Lupin III vs. Detective Conan

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TV Special Lupin III vs. Detective Conan
Information
Title:	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan
Japanese Title:	RUPAN Sansei vs Meitantei KONAN (ルパン三世 vs 名探偵コナン)
Original airdate:	March 27, 2009
Story
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Lupin III Daisuke Jigen Fujiko Mine Goemon Ishikawa Inspector Zenigata
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) Lupin III Conan Edogawa
Staff
Director:	Hajime Kamegaki
Screenplay:	Atsushi Maekawa
Storyboard:	Hajime Kamegaki
Technical Director:	Hideaki Oniwa, Hajime Kamegaki
Animation Director:	Junko Yamanaka
Voice Cast: Kanichi Kurita as Lupin III Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Makio Inoue as Goemon Ishikawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Officer Takagi Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Goro Naya as Inspector Zenigata Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Yui Horie as Princess Mira Hikaru Midorikawa as Keith Taiten Kusunoki as Kyle Hiroko Suzuki as Queen Sakura Jun Fukuyama as Prince Jill Yusaku Yara as Girard Shinpachi Tsuji as Sommelier Toru Furusawa as Fake Sommelier
Officially a Lupin III TV Special

Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (ルパン三世 vs 名探偵コナン ,Rupan Sansei vs Meitantei Konan) is a 2009 Lupin III TV Special and a crossover with Detective Conan. It is the 21st Lupin III TV Special and was a joint production between Nihon TV and Yomiuri Television.

Production details

Most of the music used in the special was regular background music from the Lupin III series, and the classic "Lupin III Theme" was used for the opening and ending themes. The "Detective Conan Main Theme" was also used in various scenes focusing on Conan.

Original character designs varied between the Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama styles.

Because Detective Conan is considered a family show by Japanese audiences, there was very little adult humor in the special, in contrast to most Lupin specials. Lupin himself even points this out in a scene where he is trying to sleep with Fujiko and he breaks the fourth wall by "thanking the regular fanbase for being patient all this time".

Plot

During a hunt in his own personal seal, Queen Sakura, sovereign of the kingdom of European Vespania, is suddenly killed, all indications suggest that the author of the murder, generated by an accidental shot, and his son, Prince Gill, who immediately after the event, overcome by despair, he committed suicide. 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 that looks incredibly like 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, Mr. Keith, took Daisuke Jigen, former trainer of the regular army, as a personal guard of the princess. Simultaneously, Lupin reaches Vespania. His plan 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 of 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 Ran Mouri, returning from evening classes, and noticing 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 "force" to continue to play the role of Mira. The princess has now been taking care by Fujiko, saying that to know her identity offers to carry it around Japan and to be her bodyguard. Conan tracks the duo and chase aboard with his skateboard, but Fujiko loses him and vanish. Meanwhile, the second objective is the light that led Lupin to 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 by Mr. Keith managed to escape the promise to let go of 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 Megure assigns as personal assistant to his ICPO 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. Princess Mira has since been reported to be in Vespania with Fujiko, and spending time with her and Lupin becomes clear how his character is cynical and selfish due derivative 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 the 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 Lupin in disguise), and hits Zenigata, but wakes up after 30 seconds (Conan defines a monster). Lupin, however, after revealing his secret identity to Conan, it helps in resolving the case by pretending to be the true Kogoro Mouri, and together they lay bare the truth: the murders of the queen 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 Inspector 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 in 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 high school detective, calling him Shinichi Kudo, and Conan 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 Conan Edogawa in the list of his opponents, rated as "very dangerous", on his camera.

Gallery

Conan met Lupin III in Vespania

Princess Mira and Ran Mouri look identical

Inspector Megure and Inspector Zenigata

Conan and Lupin (in disguise of Kogoro Mouri) are making a deduction of how the queen and the prince were murdered

Lupin and his gang are taking Conan safely back to Tokyo