(Nearly) Complete Series Credits
Note: This list of TV series credits contains episode directors, major staff, and voice cast for all 23 episodes of Lupin the Third Part I (the First TV Series) as collected by Lupin researcher Takeshi Ikemoto. It is incomplete, as it does not contain everyone credited on each episode (for example, in-between animators). However, it has been checked for errors and should be a reliable resource.
Animation Director: Yasuo Ohtsuka
Production Designers:
Hideo Chiba (Episodes 1 through 6, Beginning of 9),
Masato Itoh (Episodes 7, 8, Ending of 9, 10 through 23)
Music: Takeo Yamashita
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi (Episodes 1 through 6, 9), “A Production” Production Group (Episodes 16~23)
Voice Cast:
Lupin the Third: Yasuo Yamada
Daisuke Jigen: Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Fujiko Mine: Yuukiko Nikaidoh
Inspector Zenigata: Goroh Naya
Goemon Ishikawa: Chikao Ohtsuka
Individual Episode Credits:
Episode 1:
Is Lupin Burning...?!
(Rupan wa Moeteiruka...?!)
Aired Oct 24, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Tadaaki Yamazaki
Storyboard: Kazumi Takahashi (Souji Yoshikawa)
Key Animators: Osamu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Imazawa, Hideo Kawachi, Nobuhiro Okaseko
Guest Voices: Janpei Takiguchi, Eken Mine, Michihiro Ikemizu
Episode 2:
The Man They Called a Magician
(Majutsushi to Yobareta Otoko)
Aired Oct 31, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Atsushi Yamatoya
Storyboard: Seiji Okuda
Key Animators: Kouichi Murata, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Jouji Manabe
Guest Voice: Eimei Esumi (Pycal)
Episode 3:
Farewell, My Beloved Witch
(Saraba Itoshiki Majo)
Aired Nov 7, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Kuyou Sai (Osamu Dezaki)
Key Animators: Keiichiroh Kimura, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Minoru Kobata, Yoshitaka Gogami
Guest Voices: Reiko Mutoh, Kouichi Chiba, Osamu Kobayashi
Episode 4:
One Chance for a Prison Break
(Datsugoku no Chansu wa Ichido)
Airdate: Nov 14, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Tohru Sawaki
Storyboard: Masahiro Sasaki
Key Animators: Kouichi Murata, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Kenzoh Koizumi, Kakuko Hoshino
Guest Voices: Kunihiko Kitagawa, Shunji Yamada
Episode 5:
The Coming of Goemon the 13th
(Juusan-dai Goemon Toujou)
Airdate: Nov 21, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Tadaaki Yamazaki
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Osamu Kobayashi, Hideo Kawachi, Yoshifumi Kondoh, Tsutomu Tanaka
Guest Voices: Masashi Amenomori, Minori Matsushima
Episode 6:
Rainy Afternoons Are Dangerous!
(Ame no Gogo wa Yabai ze)
Airdate: Nov 28, 1971
Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Seiji Matsuoka
Storyboard: Kenzoh Koizumi
Key Animators: Kenzoh Koizumi, Akio Yoshihara, Kakuko Hoshino
Guest Voices: Osamu Katoh, Kouichi Kitamura, Kei Tomiyama, Kousei Tomita
Episode 7:
One Wolf Calls Another
(Ookami wa Ookami wo Yobu)
Airdate: Dec 5, 1971
Screenplay: Atsushi Yamatoya
Storyboard: Kuyou Sai (Osamu Dezaki)
Key Animators: Keiichiroh Kimura, Tetsuo Imazawa, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Munehiro Minowa
Guest Voices: Ichiroh Nagai, Ichiroh Murakoshi, Kunihiko Kitagawa, Isamu Tanonaka
Episode 8:
The Gang’s-All-Here Playing Card Strategy
(Zenin Shuugoo Toranpu Sakusen)
Airdate: Dec 12, 1971
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Seiji Okuda
Key Animators: Tetsuo Imazawa, Munehiro Minowa, Nobuhiro Okaseko
Guest Voices: Ushio Shima, Fujiko Kawashima, Eken Mine, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Shunji Yamada
Episode 9:
A Hitman Sings the Blues
(Koroshiya wa Blues wo Utau)
Airdate: Dec 19, 1971
Episode Director: Masaaki Ohsumi
Screenplay: Tohru Sawaki
Storyboard: Seiji Okuda
Key Animators: Nobue Toyokawa, Norio Yazawa, Toshiyuki Honda, Hiroshi Kanazawa
Guest Voices: Jun Hongoh, Kazuo Arai
Episode 10:
Target the Cash Counterfeiter!
(Nisesatsutsukuri wo Nerae!)
Airdate: Dec 26, 1971
Screenplay: Tohru Sawaki
Storyboard: Norio Yazawa
Key Animators: Shunichi Sakai, Kouichi Murata, Kenzoh Koizumi, Norio Yazawa
Guest Voices: Kouji Nakata, Mariko Tsuda (Nobuyo Tsuda), Shigeyuki Hosoi, Eken Mine, Shunsuke Shima
Episode 11:
When the Seventh Bridge Falls
(Nanabanme no Hashi ga Ochiru Toki)
Airdate: Jan 2, 1972
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Yuuzoh Aoki, Tetsuo Imazawa, Hisatoshi Motoki, Keiichiroh Kimura
Guest Voices: Mahito Tsujimura, Rihoko Yoshida, Michihiro Ikemizu, Ichiroh Murakoshi
Episode 12:
Who Had the Last Laugh?
