Stealth Robber

Stealth Robber

December 23, 1998 TV Episode Le Magicien

Series title: The Magician

Studio
Gaumont French, Xilam Animation, France 3, France 2
Animation studio
AKOM Production

Synopsis

Ace and Cosmo practice their new act in the middle of a hard rainstorm. Suddenly, they crash into what seems to be an invisible helicopter. Cosmo ejects from the jet safely at the same time Ace enters the chopper. Just as Ace looks at the cargo, he hears a frighteningly familiar voice and gets punched out of the blue. The voice belongs to Faceless, and the punch comes from one of her henchmen. As for the crates, they contain $200 million stolen from the Central Bank. Ace and Faceless renew their rivalry, but Ace manages to get something from her while she shorts out the turbo reactor on his escape suit when he gets thrown from the chopper. Ace dives safely into the water only for him to seemingly get arrested by Capt. Friedrichs. Vega wants 24 hours to help Ace and Cosmo find the stolen money. They go to work immediately, learning Faceless has acquired a camoflage technology which makes her invisible. Angel works on enhancing some of Ace's equipment to be able to fight Faceless, but she sabotages the Magic Express. Actually, she sabotages a phoney, since the real Magic Express is somewhere else. Faceless discovers Ace still alive and goes after him during his performance the next day. The plan Ace has made works perfectly as he and Cosmo follow Faceless and her gang to an underground hideout in the desert. Vega and Zina join them later and look into the hideout. Soon, Vega is held at knifepoint by Faceless, and Ace goes after her. Cosmo tries to sabotage the chopper but ends up being held at gunpoint. It looks as though Faceless will get away for sure.

Characters

Ace Cooper/Le Magicien, Cosmo, Véga, Blackjack, Angel, Mona, Commissaire Fredericks, Diablo.
Characters (English Version): Ace Cooper/The Magician, Cosmo Cooper, Derek Vega, "Black Jack" Malone, Mona Malone, Duc Paparazzo

Credits

Producing

Producer
Marc du Pontavice
Executive Producer
Emmanuel Prévost

Voices

Voice
Emmanuel Jacomy (Ace Cooper/Le Magicien), Christophe Lemoine (Cosmo), Pierre-François Pistorio (Véga), Igor De Savitch (Blackjack), Françoise Cadol (Angel, Mona), Serge Blumenthal (Commissaire Fredericks), Guillaume Orsat (Diablo)
Vocal Talent (English Version)
Michael Donovan (Ace Cooper/The Magician), Billy West (Cosmo Cooper), Charles Napier (Derek Vega, Black Jack), Kath Soucie (Mona Malone)

Music

Music
Hervé Lavandier

Editing

Editor
Oumar N'Diaye

Production notes

Original Broadcast Premiere: September 2, 1998.

Release date reflects U.S. air date on FOX.