Lupin III - Mort ou vif

Original title: Rupan sansei: Dead or Alive

1996
1h 35m

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Anime Action Adventure Animation Comedy Crime Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller

When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.

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Kan'ichi Kurita

Lupin III
(voice)
(as Kanichi Kurita)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Daisuke Jigen
(voice)

Makio Inoue

Goemon Ishikawa
(voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko Mine
(voice)

Gorô Naya

Inspector Zenigata
(voice)

Minami Takayama

Ole
(voice)

Banjô Ginga

General Headhunter
(voice)

Tôru Furuya

Prince Pannish
(voice)

Chisa Yokoyama

Emerah
(voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Crisis
(voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Spanky
(voice)

Chafûrin

Police Informer
(voice)

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo

Police Officer
(voice)
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Ikuo Nishimura

Walla
(voice)

Ken'ichi Ogata

Walla
(voice)

Mahito Tsujimura

Walla
(voice)

Misa Watanabe

Walla
(voice)

Sonny Strait

Lupin III
(English version)
(voice)
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Trivia
This film was directed by "Lupin III" creator Monkey Punch. However, in interviews he explained he only took the job due to the production having a deadline of five months and there being no director available to handle the job. According to Punch, all he actively directed was the opening and closing scenes of the OAV; he left the rest of the film in the hands of assistant director Hiroyuki Yano. He said the experience was too demanding (in his own words "it took more than a thousand times the energy of drawing a manga to produce and direct this movie"), and that he never wants to direct a feature again.

Goofs
After Jigen observes Ole's pendant, his beard and his hair turn white. In the next shot, they were reverted back to black.

Quotes
[fighting off Nanomachine's army of sentient blade-wielding tendrils]
Daisuke Jigen: Now would be a good time to leave!
Arsene Lupin III: What, you're afraid of a couple of pointy sticks? No, I'm staying here, Jigen!
[Lupin gets his buttocks slashed, he screams and bolts]

Connections
Follows Lupin III: Adieu, Nostradamus! (1995)

Soundtracks
Damage no Amai Wana
(Damage Sweet Trap)
Lyrics by Gorô Matsui
Music by Kiyoshi
Arranged by Kazz & Media Youth
Performed by Media Youth

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Featured review

8/10

It's a nice anime movie.

"Rupan sansei: Dead or Alive" is a nice movie of the Lupin III saga. Now we got an intriguing adventure on an island.

Besides a fight scene at the beggining, it's what one would call a "clean" movie. Definitely is not Miyazaki the ones who is directing the movie, but, anyway, it's well.

I'd complain that it's a bit slower than others of the series.

Watch it or rent it. It's nice and may be not very difficult to find (although I've had hard times looking for anime, I watched this one translated to Spanish, so maybe this one's not hard to get in English).

8/10