Discotek Media continues to add more to its sprawling catalog of releases from this franchise with the Lupin the 3rd: Angel Tactics announced at the end of January 2023. Now, Discotek Media has announced a June 27th, 2023 release date for the Blu-ray with it set to be priced at $24.95. It’ll be in its original Japanese language with English subtitles and a new translation. On-disc extras include the TV commercials for it.
Check out our retrospective on the special.
The 2005 special, the 17th one of the run, was directed by Shigeyuki Miya from the script by Atsushi Maekawa. Satoshi Hirayama worked on the character designs for it with TMS handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine
- Gorō Naya as Inspector Zenigata
- Kanichi Kurita as Lupin III
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen
- Makio Inoue as Goemon Ishikawa
- Atsuko Tanaka as Kaoru
- Ichirō Nagai as Jingorou Higashi
- Mamiko Noto as Poison Sophie
- Mayumi Asano as Lady Jo
- Naoko Matsui as Emily O’Brian
- Satomi Arai as Bomber Linda
Plot Concept: Stolen from the famous “secret” Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin’s most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four “Bloody Angels,” the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want the treasure for their own terrorist purposes. Meanwhile Zenigata teams up with a female police officer to hunt Lupin and the terrorists down.
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics!
To Area 51 & beyond with the gang.Some video work was done on this one to remove much of the banding that plagued it for the main feature. pic.twitter.com/nyzbBuwyZK
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