History Trivia / TheMysteryOfMamo

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1[[labelnote:†]] though that's technically incorrect – the actual record belongs to the first episode of ''Anime/DragonBall'', which has '''six''' different known dubs, most of which are lost… so ''Mamo'' may still hold the record for most ''extant'' dubs. At the very least, it clearly holds the record for most dubs for a ''Lupin'' anime.[[/labelnote]]). First, William Ross, whose Creator/FrontierEnterprises company was hired for the job by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show on Japan Airlines trans-Pacific flights. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, [[Creator/MangaEntertainment Manga UK]] made its own dub in 1996 for the PAL market for reasons discussed below. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Mamo was voiced by TV drama and film actor Kō Nishimura, the Egyptian police chief was played by singer Haruo Minami, the U.S. president was voiced by manga artist Fujio Akatsuka, and the chief secretary was played by author Ikki Kajiwara.

* TheOtherDarrin: Look at DuelingDubs above for a few examples, but even within the Streamline dub, Creator/KirkThornton voiced Goemon, replacing Creator/SteveKramer from Streamline's dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Oddly enough, the credits show that Kramer ''did'' still voice other characters in the dub.

* TheOtherDarrin: Look at DuelingDubs above for a few examples, but even within the Streamline dub, Creator/KirkThornton voiced Goemon, replacing Steve Kramer from Streamline's dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Oddly enough, the credits show that Kramer ''did'' still voice other characters in the dub.

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1[[labelnote:†]] though that's technically incorrect – the actual record belongs to the first episode of ''Anime/DragonBall'', which has '''six''' different known dubs, most of which are lost… so ''Mamo'' may still hold the record for most ''extant'' dubs[[/labelnote]]). First, William Ross, whose Creator/FrontierEnterprises company was hired for the job by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show on Japan Airlines trans-Pacific flights. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, [[Creator/MangaEntertainment Manga UK]] made its own dub in 1996 for the PAL market for reasons discussed below. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1[[labelnote:†]] though that's technically incorrect – the actual record belongs to the first episode of ''Anime/DragonBall'', which has '''six''' different known dubs, most of which are lost… so ''Mamo'' may still hold the record for most ''extant'' dubs[[/labelnote]]). First, William Ross, whose Creator/FrontierEnterprises company was hired for the job by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show on Japan Airlines trans-Pacific flights. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, [[Creator/MangaEntertainment Manga UK]] made its own dub in 1996 for the PAL market for reasons discussed below. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\
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In 2013, rather than trying to make a dub of their own, Creator/DiscotekMedia simply and wisely collected all four dubs onto their release. This was actually quite a feat, since the Toho dub had to be cobbled together from various extant incomplete copies and then digitally cleaned up to make it presentable, and the Manga UK dub had a ''very'' limited release to the point that no one knew if decent materials for it even existed anymore (decent enough, though it also had to be digitally cleaned up).

* HeyItsThatVoice: In Manga UK's dub, Lupin (or Wolf) is ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder''.

* TheOtherDarrin: Look at DuelingDubs above for a few examples, but even within the Streamline dub, Creator/KirkThornton voiced Goemon, replacing Steve Kramer from Streamline's dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Oddly enough, the credits show that Kramer ''did'' still voice other chqracters in the dub.

* TheOtherDarrin: Look at DuelingDubs above for a few examples, but even within the Streamline dub, Creator/KirkThornton voiced Goemon, replacing Steve Kramer from Streamline's dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. Oddly enough, the credits show that Kramer ''did'' still voice in the dub.

In 2014, rather than trying to make a dub of their own, Creator/DiscotekMedia simply and wisely collected all four dubs onto their release. This was actually quite a feat, since the Toho dub had to be cobbled together from various extant incomplete copies and then digitally cleaned up to make it presentable, and the Manga UK dub had a ''very'' limited release to the point that no one knew if decent materials for it even existed anymore (decent enough, though it also had to be digitally cleaned up).

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Due to Frontier Enterprises not properly documenting work on their dub of this film (perhaps among others), this is the only way to verify the Toho dub's voiceover artists for most of the characters. For example:
*** TheQuisling in ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth]]'', Triter, happens to be the megalomaniacal Foward Fughes himself.
*** Seems [[Anime/SwanLake the Black Swan]] has been seeking the opportunity for eternal life with the Wolf lately.
** The Streamline dub has most of the actors from their previous dub of ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' reprise their roles… with the exception of Steve Kramer as Goemon [[Creator/KirkThornton Instead]], Goemon is both [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro The Count and Gustav]], as well as [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Rai Dei the Blade]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]], and [[Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP Seiryo Tennan]].
** In the Streamline dub, Mamo is [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]]
** In the Pioneer dub, Mamo was once the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Chief of Jiha Village]].

