is a Japanese anime television special animated by Telecom Animation Film and produced by TMS Entertainment, serving as the twenty-second television special in the Lupin the Third franchise, itself based on the manga series of the same name by Monkey Punch. Directed by from a screenplay by , the special aired on Nippon Television on December 2, 2011 as part of the network's .
This was the first installment in the Lupin the Third franchise to feature new regular voice actors for Goemon Ishikawa, Fujiko Mine and Inspector Zenigata since Lupin the 3rd Part II in 1977, that being Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro and Koichi Yamadera, replacing Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama and Gorō Naya respectively.
Discotek Media announced on August 12, 2018 that it has licensed the special in North America and was released on Blu-ray on July 30, 2019 followed by a DVD release a month later.
Voice cast CharacterJapanese voice actorEnglish voice actorLupin the 3rdKanichi KuritaTony OliverLupin the 1stKeith SilversteinDaisuke JigenKiyoshi KobayashiRichard EpcarGoemon IshikawaDaisuke NamikawaLex LangFujiko MineMiyuki SawashiroMichelle RuffInspector ZenigataKoichi YamaderaDoug ErholtzMakiCherami LeighMisaRisa ShimizuCristina ValenzuelaYao BikuniEllyn SternHimuroAkira IshidaTodd HaberkornKageuraShirō SaitōChris TergliaferaMasae TodoMasako NozawaEllyn Stern
Production In April 2011, it was reported that a new Lupin the 3rd anime project would air on NTV, which was later confirmed to be a television special. On October 9th, it was revealed that the voices of Goemon, Fujiko and Zenigata would change for the first time in 16 years.
Reception When the special debuted on NTV, the special received a 14.0% viewership reception.
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