Emerald No Himitsu
English title: The Emerald's Secret
Series titles: ルパン三世, Lupin 3-sei
- Studio
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Characters
Lupin, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Fujiko Mine, Inspector Zenigata
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Masaaki Okuma, Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki
Writing
Animation
Voices
- Voice
- Yasuo Yamada (Lupin), Kiyoshi Komori (Daisuke Jigen), Makio Inoue (Goemon Ishikawa XIII)
Music
- Music
- Takeo Yamashita, Yuji Ono
Crew
- Design
- Monkey Punch
Production notes
There were 23 episodes in this, the original series.
Based on a 1967 publication in "Manga Action" by Monkey Punch (pseudonym for Kazuhiko Kato).
"Famous voices" were cast to attract the Japanese audience. Yasuo Yamada (Lupin) used to dub Clint Eastwood's Japanese dialogue, while Kiyoshi Komori (Jigen) was the Japanese voice of Lee Marvin. Makio Inoue (Goemon) usually voices anime hero Captain Harlock.
Following the first runs of the manga and anime, the 1974 live-action film "Nenriki Chin Sakusen" ("Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy") reunited all the characters but Goemon.
Goemon Ishikawa XIII was the descendant of a samurai thief first depicted in the puppet play "Ishikawa Goemon" (circa 1680).
Inspector Zenigata was a descendent of Heiji Zenigata, a samurai-era sleuth in stories by Kodo Nomura. Heiji Zenigata was the subject of almost 400 stories, as well as a long-running TV series.
Based on a 1967 publication in "Manga Action" by Monkey Punch (pseudonym for Kazuhiko Kato).
"Famous voices" were cast to attract the Japanese audience. Yasuo Yamada (Lupin) used to dub Clint Eastwood's Japanese dialogue, while Kiyoshi Komori (Jigen) was the Japanese voice of Lee Marvin. Makio Inoue (Goemon) usually voices anime hero Captain Harlock.
Following the first runs of the manga and anime, the 1974 live-action film "Nenriki Chin Sakusen" ("Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy") reunited all the characters but Goemon.
Goemon Ishikawa XIII was the descendant of a samurai thief first depicted in the puppet play "Ishikawa Goemon" (circa 1680).
Inspector Zenigata was a descendent of Heiji Zenigata, a samurai-era sleuth in stories by Kodo Nomura. Heiji Zenigata was the subject of almost 400 stories, as well as a long-running TV series.