History Anime / LupinIIIBloodSealEternalMermaid

* BikerBabe: Fujiko spends the last half of the film on her motorcycle.

''Lupin III: Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~'' [[note]]血の刻印 〜永遠のMermaid〜 (''Chi no Kokuin - Eien no Māmeido''[[/note]] is the twenty-second MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' anime franchise. It was directed by Teiichi Takiguchi, who went on to be an animation director for ''[[WesternAnimation/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure Part 4]]''. The special debuted on December 2, 2011 to a modest viewing audience.

The second change was the first major shakeup of the ''Lupin'' cast since Kan'ichi Kurita took over the role of Lupin in ''Anime/FarewellToNostradamus'', following the death of original seiyuu Creator/YasuoYamada. It was announced with this special that the long-time voice actors for Zenigata (Creator/GoroNaya), Fujiko (Creator/EikoMasuyama), and Goemon (Creator/MakioInoue) had retired; they were replaced with Creator/KoichiYamadera, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, respectively. This cast change left Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, the voice of Jigen, as the only original ''Lupin'' voice actor remaining.

Made to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of ''Lupin III'' on television, the special brought a number of changes to ''Lupin''. The first notable one is the major art style changes to the ''Lupin'' characters; past specials for the last decade had relied on designs largely derived from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Shin Lupin III]]'', the second TV series. [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS]], which was involved with the early days of ''Lupin'', came back to do the animation for ''Blood Seal'', and accordingly the designs were redone to evoke the early years of the [[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 first series]] and the proto-Creator/StudioGhibli designs used in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.[[note]] TMS has always been in charge of ''Lupin'' animations. However, after the franchise reboot in 1989, the studio simply acted as producer rather than animating it in-house.[[/note]] Creator/DiscotekMedia announced they were bringing over the special, with a new dub featuring the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Red Jacket]]'' cast. This makes it the second of the ''Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials'' to get a dub outside of Creator/{{Funimation}}'s block, and the first special dubbed since 2005.

Made to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of ''Lupin III'' on television, the special brought a number of changes to ''Lupin''. The first notable one is the major art style changes to the ''Lupin'' characters; past specials for the last decade had relied on designs largely derived from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Shin Lupin III]]'', the second TV series. [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS]], which was involved with the early days of ''Lupin'', came back to do the animation for ''Blood Seal'', and accordingly the designs were redone to evoke the early years of the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first series]] and the proto-Creator/StudioGhibli designs used in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.[[note]] TMS has always been in charge of ''Lupin'' animations. However, after the franchise reboot in 1989, the studio simply acted as producer rather than animating it in-house.[[/note]] Creator/DiscotekMedia announced they were bringing over the special, with a new dub featuring the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Red Jacket]]'' cast. This makes it the second of the ''Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials'' to get a dub outside of Creator/{{Funimation}}'s block, and the first special dubbed since 2005.

* YouMonster: Himuro. He experiments on and kills innocent men in attempting to gain the secret of Misa's superactive cells, has no issues with sending {{Mook}}s to their death, uses a fourteen year-old girl as a shield, and wants to profit on bringing immortal soldiers into the world.

* MagneticWeapons: Subverted, Lupin has technological suction cup that allow him to scale on building but he is able to use them as makeshift shields to help avoided getting speared to death.

* BigBad: Toudou is ordering Lupin around as the introduction of the movie. She is quickly killed off, though, and the real big bad is shown to be Himuro.

''Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~'' is the twenty-third MadeForTVMovie in the ''Anime/LupinIII'' anime franchise. It debuted on December 2, 2011 to a modest viewing audience.

Made to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of ''Lupin III'' on television, the special brought a number of changes to ''Lupin''. The first notable one is the major art style changes to the ''Lupin'' characters; past specials for the last decade had relied on designs largely derived from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Shin Lupin III]]'', the second TV series. [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS]], which was involved with the early days of ''Lupin'', came back to do the animation for ''Blood Seal'', and accordingly the designs were redone to evoke the early years of the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first series]] and the proto-Creator/StudioGhibli designs used in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.[[note]] TMS has always been in charge of ''Lupin'' animations. However, after the franchise reboot in 1989, the studio simply acted as producer rather than animating it in-house.[[/note]] Creator/DiscotekMedia announced they were bringing over the special, with a new dub featuring the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Red Jacket]]'' cast. This makes it the second of the ''LupinIIIYearlySpecials'' to get a dub outside of Creator/{{Funimation}}'s block, and the first special dubbed since 2005.

