Rupan sansei: Towairaito Jemini no himitsu (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Gisaburo Sugii

Writers:

Naoya Azuma (screenplay)
Naoya Higashi (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 August 1996 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Internationally famous thief, Arsene Lupin the Third, receives half of the large diamond known as Twilight from old crimeboss Doruune...

Plot Keywords:

Morocco | Diamond | Interpol | Thief | Assassin

Cast

Kanichi Kurita	...	Arsène Lupin III
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	...	Jigen Daisuke
Eiko Masuyama	...	Mine Fujiko
Makio Inoue	...	Ishikawa Goemon
Gorô Naya	...	Inspector Zenigata
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brice Armstrong	...	Dolune, Elder (voice: English version)
Julio Cedillo	...	Captain (voice: English version)
Chad Cline	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Donovan	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Clint Ford	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kyle Hebert	...	Bultokari (voice: English version)
Chuck Huber	...	Priest (voice: English version)
Jeremy Inman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bradford Jackson	...	Jean Pierre (voice: English version) (as Brad Jackson)
Jerry Jewell	...	Sadachiyo (voice: English version)
Jeff Johnson	...	Additional Voices
Ellie King	...	Lara (voice: English version)
Meredith McCoy	...	Fujiko Mine (voice: English version)
Mike McFarland	...	Goemon Ishikawa (voice: English version)
Carlos Moreno	...	Zora (voice: English version)
Mark Orvik	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ned Record	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Christopher Sabat	...	Daisuke Jigen (voice: English version) (as Christopher R. Sabat)
Lori Steele	...	Old Lady (voice: English version) (as Laurie Steele)
Sonny Strait	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice: English version)
Eric Vale	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Eric Johnson)
Phillip Wilburn	...	Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Lupin the 3rd: Secret of the Twilight Gemini (USA) (DVD title)
Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini (USA)

Runtime:

Japan:90 min | Japan:92 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | German | Italian | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Company:

FUNimation Entertainment

Trivia:

The eighth Lupin the 3rd TV Movie.

More Lupin Than Most

This movie is more Lupin then most, especially coming from Funimation. Other then the bad dub, it isn't bad.

The first hour is a lot like the Comic (which is what all Lupin the 3rd stuff is based on). Lupin's trying to get a huge treasure. Fujiko's using Lupin's weakness to women to try to get something out of it. The last bit isn't that bad, he's with another women, but of course Fujiko's still him number one.

A lot of the other Lupin movies are more Family with cuss words then Lupin. Any good Lupin fan I think will be pleasantly surprised (I know I was after hearing so many bad things about this movie). It might be a bit better without the little animations rolling during the credits (they make it a little mushy) but overall, it isn't a bad film. Good enough to be one of the few I'd watch again of the Lupin III movies.