Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan
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| Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan | |
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| Starring | See Cast |
| Distributed by | Vap |
Release date | March 27, 2009 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan (ルパン三世VS名探偵コナン, Rupan Sansei vs Meitantei Conan)is a crossover work of Lupin III and Detective Conan (aka Case Closed). It was broadcast on March 27, 2009.
Plot
During a hunt in her private hunting ground, Queen Sakura, sovereign of the European kingdom of Vespania, is suddenly killed. All indications suggest that her killer by an accidental shot was her son, Prince Gill, who immediately after the event commits suicide, overcome by guilt.
Therefore the title of heir to the throne of Vespania passes by Gill to his sister, Princess Mira, a tough girl and a bit selfish, who coincidentally resembles with Ran Mouri. The coronation ceremony, however, is threatened by a growing movement popular opposition believes that the Princess Mira unfit to govern, therefore, taking into account the risk to safety, the chief of Commons, Duke Keith, took Daisuke Jigen, former trainer of the regular army, as a personal guard of the princess.
Simultaneously reaches Lupine Vespania; his plan and Jigen is to get their hands on the crown for the queens of the realm, such a nice load of memories for the King of Thieves, but it seems clear now that Lupin is pursuing another purpose. Furthermore, to increase the popularity of the latter, it organized a trip to the state in Japan, and the festival is held at the Grand Hotel West City Tama also take part Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa, Conan at the party exposes an attempt to poisoning against the princess, and confusion that follows it, that wants nothing more than to escape from his condition, he manages to escape, but was noticed by Conan, who gets on his trail.
In his flight he meets Mira Ran, returning from evening classes, and noting their resemblance to the princess decided to exchange places with her, so you can try for once the thrill of freedom, although his initial thought is that to lose all its tracks against Ran (inspired by the story of The Prince and the Pauper). Ran, dressed as the princess back to the hotel and explained what happened, and Mr. Keith, to avoid leaks and resulting in a diplomatic incident with Japan, the "forced" to continue to play the role of Myra.
The princess has now been collected by Fujiko, saying that to know his identity offers to carry it around Japan and to be her bodyguard, Conan the tracks and chase aboard his skateboard, but can Fujiko lose their tracks and vanish. Meanwhile, the second objective is the light that led to Lupin Vespania: hidden beneath the kingdom is a mineral that thanks to its "stealth powers completed "may be totally invisible to radar. Lupin has located through the dowsing rods ...
Tricked Mr. Keith managed to escape the promise to let go Ran after the press conference at the airport just before departure and bring it to Vespania, and to allow her daughter to follow Kogoro Inspector Meguro assigns as personal assistant to ICP his friend, Inspector Zenigata, who is going to turn to Vespania to chase Lupin. Conan, who had noticed that Mr. Keith was doing, he manages to board the plane clutching the basket, and is saved from hypothermia by men of that Mr. Keith, who claims to be doing everything only for the Princess.
The princess Mira has since been reported to be Vespania Fujiko, and spending time with her and Lupin becomes clear how his character is cynical and selfish due derivatale anguish in his status as princess and grief due to death mother and brother will be found later that Fujiko was hired by Mr. Keith himself precisely in order to remove a little 'princess from court life to make them feel, at least for a while', the typical experiences of children his age. After meeting with Ran and Kogoro, Conan begins to investigate the murder of the Queen, with the help of all forced and involuntary, Jigen and Lupin meanwhile, helped by Goemon, unable to enter the vault of the building, but the crown has been stolen by Fujiko, which, however, is forced to give up and let lose to flee the building is completely surrounded by police after the outbreak of the alarm.
Mira, after visiting the place where their loved ones are dead and have decided to assume her duties as the future queen, agrees to return to the palace and take his place, just in time for Conan to reveal to all, including her the truth about this alleged incident. The detective in an attempt to once again use of needles soporific, fails to hit Kogoro (which is actually disguised Lupin), and hits Zenigata, but wakes up after a few seconds (Conan will define a monster). Lupin, however, after revealing his secret identity to Conan, it helps in resolving the case by pretending to be the true Kogoro, and together they lay bare the truth: the murderess of the princess is his brother, Prime Minister of Vespania, that immediately after he had also killed the prince pretending to be a murder-suicide, in order to make easier the ascent to the throne and be enriched by selling ore instead the Queen had forbidden to her pacifist nature.
By deception and revealed the culprit unmasked Princess Mira becomes the new queen of Vespania, Ran and Kogoro are welcomed as saviors of the kingdom and Zenigata gnaw the stomach for yet another flight of Lupin. The final scene shows a car taken from Conan the Japanese, apparently because no passport to travel (as Conan Edogawa there for the registrar's office), whose occupants are actually Lupin and his gang Lupin, who Vespania had returned to honor a promise made to the queen Sakura and reveal the truth about his death, proves to know the true identity of the young detective, calling Shinichi Kudo, Conan and promises them all that if one day or the other should steal again he returns to arrest them.
Conan is back home after a submarine made available by a friend of Fujiko, who implores him to reveal the secret of rejuvenation, and Lupin places it in the list of his opponents, rated as "very dangerous".
Cast
- Arsène Lupin III - Kanichi Kurita
- Daisuke Jigen - Kiyoshi Kobayashi
- Goemon Ishikawa XIII - Makio Inoue
- Fujiko Mine - Eiko Masuyama
- Koichi Zenigata - Gorō Naya
- Conan Edogawa - Minami Takayama
- Ran Mouri - Wakana Yamazaki
- Kogoro Mouri - Akira Kamiya
- Juzo Megure - Chafurin
- Wataru Takagi - Wataru Takagi
- Sonoko Suzuki - Naoko Matsui
- Shinichi Kudo - Kappei Yamaguchi
- Princess Mira - Yui Horie
Reception
The special ranked first on the Japanese Anime TV Ranking of March 23-29.[1] The DVD release has sold over 7,000 on its first week.[2] The Blu-ray edition was the third best selling anime between July 27, 2009 and August 2, 2009 and remains in the top twenty as of November 29.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Japanese Anime TV Ranking, March 23-29". Anime News Network. April 6, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
- ^ "Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, July 20-26". Anime News Network. July 29, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
- ^ "Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 27-August 2". Anime News Network. August 7, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
- ^ "Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, November 23-29". Anime News Network. December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