Made to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of ''Lupin III'' on television, the special brought a number of changes to ''Lupin''. The first notable one is the major art style changes to the ''Lupin'' characters; past specials for the last decade had relied on designs largely derived from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Shin Lupin III]]'', the second TV series. [[Creator/TMSEntertainment TMS]], which was involved with the early days of ''Lupin'', came back to do the animation for ''Blood Seal'', and accordingly the designs were redone to evoke the early years of the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first series]] and the proto-Creator/StudioGhibli designs used in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.[[note]] TMS has always been in charge of ''Lupin'' animations. However, after the franchise reboot in 1989, the studio simply acted as producer rather than animating it in-house.[[/note]]

* BloodlessCarnage: Averted, rather unusually. This is easily the bloodiest entry in the ''Lupin'' franchise.

* FairWeatherMentor: Lupin to Mika. It's on purpose, though; he doesn't want Mika to turn to a life of crime like him.

* GenkiGirl: Mika.

* OneeSama: Misa for Mika.

* FamousAncestor: Lupin I plays a role in the overall plot. In addition, both Misa and Himuro are descended from Yao Bikuni, a famous character in Japanese mythology.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Himuro, for some reason.

Made to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the ''Lupin III'' franchise on television, the special brought a number of changes to ''Lupin''. The first notable one is the major art style changes to the ''Lupin'' characters; past specials for the last decade had relied on designs largely derived from ''Shin Lupin III'', the second TV series. TMSEntertainment (originally Studio Telecom), who was involved with the early days of ''Lupin'', was brought back to do the animation for ''Blood Seal'', and accordingly the designs were redone to evoke the early years of the first "green jacket" ''Lupin'' series and the proto-StudioGhibli designs used in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.[[note]]TMS has always controlled the ''Lupin'' franchise (at least on the anime side). However, over the years they simply outsourced production to other studios rather than handling any animation in-house.[[/note]]

The second change was the first major shakeup of the ''Lupin'' cast since Kan'ichi Kurita took over the role of Lupin in ''Anime/FarewellToNostradamus'', following the death of original seiyuu Creator/YasuoYamada. It was announced with this special that the long-time voice actors for Zenigata (Creator/GoroNaya), Fujiko (Creator/EikoMasuyama), and Goemon (Creator/MakioInoue) had retired; they were replaced with Creator/KoichiYamadera, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, respectively. With this cast change, Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, who plays Jigen, is the only original ''Lupin'' voice actor remaining.

* ArmsDealer: Himura, who plans to use the secret of Bikuni's descendants to make immortal soldiers.

* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: How Goemon and Jigen manage to finish the immortal Himuro off.

'''Spoilers below!''' Don't read below if you don't want to know how this caper turns out!

''Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~'' is the twenty-third MadeForTVMovie in the ''Manga/LupinIII'' anime franchise. It debuted on December 2, 2011 to a modest viewing audience.

The second change was the first major shakeup of the ''Lupin'' cast since Kan'ichi Kurita took over the role of Lupin in ''Recap/FarewellToNostradamus'', following the death of original seiyuu Creator/YasuoYamada. It was announced with this special that the long-time voice actors for Zenigata (Creator/GoroNaya), Fujiko (Creator/EikoMasuyama), and Goemon (Creator/MakioInoue) had retired; they were replaced with Creator/KoichiYamadera, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, respectively. With this cast change, Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, who plays Jigen, is the only original ''Lupin'' voice actor remaining.

The second change was the first major shakeup of the ''Lupin'' cast since Kan'ichi Kurita took over the role of Lupin in ''Recap/FarewellToNostradamus'', following the death of original seiyuu Creator/YasuoYamada. It was announced with this special that the long-time voice actors for Zenigata (Creator/GoroNaya), Fujiko (Eiko Masuyama), and Goemon (Creator/MakioInoue) had retired; they were replaced with Creator/KoichiYamadera, MiyukiSawashiro, and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, respectively. With this cast change, Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, who plays Jigen, is the only original ''Lupin'' voice actor remaining.

The second change was the first major shakeup of the ''Lupin'' cast since Kan'ichi Kurita took over the role of Lupin in ''Recap/FarewellToNostradamus'', following the death of original seiyuu YasuoYamada. It was announced with this special that the long-time voice actors for Zenigata (Creator/GoroNaya), Fujiko (Eiko Masuyama), and Goemon (Creator/MakioInoue) had retired; they were replaced with Creator/KoichiYamadera, MiyukiSawashiro, and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, respectively. With this cast change, Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, who plays Jigen, is the only original ''Lupin'' voice actor remaining.