** The Streamline dub has most of the actors from their previous dub of ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' reprise their roles… with the exception of Steve Kramer as Goemon.
[[Creator/KirkThornton Instead]], Goemon is both [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro The Count and Gustav]], as well as [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Rai Dei the Blade]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]], and [[Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP Seiryo Tennan]].

** The Streamline dub has most of the actors from their previous dub of ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' reprise their roles… with the exception of Steve Kramer as Goemon. [[Creator/KirkThornton Instead]], Goemon is both [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro The Count and Gustav]], as well as [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Rai Dei the Blade]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]], and [[Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP Seiryo Tennan]].

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, William Ross, whose Creator/FrontierEnterprises company was hired for the job by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 1996 for the UK market. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\

In 2013, rather than trying to make a dub of their own, Creator/DiscotekMedia simply and wisely collected all four dubs onto their release. This was actually quite a feat, since the Toho dub had to be cobbled together from various extant incomplete copies and then digitally cleaned up to make it presentable, and the Manga UK dub had a ''very'' limited release to the point that no one knew if decent materials for it even existed.

** The Streamline dub has most of the actors from their previous dub of ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' reprise their roles... with the exception of Steve Kramer as Goemon. [[Creator/KirkThornton Instead]], Goemon is both [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro The Count and Gustav]], as well as [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Rai Dei the Blade]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]], and [[Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP Seiryo Tennan]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: For their release, Streamline Pictures originally planned on simply including the pre-existing Toho dub, similar to how they released ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. However, they weren't able to due to copyright issues with TMS, and instead had to produce their own dub.

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, William Ross, whose Frontier Enterprises company was hired for the job by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 1996 for the UK market. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\

* HeyItsThatVoice: Due to Frontier Enterprises not properly documenting work on their dub of this film (perhaps among others), this is the only way to verify the Toho dub's voiceover artists for most of the characters. For example:
** TheQuisling in ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth]]'', Triter, happens to be the megalomaniacal Foward Fughes himself.
** Seems [[Anime/SwanLake the Black Swan]] has been seeking the opportunity for eternal life with the Wolf lately.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Due to Frontier Enterprises not properly documenting work on their dub of this film (perhaps among others), this is the only way to verify the Toho dub's voiceover artists for most of the characters. For example, TheQuisling in ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth]]'', Triter, happens to be the megalomaniacal Foward Fughes himself.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Due to Frontier Enterprises not properly documenting work on their dub of this film (perhaps among others), this is the only way to verify the Toho dub's voiceover artists for most of the characters. For example, TheQuisling in ''Anime/ArcadiaOfMyYouth'', Triter, happens to be the megalomaniacal Foward Fughes himself.

* FranchiseDrivenRetitling: In Japan, ''The Mystery of Mamo'' was originally titled simply ''Franchise/LupinIII'', but with two television series, a live-action film, and another movie on the way, they had to retitle it to distinguish what the movie was. It is now officially known as ''Lupin III: Lupin vs. the Clones''.

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, Frontier Enterprises, commissioned by Japanese distributor Toho, made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 1996 for the UK market. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, Toho made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Then, Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 1996 for the UK market. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, Toho made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 1995 for the North American market. Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 1996 for the UK market. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003 using its cast from ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket "Red Jacket"]]''.\\

* DuelingDubs: On the short-list of anime films with the most English dubs made (often attributed as #1). First, Toho made a dub in 1979 to show in trans-Pacific flights on Japan Airlines. Next, Creator/StreamlinePictures dubbed it in 95. Creator/MangaEntertainment made its own dub in 96. Finally, Pioneer[=/=]Creator/{{Geneon}} redubbed the film in 2003. Rather than try a dub of its own, Creator/DiscotekMedia simply and wisely collected all four dubs onto its own release (actually quite a feat, since the Toho dub had to be cobbled together from various extant incomplete copies and then digitally cleaned up to make it presentable, and the Manga UK dub had a very limited release to the point that no one knew if decent materials for it even existed).
* FranchiseDrivenRetitling: In Japan, ''The Mystery of Mamo'' was originally titled ''Franchise/LupinIII'', but with two television series, a live-action film, and another movie on the way, they had to retitle it to distinguish what the movie was. It is now officially known as ''Lupin III: Lupin vs. the Clones''.