(Dare ga Saigo ni Waratta ka?)
Airdate: Jan 9, 1972
Screenplay: Kazuichi Tsurumi
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Kouichi Murata, Kiyoshi Tsukada, Jouji Manabe
Guest Voices: Osamu Kobayashi, Hidekatsu Shibata, Kouji Yada, Michihiro Ikemizu
Episode 13:
Beware the Time Machine!
(Taimumashin ni Ki wo Tsukete!)
Airdate: Jan 16, 1972
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Kuyou Sai (Osamu Dezaki)
Key Animators: Kenzoh Koizumi, Norio Yazawa, Kakuko Hoshino, Hiroshi Kanazawa
Guest Voices: Iemasa Kayumi, Masashi Amenomori
Episode 14:
The Emerald’s Secret
(Emerarudo no Himitsu)
Airdate: Jan 23, 1972
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Minoru Okazaki
Key Animators: Hideo Kawachi, Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouichi Murata, Keiichiroh Kimura
Guest Voices: Eiko Masuyama, Shunji Yamada, Kouichi Kitamura, Keiko Yamamoto, Osamu Saka
Episode 15:
Let’s Catch Lupin and Go to Europe
(Rupan wo Tsukamaete Yooroppa e Ikou)
Airdate: Jan 30, 1972
Screenplay: Seiji Matsuoka
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Kenzoh Koizumi, Norio Yazawa, Keiichiroh Kimura, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Guest Voices: Ichiroh Nagai, Yuuko Yoshimi, Ryuusuke Shiomi, Tsuneo Sanada, Nobu Saitoh
Episode 16:
Operation: Jewelry Snatch
(Houseki Yokodori Sakusen)
Airdate: Feb 6, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Mon Shichijoh
Storyboard: Satoshi Dezaki
Key Animators: Hideo Kawachi, Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouichi Murata, Jouji Manabe
Guest Voices: Junkichi Yarita, Mariko Miyamoto
Episode 17:
Lupin, Caught in a Trap
(Wana ni Kakatta Rupan)
Airdate: Feb 13, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Mon Shichijoh
Storyboard: Kuyou Sai (Osamu Dezaki)
Key Animators: Norio Yazawa, Kenzoh Koizumi, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kakuko Hoshino
Guest Voices: Michiko Hirai, Eken Mine, Isao Sakuma, Takeshi Aono
Episode 18:
Keep an Eye on the Beauty Contest!
(Bijin Kontesuto wo Maaku se yo)
Airdate: Feb 20, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Seiji Matsuoka
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Hideo Kawachi, Tetsuo Imazawa, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Keiichiroh Kimura
Guest Voices: Kazuo Arai, Akira Kimura, Osamu Saka, Ichiroh Nagai, Shun Honda
Episode 19:
Which Third-Generation Will Win?!
(Dotchi ga Katsu ka Sandaime!)
Airdate: Feb 27, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Shunichiroh Koyama
Storyboard: Kazunori Tanahashi
Key Animators: Kouichi Murata, Jouji Manabe, Higashi Numajiri, Toshitsugu Saida
Guest Voices: Katsumi Itoh, Akira Negami, Ichiroh Nagai, Keiichi Fukuhara
Episode 20:
Catch the Phony Lupin!
(Nise Rupan o Tsukamaero!)
Airdate: Mar 5, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Mon Shichijoh
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Norio Yazawa, Kenzoh Koizumi, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kakuko Hoshino
Guest Voices: Kouji Nakata, Junji Chiba, Haruko Kitahama, Yasuo Iwata, Wahei Iida, Kouzoh Watanabe
Episode 21:
Rescue the Shrewish Girl!
(Jajaumamusume wo Tasukedase!)
Airdate: Mar 12, 1972
Screenplay: Seiji Matsuoka
Storyboard: Haruo Takahashi
Key Animators: Kouichi Murata, Hideo Kawachi, Yoshifumi Kondoh, Tetsuo Imazawa
Guest Voices: Isao Sakuma, Takeshi Aono, Kousei Tomita, Michiko Hirai, Hisashi Katsuta
Episode 22:
The First-Move-Wins Computer Operation!
(Sente Hisshou Konpyuutaa Sakusen!)
Airdate: Mar 19, 1972
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Miyata
Storyboard: Tameo Kohanawa
Key Animators: Takashi Asakura, Kakuko Taiya, Masako Chiba, Noriko Kusayanagi
Guest Voices: Shingo Kanemoto, Kazuo Arai, Junkichi Yarita, Kouzoh Watanabe
Episode 23:
The Big Golden Showdown!
(Oogon no Daishoobu!)
Airdate: Mar 26, 1972
Episode Director: A Productions Production Group
Screenplay: Tatsuo Tamura
Storyboard: Souji Yoshikawa
Key Animators: Hideo Kawachi, Yuuzoh Aoki, Kouichi Murata, Jouji Manabe
Guest Voices: Ichiroh Nagai, Shunji Yamada, Isao Sakuma, Osamu Ichikawa