Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
Bye Bye, Lady Liberty | |
バイバイ·リバティー危機一発! (Baibai Ribatī – Kiki Ippatsu!) | |
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Anime television film | |
Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
Produced by |
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Written by | |
Music by | Yuji Ohno |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Nippon TV |
Released | April 1, 1989 |
Runtime | 97 minutes |
Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (ルパン三世 バイバイ·リバティー危機一発!, Rupan Sansei Baibai Ribatī – Kiki Ippatsu!, Lupin III: Bye-Bye Liberty – Close Call!)[c] is the first television special in the Lupin III franchise. Directed by veteran director Osamu Dezaki, it was broadcast by NTV on April 1, 1989. A number of Lupin III television specials have followed with a total of 28 airing as of November 2019, including a crossover special with Detective Conan.
Plot
Lupin is forced to give up his life of crime when he encounters Michael, a young boy who demonstrates that police computers are able to predict his every move. His retirement is short-lived when his colleague Jigen learns the location of the giant diamond called the Super Egg which was stolen from the Three Masons,[d] a sinister secret society. The Egg is hidden in the Statue of Liberty and Lupin helps recover the diamond by stealing the entire Statue. Meanwhile, Goemon becomes bodyguard to Isabelle, a beautiful woman who is also seeking the Super Egg. It transpires that Michael is the son of the women, Isabelle Silverman, Number 2 of the Masons and a computer scientist who invented the Neovirus. She conspires with Jimmy, Number 3, to get the Super Egg and kill number 1 to take over the Masons. However, once they have the egg, Jimmy fatally stabs Isabelle and releases the Neovirus. The virus causes the US and USSR to prepare their nuclear missiles for launch, but Lupin helps Michael to halt the computer program and avert a global disaster.
Voice cast
Character | Japanese | English[2] |
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Arsène Lupin III
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Yasuo Yamada | Wolf III |
William Dufris | ||
Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Eric Meyers |
Fujiko Mine | Eiko Masuyama | Toni Barry |
Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue | Garrick Hagon |
Inspector Koichi Zenigata
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Gorou Naya | Seán Barrett |
Michael | Mayumi Tanaka | Sue Sheridon |
Isabel | Yui Komazuka | Isabella |
Liza Ross | ||
Jimmy Cants | Masane Tsukayama | Jimmy Smith |
Peter Marinker | ||
Silverman | Michio Sakiyama | Don Fellows |
Ed | Kenichi Ogata | Colin Bruce |
Jones | Unshou Ishizuka | Bob Sherman |
Rooster | Tamio Ooki | Bob Sherman |
Judy | Naoko Kouda | Sue Sheridon |
News Anchor | Minoru Inaba | Toni Barry Colin Bruce |
Cab Driver | Yousuke Akimoto | Bob Sherman |
Computer | Kenyu Horiuchi | Toni Barry Don Fellows |
French Police Officer | Mitsuaki Hoshino | Garrick Hagon |
Sheriff | Atsushi Ii | Colin Bruce |
Production
The special was directed by
During his career Dezaki created many animation techniques that became standard in the Japanese animation industry and are used throughout the special. One of his best known techniques "Postcard memories", also commonly known as "Harmony" involved adding painted lines to a cel to give the appearance of a
Release
Bye, Bye Lady Liberty was broadcast on April 4, 1989.[12]
Manga Entertainment UK released an English dubbed VHS as Goodbye Lady Liberty in the United Kingdom on 9 September 1996.[17] Discotek Media released the special on DVD in North America as Bye Bye Lady Liberty on March 25, 2014.[18]
Reception
In 500 Essential Anime Movies,
Writing for The Fandom Post, Darius Washington noted the techniques used by Dezaki on Golgo 13: The Professional worked well with the special. He called the UK dub "solid" with the exception of one scene and highlighted the special as one of the better feature length entries in the series.[22]
Notes
- ^ Scenario Director (シナリオディレクター)
- ^ Screenplay (脚本)
- ^ Prior to its North American release, the film's title was usually translated by fans as Bye Bye Liberty Crisis. "Crisis" is an oversimplification of "Kiki Ippatsu" (危機一発), as the first two kanji characters do mean "crisis", but the last renders the phrase to refer to "a close call", "a narrow escape" or "in the nick of time". When preparing the film's DVD release in North America, Discotek Media and Reed Nelson opted to name the film Bye Bye, Lady Liberty as a median between the Japanese title and the film's British title, Goodbye Lady Liberty.[1]
- ^ Known as "Conquer the Universe, Inc." in the English dub.
References
- ^ Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (References & Translation Notes) (DVD). Altamonte Springs, Florida: Discotek Media. 1989.
- ^ English Dub cast and Crew, Discotek DVD
- ^ Toole, Mike (April 25, 2011). "Dezaki's Due". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 8 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 14 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 26 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 28 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 6 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 9 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 19 minutes in.
- ^ Toole, Mike. Lupin III Bye Bye Lady Liberty (DVD Commentary). Discotek Media. 4 minutes in.
- ISBN 978-4-575-30406-0.
- ^ The ルパン三世 Files. Kinema Junpo Sha. July 24, 1998. pp. 64–65.
- ^ "バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発!". Oricon. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ^ "DVD) TVSPルパン三世イッキ見スペシャル!!! バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発!&ヘミングウェイ・ペーパーの謎". Futabasha. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "バイバイリバティー危機一髪". VAP. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Manga Mania 37 Pg3
- ^ "North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 23–29". Anime News Network. March 25, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-06-147450-7.
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- ^ Nelson, Reed (January 27, 2016). "Lupin the Third: The Complete Guide to Films, TV Specials and OVAs". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ Washington, Darius (December 9, 2014). "Lupin III: Bye Bye Lady Liberty Anime DVD Review". The Fandom Post. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
External links
- Lupin III Encyclopedia
- Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- "Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty" at IMDb