The Miami Bank Raid Anniversary is the 143rd episode of Lupin the 3rd Part 2.
Synopsis[]
Lupin and company are taking a summer vacation on Miami Beach. Suddenly, a helicopter appears in the sky overhead, its passenger shouting something about Lupin having placed a call saying that he was going to raid Miami Bank. After that comes a phone call asking them to raid the bank, adding the strange proviso that if they do, then Miami Bank will join the ranks of the country's best. Lupin agrees and heads for the bank; there he finds an entire media circus along with vendors selling a variety of Lupin merchandise. He takes a shot at cracking the vault which turns out to be empty. The bank becomes very famous for not having had a single cent stolen and they plan to hold an anniversary celebration next year on the same date.
Long Summary[]
The president and vice-president of a crumbling bank in Miami lament that their last customer has closed his account, and that the bank will have to shut down.
Lupin, Fujiko, Jigen and Goemon are at a beach, when the two bankers arrive in a helicopter overhead, announcing to the beachgoers through a loudspeaker that they have received a warning from Lupin the Third about an impending robbery of the bank. Lupin and the others are confused, since none of them were planning such a robbery in the first place.
Zenigata appears and throws an octopus on a rope at Lupin, which sticks onto his head, and tries to reel him in. A chase between the two ensues on the beach, and a man from the bank begins pursing Lupin with a phone in hand, trying to get his attention. Lupin and the inspector end up wrestling underwater, but are interrupted by Garlick, the president of the Miami bank, wearing a diving suit and begging Lupin to rob his bank. Lupin says he will, in exchange for them getting Zenigata to go away.
While on the road later, Lupin tells his crew that he intends to rob the bank. Fujiko leaves the car and wishes them good luck, before saying to herself that she would rather not rob a third-rate bank. In the car, Lupin keeps talking, and says he’s counting on Jigen. When he asks why Jigen isn’t answering, Goemon informs him that Jigen isn’t in the car, because he said his stomach hurt and then jumped out the window.
A party is being held with a live marching band and fireworks outside of Miami bank. A large crowd is there to witness the robbery, and there are even dolls of Lupin being sold as merchandise. Upon seeing this, Goemon decides he wants no part in the robbery, and leaves. Zenigata is also there, demanding that the children in the crowd go home, because watching robberies is a bad influence.
Though the rest of his companions have bailed out, Lupin decides to go through with the robbery anyways, using a giant wheeled drill with a large tube attached on the back to dig through all the buildings in the way, crawling through the tube and getting into the bank.
Once he makes his way in, Lupin is greeted by the two remaining bank employees, in a room with balloons and confetti. Garlick tells him that the safe is rigged to open with just a whack from the champagne bottle, which he hands to Lupin. Confused by the friendly welcome, Lupin asks Garlick why he’s eager for him to rob the bank, and learns that he expected the robbery to be a good way to get publicity and be seen as a first-class bank, leading to an increase in customers and saving the business.
Opening the vault, Lupin finds no money at all, but rather Zenigata, who puts a cuff around his neck. Garlick admits that there’s not a cent belonging to the bank. Lupin concedes that the plan made sense - hearing that even a master thief couldn’t steal anything from a bank would make it seem very secure.
Zenigata is holding Lupin at gunpoint, but Lupin puts his finger in the barrel of the gun and says he can’t get it out. When Zenigata fires the gun in frustration, it turns out that Lupin has replaced himself with an inflatable dummy attached to the gun at the finger. Zenigata is bewildered as every additional bullet makes the dummy swell like a balloon, until it bursts. The real Lupin escapes, and a taunting letter falls out of the gun.
Later, the bankers are again flying over the beach in a helicopter, now announcing that their bank was so reliable that Lupin the 3rd couldn’t steal a single dollar from it- and encouraging everyone to open an account there.
Goemon enters a hotel room to tell Lupin that a fool is being made of him, but Lupin isn’t there. Meanwhile, crowds of people are in the Miami bank to deposit their money, and Garlick and his vice-president are overjoyed. Jigen enters the same room as Goemon, looking for Lupin to tell him about the bank’s sudden success. He and Goemon wonder where Lupin has gone.
