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Revision as of 03:33, 5 August 2012
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| Japanese name: | スパイダー (Supaidā) |
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| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Aliases: | Gunter Von Goldberg II |
| First appearance: | Magic Kaito TV Special 7 |
| Appearances: | TV: 0 Movies: 0 Specials: 1 Openings: 0 OVAs: 0 |
| Japanese voice: | Daisuke Namikawa |
Spider (スパイダー Supaidā) is an anime only character from the Magic Kaito series. He is a codenamed agent in Magic Kaito's unnamed organization and works under the same person Snake works under.
Contents
Background
The aliases "Gunter Von Goldberg II" suggests a German descent, though nothing is yet confirmed. That said, he peppers his speech with English ("Ladies and Gentlemen") and appears to have a rivalry with Hakuba who is British.
Appearance
He is an averagely built young, foreign man with long blond hair. While onstage, Spider's skin is white and pale. His true skin color, however, is a brownish-tan with what appears to be a spider tatoo on his left eye.
Abilities
Spider is considered by a magazine as "The Best Illusionist in the World". During one of his shows, he was able to create an illusion of a beautiful field and children from the audience being raised into the sky and turned into cherubs.
Plot overview
Blue Birthday
When Snake and his boss fail to kill Kaitou Kid, "that person" reprimands Snake's boss through a video chat and orders him to contact Spider.
Relationship Analysis
Saguru Hakuba
Spider and Saguru Hakuba have some sort of rivalry. Spider sees Hakuba as a nuisance and attempts to murder him offhand. Hakuba is disturbed by Spider and his use of illusions to break the mind his opponents. Hakuba knows the assassin's identity is the stage performer Gunter Von Goldberg II.
Trivia
- The animator's redesigned Spider's look between the silhouette shown after the Blue Birthday heist and his current appearance.
Gallery
Spider's silhouette in Episode 5 has a completely different hairstyle.
Assassin costume
Eye tattoo
