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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.
In the lead-up to the wedding, Jigen sees a man that Lupin recognizes as the Jackal who specializes in kidnapping and ransom, and suspects that he is targeting Mylene. Jigen secretly watches over her, eventually locating and killing the Jackal's crew, including the Jackal's brother Jed, but the Jackal escapes.
[1] [2] It focuses on the franchise's heroine, Fujiko Mine, as she undergoes various missions and encounters the rest of the Lupin III cast for the first time. Unlike the franchise's previous three televised anime, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is more sexually oriented in order to capture the "sensuality" present in the original manga as well ...
Several different pieces of merchandise based on the series have been produced. Figures of Fujiko and Lupin from the show were created, [35] while one of Jigen from the Jigen's Gravestone film was released at the end of 2014. Fujiko's and Jigen's came in different color schemes depending on the retailer.
The first season, which contains 26 episodes, aired between October 3, 1977 and April 3, 1978 on NTV. The opening theme is Theme from Lupin III '77 by Yuji Ohno , while the ending theme is the instrumental version of Love Theme , also by Yuji Ohno .
The series was originally planned for 26 episodes, with synopsis created for each one. [1] Kiyoshi Kobayashi was retained as Jigen for the TV series (and continued to voice the role until 2021), while Gorō Naya and Chikao Ōtsuka, who voiced Goemon in the CinemaScope version of the Pilot Film and Zenigata in the TV version respectively, were ...
According to Monkey Punch, Jigen was created as a New York raised American gangster based on actor James Coburn, especially his role in The Magnificent Seven. [2] [3] When the series was adapted into animation, the role was portrayed by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the voice actor responsible for dubbing many of Coburn's roles into Japanese. [4]
Since his debut in the first episode of the first anime, he is obsessed with killing Lupin. He returns in the first episode of the second anime as a cyborg, and as a Lupin look alike in a later episode. Doctor Zell (ドクター・ゼル, Dokutā Zeru) is a Nazi experimental scientist and the main antagonist of episodes 50 and 51 of the second ...