Lupin the 3rd Part I (ルパン三世, Rupan Sansei) is the first TV anime adaptation of Monkey Punch's manga series of the same name.
The series was produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and Tokyo Movie, with character designs by Yasuo Ōtsuka, it was directed originally by Masaaki Ōsumi and later by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata under the name "A Productions". It aired on Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation in two seasons from October 24, 1971, to March 26, 1972, the first 11 episodes being of the first season and the latter 12 of the second.
The series centers on the adventures of Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. He is joined by Daisuke Jigen, Lupin's closest ally; Fujiko Mine, the femme fatale and Lupin's love interest who works against Lupin more often than with him; and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman and a descendant of Ishikawa Goemon, the legendary Japanese bandit. Lupin is often chased by Inspector Zenigata of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police,[1] a descendant of Zenigata Heiji. A rather cynical detective, Zenigata has made it his life's mission to chase Lupin across the globe in hopes of arresting him.
When Miyazaki and Takahata took over directing duties from Ōsumi, they changed the tone of the series, adding more humor and making Lupin more family friendly, setting the blueprint for all subsequent Lupin animations (with the exception of The Mystery of Mamo and the 2012 TV series). A pilot film, also directed by Ōsumi, was made in 1969 prior to this anime,[2][3] footage from the pilot is used in the opening sequences. Several of the early episodes take their plotlines from chapters of the original manga, namely episodes 2 and 4–6. The show has three opening theme songs and one ending song. Charlie Kosei sings the first two openings, "Lupin III Theme Song" (ルパン三世主題歌, Rupan Sansei Sono) (originally known as "Lupin the Third's Song" (ルパン・ザ・サードの歌, Rupan za Sādo no Uta)) (eps. 1–3, 9) and "Afro Lupin '68" (eps. 4–8, 10–15), and the ending, "Lupin III Theme Song II" (ルパン三世主題歌II, Rupan Sansei Sono 2), while the last opening is "Lupin III Theme Song 3" (ルパン三世 主題歌3, Rupan Sansei Sono 3) (eps. 16–23) by Yoshiro Hiroishi.
The first Lupin III TV series was released in Japan in a DVD box set by VAP on October 14, 2001, and on five separate individual discs on April 3, 2002. It was included in the Lupin the Box - TV & the movie - box set that was released on March 14, 2007, which also contained the second and third TV series and the first three theatrical films,[4] and was released in a Blu-ray box set on December 12, 2008.[5] On July 12, 2011, Discotek announced they licensed the entire TV series for a North American DVD release on June 26, 2012.[6][7] The episodes are subtitled, several have optional English commentary by Lupin fans, and the release also includes extensive liner notes on each episode and both versions of the 1969 pilot film.
Lupin warns a rich man known as Mr. Gold that he plans to steal a deck of cards that once belonged to Napoleon from him during Mr. Gold's birthday party at the stroke of midnight. That night, Mr. Gold goes ahead with the party regardless, while his private police force—along with local police led by Zenigata—wait for Lupin to make his move. When the clock strikes midnight, Lupin steals the cards and makes his escape. Afterwards, Mr. Gold's forces make attempt after attempt to retrieve the cards and capture Lupin, with Lupin—aided by Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon—thwarting them each time.
Lupin and Jigen steal a case of counterfeit money from two criminals, but judging the bills low-quality forgeries, Lupin decides to fly over a nearby city and dump the case. Finding what Lupin has done, the source of the counterfeits, one "Baron Ukraine", hires Fujiko to deal with Lupin. She informs him that Lupin is pursuing his aunt, the legendary counterfeiter known as the "Silver Fox of Ukraine". Both Lupin and the Baron (along with his men), repeatedly attempt to infiltrate the Silver Fox's clock tower base and take her counterfeiting partner Ivanov for themselves. All their attempts fail, ending in the deaths of most of the Baron's men, the Baron himself, and the Silver Fox. Additionally, Fujiko reveals she was playing both sides off of each other, before going back to retrieve Ivanov herself, leaving Lupin and Flinch (the Baron's last remaining man) to beat each other up in the snow. After laying the Silver Fox of Ukraine to rest, Ivanov blows up the clock tower.
Fujiko is racing against a criminal organization to acquire a pair of gold statues that are owned by a snowbound village in the mountains. Lupin makes plans to acquire the statues, as well. The village elder considers selling the statues in an effort to help his village.
Note: This was Masaaki Ōsumi's last episode in this series. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata would later direct the rest of the episodes.
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