Underplayed Gems

Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid (2011)

Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid poster
Original title
ルパン三世 血の刻印 〜永遠のMermaid〜
Directed by
Teiichi Takiguchi
Genre
action, animation, comedy, tv movie, crime, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
15
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Lupin the Third and his crew get involved in a heist that revolves around a legendary mermaid statue and its hidden secret. They chase the treasure across different locations while dealing with rivals and the police.

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What happens

Lupin the 3rd: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid is a Japanese anime television special animated by Telecom Animation Film and produced by TMS Entertainment, serving as the twenty-second television special in the Lupin the Third franchise, itself based on the manga series of the same name by Monkey Punch. Directed by Teiichi Takiguchi from a screenplay by Michihiro Tsuchiya, the special aired on Nippon Television on December 2, 2011 as part of the network's Kinyo Roadshow. This was the first installment in the Lupin the Third franchise to feature new regular voice actors for Goemon Ishikawa, Fujiko Mine and Inspector Zenigata since Lupin the 3rd Part II in 1977, that being Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro and Koichi Yamadera, replacing Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama and Gorō Naya respectively. Discotek Media announced on August 12, 2018 that it has licensed the special in North America and was released on Blu-ray on July 30, 2019 followed by a DVD release a month later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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