English version)
Meredith McCoy	...	Fujiko Mine (voice: English version)
Mike McFarland	...	Goemon Ishikawa, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gorô Naya	...	Inspector Zenigata (voice)
Nachi Nozawa	...	John Klause (voice)
Chris Rager	...	ICPO Chief, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Christopher Sabat	...	Daisuke Jigen, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Christopher R. Sabat)
Sonny Strait	...	Arsene Lupin III, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Atsuko Tanaka	...	Karen Korinsky (voice)
Nobuo Tobita	...	Maron (voice)
Bill Townsley	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Phillip Wilburn	...	Inspector Koichi Zenigata, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kent Williams	...	John Klause, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yasuo Yamada	...	Lupin III (voice)

Also Known As:

Lupin III: Dark Order of Assasination (USA)
Lupin III: Orders to Assassinate Lupin (USA)
Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (USA) (new title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | French | German | Italian | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (original version)

Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Trivia:

The fifth Lupin the 3rd TV movie.

A whole new look for Lupin the 3rd.

After signaling a burglar alarm, Lupin and Jigen had to avoid the swarm of police cars. They hid themselves at an old building where they discovered that Zenigata was accompanied by the police who were ordered to let the Inspector handle it alone. Lupin & Jigen suspect that it was a trap. But it was no trap as Zenigata went towards them to announced that the ICPO has taken him off the "Lupin Case". In other words arresting Lupin is no longer his assignment. More sad and sympathetic than Zenigata was before. Lupin decides to help him out. As it be boring in not having "Pops" chasing him around.

Later both Jigen and Lupin learned that Zenigata's new assignment is shutting down an arms merchant/war smuggling organization called "Shot Shell" which is well known in the Black Market. Which is what Lupin decided to do, by negotiating with this secret organization. Not only that but the replacement for the "Lupin Case" is an ex-mercenary named Keith Hayden, who's orders are to rub out Lupin and his comrades. Will Lupin successfully reprise Zenigata's role for Interpol, and will he have a winning chance in defeating Keith? I consider this Lupin TV movie to be higher level than the first 4. As the character designs, and animation style differ from the previous ones. Especially when Fujiko looks more sexy than she did in the earlier TV movies.

Voyage to Danger is a highly recommended anime for those who appreciate Lupin the 3rd. It has Action, explosions, humor, weapons, bomb shells, Submarines, and some unexpected parts too.

My rating is 8/10 just cause it's one my personal Lupin favorites.