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Lupin III: Return of Pycal (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Lupin III: Il ritorno del mago (Italian) 
Lupin III: Il ritorno di Pycal (Italian) 
Lupin the Third: Return of the Magician (Japanese) 
Rupan Sansei: Ikiteita Majutsushi (Japanese) 
ルパン三世『生きていた魔術師』 (Japanese) 
Genres: adventure , comedy , science fiction 
Themes: crime 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge. 
User Ratings: 130 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 25 votes (sub:25)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:17, dub:3, others:2
2 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 264 users, rank: #3309 (of 9917)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.338 (So-so+), std. dev.: 2.2033, rank: #8886 (of 10065)
Weighted mean: 5.406 (So-so+), rank: #8805 (of 10065) (seen all: 5.40 / seen some: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.594 (Decent−), rank: #7181 (of 7618)
Running time: 50 minutes 
Number of episodes: 1 
Vintage: 2002-04-03 
Official website:
Lupin the 3rd Network (Japanese) 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Hamatsu 
Screenplay: Ryou Katsuragi 
Storyboard: Mamoru Hamatsu 
Unit Director: Mamoru Hamatsu 
Music: Yuji Ohno 
Original Concept: Maurice Leblanc 
Original creator: Monkey Punch 
Character Design: Satoshi Hirayama 
Art Director: Takashi Miyano 
Animation Director: Satoshi Hirayama 
Mechanical design: Ichirō Ogawa 
Sound Director: Satoshi Katō 
Director of Photography: Satoshi Ohtsubo 
Executive producer:
Kin'ya Yokoegawa (NTVM) 
Tadahito Matsumoto (TMS) 
Takashi Tanatsugu (NTV) 
Umeo Ito (VAP) 
Producer:
Keiko Konori (NTV) 
Kenji Mizunuma (TMS) 
Mitsuru Ōshima (VAP) 

Assistant Animation Director: Ichirō Ogawa 
Color design: Junko Itō 
Editing: Yuriko Sano 
In-Between Animation: Chiaki Akuzawa 
Layout Supervision: Mitsuru Sōma 
Literature Manager: Kōji Miki 
Music producer: Shinya Yamada 
Music Supervision: Seiji Suzuki 
Orchestra Conductor: Koji Haishima 
Production Committee:
Hiroyuki Ueno (NTV) 
Rikio Yoshida (TMS) 
Ryōta Katō (TMS) 
Production manager:
Naoyuki Saito 
Takeo Izumi 
Recording engineer: Katsumi Muro 
Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa 
Special Effects: Yoshimi Hayashi 
Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine 
Gorō Naya as Inspector Zenigata 
Kanichi Kurita as Arsene Lupin III 
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen 
Makio Inoue as Goemon Ishikawa XIII 

Nachi Nozawa as Pycal 

Akiko Koike as Female Announcer 
Daisuke Egawa as Security Guard 
Junpei Takiguchi as Magnate 
Keijin Okuda as Announcer 
Kōji Ochiai as Sommelier 
Miho Yamada as Daughter A 
Nao Takamori as Daughter C 
Sachiko Sugawara as Daughter B 
Taiten Kusunoki as Guest 
Takeshi Aono as Myesterious Old man 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie 
Backgrounds: Studio Uni 
CG Production: P.R.O. 
Digital Paint: TMS Photo 
Digital Photography: TMS Photo 
In-Between Animation:
ACCEL 
Mizo Planning 
Music Production: VAP 
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio 
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Sheldon Drzka 
Additional Subtitle Editing:
Brady Hartel 
Jay J. “Tad” Johnston 
Additional Subtitle Timing:
Brady Hartel 
Jay J. “Tad” Johnston 
Additional Translation: Noelle Siddall 
Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis 
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis 
Production Assistant:
Elaine Morland 
Jonathan Sandoval 
Quality Control:
Logan Rebholz 
Marc Levy 
Special Thanks To: Luis Cruz 
Subtitle Editing: Yuri Oliveira Petnys 
Subtitle Timing: Yuri Oliveira Petnys 
(none)
English companies
Additional Production: TwistyGadget 
DVD Menu Design: TwistyGadget 
Licensed by: Discotek Media 
Packaging Design: TwistyGadget 
Italian cast
Italian staff
(none)
Alessandra Korompay as Fujiko Mine 
Antonio Palumbo as Goemon Ishikawa XIII 
Roberto Del Giudice as Arsenio Lupin III 
Rodolfo Bianchi as Koichi Zenigata 
Sandro Pellegrini as Daisuke Jigen 

Gaetano Varcasia as Pycal 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Hiro 
Italia 1 

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