Lupine III: Farewell to Nostradamus
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| German title | Lupine III: Farewell to Nostradamus | ||
| Original title | Lupine-sansei: Kutabare! Nostradamus | ||
| Country of production | Japan | ||
| original language | Japanese | ||
| Publishing year | 1995 | ||
| length | 97 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director |
Shun'ya Itō , Takeshi Shirato |
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| script | Monkey punch | ||
| production | Hidehiko Takei | ||
| music | Yuji Ono | ||
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Lupine III: Farewell to Nostradamus ( Japanese ル パ ン 三世 く た ば れ! ノ ス ト ラ ダ ム ス , Rupan sansei: Kutabare! Nosutoradamusu ) is a Japanese anime film from 1995 and is the fourth feature film in the Lupine III series. It was created at the studio TMS Entertainment .
action
On the way back from a diamond robbery, Lupine meets Fujiko Mine and a little girl who is accompanied by her and steals the doll with the diamond from him. Before Lupine can get the doll back, the plane is hijacked and finally - after all passengers are safe - blown up. In the riot, the girl who turns out to be the heir to the super-rich Douglas family is kidnapped. Julia, as her name is, is also a key to Douglas' treasury, which can only be entered by family members. With Julia's help, Fujiko wants to steal the lost last prophecies of Nostradamus , which are said to be there. Therefore she pretended to be Julia's private tutor. Together with Lupine and Daisuke Jigen, she goes to Douglas' gigantic skyscraper to tell him about the kidnapping.
While Fujiko is talking to Julia's parents, Lupine and Jugen try unsuccessfully to get into the treasury. Douglas is preparing to run for President of the United States. The captain of the kidnappers, Chris, asked him to withdraw his candidacy. Douglas wants to refuse and gets into an argument with his wife, who accuses him of sacrificing her daughter to his ambitions. When Chris escapes from the skyscraper with his men, he also kidnaps Fujiko. Meanwhile, the cult leader Rhisley gives a speech to his followers of the Nostradamu cult. He promises them to have the lost prophecies and to be able to predict the future from them. With that he wants to seize power. Chris, a former military man, also works for him.
Lupine learns that his uncle Philip has already ended up in Douglas' treasury. Therefore, he looks for him in prison, where he also meets Chris and his men. Philip dies in the fight, but can still give Lupine information and his glass eye. Lupine also seems to have perished and his friends Goemon and Jigen as well as Inspector Zenigata, who witnessed the fight at the prison, are in mourning. Zenigata is tasked with finding his daughter by Douglas and Goemon and Jigen want to continue fighting Chris. During this time Lupine is found and cared for by the boy Sergio and his grandmother. In the village he also meets Fujiko, who however has lost her memories and works for the Nostradamus sect. Julia is with her. By chance Julia breaks the hypnosis Fujiko is under. Lupine can contact his friends and they can escape with Sergio's help, only Julia is kidnapped again.
As Lupine and his friends realize that they can use Philip's eye to outsmart the security of the treasury, Rhisley predicts the collapse of Douglas' skyscraper. This was prepared by Chris the night before. Douglas refuses to respond to the kidnappers' demands and declares his candidacy for president. Horrified by her husband's cold-heartedness, his wife turns over to the Nostradamus sect. In the panic in the skyscraper after the prophecy, Lupine and his friends try to break into the treasury. And Chris, too, goes there with his men and Julia. He broke with Rhisley and wants the prophecy and power for himself instead of setting off the bombs in the building. He and Julia are the first to enter the chamber, but are caught in the last trap - an illusion. Lupine and Jigen are saved from this by Julia. When Rhisley also reaches the chamber, with the help of Douglas' wife, and tries to force Lupine to hand over the book, the illusion causes Chris to panic and sets off the bombs. While the others try to escape, Chris is freed from the illusion by the explosions and attacks Lupine. But Lupine escapes with Julia at the last second, while Chris and Rhisley perish in the collapse of the building. The book saved with them reveals itself to be scribbled over by Julia and worthless. At least the diamond is saved. With the proceeds from the sale, Julia and Lupine want to help poor Sergio.
Production and publication
The film was directed by Takeshi Shirato and Shun'ya Itō at TMS Entertainment . The script was written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Toshiya Ito . Kenji Hachizaki was responsible for character design and Tadashi Kudo was the artistic director. The music was composed by Yuji Ohno . The closing song Ai no Tsuzuki was sung by Iori Sokagami.
The film was released in Japanese theaters on April 22, 1995. A German version appeared on DVD on SPVision in October 2006 . Unlike older Lupine films, this one has not previously been shown on MTV . In addition, translations into English, Spanish, French and Italian came out.
synchronization
The film was the first Lupine project by Kanichi Kurita to speak Lupine since Yasuo Yamada passed away in 1995.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Lupine III | Kanichi Kurita | Peter Flechtner |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Tilo Schmitz |
| Goemon Ishikawa | Makio Inoue | Peter Reinhardt |
| Fujiko mine | Eiko Masuyama | Ghadah Al-Akel |
| Inspector Zenigata | Gorō Naya | Stefan Staudinger |
| Douglas | Osamu Saka | |
| Rhisley | Hosei Komatsu | Rainer Brandt |
| Julia | Yumi Adachi | Victoria Frenz |
| Chris | Akio Ōtsuka | Jan Spitzer |
| Philip | Joji Yanami | Walter Alich |
| Maria | Fumi Dan | Liane Rudolph |
reception
On the occasion of the German DVD release, Animania reviewed the film and named it - despite a comparatively high budget - the worst of the series. Although the design is based on the earlier titles, so that nostalgics and Lupine fans will definitely get their money's worth, the "listlessly assembled story" can "offend" many. The characters lack charm and the action scenes are overstretched and are more reminiscent of slapstick cartoons. The technical implementation of the German version is okay, as is the synchronization.
Web links
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
- Rupan sansei: Kutabare! Nastradamus in the Internet Movie Database (English)