Lupin is flying a helicopter as well, and his announcement is that he is actually stealing all the money that is being deposited in the bank. Zenigata speaks to Garlick, who assures him that everything will be fine. Fujiko rushes into the aforementioned hotel room looking to tell Lupin that a new vault has been installed in the Miami bank. The new bank vault is equipped with a laser gun which will shoot anyone who breaks in. It also can detect vibrations in the case of anyone drilling into it.
A hypothetical vision plays of Lupin being electrocuted by the laser guns; Jigen failing to drill into the vault, and Goemon’s sword breaking when trying to slice it. After Goemon says he isn’t willing to risk Zantetsuken for the money in the vault, Lupin finally arrives at the hotel room and tells the others that the vault will never open again, and that he has devised a way to make sure of it. He shows them dropper bottles of a liquid that is able to melt through a cast iron pan. Jigen asks what it has to do with the vault, and Lupin says that he’ll learn soon.
The bankers realize that the vault won’t open anymore, and that the electronic lock is completely broken. Customers are getting extremely agitated. A locksmith is contacted, who takes a gigantic dropper of the acid Lupin demonstrated earlier, and uses it to burn through the top of the vault. Jigen and Fujiko enter the building in disguise as workers, each carrying large tubes attached to trucks and feeding them through air vents.
The locksmith reveals himself as Lupin and proclaims that he will go through with his promise of robbing the bank, just as the tubes begin to pull air out of the vault room, lowering the air pressure and sucking all the money out of the vault and through to the trucks waiting outside. For some reason this also causes everyone in the room to float in the air. The employees and police inside are distracted as they start scrambling to grab the banknotes, while Lupin, Fujiko and Jigen escape with the majority of the cash.
Zenigata, Garlick and his employee are left in the bank, and reporters immediately barge in to question them about the robbery. One year later, the publicity has caused the Miami bank to become famous and successful. Back on the beach again, Lupin plans a new heist and shows Jigen an invitation he got from Garlick. Zenigata ambushes Lupin with the same octopus-on-a-rope trick from the beginning of the episode, saying he also got an invitation. They end up chasing each other across the beach again.
Cast[]
- Japanese
Additional Voices:
- Ritsuo Sawa
- Kyōko Aoi
- Keaton Yamada (credited as 山田俊司 Shunji Yamada)
- Masashi Hirose
- Shigezō Sasaoka
- Italian ("Rapina alla Banca di Miami")
| Characters | Voice Actors |
|---|---|
| Lupin III | Roberto Del Giudice |
| Daisuke Jigen | Sandro Pellegrini |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Massimo Rossi |
| Fujiko Mine | Piera Vidale (as Margot Mine) |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Marcello Prando |
| Garlic | Valerio Ruggeri |
| Hamegg | Unknown |
Additional Voices:
- Piera Vidale
- Spanish (Unknown / "El banco de Miami")
| Characters | Voice Actors | |
|---|---|---|
| Telecinco (1991 dubbing) |
Animax (2008 dubbing) | |
| Lupin III | Txema Moscoso | Juan Navarro Torello |
| Daisuke Jigen | Juan Pascual (as Óscar) |
Iker Muñoz |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Paul Muniain (as Francis) |
José María Carrero |
| Fujiko Mine | Luz Emparanza (as Patricia) |
Raquel Martín |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Mario Hernández (as Basilio) |
Ángel Rodríguez |
| Garlic | Unknown | Juan Rueda |
| Hamegg | Unknown | Unknown |
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Notes[]
- This was the first episode that Telecom had animated after The Castle of Cagliostro. While previous Telecom animated episodes outside of selected scenes from Part 2 Episode 99 used the Takeo Kitahara character design, this episode and the remaining Telecom episodes used the character design from The Castle of Cagliostro based on Yasuo Otsuka's design. There were complaints regarding the character design change from NTV due to that "Lupin's face is different" and were going to refused until it was "corrected" however they were ordered not to touch the episode. This was despite previous episodes directed by Artland used a Castle of Cagliostro inspired design (including the previous episode) and The Mystery of Mamo character design previously appeared in the series.
- The episode was originally aired in stereo and presented in stereo on the Lupin the Third - The Second Series Vol.24 VHS tape however later airings of the episode are in mono as the stereo master tape was lost. The Italian and Spanish dubs were also in mono.
- The octopus Zenigata uses to try and catch Lupin mimics the expressions of whoever it lands on.
- Zenigata breaks the fourth wall towards the end of the episode.
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