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Lupin III/Recap/The Fuma Conspiracy

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Originally released in 1987, it is the first—and until 2002's Return Of The Magician, only—OVA in the history of the Long-Running Lupin III series. The sub-title has also been rendered as Plot of the Fuma Clan and Mystery of the Fuma Clan. Fuma did receive a feature-film release after its release as an OVA, in spite of its short (60 minute) length. It has been released twice in English, once by Anim Eigo and currently by Discotek Media.

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Originally released in 1987, it is the first—and until 2002's Return Of The Magician, only—OVA in the history of the Long-Running Lupin III series. The sub-title has also been rendered as Plot of the Fuma Clan and Mystery of the Fuma Clan. It is even more notable as the only Lupin release to use none of the usual Japanese voice actors (or music composer) associated with the series, a decision made by TMS for budgetary reasons. This is the only time in the entire franchise (so far) you will not hear Kiyoshi Kobayashi voicing Jigen. Due to communication breakdown, the decision to use new actors was misinterpreted by Lupin's seiyuu, Yasuo Yamada, as original creator Monkey Punch being unhappy with his performance and wanting a new voice cast. In reality, while Monkey Punch did not like TMS's decision, he felt he had no control over it and did not fight it. Sadly, this incident put a permanent strain on Yamada and Monkey Punch's friendship, which remained unresolved at Yamada's death in 1995. Since then, no regular Lupin character has been re-cast until the actor dies or chooses to retire. The special opens with the wedding of Goemon to Murasaki Suminawa; during the wedding, a ritual where an urn that is a precious Suminawa heirloom is handed over to Goemon is interrupted by Ninjas, who are fought off by Goemon and his friends Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko. The ninjas fail to steal the urn, but do make off with Goemon's bride. In exchange for her return, the ninjas of the Fuma clan want the urn, which is the key to finding a secret treasure hidden in the mountains of Japan. Lupin and his gang work to both rescue Murasaki and take the treasure for themselves. Meanwhile, Zenigata, who believes Lupin to be dead following an explosion, comes out of retirement when he finds out his long-time rival may have survived after all... Fuma did receive a feature-film release after its release as an OVA, in spite of its short (60 minute) length. It has been released twice in English, once by Anim Eigo and currently by Discotek Media.